New World Datsuns...

Well, I'm off on a voyage to spokane. To see a team of neurologist that have gathered to poke and prod and twist and inflate my leg up.
I'm hoping they don't go all out so I can hit up the harbor freight and get a floor jack and argon regulator.
I don't get up near a hb often, 3 hours from home, but I see neurologists aaaaaalll the time.
They love to bring groups of students, tell them about a rare disease, poke prod and pinch, it is much more of a show and tell than a treatment or service of anykind. It's doubtfully any actions will be taken today, or result of this group session.

I just looked up the hf address and found that they opened one up in lewiston about 20 minutes from me. FuckING sweet! Idk how I hadn't heard that... like ... wtf kim?!

They have a bunch of floor jacks on sale right now. Im tempted to pick up the 2ton low pro one. Has the lowest seat height and the highest lift. Ive never seen it on sale til now.

RedBanner wrote:I just looked up the hf address and found that they opened one up in lewiston about 20 minutes from me. FuckING sweet! Idk how I hadn't heard that... like ... wtf kim?!

sorry forgot to tell you. When I was in Spokane HF store a few years ago, I talked to the manager and he informed me they were putting a store in the LC valley. About Fnn time.

20 minutes to get to HF ? Must of stopped by "THE" store on the way.

I almost got a new jack, but they where out. I did get a argon regulator but can't get it fitted to my junk welder for like a week, waiting on a 5/8x18 to 1/8 npt adapter bushing. So I can get the gas from the bottle to the liner.

It's always something.

300$ for title and tags. Not like it used to be. Now I get to be broke all month again and not mess with the van but it's tagged.

I feel ya on that. I'm doing 2 cars a month from my move to Idaho. Had a $300 day at DMV yesterday myself. Still have my Cutlass, 510, '35, wife's car, and some trailers. I guess less stuff is an option. No its not.

My citation was 45$ to transfer and licence when I was in highschool. It was going to be more, like 335, but I convinced the lady it was a passenger van, and not a truck.. and of course the sale price was on the bill of sale, I hate when that happens.

Well after a few weeks of barely poking at the van, I just ran out of fuck to give about this th400, and the many many jimmy rigs the po did to "install" it.
I got myself a th350, the correct crossmember, a flywheel and torque converter all cheap.
Last thing I need is a driveline... well that's not super easy for me to fund as it turns out.
I found 2 late model vans with th350s, but they both had one peice driveline instead of the 2 piece I need.
I would have grabbed one and made it work but they move the things around with fork lifts and both shafts where fucked.

If one of you I know hit up a yard, keep me in mind! I need a 2 peice shaft from a 125" van with a 10 bolt and th350 (pre 1990) basicly any full size 5 lug chevy van. I have money. 2o8 79l 7533 text me.

When I say "I have" a trans and junk, it's actually sitting at my folks house in vancouver. So it's not in my hands, but it's one I know, and was rebuilt recently.

How did I miss this, cool van.
Have some candy?

510freak wrote:How did I miss this, cool van.
Have some candy?

and he's close to the river too.

Banner in a vanner by the river

Well, it's been awhile, I got a th350, got that sucker up in there. It fixed the crossmember issue, had a drive line sorted, took 2 tries but it's all good, I am just needing to find a kickdown cable bracket that sits alittle further from my carb, and thats about it.. oh brakes. Needs some brakes.

Get brakes.

Banner sighting,same day as site is working,woot

Keep at the vanner banner

Well, have not posted in a while, not really working on car projects, been caretaking for my landlord, and grandmother all year.
But I did get the van up and going, drove it a few times but then some lady in a Toyota truck did a hit and run on me, took it back out of commission.
Got moved to a new place after my landlord died last month, and started picking at the van again. The move would have been a lot easier with a van instead of 25 trips in a a10 wagon that's for sure.
The hit took out my radiator, broke my driver side exhaust manifold, trans mount and exhaust hanger. Possibly the driver lca.
Got a new rad back in it, made new trans cooler lines... Again. Also replaced the driver side exhaust manifold, but I broke a stud trying to force the kinda tweaked pipe back I to it.
And I have this mess to deal with. And the driver side lca, looks bent but Idk for sure.