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The carpet in my wagon dropped down keeping me from pressing the clutch all the way so first thing I did when I got home was found a hook with a loop for a screw to fit through and scraped up a screw, fender washers, locknut and used some left over shower curtain rings to secure the carpet from drooping/falling.

Missed a shift since the carpet folded over so first thing to do was to keep the carpet from folding or sliding down. Had some spare shower curtain rings and a hook and some fender washers/screw/locknut for a low budget cure.

Finally did a valve adjustment. Haven't done it in years since the mileage is low but was pretty simple or straight forward. Only # 3 cylinder intake valve lash was a little loose. Also adjusted the carbs and checked fuel pressure. The pressure was a little on the low side of the accepted range for the Sidedrafts at about 2.5 psi. I noticed a drop from my previous test about a year ago so concerned my pump may be slowly failing so picked up a back up pump just in case and put in my tool box. This ties into my concern of the tank having rust or debris so looking to take the tank down soon to clean out and coat and clear out any debris in the line. My fuel level guage for a while now hasn't been reading correctly so will take that time to replace the sender. I did find the inspection lid in the cargo area and jumped it to test the guage and the guage does work so tells me that the sender is failing or done.

@Duncan Haha good lookin out! Yeah that was the first thing I thought of. Hey you never know you might have got lucky and won.

@datzenmike Thanks for chiming in. I got it from someone who I believe had a 68 wagon and agree with you that he or someone might have machined off the script as i can kind of see the outline and never seen one without script.

Have this spare valve cover and cleaned it up with some Scotch Brite red and steel wool and some polish for the cap. Looking to wrinkle paint/powder coat this one and get a new decal for the cap. Told this is an early Lseries valve cover believe 68-69 510 Lseries or some have told me off a L13 motor since it has no script. Could anyone on here confirm? Tried searching but only see the one with the script that says Datsun 1600 on it. Thanks in advance.

@datzenmike Thank you!

Had a spare valve cover and wanted to try the VHT wrinkle finish paint and it works. Used a bucket with hot water and soap and water and simple green to clean. Hear a turkey fryer or propane stove with a pot of hot water works good too. The instructions were pretty clear. Mainly clean well and scuff surface with Scotch Brite red pad and clean and spray three coats resting in between coats and then let sit at least overnight. Also put in the oven to cure but probably can use a heat lamp or heat gun. I used vaseline and old bolts to mask off highlighted areas and it worked. Did have to use a razor blade, small scraper and rag to clean up a bit. Made a small sanding block to clean off highlighted areas and polish. Here are some before and after pics.

@datzenmike Isn't that what the MIDI fuse supposed to do? From what I understand the MIDI fuse is delayed like a fusible link. Yep you are correct. I do have a good coat of wax on the wheels for some protection.

Upgraded the Fusible link to a MIDI fuse (9.99 and comes with a spare fuse) and is working. Picked up some Scotch Brite Red (7447) to test to see if it cleans up aluminum for polishing and it helps/works. Got rid of the haziness in polishing and a more even finish. Here is a before and after pic of the wheel. Feel good about it and installed new hardware and ready for a tire.

@datzenmike On this situation it wouldn't have worked as there was too much of a difference in body size to let me get it onto the mount. No big deal getting a slightly longer belt. Glad the car is back up and running.

Was driving the wagon and got on it on the freeway. Backed off and was cruising when suddenly the rpm's did a quick bounce and the car shook. Lucky was near home so got off the freeway and headed back and pulled the wagon in the garage. Checking stuff and could hear a whistling/whine noise and then the car died and no power and couldn't start. I could smell burning so looked and didn't see anything but suspected the fusible link so i checked it for continuity and none. I had a spare so I replaced it but when I attached the battery cable it got bright red so I disconnected the battery but too late it burned up the replacement link. I was thinking what was the issue and thought maybe my alt was bad and the whining was the final leg of it going out. I spoke to my brother who's better with electrical and he said he thought the same and said disconnect the alt and put another link in and if it doesn't blow and car starts the alt is bad. I did so and the car started. Called around and was looking to have my original rebuilt but the shop I used to deal with closed up and all other shops are far away so I called parts stores and ended up going to O'Reilly's to order one. Wasn't too expensive at 74.00 and a 15 dollar core. Took out the old one and noticed I had been missing one mount bolt so found a replacement and cleaned up the area and under the car. It came in the next day but I didn't have a car so a day later rode my bike to the store to pick it up and get a belt. Went home and had to adjust the sleeve on the mounting bracket so it can slide onto the mount and everything lined up but one thing was the body was ever so slightly bigger that it kept me from pushing it against the motor more to fit the belt so had to go back out to the store to get a longer belt. Got it installed and everything locked down, put my final spare fusible link and crossed my fingers and connected the battery and all was good. Turned on the ignition and started the car and all good! Checked charging and put load on it and all is correct. Going to keep my old alt and get it rebuilt to keep as a spare but looking to upgrade to get rid of the fusible link so ordered and waiting on parts and my brother is going to wire it up to modernize that portion of the car. Take away from this were glad I had spare links, Links are old style but did its job but maybe time to upgraded/modernize. Should've been slick as I knew from past experience and should've bought multiple belt sizes to save me the trip and also I had been hearing the whistling noise and finally it made sense that the alternator may have been slowly failing and finally went out. Just happy the wagon is back up and running

These scammers were trying to get me. I have a WTB ad for a wagon gas tank and a user called donaldrudicel775 ( new user) messaged me saying email a user named Beowulf at eboardinc6@gmail.com as he has a tank for sale. I did and he sent me pics but they were of sedan models and then sends me a pic of a plastic tank and I said that's not a wagon tank. He emails me back saying can I send him a pic of what a wagon tank looks like? Right there I just stopped talking to him as he obviously doesn't know what he's talking about. I got a second message from Scolari01 ( new user) saying email MarkScott667@outlook.com. I am not even bothering emailing as another "new user" doing the same routine. Keep an eye on who these new users are and asking you to email people.

Thanks @datsuntech Unfortunately these are different and shorter but I can still find some if I need to from Japan.