Ranman72 Posted February 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 got this today it is in Really good shape good bye hard top also received this door rubber 4 Quote Link to comment
Ranman72 Posted February 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 MARVIN 3 RANDY 0 we tried again to take marvin for a drive and again we have brakes hanging up not sure yet if it is front calipers or somewhere in the lines I thought we were all good but MARVIN is a fighter well if I cant drive him I will bolt more parts on him driving FAIL waiting for brakes to loosen up bought some new hardware missing key parts for complete install but the top is mounted front bumper is getting installed [/uR L] top installed but missing latches and posties and twisties what are your opinions on the MARVIN plate where should I install it it is to low hanging under the front plate as that was my first option and the parking cops are now writing tickets for no front plate 4 Quote Link to comment
Spoona_Jay21 Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 I like how it looks on the drivers side of the front. i Love this car. makes me want a roadster a bit more lol 1 Quote Link to comment
Draker Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 Is there chrome under those door handles? 2 Quote Link to comment
Ranman72 Posted February 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 Is there chrome under those door handles? yes they will get cleaned or changed I hate the painted door handles whoever painted this car had green paint on the wires, dash, gauges,windows etc the engine bay was painted black and with the same results all wires, brake lines, master cylinders engine identification plate, etc all painted black 1 Quote Link to comment
Ranman72 Posted February 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 got these yesterday and a bunch of these sorry for the blurry pic Quote Link to comment
Ranman72 Posted February 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 I am pretty sure I am going to do this too just dont have the funds yet http://www.bluehandsinc.com/311-roadster-disc-brake-kit.html Quote Link to comment
Ranman72 Posted March 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 finally got to drive the roadster more than a mile my friend Larry came over and we cracked one brake line at a time loose all the way to the last one that goes to the master cylinder, when I cracked that one loose the calipers were still stuck ,so we pulled that line ran a wire through it ,blew compressed air through it in both directions we re installed the line and left the line loose on the splitter until we had brake fluid coming out of it , we then hooked it up and tightened it and the brakes are working fine now . we took the car for a parts run to larry's house approx 15 mile round trip with no issues then we came back and installed most of the posties and twisties and also fixed a fuel leak on the return line I also installed the hood chrome MARVIN 3 RANDY 1 5 Quote Link to comment
Ranman72 Posted March 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 one more thing done 2 Quote Link to comment
Ranman72 Posted March 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 MARVIN 3 RANDY 2 we drove marvin to the club meeting with no issues I wasn't feeling good and forgot to take some pics with the local datsuns maybe I add a link to my friends Face book because he took some pics 4 Quote Link to comment
MYDAILYROUTINE Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Great job Randy! Lookin good. Where is a good place to score parts? I scored a 63 Roadster today and will be looking to get her in shape. 1 Quote Link to comment
MicroMachinery Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Nice looking roadster! Quote Link to comment
exit64 Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 "It's not easy being green." Kermit the Frog Good job so far. I have the Volvo swap on mine and ame just about to put in the RX-7 rear end. That will give me LSD and disks in the rear. All of this is very well documented over on 311s.org. Keep at it. Some times these cars are hard to wake up after a long sleep but worth all of the effort. See you at Shasta. 1 Quote Link to comment
Ranman72 Posted March 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2015 I drove the roadster for truck parts randy 3 Marvin 3 for parts look on ebay craigslist ralley roadster datsun-roadster-parts.com some parts are ridiculous priced some are normal if your patient you can find parts at reasonable prices 3 Quote Link to comment
Ranman72 Posted March 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 we tried to take marvin on our local fun run on sat but we ran out of gas on the way to the gas station , dont ask me how because we have not driven the car enough nto run out the full tank that it had the gas gauge is not working properly and I am still working on that problem when we left the gas station after pushing him part way there the clutch started slipping, it seems the hydraulics are not releasing completely and after about 25 clutch pushes the slave cylinder is keeping pressure on the clutch making it slip it seems marvins favorite place is on jack stands pics later because its raining edit Marvin 4 Randy 3 Marvins favorite position made my own rear soft top bow 1/8 x1 inch aluminum flat stock I am not convinced that this is the right soft top it might be a short windshield top on a tall frame, we will see what the sunshine does also all of the holes don't line up quite rite with the posties and twisties 3 Quote Link to comment
TENDRIL Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 marvin-4 randy-3 ? 1 Quote Link to comment
Ranman72 Posted March 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 marvin-4 randy-3 ? I forgot that part but soon enough it will be Randy 10+ and Marvin 4 2 Quote Link to comment
Ranman72 Posted March 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 [url=http://s1132.photobucket.com/user/ranman68/media/IMG_20150323_205151680_zpsv8zaeoql.jpg.html][/url] 1 Quote Link to comment
Ranman72 Posted March 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2015 went to get another z in the bay srea today TRAFFIC SUCKED after my 8.5 hour round trip I looked into the clutch slipping problem I pumped the clutch about 25 times and the clutch at that point had enough pressure to slip, I cracked the hard line loose at the master and all the pressure released , this led me to believe I had a bad factory brand new nissan master cylinder.... (PRETTY UNLIKELY ) so I called my friend Dave who did most of the work on the car, and he said bring it by and we could trouble shoot it together . I trailered it top his house because I dont trust Marvin yet and we discovered something when Dave installed the new clutch master it had a non adjustable push rod so he removed my old one and installed it on the new maste, well he did not realize the internal part of the push rod was longer so the master was not letting all the fluid return back to the reservoir, this caused the clutch slave to return about 1/32 of an inch less with every push resulting in a slipping clutch we pulled the push rod and reground it to match the original one and this allowed the fluid to return to the reservoir we drove the car home Marvins longest drive to date about 30 miles Randy 4 Marvin 4 I see a change in these numbers soon 2 Quote Link to comment
Ranman72 Posted March 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 we took the car out to dinner and a few errands everything seems to be working good now [/ RANDY 5 MARVIN 4 :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: URL] I also realized the car is very small and we thought why not get a small trailer so [/ the roadster will have a reciever hitch it is just sitting on the bumper the trailer weights about 150LBS it was designed for a motorcycle URL][/u RL]we picked the trailer up with my little truck it looked pretty funny [/URL] 7 Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 It's so cute :lol: 3 Quote Link to comment
Draker Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 LOL.. That looks hilarious behind the truck! Looks super sick behind the roadster! What a cool trailer. 3 Quote Link to comment
Ranman72 Posted March 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 LOL.. That looks hilarious behind the truck! Looks super sick behind the roadster! What a cool trailer. thats what I thought looks small behind my truck and normal behind the roadster I love the old look of the trailer aluminum frame and wood sides inside aluminum angle Iron seems as though someone put some time into making this trailer, I have never seen one like it before 2 Quote Link to comment
the510keeper Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 Sweet trailer Now try and keep up U thinking canby with Marvin Let someone else win for once, u and that cherry 68 dime, damn it :) 3 Quote Link to comment
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