Jason,
There are vendors listed on many of the Datsun sites that have the parts you
are looking for. The bottom end pieces such as bearings, rod bolts, fuel
pump, and I think the water pump, along with the pan gasket are available from
your favorite Nissan forklift dealer. That's right. Forklift. That is where
your engine was derived and the engine is still sold in new models at the
forklift dealer. Unfortunately you need a forklift parts department that will
actually look up the parts you need, but I think I am in the minority of
having one that is not too willing to do that. Forklift parts are very low
priced compared to the Nissan automotive dealerships if the parts are
available.
As to the insulators for the carburetors. Many people make their own from
fiberglas stock. I don't find his card now, but there is one person who
rebuilds SU carburetors and he makes his own insulators. You might be able to
order a set from him. Once you get a decent template they should be very easy
to make with regular hand tools. A mill would help, but is not absolutely
necessary.
The vendors and eBay have the manifold gaskets. Other gaskets are available
from the vendors or you can go to the parts house and buy various types of
gasket material. I have learned that if you can make a bolt hole to put a
bolt in and then start tracing around the piece the gasket mates to with a
sharp pocket knife, keep making holes and inserting bolts to maintain
alignment, you can make gaskets that are very hard to tell from the originals
and fit perfectly.
Tom
69 2000
Portland, Oregon
Jason Simpson wrote:
> I'm a mechanical amateur and mostly just want to get the '70 1600 I've
> had sitting beside the house for a year and a half now back into drivable
> running shape.
>
> At the moment, I'm in need of a manifold gasket and the gaskets that go on
> either side of the insulator blocks between the intake manifold and the
> carburetors.
>
> Stopping by a couple of your standard general auto parts stores locally
> (NAPA and Schucks in south Seattle), they've got nothing like the
> insulator block gaskets, and when you look up the manifold gasket, you get
> one for an L16 engine, not an R16.
>
> What sorts of things can I still expect to be able to find in stores such
> as these? What are some common gotchas like the general mislisting of L16
> parts for the SPL311?
>
> What sorts of things can still be procured from Nissan dealers?
>
> Since I'm quite the neophyte, I often don't quite know what I'll need
> until I get to it, and this makes planning ahead and mail-ordering parts
> trickier, and just pushes the completion of the project further and
> further out.
>
> Thanks for your help.
> -jrs
>
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