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1995 Nissan Hardbody XE (base, but with options).
Chassis Code: D21
128k i think
Regular (Standard) Cab
6ft (Standard) bed
Truck Version Ka24E. 134hp of fury! Single Slammer!
5spd.

Factory Options:
-4x4
-SE model Alloy Rims
-(Upon further inspecting and taking stuff apart) SE Limited slip diff
-Chrome bumper and grill (Offered on the SE)
-A/C
-Sweet factory stick that adds ~102 Tq not hp!

Current issues:
-New clutch (slipping like a MOFO!.... probably 10% left)
-Battery tiedown (note that a bungee is in place)
-Suspension. Replacing with KYB GR2's for now.

Fixed:
-vaccum leak
-Got a free box, need a tailgate now (rot on the bottom

I will add pics as to why i call it rust bucket. s***, the bed is rotted out in the one corner.

*Now since the Box i got is red. and theres some rust i wanna take car of on the body. What color should i do?. I was thinking a Army green/satin green. paint the bumpers/grill black etc.

More pics to come, but heres the day i bought it:

Crappy cell pics....boooo


Note the bungee cord battery tie down here ^ SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICK!

Engine bay was a mess. cleaning it up. im VERY OCD about a clean engine bay,if its a s***ty car or not. Carbon canaster had been mesed with at one point. gone now. updates when i feel like it

*Also, there is NO way in hell im turning it into a gay lowered mini truck. b****

UPDATES:
Wednesday 9/2/09

Got the tail lights out. the 4 bolts that hold the bed on. and the other 2 are too rusty to move. stay tuned...

Thursday 9/3/09
Well after a call to my friend. i now have a sawzall for a little while.
lets just say, i didnt give two poopies about the rotted/rusty/nasty/ bed
On the truck still:

And these are just cell phone pics. now imagine it in real life
Off with thy head! (NOTE: the two giant squares made by mr sawzall )

For anyof you who have taken off a hardbody bed you have the 4 bolts, two on each side of the tire and 2 in the rear. i simply (ya ok...) cut around the rear ones, took the bed off. then took the sawzall sideways to cut the bolt off. and knocked it threw the whole with a screwdriver.

End of the night:
Frame pics.

I started to grind away with a wire wheel to the driver side. got tired and called it quits... until tommorow muhhahahahah...

OMFG look at those shocks. the outer part rotted right off.

Good thing i got 4 brand new ones for 20 used (400 miles and the motor blew he said.. so there just about brand new )
Thats it for tonight!

Modified by Ghost518 at 11:46 PM 9/3/2009

Modified by Ghost518 at 11:52 PM 9/3/2009

and i wouldn't go all one color if your going with a satim green i would paint the grille bumper and trim a semi gloss black

-Nissan and Infiniti Factory Service Manuals HERE

And ya i think i said in my post somewhere black grill/bumpers.

Quote, originally posted by seang »

Thats a really cool truck, even though it's stock. Think of it as a 240sx, but a 4x4 version thats 800 lbs heavier.

Thanks dood. Ya its wierd. im used to pushing my car around the driveway inbetween working on it. The truck i cant even move. i think the ebrake could be stuck a little

those are for the winter tires. Alloys are tireless at the moment

the truck. s***, i cant move it DOWN my driveway

Progress today:

Got home late. and did nothing. til i had a bowl of rice krispy treats (ceral) and got motivated. alittle. degreased and wire brished the valve cover and painted with duplicolor ceramic color. it looks half a** bc the vc was starting to (sp?). thats it! tommorow is a different story

I've had mine over 13k ft in the Rockies.....Lots of downshifting, but it went where it was pointed.

Trust me im not trying to win anything but a 1 up on the NY snow storms up here. thought about swapping my extra dohc into. but its just not worth it.

Sohc trucks... pffft. THANKS NISSAN!

Oh and I think that the gear fluid might need to be changed so I'm gonna do that after I eat some cake this afternoon I shall eat a slice for all of Nico club!

20W50 in the trans? You synchros were probably dissolved. 90 weight GL4 is the only thing that should be run in a Nissan truck manual transmission.

Best of luck with your project. I just saw a D21 a couple of days ago. It was the first time I'd seen one in a long time. I also saw a Stanza that same day and both of them were black. It's so rare to se older Nissans like that over here.

