Shucks. Why didn't I think of that?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Donna and Terry Cost" <tcost@hot.rr.com>
To: "Datsun Roadsters" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 10:45 AM
Subject: Snake Oil and the ZCCA National Convention
> When I decided to rebuild my 67.5 Solex 2000 recently I was looking for a
> good coating to put on the bearing surfaces in my engine. I know Teflon
is
> a good dry coating, so I went to the local Wal-Mart and bought 20 rolls of
> the Teflon tape you put around pipe joints. It sticks to itself, so you
> don't need to glue the ends to the finished wrap. Wrap the main bearings
> clockwise, looking from the harmonic balancer, and your rod bearings
> counterclockwise. You don't need those pesky bearing inserts at all, so
> when you have the proper thickness of Teflon tape (use a good micrometer)
> just bolt on the rod and main caps and torque everything down. Since you
> still need oil to cool engine parts, make sure to poke holes through to
the
> oil passages. I use a #10 awl for that, but a similar sized nail will do.
> The Teflon tape also can be used for the crank seals, but you have to fold
> the tape carefully to fit the groove. You can wrap the cam lobes the same
> way, but be careful not to use too much Teflon tape because valve
adjustment
> will be difficult. I know that oil passages may clog with a few drifting
> pieces of tape, so I added an external oil pump with 200PSI working
> pressure. That blows those little pieces right through to the filter,
which
> I also modified. I cut a filter open and stuffed it full of those steel
> wool scrubbing pads with the soap in them. To change filters, I just rip
> off the duct tape at the cut, pull out the old steel wool, and stuff in
> more. Use good duct tape because of the extra oil pressure. Since the
oil
> doesn't actually lubricate or clean any more I use the cheapest oil I can
> find. Used peanut oil from my deep fat fryer does a good job, but next oil
> change I'm going to use new oil because the car (and this story) is
starting
> to smell fishy.
>
> Thanks Marc Tyler for the picture of me and Terry Jr. at the ZCCA National
> Convention in San Antonio. "Mad Mike" Taylor is the Executive Director of
> that organization, and his wife bought Morey Mast's black 2000. She drove
> it down to the convention from Dallas and is interested in joining TDROC.
> Our website is tdroc.com if any of you want to look. For you "newbies"
out
> there that's Texas Datsun Roadster Owners Club. We have members from all
> over the globe. We even have a few from California. Come join us, if you
> like.
>
> Leisure Suit Terry
>
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