What did you do to your 620 today?

[hobospyder]

played with my carb and throttle cable and fixed it sorta.... 

 

 

next weekend i think i might poke at my gas tank again

[red13]

got the pistons in

[Guest Rick-rat]

Washed it after months of not washing

[Datsun5280]

Started pulling the Carb to do a rebuild tomorrow.

[krayziemike001]

Put a set of Dixie horns in it haha

[teagueauto21]

Put some braces on the frame

 

[831Sunny]

 

20140710_153546_resized by mcordero8@sbcglobal.net, on Flickr

 

man i love those metal sun vizors

[mcordero8]

It is not metal. I got it from Steroid. It is fiberglass.

[TIGrant]

Painted my grill, Dark Shadow Gray

 

[5t341tH]

took apart my bumper and front valance and took a mallet to it. made them smoother and less dented :D

[red13]

Steering box rebuild and change the seals.

[qwik510]

Got it running. Well it was Saturday but it is Running :thumbup:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18hAdk4mYjg

 

 

http://community.ratsun.net/topic/64058-barn-find-yes-a-true-barn-find-1977-datsun-620-king-cab/

[slipknot98]

Finished tearing down frame and got It degreased

[Guest Rick-rat]

Drove it  :rofl:

[509_521]

I saw this cool thread on this site for the 720's and I decided to start one for us with the 620's.

 

Here's what I did. I lowered my truck by installing 3" lowering blocks and also lowered the front by adjusting the torsion bars.

 

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20140710_153546_resized by mcordero8@sbcglobal.net, on Flickr

So tell me did you notice much difference in ride after you lowered it? Did you do any other work to the suspension/driveline i.e.: remove bump stops, replace front shocks, single piece drive line, front end alignment??????

[mcordero8]

I put new shocks in the back, and 3" lowering blocks. I like it low, but I do not want to scrape on everything so I did not go to low. I have not replaced the front shocks, but I will in the near future.

[datzenmike]

If the front was lowered it will need  some toe out added. If you're a do it yourself you can do this with some string.

 

If the shocks are good leave them, but if soft, that not good on a lowered vehicle. The truck will easily hit the bump stops before the shock bottoms out. If you should ever get it near bottoming out, have new top shock mounts welded in slightly higher. This way you can use the same length shock.

 

L16 engine?

[mcordero8]

L18

[mikeanike99]

Bled the brakes and washed her

[Hrvat9]

Took the fenders off, every single bolt broke and are stuck now -_-

 

A pic of my brothers e30 and friends skyline drifter , before I started taking fenders off

 

And with a bunch of cars parked everywhere in front

[mikeanike99]

Put a carrier barring spacer in

[TIGrant]

Finally removed intake and exhaust manifold.  Put on an timing chain inspection plate.  Anticipating finding a header and installing my weber carburetor.  Going to clean everything first though. 

 

 

[Guest Rick-rat]

Put it in a bag for the winter, they already started salting the shit out of the roads where I live

[orangie]

Cut the rear lowering  blocks down an inch so it lowers 2 inches instead of 3.  Mounted the rear end and checked angle.  It's within a couple of degrees nose down.  I think that will work a little better that way for drag racing.  Good to know you can change the pinion angle by angling the lowering blocks.

[Jersey]

Adjusted my valves, swapped out my distributor and changed both bottom hinges on my doors.