1973 620 in NorCal

[Eagle_Adam]

A good shop will not undo your lowering efforts, just correct the specs

[Dvargas209]

Thanks for the info. I was hoping to work on the truck this weekend, however mother nature had different plans. Guess it will have to wait a few weeks. I'm booked until the end of the month with work, kids, life, etc.

[mcordero8]

Anyone have a leads on a set of exterior door locks? My package was lost in post. Money was refunded, but I still needs locks. Any help is appreciated.

you might want to look into this

 

http://community.ratsun.net/topic/903-solex-door-locks-in-a-510/

[Dvargas209]

Interesting. I will look into them. Thanks.

[Dvargas209]

Hey, been a few weeks. Finally got some time off for vacation. Drove the family down to Santa Cruz and spent the day there after picking up some used door panels. Pics up soon. Also, getting new tires put on the rims I finished painting and should be on tomorrow. Next this week is lowering and alignment.

[Dvargas209]

New shoes.

 

[Dvargas209]

Btw, the door panels didn't end up fitting. Took a gamble on some Craigslist item and lost. Turns out they might fit a 720. Gonna post them in the for sale section and hopefully make my money back. Still searching for door panels...

[mcordero8]

Go to Morgans Fabric on Fremont. They have the material to make your door cards. I made mine. You can also get the clips to mount them at Auto Industrial Paint Company on Weber.

[Dvargas209]

Thanks!

 

Also on my list of to-do is putting in a kill switch. I do like in Stockton btw. Now I've searched the forums but can't seem to find a good step by step write up. I'm new to this car/electrical stuff, so maybe if someone can point me towards a step by step dumbed down write up would be great. I don't need to know your secret squirrel hiding spot, but if it gets me from the engine to the cabin I can figure it out from there. Thanks!

[mcordero8]

http://community.ratsun.net/topic/102-hot-start-relay/

[Dvargas209]

So I've run into a problem. I had parked the truck in my rear car port because it rained over the weekend and I've got some leaks in the cabin. Went to move it yesterday and it took a few tries to get it to actually fire up. I would turn the key, see indicator lights in the dash, get a few clicks, but no turn over. After about 4 attempts, it finally turned over and I was able to move it. This morning however, I stuck the key in, half a turn would get indicator lights in the dash, upon fully trying to start it, I'd get one click then nothing. Couldn't get it to start after several attempts.

 

Had to leave it, but Im not sure what the issue is for sure. Thinking it may be the starter? I was able to turn the headlights on and had lights in the dash so I'm thinking it's not the battery.

 

Ideas?

[DatsuNissanLove]

This happened to me once and it was because my starter got stuck.. i stuck a screw driver where the positive connects to the starter and moved it around till u get a spark.. after that it worked fine... could also be ur battery..if it was ur alternator you would hear no click so thats not an option..

[Dvargas209]

Haven't had the issue again in a few days. May change the battery since I don't know when it was put in or even its condition. Starting body work this Saturday. Gonna start by filling some holes.

[Dvargas209]

so I have this idea and I can't seem to find anything that sounds like it would help. My truck has no radio, stereo, etc. I don't want a deck so I was kicking around an idea of hooking up a bluetooth receiver to a few speakers and mounting everything under the dash, kick panels, etc. I could then connect my phone and use Pandora or anything else. Has anyone ever seen or heard of this being done? I feel like it's a simple enough concept. Idealy the bluetooth would turn on when the truck was on and off when the truck was off. Anyone with the know-how that could point me in the right direction? Essentially I want to turn the truck into a giant portable speaker. Thanks in advance, lots of knowledge in these forums.

[Lockleaf]

This is one Bluetooth adapter I've been looking at. It's a small board. .25 x 2 x 2 inches

 

 

https://thingylab.com/shop/amplifier/bluetooth-audio-amp/

 

The install instructions show you how to install it where it's controlled only by your phone or whatever.

 

https://thingylab.com/2015/08/bluetooth-amplifier-installation/

 

This is how to install it so the radio power/volume knob controls it.

 

http://www.artofmanliness.com/2011/09/19/how-to-make-an-old-time-radio-into-an-mp3-player-speaker/

 

I realize all of that is based on installing this stuff in a house radio, but it shouldn't be difficult to come up with a clean way to connect usb 5 volts to cars 12 volts. I've got a couple ideas on doing it, but haven't tried anything yet.

This thing only has 3 watt output, so you would likely want to add an amp inline to boost that up.

[Dvargas209]

Sweet. Thanks, I knew you guys would come through. You think running a line from the battery for power would run this or would it be too much juice for the receiver and blow it out?

[Lockleaf]

Go look at anonymous waffles build "rusted hope", he just installed a unit like you want

[Dvargas209]

Interesting, thanks for the heads up

[Dvargas209]

So I'm looking to replace my ugly rear bumper with the 521 bumperettes. Just wondering if they will be a direct swap or will I have to do any modification? I know that Datsun made some 620 specific, but I can't seem to find them.

[hobospyder]

I don't run a rear bumper. Not required in wa if the vehicle wasn't sold with one. I don't know about cali though

[hobospyder]

Also I don't think the 620 cane with bumperettes. People have used the 521 bumperettes and it looks pretty good. Gotta modify the 521 brackets or fab new ones yourself iirc

[DatsuNissanLove]

I'm in cali.. and run no bumpers.. just think it looks better.. and they did not come with them stock.. maybe was an option..but most of dem came with no bumper

[DatsuNissanLove]

And the 521 bumperettes look cool wen tucked but to me it's not worth the time of fabricating to make them fit tits.. plus they will not protect much and you will probably never use them as a step to get into ur bed.. but if u do it..sweet

[Dvargas209]

Finally got around to lowering her. Blocks and torsion.

 

Before

 

After

[Dvargas209]

Had ordered some Datsun mudflaps that I found on ebay last week. They were delivered yesterday while my wife and I were at work. I get home only to find that they were not with the rest of the mail. I'm pretty certain they were stolen...

 

Fuckin Stockton.