roboskittle Posted December 1, 2013 Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 Well hello everybody my name is Jeremiah. Today I picked up my first Datsun. 1980 210 project. Very little rust worst is from a battery leaking onto the battery shelf. The whole wiring harness on the car is trashed. Somebody was apparently trying to make a dirt track car with it. I snagged it up for 350 cash. It has a weber carb on it and I need to fix the wiring before I can attempt to put a battery in it. Looking forward to gobs of info and hopefully meeting some of you. Thanks for an awesome site, Jeremiah. Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted December 1, 2013 Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 Does your 210 have round or square headlights? Can't tell from your picture.... Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted December 1, 2013 Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 1980 is a 210, not a B210 Congrats on your snaggy. Got any pics? Quote Link to comment
flatcat19 Posted December 1, 2013 Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 First bit of info to absorb... Get photobucket account. Upload pics of 210 to PB. Copy IMG code from PB to paste here. Quote Link to comment
roboskittle Posted December 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 I'm not that much of a newb I fell asleep uploading the images Lol. Quote Link to comment
j_boy_619 Posted December 1, 2013 Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 Nice 210, engine look pretty clean. Kind of jealous yours came with a weber Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted December 1, 2013 Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 Built after December '80. Sorry meant '79 Quote Link to comment
roboskittle Posted December 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 The door plate says 04/80. Quote Link to comment
j_boy_619 Posted December 1, 2013 Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 My car is weird that way too. its a 75 but it has a cat and points. Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted December 1, 2013 Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 The door plate says 04/80.. Yes I got the wrong year written down. Should have been Dec. '79. This is about the middle of the '80 model year when the hood, fenders, grill and lights were changed to rectangle. The '80 model year starts June '79 of the previous year so it's possible to have round headlights on an '80. My car is weird that way too. its a 75 but it has a cat and points. Sept '74 on should have cat and non points dizzy. Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted December 1, 2013 Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 For the B310 (210 in north America) the 1980 model year came out November 1979. In Japan the model change occurred October 1979. Square headlights came out then. 1974 B210 came with points. EI did not come until 1975 CAL models and 1978 FED models. For the B210 the 1975 model came out in late 1974. So many B210 with 1974 build dates were 1975 models, just like Ford and Chevy did. Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted December 1, 2013 Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 Gotta love the 2-door sedan! Lighter, tighter and the smoothest riding of all the little Datsuns. 47 MPG with the 5-speed package. Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted December 1, 2013 Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 For the B310 (210 in north America) the 1980 model year came out November 1979. In Japan the model change occurred October 1979. Square headlights came out then. . Serves me right. Nov on was the change.... I assumed it was a half year change. Gotta love the 2-door sedan! Lighter, tighter and the smoothest riding of all the little Datsuns. 47 MPG with the 5-speed package. I had a 2dr 76 B and on a trip across the prairies got well up into the 50s but this was also a 4 speed and Imperial gallons. 53MPG CDN = 44MPG US. It was only the one tank full the rest were often in the high 40s. That car only twice dipped below 30MPG. the whole time I had it. Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted December 1, 2013 Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 Datsun official papers mentioned half year, leading to much confusion ever since ... Quote Link to comment
roboskittle Posted December 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 Well the fuse box is back in the car and I also repaired a few connectors under the dash. Does anybody have any under dash pics so I can get a good idea how the harness was laid out. This is just kind of there lol. Quote Link to comment
roboskittle Posted December 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 OK found where the wires were supposed to go have it mostly laid back out again just need to tape the harness up extend the fuse box wires and ignition switch wires. Than I move under the hood to figure that wiring out. Quote Link to comment
0r0B210 Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 Sweet find! Quote Link to comment
floyd17 Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Is the carb using an adaptor plate? And if so do they sell it? Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Yes. Weber DGV adapter. Sold at most auto parts stores by special order. Or get one from RedlineWeber. 1 Quote Link to comment
roboskittle Posted December 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 I just found my car on here from two owners ago. Helps to get a little history on the car. Now I know it ran at some point lol. http://community.ratsun.net/topic/36658-80-datsun-210-project/ 1 Quote Link to comment
roboskittle Posted December 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 Ok making some progress. I have a major piece of my interior back in one piece. This was in the trunk and was in 6 different pieces. Right now it is superglued back together and I plan to beef it up with some acrylic nail filler. I used this method on my AMC Eagle interior pieces and its still holding strong. I am also going through and trying to figure out what everything is and so far I am doing good accept I cannot find what this part is... If someone could help me identify this that would be awesome. Thanks, Jeremiah. Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 Seat belt buzzer I think Quote Link to comment
roboskittle Posted December 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 Sweet now to find where it goes lol. Quote Link to comment
j_boy_619 Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 dont bother, its soooo annoying. So is the door ajar buzzer.... 1 Quote Link to comment
floyd17 Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 dont bother, its soooo annoying. So is the door ajar buzzer.... I'm like you don't think I know my door is open? What the actual fuck. 1 Quote Link to comment
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