gene knight Posted December 14, 2015 Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 My nephew recently purchased/down payment for a 79 Datsun 620 standard cab today, it has some issues with electric wiring, rings in motor, tires needed. But with my help and those here in Phoenix metro, I'm sure that we can get it ready for a daily driver until he figures out if he is gonna customize it. 2 Quote Link to comment
gene knight Posted December 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 Picked up a L16 to use in 79 Datsun 620 until can get enough money to have the L20b motor rebuilt 1 Quote Link to comment
orangie Posted December 21, 2015 Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 post some pics 1 Quote Link to comment
sebpv Posted December 21, 2015 Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 the engine was cheaper than the whole rebuild kit!? Probably American huh... grrr 1 Quote Link to comment
gene knight Posted December 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 Well me and my nephew picked up his recent 620 purchase today and got it to my place, 1st thing gotta do is remove the 350 z radiator, motor, transmission and clean up the engine bay and paint it, then tackle the wiring issues, then throw in another motor transmission we bought from another datsun/vw friend last weekend so he can use it as a daily driver until gets some $$ to rebuild the L20b and 5 speed then swap it back into the truck 1 Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted December 27, 2015 Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 Congrats Nick! Don't worry I will not let Gene guide you down a rabbit hole! This means I have to watch (baby sit) Gene on yet another build. Hopefully this one will get finished unlike Grimace which has not been touched in months! 3 Quote Link to comment
gene knight Posted December 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 Ha ha 2 Quote Link to comment
gene knight Posted December 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 I can say the same about your 520 and your 720 1 Quote Link to comment
gene knight Posted December 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2015 Got hood off, right fender off, have to drill out some broken bolts where valance bolts to radiator support 1 Quote Link to comment
Pacific coast Datsun Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Pics ? Why not rebuild the L 20 then re install it instead of pulling...installing...pulling then reinstalling ? Am i missing something ? 1 Quote Link to comment
AllAboutThatPatina Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 Pics ? Why not rebuild the L 20 then re install it instead of pulling...installing...pulling then reinstalling ? Am i missing something ? i think there is a lack of $$$ to rebuild it, he said it was cheaper to buy a new engine 1 Quote Link to comment
gene knight Posted January 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 My nephew needs a car like yesterday and we found a running L16/4 speed so ha can get back and forth to work while the L20b is being built 1 Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 I can say the same about your 520 and your 720 There is a difference in your build and mine you have money! Quote Link to comment
gene knight Posted January 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 well i got motor and transmission ready to remove from the 620, but this week is gonna suck cuz it's suppose to rain all week 1 Quote Link to comment
hobospyder Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Liquid sunshine gene, that's all it is 1 Quote Link to comment
gene knight Posted January 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 Got the engine and transmission ready to pull yesterday, then pulled them today with dat620(tom's) help instead of this coming up sunday 1 Quote Link to comment
Lockleaf Posted January 20, 2016 Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 And yet still not a single picture. You know the rules... 1 Quote Link to comment
gene knight Posted January 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 ordered complete engine gasket kit for the L16 motor, tie rod/sleeve, transmission rubber mount, then me and my nephew rotated the 3 motors around that I have in the garage so we can have better access to work on the L16 and get it cleaned up and change out all the easy to get to gaskets and throw a quick coat of paint on motor before installation 1 Quote Link to comment
abbylind Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 Its vaporware without pics! :mad: 1 Quote Link to comment
gene knight Posted January 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 Got some parts today from rockauto, still waiting for more parts 1 Quote Link to comment
Pacific coast Datsun Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 Is it running yet ? :-) 1 Quote Link to comment
Eagle_Adam Posted February 3, 2016 Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 Needs more pics :p 1 Quote Link to comment
gene knight Posted February 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 Me and my nephew was working his daily driver motor today getting it cleaned up for paint and new parts to be installed before putting it back into the truck. I sent Charlie69 some pictures to post since I'm photobucket challenged 1 Quote Link to comment
G-Duax Posted February 17, 2016 Report Share Posted February 17, 2016 I'm photobucket challenged I started having huge problems with photobucket while I was still using Internet Explorer, but as soon as I switched to Chrome, the problems went away. 1 Quote Link to comment
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