If you are nice to the guy (or know some one) at your local car parts place they might swap the jets for you, I have done this twice before as it is no loss to them because they can still use your ones if their good. My advice is nail the guy for $100 if it looks good changing the linkage and cable isnt that big a deal either, I used a skyline cable and pissed aroung for about an hour untill i found the best set up and made a bracket for it to run through. It was a peace of piss.

My 32/36 started and idled perfect. The only downside was just a wee bit of flat spot off-idle.

I did not pay to re-jet it. I just gathered a bunch of jets/tubes etc from Fords and tried different ones. By doing so I changed a good-sized flat spot to a small flat spot.

Also, don't bother with a rebuild kit. These carbs are so simple, the carb-top gasket is nearly always reusable, the manifold gasket is reusable, the needle & seat rarely wear out, that only leaves the power valve from the rebuild kit, which is usually good.

Oh, and you can make an adapter with a small piece of aluminum, a hacksaw, an electric drill and a round file, like Myko and myself have done.

I have one too. It makes the A15 alot more fun. Making the adaptor is a bit of a pain, but it's worth it.

I paid way too much probably to do it, but it makes me quite happy when i put my foot down.

Well it sounds good but I probably wont buy it, here's the ad for anyone else thats interested

http://allclassifieds.com.au/c/ac?a=vi&i=425362073

Im lookin at a datsun 720 kingcab, havn't seen them mentioned on this site, they any good?

hmmm we had a 720 for ages, and is had the z22 diesel and it went and went and went and went.....
just not very well, but considering my dad siezed it twice and never serviced it in the 10 years that we had it it went well.
When it siezed, we just let it cool down, then refiled the oil and away she would go again!!
It eventually went to the caryard in the sky when two undercovers on trailbikes were smoked out when we were towing a huge load up a steep hill. The old girl was working a wee bit too hard and your couldnt see the car from the smoke. Not sure about the petrols though.

Overall, a gutless, slow torqueless heap, but it wouldnt die no matter how hard I thrashed it. Typical datsun really..

The one i'm lookin at has a z20 petrol with extractors twin SU carbs electronic dizzy and mild cam. Engine rebuild only 20,000k old.

Well it sounds like the motor is in good nick, but for 4wd purposes, you want a good air filter setup. Cyclonic if you can. Like what is in the cruisers or the MQ patrols (diesels)

The gearbox and axles seem a bit pansy to me, but only bieng pushed by a 4 cyclinder, I wouldnt imagine they would break much. We got a lot of slop in the rear diff early on, though it didnt ever break. Possiblly the uni joints, but we never bothered to fix it. My dads idea is that when it breaks you fix it.

Watch for rust in the body mounts to the chassis, particulay the front most ones. Ours showed heavy rust there. It must be a water catch point. The bottom of the doors showed rust, but that is common in 4wds when the drain holes fill with dirt and collect water.
They seem to be lightweight and get blown about a fair bit on the highway in any sort of crosswind, but just drive to conditions and you shouldbe fine. Uours was a single cab, so not sure on the room that the king cab gives.

OPurs gave us plenty of clearence for our purposes, and as the joeybox is not hanging down, it doesent seem to catch much, which is a good thing. Cant remember if it is a married or unmarried joey box, but if you keep it original then that doesent matter.

Hope that helps. Anymore questions ask away.

I towed the B310 rally car many 1000's of k's behind a kingcab. Poor old L18 didnt like it much, but after it inherited a spare L engine my brother had been playing with (1870cc 45's, big valves, cam and headers) it was quite happy as long as you reved it...

Rust killed it, it rests in peace under my macrocarpa tree for the dog to sleep in....

I went to a Navara, which, spookily enough is almost identical mechanically....

Thanks for the tips fellas, I'm gonna go have a look at it on saterday.

Anyone else who knows of any of the 720's good/bad points, I would appreciate the input.

Tyrie

I dunno, I like em, my wifes grandpa has one on his farm and I like it.

The muffler is falling off but thats about it, there isnt much rust for an old vehicle and it has the Z24 engine.

I gots my eye on it for when they move away from the farm, gonna buy it, slam it, respray, airbags maybe, shave the tailgate etc... that would be sweet

If its the right price I'd buy the one your looking at, as long as its not in too bad shape