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Paul G.

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    Seattle WA
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    411
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    electric vehicles

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  1. Yes but the 510 one is metric! The threads are 10mm with a 1mm pitch. The 411 flex hose thread is 3/8 inch with 24 threads per inch. It will screw into the slightly larger thread of the 510 cylinder, but is likely to strip and/or loosen itself. It would work if you have a custom flex hose made up with a metric thread. If you need a new flex hose you are pretty much going to end up getting one custom made at a local hydraulic show anyway.
  2. I got a rebuild kit for a '66 411 at Schuck's. The old 411 has a rather short slave push-rod so over the years the piston wears down one side until it is in the bore so angled that the cup blows. Mine worked fine until one morning when I went to start it and when I pushed the clutch pedal it dropped to the floor. Left a puddle right under the clutch slave making the problem obvious.
  3. I'd go with something like this. I just did a quick Google shopping search for "license plate light bolts." I have a set of those (purchased at a local shop) but since i haven't been hassled about my Manx buggy not having the plate lighted I haven't bothered to install them.
  4. I would have recommended you leave some small drain holes on the bottom where they originally rusted out. I've done that to several older American cars, usually adding one or two 3/32 inch holes before there is any rust through.
  5. Interesting, the wheelbase is a match for my '04 single cab Taco. The width is within a fraction of an inch too.
  6. Paul G.

    Headlight Help

    There is a funny headlight relay on the inner fender just in front of the battery. There should be some sounds (clicks of contacts) coming out of that as you play with the light switch. It is also a good place to go poking around for power. This relay has to many wires going into it to be simple. You should be able to identify at least some of the wires by color and with a wiring schematic all of them could be tested for having power when they are supposed too.
  7. Stopping is highly over rated.
  8. Yeah, the windows still roll down :D I'm seeing a couple of open grommets in the firewall so I'm thinking the AC is dead.
  9. Machined from Titanium billet or what?! Anyway, is there any difference in the ball joints in the 1.3 and 1.6 (PL and RL)? I thought they where the same.
  10. I've never had a wheel come off but I had a VW Beetle once where I noticed a thump, thump, thump each time I came to a stop. After about a mile in town I stopped and started poking around. I found the right front wheel loose and fixed it on the spot. The goofy car was my '65 Dart. Chrysler, in their infinite wisdom, thought it should be equipped with 13 inch wheels. The right front tire never lasted long enough to wear out (slant 6.) Some summer day I'd be flying down the freeway at 70 mph and hear a bang. Clearly someone had a blowout, so I would look around for someone pulling over. After 10 seconds or so of looking and seeing no one I would head over to the right side of the road. As I decelerate on the shoulder the front would start thumping around 40 mph. It was me again -- I got good at changing a tire on the side of the freeway. The weird thing, the car had absolutely no reaction to a blowout of the right front tire. I could take my hands off the wheel and keep going strait down the road. I really had to look around for someone else swerving or pulling off the road to figure out it wasn't someone else.
  11. Cool Bug Oz, but I don't think you chopped the top enough. You should probably crate the thing up and send it to me for affection and protection.
  12. Right now in the garage CD player: AC/DC, The Razors Edge AC/DC, Back in Black Joe Satriani, Surfing with the Alien Buck Cherry, 15 Tool, Undertow Metalica, And Justice for All
  13. Paul G.

    411's UNITE

    My WPL411. I still haven't finished polishing the factory paint job. This will be going soon as I have other projects that capture my interest more than old Datsuns. Still, I think that the 411 is the most attractive of those early Japanese imports. It's important to save some of these early imports. Japan's entry into the American auto market is a significant part of our automotive history.
  14. Wow, that is true even for my '66 411! Full is 8 ohms and empty is 84 ohms.
  15. According to a MIRA document from 1966 the rear spring rate for a 1965 Datsun 410 was 125 pounds per inch.
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