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1976 datsun 710 (Mia)


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You are not going to get this done PROPERLY without a a true way to time it. You have to get the missing peice. And I wouldn't be driving it around without it being timed where it needs to be. You could cause serious damage.

 

Your almost there, keep at it man.  :console:

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timing was good perfect actually. im a dumb ass and mixed up the third and forth spark plug wire so it was only running on two cylinders... firing order is 1,2,4,3? i guess.. but now there is a loud knocking in the distributor. any ideas maybe a parts list of what should be on the oil pump to distributor. any thing would help besides telling me i'm an idiot trust me i know.

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ok so it will run and drive perfect then when it gets warmed up like after 20min of driving it just spits a bunch of white smoke out the valve cover and then just dies. wont even crank right after it dies but after ten fifteen min. it starts up like it never happened then does it all over again

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ok so the knocking was because of the sprocket on the oil pump shaft had been pushed down somehow and made it not seat properly in the oil pump and bounce around. the car runs and drives now but i do need to buy a new oil pump drive shaft, or tac weld it?

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so i messed up somewhere in the rebuild and ruined the engine, as for the oil pump drive shaft i have no clue the gear on it moved and didn't drive the pump by the time i fixed this it was too late and i killed 3 sets of bearings one disappeared and so on. then i bought my 620 "lola" for $110, and with it took the engine to my fathers to have him rebuild it. all that's left is the block and when i find him he will be lucky if i don't kill him. im in school again but when i get time ima try again to rebuild the trucks engine and put it in the car. ill update when i get there.

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yes i had the correct shaft never replaced it same one put back in that came out. some how the gear on it moved downward and didn't seat in the pump, and dont say "if it didn't turn the pump then it wouldn't turn the dizzy" cause thats what i thought to. after i figured it out i hammered the gear up on the shaft and it worked fine but it was to late. and yes we primed the pump but the shaft didn't turn it so...... the new engine thats going in the car till after winter has bad or no oil rings on the pistons so whats the thickest oil i can run safely without risking anything?

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i think that my engine got stolen a few months ago and that's my final and only problem.

sry for being rude im just frustrated that people don't seem to get that i took it apart moved the gear put it back together and it was the problem.

as for priming it i unplugged the coil and cranked the engine over to try to get the oil moving threw the pump before firing it up

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