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Well, bad news. I ended up in the ER last night in bad pain, i have to get surgery done next week on my lower back, and to be able to afford the perscriptions and down payment, i sold the truck. Gonna be kicking myself in the ass for doing so for a while. But, i needed to sell it so i wont be in as much pain till i go see the surgeon next week. I do however have my eyes on 2 early 80s model 280zx t top 5 speeds, that someone is wanting to trade me for my backup car, the 1991 suzuki.... i dont know if ill jump on that any time soon. Im still going to lurk.

Ive had the truck up for sale locally and on CL, a couple bites but all tire kickers, so i tried running the truck through the auction here.... it didnt do well. So im still stuck with a headache. Still leaking oil from the same place, even after a new head, and headbolts. Its the block....

Great, as usual bad luck... Put insurance on it this afternoon, drove it all over town, got home, and then went shopping for a gift for my 2 year old, FIRST TIME over 50mph on the way to wally world, starts pissing out oil again..... I am so tired of this crap. gonna cancel my insurance once again..

I drove it all morning. running much better. think it's time for insurance tomorrow and then I'll drive it this week.

drove to town. runs much better. back in love again lol. next part is exhaust.

Got the truck back together, it runs and drives again..... Lol https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10203269228638426&set=vb.1440812803&type=2&theater&notif_t=like

First day off, got the weekend off from work, So today i will spend the day working on the truck..... Now if only my fiance didnt take my new car this morning i coulda been working on it already..... (Tools are in trunk)......

So, i got the head pulled, and charged the heli coil kit , sleeve retainer, and a 13/32 drill bit, to my account at work, taped off my block to keep debris where it dont need to go, drilled the hole out, tapped the threads for the heli coil, dabbed on some sleeve retainer, and put the heli coil in. Went to town for about an hour got dinner, came back home and torqued the head down. Since the head bolts i got are not actually Head bolts per say, socket cap high grade bolts from fastenal, i didnt torque them down to book spec, since the bolts have no give and would rip the threads out again, so they are torqued down to about 55-58ft lbs. Head is now back on the block. When i get a moment ill finish putting it all back together. Then HOPEFULLY i dont have to redo this crap again.... LOL i just want to drive my datsun again.

Cant afford to at this point in time, I will however pull the head back off, and try to use a heli coil in there.

And now its scrap.... Got to the last head few bolts, and was getting closer to the torque range, and POP bolt comes loose, i take it out, bolt looks fine, tighten it back and it just spins....... GOD DAMN im tired of this truck. Its been nothing but a hassle so far.... Now i need annother block.....

Took the head to a machine shop, they checked it, and the gave it an all clear..... guess it was headbolts? Anyway i got new gaskets in the truck, and the head in the back seat of my new car, Waiting on some bolts from fastenal, around 6.43 for my whole set of new head bolts. 4 M10x1.50x 150mm and 6 M10x1.5 x 130mm socket caps, the hard ones :D 12.9+ grade We shall see how it goes friday when those come in... in the meantime i had a guy make me a cash offer on the truck and i originally said yea id sell it, but he seems to have backed out. So back to working on it. Heres a pic of my new car. for those that are interested.

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Getting ready to buy my engine donor, but in the meantime a friend has offered to help fix the L20B, but im still for some reason wanting to go the v8 route.... :D

Back from my job, and vehicles had tore up while i was gone, and i also managed to wreck the new car.... Woops.... Anyway it looks like some friends are gonna help me out and donate a complete van with a 351 windsor running and did drive till the frame broke.... So maybe the datsun will get a stupid v8 swap... Lol. Still debating....

I still haven't touched the truck. Put it on capitalist and the paper in my area for $500 never got a single hit. So I'm going on a week long away from home job first thing in the morning that should be me enough to finally get back to Work on this truck. my car of 5 years broke a piston so I went and bought a brand new to me car. So now I have a reliable vehicle for now. I'm thinking of a V8 swap since I found a running take out 302v8 with c6 auto Trans for $650. we shall see where I go when I get back.