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About drwhovickery

  • Birthday 05/05/1985

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  • Location
    Misawa
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    1978 President
  • Interests
    scifi and cars

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  1. Would a mod/admin be willing to move this to the datsun projects section or the datsun other section?
  2. It's a fun car to work on and explore.. I have yet to find a manual for this particular version of the car (the frame code H252 covers a lot of changes over the years.) If anybody comes across any kind of manual or catalog for a 78-82 president, please hit me up. In tearing apart my dash, I have found a box marked "ELECTRONICS CONTROL UNIT" so I guess i have an ECU in my 1978 Nissan... ;) kinda...
  3. When I bought the car, I was looking it over and noticed that the engine bay light looked useless… dull cover blocked a lot of the light and it is situated behind the brake fluid reservoir. I started installing led lights around the car and thought that if I put a 9led panel in the engine bay light that it might help a little. while fiddling with it I found out something AWESOME! The end of it comes off and has a coil of wire about a meter long and a hook, so I can move it around anywhere in the bay and see all sorts of things! these pics are after I took it apart and rewired it but still, this is genius!
  4. Next was the trunk release switch. The trunk release switch was not working, it was very loose and I decided that I wanted to fix it. I pulled it from the dash and found out it is a vacuum system switch… strange to me but I figured “Hey, it’s old so why not…. Electric windows, electric seats, electric locks, electric mirrors, vacuum trunk switch…” so when I was taking it out of the dash, it came out in pieces… it literally fell apart in my hands as I was taking it out. This is what I ended up with. The back portion of the switch was crumbled and had no seal left… or much of anything. I searched every place I could to find another one, but after weeks of searching, I was coming up empty. I decided to just make a new back and see what happened. I figured I’d also freshen up the paint on the switch too… I cut the new back out of rubber matting and a piece of steel… rough but it worked. New Paint! and installed (next to the parking alarm… so high-tech…) Next the engine bay light.
  5. So an update. I’ve been mostly working on repairing and preventing issues with the car. Finding filters for this car was not too difficult, but gaskets have been impossible. I’ve been slowly replacing the interior lights to LED’s which is nice. I like the amount of light I get out of them. I’m planning on installing foot well lights too. I took out the center console to clean and install cup holders as the car doesn’t have any. I like to have coffee with me and coffee crotch is terrible… After prying up the inlay I was able to access the screws The sound control box (not currently hooked up) was super heavy and massive. Also, my son was eater to help with the process. I found a bunch of OLD Japanese coins in the crevices of the console. After much cleaning and bracket making, I was able to get it done and re installed.
  6. Thanks! Don't know diesel prices, but regular gas is about 130¥/liter. Or about $4.30/gallon. Which sucks for me now, thing gets like 8miles to the gallon.
  7. Went for the inspection today (third time... so frustrating) finally passed!!! In Japan, you have to pass a full car inspection to register and drive a car legally. They start by looking at your title and verifying that the numbers on the car match the numbers on the title, first vin, then body, then engine, then they check the engine code to make sure it matches too. After that, they check to make sure all lights work, headlights, tail lights, turn signals front and rear, reverse lights, fog lights, EVERYTHING has to work. They check the interior to make sure that your windows roll down properly and seat belts retract properly. After that is emissions testing (for older cars, they only have to pass for the year they were made) then they check the speedometer by putting you on a rolling road and having you drive at 40KPH according to your spedo. Then breaks by making you stop from 40 and measure the time/force your car exerts on the rolling road. the machine then moves each front wheel seperately to see if your toe and camber are correct (If your wheels turn and pull the road to the left or right then your toe is off and if it puts more pressure on the inside or the outside then your camber is too far off) After that you roll forward to a machine that measures the brightness and levelness adjustment of your high beams. then you drive over a pit and a guy looks under the car and checks to see if there is any significant rust or exhaust leaks etc. After that they roll you to a flat level surface and they run a bar under the car to make sure you have a minimum of 9CM of clearance at the lowest part of your car. if everything passes, then its a matter of paying taxes and insurance etc. For this car total cost was about 180,000 Yen To drive the car out for the inspection I had to get temporary tags for the car, people call them "slash" plates because of the red stripe on them. they are only legal to drive from one place to another and back, so when I mentioned driving dirty, I was illegally driving on temporary plates until I could get the car to pass the inspection. The first time I went, there was a problem with the headlights not turning on, there was an exhaust leak, and the car was too low (previous owner cut springs) The second time I went, the fog lights didn't turn on, the lights weren't level or bright enough, and the tow was out of alignment third time was the charm. Now for what you were looking for, more pics. I ended up parking next to my old car too! I also saw a nice Century too! And a super sweet classic beetle!!!
  8. cant take pictures during the inspection, unfortunately :(
  9. I'm taking it tomorrow for japanese inspections so I can drive it legally and stop driving dirty... I'll bring my camera so I can take pics of stuff while I'm waiting on government red tape.anybody want pictures of anything specific?
  10. No clue on the ford y engine vs Nissan y engine. But that would make sense. It deffinately looks very similar to an old ford small block v8. As for stateside registration, my home of record is Tennessee so it will only have to pass federal rules which make it exempt for all epa regulations. Like lockleaf said, it'll get a sticker and from there I just pay the classic car registration for TN and I'm good to go. I'll get more pics and info once I start destroying it. ;)
  11. Yea, that's why I didn't want to bother with the R32. Don't plan on selling this one any time soon. Yes, its the Y44 4bbl
  12. I'm new here, so I thought introductions should be in order. Name is Stephen and I'm currently stationed in Japan. I'm actually a VW fan at heart, but since I was gonna be out here for a few years, I thought I'd try some nice Japanese cars. the first one I bought was an S15 Silvia Spec-S. I bought it from a guy that took it racing every weekend, so naturally it needed a lot of work. Most of my time and money in that car went to fixing the problems from the previous owner.. After I decided that I wanted to bring a nice Japanese car back when we leave, I sold the Silvia. I started a long exhaustive process of finding a nice car to bring back. I hate the R32 GT-R's because they are really nothing more than money pits, but since they have huge fanboys in the states who are willing to pay a premium for them, I looked at those. I decided not to get one because I didn't want the headache of upkeep and import until somebody bought it. I finally decided to get something comfy and classic and started looking at the Toyota Century. After some research, I found the Nissan President and fell in love with it. I found some great deals on them but they usually had bad problems. Finally I found the perfect one, it cost a pretty penny but I am happy what what I got. Since I'm mostly a VW guy,I thought I'd bump heads with some guys that know classic Nissan/Datsuns... Hajimemashte.
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