Newbie from Colorado

Post by **mandingo** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 8:49 am

Hi everyone, Im new, just bought my 1979 Datsun last friday, its a nice truck with a great engine, only 93k miles, has alot of rust on the body, Im looking foward to restoring this great truck, so far i've did an oil change, air filter, fuel filter and alot of cleaning, solved a few electrical issue, bad contacts in the headlight switch, right now the dome light doesnt work, im assuming it may be related to the switches in the door? and the cigarette lighter doesnt work, can someone tell me where the fuse is for it, well im sure i'll be checking back here to learn and get tipsthankstony
Modified by mandingo at 11:05 AM 11/18/2008

Post by **phlebmaster** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 11:37 am

Welcome to the family! Nice 620...more pics pleeeese

Post by **63320** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 1:02 pm

welcome,nice score.........................

Post by **Craven Morehead** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 4:26 pm

hey mandingo...i have the same problem..i think its a fuse or a link but cant find the short...i am anxious to see if anyone knows too..no interior light..no cigarette lighter...no under hood light....checked fuses and bulbs...not the problem ..anyone ????

Post by **jdshift** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 4:34 pm

Welcome aboard!! Restoring that truck should be alot of fun....enjoy!!

Post by **mandingo** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 1:41 pm

well so far I got the got the camper off, took the rear bumper off, bolt were rusted, 2 just snapped off along with the skin on my hand, got a real nice reupolstery on the seat by my wife , the interior is looking real nice, got a list of more things to do this weekend, i'll do some before and afte pics as this progresses, having a ton of fun, I got a manual, it says the lighter is connected to inline fuse, can't find it, and the interior lights still a mystery, as i cleaned the doors switches, any help on this would be appreciatedthankstony
Modified by mandingo at 10:52 AM 11/29/2008

Post by **mandingo** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 9:03 am

26 Nov, got the shock of my life. I was checking to see if the coil wire on the distibutor side was snug, so I pulled on it, it came off and gave me quite a jolt, lol, im so dumb, thanksgiviving I took the oil pan out and changed the oil pan gasket out hoping it would be the cause of my small leak, it didnt, Im thinking its the rear main seal? Yesterday got the windows tinted, looks great, need to get batteries for my camera today and will start posting some pics soon

Post by **phlebmaster** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 4:22 am

Hahaha...I have been bitten by my coil before. OUCH! lol

As far as your leak....replacing the rear main seal is not too hard. The hard part is pulling the motor and the old seal. It is a day project for sure.

I recommend pulling the motor and tranny together, this makes everything much simpler. Please post up some pics...I wanna see what you are doing.

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