Try to beat these prices:

http://stores.shop.ebay.com/em...mrsZ1

Then the Gr-2's i shall get

Got to it for the first time last night. Lets just say i got carried away with buying parts for my 240 (bigger turbo,head work etc. ) Far more then i wanted to go. but whatever.

So i was thinking about it. and since im only using it for winter.. then maybe some dd'ing there after for a short time. its not gunna end up like i wanted to. Plus im not going to be towing anything...

Last night:
-Bought/installed Monroe shocks all the way around. came out to 47 after Advance discount
-drove the truck down the road with no bed/ rearlights/ hood/grill etc . it rides 309403493% better.
-Checked over all the brakes. cleaned them up a bit.
-Went around the truck with a hammer, and got any dead metal out.(rockers ) I still have a spot above the windshield i gotta fix. then its off to my friends shop (body shop) to get fixed.

Still have to figure out why the heat guage dont work. I think i might do the waterpump and thermostat. I THINK....

Also there is this wierd thing happening. I get smoke out the back of the motor. not heavy just enough to get noticed. Was thinking head gasket. but then i looked at the coolant it was fine. oil was just changed, and the old oil had to be about 1K old. and nothing wrong with it.

Two pics from yesterday. just took it up the road and back to see how it rode before the suspension update:

this is what happens when you give me a can a primer when im bored...

I still need to take a angle grinder on the frame and stuff...
Lots more updating to be had!

Been on the road since Friday.. so far... ive:
-new clutch (free from a friend)
-new waterpump (10 bucks of nico)
-new belts (free... well sort of. bought them 2 years ago for a friends hardbody)
-new alternator off my sohc 240 shell (old lady bought a brand new alternator from nissan 400 miles later the tranny went... thats when i got it... woot)
-tranny/ front/rear diff fluid
- stock rad off my 240. IDK F'in how the truck stock rad was holdin anything. you touch it and the fins cumble to dust.

so all and all im only in the hole 600 truck cost + 47 shocks + 10 waterpump = 657 for a winter beater. not that bad.

Today/yesterday i did the clutch. omg it was easy except for hte snapping bolts/rust here rot there. good god. Nothing special just pics of it on the lift at a friends warehouse garage thing.. More pics later this week when i go through the trail thats there!

Ok so when i took off the bed the first thing i noticed was that the exhaust was BAD and i didnt think it would last a week. In fact i was right i lasted TWO DAYS on the road. and went to pull it in the garage to do the clutch and hit a bump


Tommrow im going to cut it just before the cat and make my own exhaust. I got a 89 240 shell i jsut bought have a brand new exhaust on it. might make it work and add turn downs LOL.

And this is me grinding the frame.... again nothing speical just a pic i sen to the gf when she asked what i was doing to my POS truck now. lol and im not that big... 2 sweatshirts/1 shirt/1 thermal. twas 22 today. and i forgot to bring kerosene so the salamandor wasnt on right away. i got it later when i coudlnt bare it anymore.

Went off roading the first day on the road. was a HUGE mess with mud everywhere but the snow storm cleaned most of it off. Look below the sliding glass :

Ill have an actual update tommrow with tons of pics when i have time this week.

Also i was thinking... since the i dont really want a bed but i want something i was thinking something close to this... lemme know your thoughts.

Stuff i want
-Place to put my spare
-Place to mount spot lights above the truck roof line
-Going to make it so it bolts in. using stock bed mounts.
-Cover the tire? idk if open wheel is legal in NY.

Btw if you wanna make your own design in MS PAINT heres the orig:


Modified by Hooked on 240 at 3:24 AM 12/7/2009

~Found a little rusty but no rot box/bed for 150... might talk him down to just to save some money... cant wait... been driving with no box lol..
~This week at some point i gotta through up the torsion cars and put the 4wd axle back in.. as i took both out to do the clutch.
~Fix the hood hinges.. all 4 bolts broke/snapped. might take the hinges off and just weld them to the hood.
~Wating on nissan to send me the things that attch the grill to the body.. ALL are missing/zipties ftw!
~Grind down the entire rear frame one day this week (looking to be thursday) and either just paint or spray can rhino line it.
~at some point i need to get new leafs. i have a broken one on the right rear.
~cut out the rockers and weld new ones in/other rust stuff too
~looking to snorkel this pig when i get the materials...

CAnt wait to have pics and show REAL progress on my winter beater