New World Datsuns...

Yep, fairly gutless, that is why I have been dealing with trying to turbocharge my 71hp SD25 engines in my trucks over the years, and have them operate normally without any issues. You are not likely going to soup it up without a turbocharger, so fix it up means???? Them small diesel engines in smal...

So what is the car?
I see it has a diesel engine with a VE type injection pump, it should get good mileage.
Turbocharge it!!!

Fact is I do not remember his name, he is the one that claimed the overnight campers at Canby had drugged him, he even mentioned that fact right there in front of maybe 4 people, Darren, Josh, and a couple others standing there, I cannot remember who he was talking to when he said that, I believe th...

I have no idea if this postimage will work or not, it would not load the image the normal way so I dragged the photo from my photos to the reply field. 0.8 MB DSC00087.JPG Check Error Didn't work I went to Blue Lake today with the truck, most the day was great, then this guy came up to me that I hav...

I completely forgot I had a Postimage acct, I could not remember my password or anything else about it, so I tried signing in under my email address and then asked for a password retrieval, I am in now. Unfortunately I have the same issue, it will not upload images from my computer to the Postimage ...

I just tried editing my post to add a photo, I picked one photo and opened it, I waited over 15 minutes for the status bar to do anything other than what had happened right away(had a sliver of blue in the light gray), nothing happened. Like I said, the issue likely is that I have an outdated browse...

This stuff takes fab skills, tools, and a vision.

Sometimes one needs to take a break from a build just to get motivated again.

I had the truck painted again as the clear coat was pealing, they did too much sanding before the paint, it is not as smooth as it used to be, oh well it still looks better than it did. Well it appears I cannot add photos to my posts, I can attach them in the attachment box below, but the status box...

I guess it depends on where you live, in Vancouver WA having any water management occur less than 10 feet away from the foundation on new construction is not code, all water from the roof has to be disposed of on property and at least 10 feet away from the foundation and a chain hanging from a down ...

That drive line can only go in 4 different ways, if vibration bothers me I can try a different position, I suppose I should have marked the other original drive line before I took it apart so I could put it back the same way, but that one can only go in 4 different ways of which one of them ways was...

I had a squeak after the fix that went away for the most part, I suspect it is the other u-joint, when I greased it only 2 of the joints had grease coming out of them, I expect I will have to do that u-joint within the year, but I already changed the u-joint in the drive line I removed, so I will ju...

I have had a vibration lately when I start out that goes away when I get going, it only happened when I just let out the clutch, but another vibration started while at higher rpms, so today I lifted the bed and front of the truck and inspected the driveline, the front U-joint of the rear drive line ...

I now know what this truck weighs, it is 3940lbs put away wet, that is around 500lbs more than it weighed before the chassis change, but it has a dump bed now and instead of using wood for the flatbed I used steel, don't know which weighs more on that front, it's likely a wash, but the hydraulic ass...

DRIVEN wrote:I really like that. Practical tools for the guy with a shed full of alternators.

It's not full of alternators, there are a bunch of starters in the same container.

I made myself an alternator tester today, I used an old Magna band saw base without removing the bandsaw. I made the main positive and negative wires then I used a "T" plug to supply 12V power to the top connection, and I used a light going to the lower connection using the same 12V I used to supply...

It works fine, it's kinda weird but something behind the dash clicks before the dash lights come on, sometimes it tales a while. They are not as bright as when I had them wired for 12 volts, but I can see everything just fine, and they dim to basically off by turning the knob. I did notice bleeding ...

I installed the dash light harness I made today, am waiting till dark to see how bright the dash lights are and how well the dimmer switch/knob works. I also looked at the wires I have for the brights indicator light, I tried the only R/G and R/B wires there are in that dash harness, so I have no id...

There is an impressive amount of thinking going on here, and a lot more ahead, it would give me a headache as I like quick results. I myself think the wheels are an issue, what is exactly hitting that you need the spacers? Charlie used drop spindles on his 520 project, rather than using 15 inch whee...

It's a seam sealer to keep it from leaking and rusting, paint will not do that job, there is seam sealer all over that vehicle, it's everywhere.

I have been trying to figure out how I was going to have dash lights that were adjustable, I have been unable to find any 2 wire plastic bulb holders that are the proper size, well I think I figured it out, what I did was rip the positive side connection out of the stock bulb holder, then I drilled ...