Remember to read that short paragraph in the back of the original owner's
manual about putting a "muff" on the radiator to allow the temperature to
approach normal in cold weather. The one winter I drove my 2L here in
Indiana, I used a piece of cardboard cut to press fit into the front of the
radiator housing and block half of it. I covered the cardboard with some
sort of clear plastic cheet so it didn't dissolve. 130F-140F max went to
180F, and the heater worked again.
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary McCormick" <gkmcc@sbcglobal.net>
To: " Fergus P (AS)O'Farrell" <Fergus.OFarrell@ngc.com>;
<datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>; "steven boortz"
<vociferouschicanery@yahoo.com>
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 2:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] also slightly OT: Have a plan, 40 feels like 40
> After reading Fergusb post I was thinking, b Boy, is he gonna catch some
> cr@p from the folks in the cold-weather states!b .
>
> Back when my Roadster was on the road B :^(B B I drove it top down in
> every
> kind of weather that the Bay Area can throw at you except active
> precipitation
> (well, there were those two times -- but I got caught in the rain, and the
> top
> just wouldn't latch when it was cold and stiffb&) I remember driving home
> one
> New Year's morning at about 2 a.m., probably just a hair above freezing,
> in a
> down jacket, ski gloves, and a ball cap. The chill sure blew those New
> Year's
> Eve cobwebs out and cleared my head! I also remember thinking how nice a
> tonneau cover would be -- to help keep the warm air from the heater in the
> cockpitb&
>
> Gary McCormick
> San Jose, CA
>
> --- On Mon, 12/5/11, steven boortz <vociferouschicanery@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> From: steven boortz <vociferouschicanery@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Roadsters] also slightly OT: Have a plan, 40 feels like 40
> To: "O'Farrell, Fergus P (AS)" <Fergus.OFarrell@ngc.com>,
> "datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Date: Monday, December 5, 2011, 12:03 PM
>
> i too hate how it makes me feel driving the roadster when it's cold here.B
> but
> boy oh boy, does the engine love the cold air!
>
> s
> 675MIZU
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: "O'Farrell, Fergus P (AS)" <Fergus.OFarrell@ngc.com>
> To: "datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Mon, December 5, 2011 10:56:45 AM
> Subject: [Roadsters] also slightly OT: Have a plan, 40 feels like 40
>
> And along the lines of Tim's "lesson learned",
> When I first got my roadster I was very uncomfortable, and willed myself
> into
> thinking that removing the center console would provide more leg/knee
> room.
> I also did not care for the small grip size on the steering wheel, so got
> a
> 13" Grant Wheel with a big fat rim on it.
> The 13" wheel solved the knee room problem.
>
> I have since put the center console back in, (reupholstered from a pair of
> leather pants from the goodwill, but that is another OT story)
> but never the heater back in, and here in Southern CA just bundled up.
> (note: I am just a bit too tall to drive with the top up, so have done it
> so
> seldom that it is quite dangerous)
> And have since learned that I HATE underdash work with a passion.
> I "dismantled without a plan".B B B B B Lesson:B Don't dismantle
> without a
> plan.
>
> So fast forward to this weekend, and the wifey's van charging system took
> a
> crap over the weekend, and on most days "having to take the roadster to
> work"
> is akin to "power outage, have to eat the lobster and ice cream in the
> freezer
> before it goes bad."
>
> Not today.B It was 40 degrees this morning.B Weather channel windchill
> estimate says "40 feels like 40".
> All I gotta say is, "40 don't feel like 40 when you are going 80".
>
> Still a great way to start the day!
> She was a bit slow to start and get warmed up, which I interpret as me
> being
> scolded for not having her out of the garage enough.
>
> Happy roadstering!
> Fergus O
> Timing chains a-rattlin' in that holiday season!
> 69 2000
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