Door Hinge Adjustment

[moose60]

My doors had sagged a bit over the years, resulting in an unsatisfying 'clunk' when ever I closed 'em. It's pretty simple to pull out the inner fender to access the hinge mounting bolts. Then it will only take a few minutes with a 12mm box end wrench (assuming the hinges are not super trashed), and your doors will close nicely again. Just loosen 'em, lift the door, and tighten 'em.
Byron

[idahocity]

my driver side is a little saggy. i will give it a try when it stops raining.

have you, or anyone else on the board, put a jump seat in datsun king cab? there are bucket seats and an ok amount of space. i have a 2.5 year old and i would like to install a fold out seat and belt. i would like to do it before christmas so we can all take the pickup to a tree farm. my brother in law's extended cab ford ranger had a jump seat. it worked great for little passengers.

[asavage]

Both of my '82 KCs had factory jump seats.

[idahocity]

with seat belts? That's good news. i am fairly tall so it didn't occur to me that the xtra room would be for anything more than storage.

[asavage]

with seat belts?

Now that I can't recall. I think so, but I'll have to see if I still have pics of the first one, or maybe it's shown in the sales brochure (I have a couple of those somewhere).

[asavage]

with seat belts?

Yup, the 1984 720 Owners Manual clearly shows and discusses seat belts for the jump seats. The 1981 720 Owners Manual doesn't. I can't lay my hands on the manuals for the years in-between.

I'd say, go to a JY and pull 'em.

[idahocity]

good advice. i posted in the other forum about a repower. it looks like the cab of the truck may be unsafe for further driving. i do a detailed inspection this weekend.

[asavage]

You already know that I'm putting an '82 diesel engine/trans/fuel tank in an '86 720 gasser (soon). It's by far the easiest swap. George in BC put an SD2x in a Mazda PU a few years back, claimed it was pretty simple -- "simple" being relative. I think that he said the Mazda was about an '87 and it may have been 4WD. George is not a member here.

[idahocity]

thanks for sharing your knowledge. is your 86 a 4wd? my parents live on a mountain. i like to go help them out and in the winter i need something with fun wheel drive to get up to them.
Do you know off hand if the pathfinder innards are similar to like yeared (hardbodies?) pickups?

[asavage]

is your 86 a 4wd?

No. It's not really my project, I just happened to have had both trucks through my hands.

Do you know off hand if the pathfinder innards are similar to like yeared (hardbodies?) pickups?

I don't know. Perhaps someone else here does.