Patcon

You are correct

L20a rods are gonna be scarce. It is a popular motor for the Datsun 510 crowd. Also the short rod is probably going to give you a bad crank/rod ratio. Longer rods are generally preferred. I think jonbill is right, look for pistons with a shorter pin height

I considered trimming it too. There is a chrome finishing strip that covers the edge. I will take a shot at using the full lip with some steel plate for weights. I will trim it if I have too but I'd hate to mess it up. Most of these seals came out of Australia

So will you replace the intake? TBI? or leave it alone?

Cool! Can you post up a summary of the engine specs and build in one post?

I have done a great many searches on Ebay that have super overpriced offerings. I have found this when I sort from high price to low. Sometimes its faster find what Im looking for this way. My suspicion is these offerings are for laundering money using Ebay and PayPal. Nothing else really made sense

Thanks I was thinking so too. It's gonna be difficult to get installed that way but I will figure something out

That's what happens when you have too many projects and a big family. I am also doing all my own body and paint work. I have a build thread here on the forum

So here is the rear inner hatch seal. This is thee flange area on the top three sides of the car I believe this is the proper orientation on the top three sides So this is one way to do the lower section of the seal But i really think it aught to be like this but this will make it harder to install because the seal wants to stand up

Understandable but my first concern would be you disassembling the car and getting stalled out. I'm 10 years in on my project... The classic Datsun market is good right now, in 10 years you might not be able to give the car away! The car is worth more now the way it sits than freshly painted and disassembled. I think Carls advise is very solid

If you can sell it for 35k as it sits or spend 60k and sell it for 95k then why bother? It's the same net cash either way. In my opinion it is impossible to get a quality paint job without stripping the car

I would never repaint a car like this with out removing the glass. It leaves rough areas around all the seals and the paint tends to peal from those exposed edges If it were me, I would try to sell it as is. Put a reserve on it and see what it does i would not be surprised to see a bill of 60k to fully restore a car like this

Thanks GK That is the orientation I used. I did that, with the seals. I used some of the Honda rubber treatment I learned of here on the site and got the seals laying down flat. Unfortunately the weather is cooling off, so I don't know how much memory they will acquire

Welding is slow work, that's why it costs so much to pay someone to repair a rusty Datsun! You're making good progress!

Maybe the vacuum switch halves are loose. Touching it changes the way the halves meet each other?

Im already there!

Yes.

I had the same thought about generator

We lost power for part of the day today due to high winds. Worked on an electrical rough in with headlights for part of the day

So we have made some progress. Some of it two steps forward one step back. We got the headliner done but it looks like "Fido's hindend". It fits poorly, is too thick and was coming loose a day or two after we got it home. So we are gonna cut our losses and redo it ourselves. I ordered one and it was supposed to be here Monday but who knows where it is now! He has 3 out of 4 doors on the car and those are mostly assembled and gasketed. Have I stated recently that weather strips suck!! I hate em!! Trying to get them on in the right place and working properly is such a pain! Part of our slow down is I have been hurt for about 3 months now and Cody is working 50 hr weeks and taking classes at night. He gets about 10-12 hours of sleep during the 5 day week. I have a problem that I need some help with. Actually two... I installed the door seals like this. This seemed the intuitive way to do this The first problem is the seals don't close the way I would expect them too. I would expect them to lay down against the body like this but right down the end of the door where the hinges are they tend to bunch up instead of laying down against the body. We can flip the seals out so they lay right but they dont do it on their own. So do other people seals lay properly against the body or just crumple up. They look sealed either way but are harder to close when they crumple up. @zKars @grannyknot The second problem is the rear hatch. I'm not sure how to run the inner hatch seal. I may need to make some better pictures but the seal seems to only fit one way. On 3 sides of the hatch it makes sense. On the bottom, not so much. Either the orientation needs to change or I have to deal with the extra rubber on the seal

You already have at least two other threads with this issue. Why don't you try sticking with those instead of cluttering up the forum. You won't get any better response this way. Maybe less...

Is it me or should the slam panel not be totally flat in that picture?

Yeah, the vin location is weird! Covered in bird guano...

Yup A good tip about cutting at an angle. Remember too, that old truck bed is much thicker than datsun steel. So not as affected by heat or air cooling

That why heat wrap is asbestos!! Proceed with caution...