The 510 Realm

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Currently living the North Hollywood area and willing to drive over 30-40 miles. Send me an email at Brett@reinhards.us if you have a car or know anyone selling one. Thanks

Hello All, Im currently looking for an inexpensive 520 or 521 pick up, im looking to spend as little money as possible (well duh). Anyways I am not pickey about the condition of everything as it will be a slow project/daily driver car. I would prefer a car that is running but am open to whatever mig...

great news guys, turns out the choke never fully opened after warming up so i just adjusted it to be open and it runs sooo much better its amazing the only problem now is the accelerator pump is leaking a bit and it still stumbles when you get on it after shifting, i think this is due to the pump le...

ya its a little weird of a setup, but it works out pretty well, it has a decent amount of get up 'n go, much better now that it has compression haha.

thanks for all the quick responses, now where do you guys recommend i buy jets? is there a specific place i can get them?

ok so i just got my engine fixed, turns out i have an L18 block with new L18 pistons now, L16 Crank, L16 Connecting rods and an L16 head, my question is what is a good ball park area to start my jets out from? if anyone has previous experience or an educated guess please feel free to share. if you h...

thank you for the concern my dad is not new to engine work especially on datsuns he has been in the business practically all his life, and we are gonna get a hone job to make sure they seat properly. thank you for the indepth paragraph that was very helpful.

well i had my dad look at the cylinder walls and he said they looked fine, i know ideally you would want to get all that done but im on a really tight budget.the only reason i am taking these out is because i blew a headgasket (and it wasnt severe just a little leak of the 4th cylinder) and since i ...

im not getting new pistons, im using the old ones, im just getting new rings because the old ones are bad

couldnt i just check the size of the piston?

no im not taking the block, im gonna make sure thats flat later this weekend.

thanks guys, it turns out im just gonna take a piston out and take it to the machine shop i took my head to, and have them measure it =)

so im trying to find rings for my pistons and im wondering what size they are, i havent taken them out yet but on the top of them they say F34 does anyone know if they are oversized or just the stock ones? any help would be great.

thanks, Brett

James wrote:GLad you got it sorted - cooling issues are not something you want to deal with the wrong way - good to be concerned for sure.

yes and until recently my heater was stuck on so it was high on my priorities list haha

and thank you everyone else for the information and input!