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Betty Returns – 510 Restoration Redux Part 5

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    Putting all my attention back on the engine after a break, the fuel rail, new injectors, and throttle body could be installed. The SR TB simply had too much “stuff” on it, and since we have no need for the coolant passages or cruise control, a KA throttle body was chosen for refurbishment and installation. […]

    Betty Returns – 510 Restoration Redux Part 3

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      With the worst of the funk removed, another month was spent restoring or replacing the engine externals. Too often, I see swaps where the extent of the cosmetic refurbishment is a painted valve cover. Boring. Thankfully, we have the capability to powder coat here at Datsun Ranch, and plating services are relatively inexpensive ($125 for […]

      Betty Returns – 510 Restoration Redux Part 2

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        Having decided to pull the L20b and not look back, the next order of business was to decide what powerplant to replace it with. I’d grown weary of fiddling with the carbs and linkages, and besides, I want to drive this car, not tinker with it (we have plenty of other original Datsuns to fiddle […]

        DIY Build Your Own Transmission Mount

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        The transmission mount on “Alice”, our 1967 Datsun 411 wagon, needed to be replaced. As most of you know, she has a stroker motor with a fairly lumpy cam and a higher stall speed torque converter, which made the transmission mount failure very obvious. After 45 years of doing its job, the rubber had deteriorated […]