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| | | | Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 42 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 42 | Im trying to update my tie rods and thin center link.. any cars or trucks that are around the same length and fits?
someone out there must have done this swaps?
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| | | | | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 | You might try checking the current topic on tie rods. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 42 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 42 | You might try checking the current topic on tie rods. Hey Cletis the current topic has nothing.. Im trying to see if a(example) a nova fits a chevy p/u or a honda fits a toyota or a impala fits a gocart, well you get the idea!.. lengthwise & size Ive done this before by taking a tape measure to my local pickapart.. Im just trying to see if anyone here has done it already and has some tips on what fits.. idea is GOOD USED REUSABLE PARTS....
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 | I guess it would be helpful to know what you are trying to achieve.
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| | | | | Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 42 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 42 | I guess it would be helpful to know what you are trying to achieve. i just explained it,read above post.  | | | | | Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 | no need to reinvent the wheel, the HD tie rods are still in the system, check the vendors or NAPA, and the ends sold now are the modern type
Bill | | | | | Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 42 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 42 | omg..
I like to find things that work!..
Example,Example,Example...
If you take part#88219 to your local Autozone you can get a rear brake hose for your chevy p/u for $15, classic restore shops heaven knows..
My fathers 1960 Nash "original" Engine/trans & drive train is also found in Datsuns 1200 everything is a direct bolt up.
I used to own a jaguar Xtype that had a 2.5L engine,I wanted to upgrade to a bigger size engine..so i bought a wreck Ford Lincoln LS with a 3.0L removed and bolted it up with no mods & it fit like a charm.
Im not reinventing the wheel here, im just trying to see if anyone( like me ) hunt down things that works and can be reused or bought for another vehicle that fits another....
Im not bad mouthing no one here, i come here to learn just like everyone else..if you can save a buck thats the biggest tip ever!
sorry for the off topic examples...thats just what i have. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 | there's a whole website for your approach - let us know what you come up with  Bill | | | | | Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 42 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 42 | lol funny one squeeze..... 
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,821 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,821 | My fathers 1960 Nash "original" Engine/trans & drive train is also found in Datsuns 1200 everything is a direct bolt up. A 1960 Nash is called a "Rambler". Nash stopped making full-size cars in 1957. The 1960 Rambler engine is a 196 cubic inch flathead 6-cylinder, or the same displacement overhead valve engine, depending on whether we're talking about the "Rambler American" with the flathead, or the "Classic" With the OHV engine. I've got a 1960 American 2-door station wagon out behind the barn- - - - -come on over and take a look under the hood. Can I have a little of whatever you're smoking?- - - - -It must be some really good stuff! Jerry
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| | | | | Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 | I suspect he's talkin of the "Nash" Metropolitan with the Austin 4 cyl that Nissan based their late 60's engine on, prolly pretty much bolt in either direction ....
Bill | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,821 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,821 | Yep, the MGA 1500 and the early-60's Datsun "Fairlady" 2-seater sports car had interchangeable parts. The Metropolitan was built in Belgium, with a British Leyland engine and sheet metal that resembled an early 50's Nash. The original engine was 900 CC, later upgraded to 1200. I kept one of the ragged-azz little things running for a college buddy back in the late 60's. They had a nasty habit of the front suspension breaking off!
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 | the Metropolitan was built in England by Austin with an Austin 1200cc "A40" engine - MG's used a BMC corporate "B" engine design ... Austin had a previous arrangement with Nissan which allowed them to use Austins engine patents to develop a number of very similar 4 cyl engines for Datsun Bill | | | | | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 | This thread went to pot in a hurry. Rather than spend 30 minutes cleaning it up, I'm locking it down. | | |
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