Hrvat9 Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 Hey guys , new to the forum and new to 620s. Had a 73 240z once upon a time ago, restored half of the car before someone wanted to trade and RHD mitsubishi evolution 1 for it so I did it. I have since sold the car and found this beautiful 78 620 in Canada, Saskatchewan to be precise. Bought it and waiting for it to be shipped over , it is making its journey right now ! It's an auto and of course , I want to make it a manual. my question is can I use a manual trans from an 80s diesel nissan? It's the only thing I can find at my disposal right now...going to have pics up in a sec Quote Link to comment
Hrvat9 Posted August 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 Pictures the owner sent me Pictures of the numbers on the diesel tranny from owner 1 Quote Link to comment
denmarkboy Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 solid lookin daily driver, only thing i hate is the top end of those auto trans . it seems like 55 mph is max speed .. and i cant drive 55 ! 1 Quote Link to comment
hobospyder Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 nice clean kc but i'd say lose the tombstone, hate those things Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 Welcome, great looking truck. I don't think the diesel has the same bolt pattern as the L series. Quote Link to comment
Hrvat9 Posted August 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 @ 2eDeYe : aww really ? Shoot ... Looks like I'm stuck with auto for a bit ugh. :( really want to make it manual! I still haven't received the truck, it's in transit right now on the CN rail. I'll take pics myself when I get the truck in my possession, will be about a week! Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 Nissan Motor Company Australia casting. Can't tell from the picture if diesel or not but they only came with 5 speeds. Unfortunately the bolt pattern wont allow your L series engine to bolt up. If you have that transmission, or it is cheap, keep it. All you need now is the front case from an L series 4 or 5 speed to convert it so it will fit your '78. Where are they shipping it to Ontario? 1 Quote Link to comment
cr83 Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 i saw that truck for sale, nice rig Quote Link to comment
Hrvat9 Posted August 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 @datzenmike - ahh I think ill just pass on it. It's getting shipped to Vaughan , Ontario. Used Livingston shipping company. So far so good and great people on the phone Quote Link to comment
Hrvat9 Posted September 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2014 Got the truck finally! Goona post pics tomo as I tear into it and since it's dark out now :) Quote Link to comment
Hrvat9 Posted September 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 Sorry for the wait, work is just crazy right now! 1 Quote Link to comment
Hrvat9 Posted December 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2014 Alright time to get this build up and going , here's some pics of what went down today Starting to take the insides out ! Uncovering the disease Doesn't look too bad back here at least Drivers side Passenger side Got some welding to do here boys! Gonna continue tomorrow, so happy I finally got into the 620 :) 2 Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted December 6, 2014 Report Share Posted December 6, 2014 Hey guys , new to the forum and new to 620s. Had a 73 240z once upon a time ago, restored half of the car before someone wanted to trade and RHD mitsubishi evolution 1 for it so I did it. I have since sold the car and found this beautiful 78 620 in Canada, Saskatchewan to be precise. Bought it and waiting for it to be shipped over , it is making its journey right now ! It's an auto and of course , I want to make it a manual. my question is can I use a manual trans from an 80s diesel nissan? It's the only thing I can find at my disposal right now...going to have pics up in a sec Nice looking truck, and welcome. The diesel trans will not fit. The only 720 trans that will fit is the 1980 720 2 WD. You will need the trans, fly wheel all hardware bolts. sheet metal spacer between the block and the transmission (usually 2 pieces), clutch master with steel line, complete clutch and brake pedal assemblies (pictured below), clutch slave cylinder withe hose and hardware, and the wiring harness the that goes to the alternator starter oil pressure sending unit and transmission (it is the round plug on the firewall side of the battery), also the shifter and shifter boot. You will need a 5 Speed starter and bolts also. Keep all the parts from the automatic including hardware (nuts bolts miscelaneous). You will need all of these parts pictured or circled in red. Green circle keep all parts and hardware associated with automatic swap you will be able to sell these.. Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted December 6, 2014 Report Share Posted December 6, 2014 Nice looking truck, and welcome. The diesel trans will not fit. While this is true the front case from an L series 71B 4 or 5 speed will swap onto it and make it fit. This may be easier to do than find an L series transmission itself. (just an option) Charlie... nice pictures of what's needed for the swap. Quote Link to comment
Hrvat9 Posted December 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2014 Really nice pictures indeed! Thanks for those, where did you get them from? Just got home, jumping into the garage right now Be back with some oics Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted December 7, 2014 Report Share Posted December 7, 2014 While this is true the front case from an L series 71B 4 or 5 speed will swap onto it and make it fit. This may be easier to do than find an L series transmission itself. (just an option) Charlie... nice pictures of what's needed for the swap. You are correct about locating the L trans, I have personally never switched the front case so I leave that advise to the professionals like you and Wayno. Thank you Mike. I started to write up all the parts it takes to do the 5 speed swap and realized I would probably miss a bunch of little parts. So I took some of my insomniac time and downloaded all the pictures opened and edited in Ms Paint saved and then up loaded to PB then copied and pasted here. Killed 4 hours I had before driving a hundred miles to get some more Datsun parts. By the way my Photobucket is open to the public so please help yourselves to what ever you like. The is a link in my signature. Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted December 7, 2014 Report Share Posted December 7, 2014 The pictures were downloaded here. http://www.carpartsmanual.com/datsun620/Datsun620Index.aspx Thank you CarPartsManual,com & FutoFab http://www.futofab.com/ Quote Link to comment
Hrvat9 Posted December 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2014 Oics of surface rust being taken care of at the front! Under windshield 1 Quote Link to comment
5t341tH Posted December 8, 2014 Report Share Posted December 8, 2014 looks good so far. how are you going about replacing the sills? I kinda in the same boat as you Quote Link to comment
Hrvat9 Posted December 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2014 Sorry for my newbieness but what's a "sill"? Do you mean rocker panels? On that note, does anyone make rocker panels here ? I'll gladly buy than make my own...I don't have that much experience :'( Quote Link to comment
sebpv Posted December 8, 2014 Report Share Posted December 8, 2014 Its that piece that you step onto when getting out of the truck. Its a long metallic rail with three screws that you will find running across the bottom of the cab side of the door opening Quote Link to comment
Hrvat9 Posted December 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2014 Its that piece that you step onto when getting out of the truck. Its a long metallic rail with three screws that you will find running across the bottom of the cab side of the door opening Oh I just threw them out. Previous owner ruined it with a bunch of self tapping screws. Anyone buy the rocker panels from showcars-bodyparts.com? Got quoted 59 bucks for one and 40 bucks shipping. Quote Link to comment
Hrvat9 Posted December 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2014 Tabco just emailed me back saying they also have rockers for 39.75 each. Anyone buy through tabco? Quote Link to comment
cr83 Posted December 8, 2014 Report Share Posted December 8, 2014 dont deal with showcars-bodyparts, http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/showcars-fiberglass-steel-bodyparts-unlimited-c10197.html 2 Quote Link to comment
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