my 620

[Darrel]

Found my 620 and brought it home yesterday. 500 mile rt and $600 later.

[GodZilla]

Cool. Sticking with a stock motor or some other plans?

[LanceVance]

Nice, Iv'e got one just like that as well, same color and everything. What year is yours? Mine broke down with less than 30,000 on the OD (bad carb) and the PO put it up on stands and left it!

[Darrel]

It runs right now so i will stick with that till i figure something out. I would like to go with on board air station using an old a/c compressor.

 

The odo shows 48K and if it stayed in grand junction i would have to believe the actual miles. There isn't any undue wear on the brake pedal(auto).

 

There is some rust coming through a respray, but nothing that can't be fixed. No major or minor fixes from accidents.

[ModernS30]

For some reason I have always wanted to put an SR20DET in one of these trucks.

[GodZilla]

For some reason I have always wanted to put an SR20DET in one of these trucks.

 

Agreed ^ I'd either turbo a KA motor or an SR20DET in there.

[datsun723]

I'm debating whether to pick up one of those or a 510 wagon...both are sweet in my book.

[slownrusty]

Sweet 620 Dee!

[Darrel]

I finally took it out for a test drive. The tires are definitely too tall. No blowing smoke or running too rich. All the lights work. The heater works. It has some balls for a 2 liter and automatic, maybe its the 4.38 gears.

 

Once it warms up it runs smooth with no misses.

[Darrel]

I got the truck up on a lift today adjusted the valves and it passed emissions

 

 

Carrier bearing is toast, needs RR axle seal, once the front pads wear down it will need new rotors, fix wiring rats nest at the rear and rf parking light, egr is gone as is the air pump, missing some linkages on the carb, it's a wonder it even passed the sniffer test. There is a broken valve cover bolt that has been "worked on". If I don't replace the head, i will at least take the old one off and have the bolt hole fixed. Gas tank isn't original, i don't even know if it came out of a pickup. I will have to take pics of that once I find a tank and replace it. Only pics can describe how it's mounted.

 

The good news, I know of someone that has a parts truck. Hopefully it will have the tank, a/c bracket and the parts to do a manual transmission swap.

 

Even with the problems found today the truck is still a good deal at $600.

 

Future upgrades,,, possibly will go with a weber carb, new intake and exhaust. I'm not sure if i will go with a 2.4 or just stick with the 2.0.

[Darrel]

Thanks to kenz240z on classiczcars and here, we were able to pull the majority of the dents out of the tank. Harbor Freight stud guns rule. Kenny gave me some good pointers and I learned the proper way to place the studs.

 

It's not perfect, but I am pleased with the results.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

**MODS, feel free to move this thread in the project section**

Edited May 10, 2010 by Darrel

[zxtoy]

Nice looking truck. You'll have a lot of fun driving it around.

[Tony D]

Where's that hole in the gas tank you keep IM'ing me about? The one bigger than a penny....

[Darrel]

It has a yellow plastic plug in it now, some of the pics show it.

 

I'll get it patched in the next couple of weeks. First things first, track day June 5th, then I'll do the running around to get it patched, swap tanks, swap driveshafts etc.

 

 

And yes, even with the carb problems it's a lot of fun to drive around.

 

After the carb and driveshaft I'll make a decision about keeping the auto or go to manual, if I keep the auto, i will probably swap a 4 spd auto. Someone has already done it and I think there is enough room the 4 spd will fit between the tension rods.