What did you do on your 510 today?

[KiKiIchiBan]

Come to Vancouver and I will take you on a good hike into the mountains!

We can both forget our woes for a few hours.

Im desperate to get back to Vancouver,if I sell up I can afford nice things again

Just breath Kiki, no point selling after all the heavy lifting is done, they are old cars and need to be persuaded...I know right now that doesn’t help.

It’s an old car with new everything lack of experts or helpful people where I live so I’m left scratching my head on my own most of the time.

I was going to take it for a drive as I had a few hours free in-between life commitments, started up with ease, idled nicely then died and refused to start. No spark. Multimeter battery flat, no d-cells in the house, shops shut. No blown fuses, maybe the ignition module went bad. Very frustrating. Actually considering selling it, do not have any free time and when I do, I don't want to be working on the car, I want to be driving it.

On page 9 of your thread (HERE), there are some pictures of your distributor... What kind of distributor setup is that? It looks like it might be a modified 280ZX Turbo distributor - what guts are in it and what ignitor module?

Kameari one. Fixed timing, it was all set and running perfect. Now no spark checked ground, re ground. Multimeter battery dead so can’t test power. I think maybe th module went bad, I’ve broken 2 already somehow. Just frustrating.

[510rob]

I'd say get a stock Nissan "Matchbox" EI style distributor - they are almost bulletproof.

[iceman510]

Didn't really "do" anything to it yet, but towed my vintage race car acquisition home yesterday.

It's a 1970, with lots of nice parts. Dogbox trans, Rebello 1.8, Jeff Winter manifold, 45 Webers, aluminum front hubs, fiberglass hood and trunk, etc. I have logbooks back to 1990 when it started as an ITC car and was later slowly converted to B-sedan specs.

Looking forward to some fun next race season.

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[edekalil]

Got back on getting this L20B ready to build.

[Benzo]

Late update. Upgraded my Drivers side recaro seat to a newer one. Feels so much better as the older one was sagging. Going to get new straps to refresh the old seat.

[Benzo]

I had been having lock issues on the drivers side and finally bought a new lock set from Datsun Garage but after looking at my door lock cylinder and comparing the Datsun Garage kit I noticed a few issues. The OEM lock/One on the car had a lot of free play and also missing plastic holder for the rod connecting to it to control the locking mechanism. Also noticed the New lock kit has 4 tabs on it where the OEM one and the door has 3 tabs/notches so I would either have to modify the new lock to work or cut the door which I don't feel like doing. Also the new lock is not the type that can be rekeyed so I would have an extra key on my ring or would have to look at trying to rekey the trunk/hatch.( Not a major issue but more of preference). I ended up repairing my OEM lock cylinder by first going to the parts store and buying a Dorman Assorted rod kit and initially it helped with some free play but still wasn't better or perfect so next I got a horseshoe clip and put it between the lock cylinder and used the cotter pin to hold in place and it worked! Been testing it and so far the lock has been working and feels a lot better. Crisp locking.  Now for the Datsun Garage kit I am going to return it as I just don't feel comfortable of having to modify it or the door but if you are ok then the lock kit should work. Sorry not able to load vids but here are some pics. I assume others have had this issue so if anyone has another repair option would love to hear about it. For now I am looking for another oem lock as backup or a cylinder that can be rekeyed. 

[Benzo]

Glad to be able to log back in to this site.

Since I had swapped out the back leaf springs on the wagon with the Technotoytuning kit a few months ago the back seemed a bit lower so lowered the front Ground Control coil overs an inch to match up or make the fender gap measurements the same. Glad years ago when I set up the car that I have enough travel in the front shocks. After a test drive felt the same and can go over speed bumps and up my driveway the same as before. Don't feel my camber and toe will be thrown off much but will see. Waiting on 2" blocks/ubolts from T3 and shocks and will play with the shackles as those have adjustments too. Going to try the shackles first and then go from there. So far so good. Here are some before and after pics. Like the way it looks and not too low or unbearable ride quality. Update: The 195-60-14 tires do rub a little when I take a turn mildly hard so going to try 185-60-14 tires to give a bit of stretch and clearance.

[Benzo]

Picked up these Ohtsu tires in 185-60-14 to put on the Watanabe wheels for a bit of stretch for a bit of fender lip clearance and looks like they'll do as intended. I can't wait to go for a test drive. Feeling good about these tires as they were affordable at 57.00 each and free shipping. High treadwear rating, M+S rated and reviews from others remarked good performance, cornering and also noise level. I'll report back what I experience but here are some pics of what they look like mounted on 14x7.5 -3.5 Watanabes on my wagon. Running T3 leaf spring kit and 1" blocks. Sorry I didn't update prior to this post but two of the pics were when i received the rims and mounted 195-60-14 Bridgestone RE55S and how they looked.

Update 2/6 The new tire and rim combo worked out great! Took some turns and windy roads and the car and I liked it! No rubbing and tires feel good. Road noise isn't bad and nice on the highway at high speed.

[bertvorgon]

Got in ok with my new password, different opening screen first.

[Dimebag]

I missed my old 72 wagon today and the 510 Club of BC gang

[Benzo]

On Friday I lowered the back of my wagon another inch by swapping the T3 1" blocks to their 2" blocks and like the results. The car looks more aggressive and so far drives good or no issues to report. I think for me this is as far as I want to lower it as the streets and hills here are rough. I am waiting to get some shorter body shocks to try. Here are some pics to show where it is at or reference. For all I am running the T3 leaf spring kit with their blocks,Addco sway bar and Tokico HP shocks, SSR (14x7.5 +6 195-60-14 tires) or Watanabe wheels (14x7.5-3.5 185-60-14 tires) in the rear and 280zx front strut housings/Brakes with Ground Control Coil overs and Tokico HP shocks with Bump Steer spacers.

[Benzo]

I have wanted a short body shock as I felt the stock dimension ones were bottoming out. KYB support was helpful with dimension and mounting points so ordered a couple of choices to compare. Got them installed. Here are some pics and part #'s for any that want to know. The KG5519 is for a Ford Thunderbird and the KG4616 is for a Suzuki Samurai front. Since I am using the Technotoytuning leaf springs this did change the shock mounting location or moved it up compared to a stock leaf spring. I decided to go with the Suzuki shocks as based on my measurements this shock will give the car full stroke. The Thunderbird model would work too and may be more heavy duty in case you carry more stuff or want a stiffer suspension. I am using at the moment the 2" lowering blocks as well. The shocks fit with no modification and initial feeling is it smoothed out the ride. I can tell I was probably bottoming out the stock dimension Tokicos at times. Since I am using the 2" blocks that did move the axle closer to the differential/drive shaft tunnel so if the road is rough or big dips it does hit or bang hard. I may go back to the 1" blocks or try a 1.5" block to see how it is but so far the short body shocks are working. If you live in an area with smooth roads or not too bad you will notice the difference. I chose KYB as these were inexpensive to test ( about 30-40$ each) but if you want to go Koni or Bilstein or QA1 sure those will be great!

[Benzo]

Wanted some floor mats. Don't have time to search wrecking yards. Was about to buy ones from BRE but found these at local O'Reilly's parts store for 37.00. They fit pretty good or will do the job.

[RONSLYCHUK]

Nice score. It looks like they match your carpet well.

[icehouse]

This guy moved under it's own power since 07 or 08. wild!