- 1. non-firing cylinder on 2000 solex (score: 1)
- Author: CBAKER6231@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 04:53:35 EST
- Have 69 2000 with solex carbs. Have a year and a few thousand miles on a complete rebuild, new electronic ignition, etc. Recently #3 cylinder began missing at idle and under normal load. It fires fin
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2000-03/msg00881.html (7,180 bytes)
- 2. Re: East Coast dreaming of the West Coast (score: 1)
- Author: CBAKER6231@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 15:12:15 EST
- Wow. Great picture. Brings back memories of my years in northern Alaska. Here in Tucson we are experiencing a bit of a cold snap as well. Last week it was in the 80's every day. Today we may barely h
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2000-01/msg00526.html (7,184 bytes)
- 3. Solex Idle (score: 1)
- Author: CBAKER6231@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 00:56:52 EDT
- Have 69 2L with a recently rebuilt engine and solex carbs that I took off a parts car. The number 4 cylinder is "dead" at an idle. Once rpms go up, it fires and pulls just fine. Electronics are good
- /html/datsun-roadsters/1999-09/msg00302.html (7,702 bytes)
- 4. Re: Solex Idle (score: 1)
- Author: CBAKER6231@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 16:11:33 EDT
- Thank you for the response. I don't think I have a plugged idle circuit. Whose phone number are you talking about? Cal << Calvin, Solex carbs do have some odd fault problems. I am aware of one that
- /html/datsun-roadsters/1999-09/msg00309.html (7,585 bytes)
- 5. Re: Solex Idle (score: 1)
- Author: CBAKER6231@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 16:20:11 EDT
- Wiring is correct and distributor is new and working properly. Cal cylinder sound
- /html/datsun-roadsters/1999-09/msg00310.html (8,480 bytes)
- 6. Re: Solex Idle (score: 1)
- Author: CBAKER6231@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 00:00:07 EDT
- Someone else on the list suggested the same thing . . . checked it and, indeed there is a significant difference in the air flow between the barrels for 3 and 4. Waiting for more advice on "tweaking
- /html/datsun-roadsters/1999-09/msg00327.html (7,987 bytes)
- 7. solex idle resolved (score: 1)
- Author: CBAKER6231@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 01:47:26 EDT
- This list serve is great. Thanks to everyone who responded. Bob, you were right. The shaft was bent. Tweaking it as you described and checking with a flow meter worked just fine. Huge improvement! Th
- /html/datsun-roadsters/1999-09/msg00369.html (6,363 bytes)
- 8. solex idle - continued (score: 1)
- Author: CBAKER6231@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 01:08:58 EDT
- After some further adjustments my 69 2L passed Arizona emissions today. The great thing is that it passed with the solex carbs I rescued from a parts car that had been setting for over 10 years and n
- /html/datsun-roadsters/1999-09/msg00474.html (7,174 bytes)
- 9. Re: pondering the possibilities... (score: 1)
- Author: CBAKER6231@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 18:10:25 EDT
- It is I-10. And, you can count on me for an "emergency contact" in the Tucson area. I have a parts car and just enough expertise to be dangerous. I might even be rolling my roadster from Tucson to P
- /html/datsun-roadsters/1999-09/msg00894.html (7,628 bytes)
- 10. More Solex Help Please (score: 1)
- Author: CBAKER6231@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 02:00:59 EDT
- Recently did a conversion to Solex carbs. Car was running relatively well until a recent drive when it started to exhibit characteristics of being starved for gas -- especially at low to mid rpms. Fo
- /html/datsun-roadsters/1999-06/msg00051.html (7,000 bytes)
- 11. Re: H20 block (score: 1)
- Author: CBAKER6231@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 04:57:37 EDT
- I once attempted to tow a 1600 with my 2,000. Got it all set up with a good hitch and tow bar. Took it for a test drive and never tried it again. Roadsters are just too light to tow another complete
- /html/datsun-roadsters/1999-05/msg00003.html (6,783 bytes)
- 12. Clutch Question (score: 1)
- Author: CBAKER6231@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 14:16:55 EDT
- This morning I jumped in my roadster and discovered when I tried to exit the garage that the clutch would not disengage. I could feel normal foot pedal resistance. A check under the car confirmed tha
- /html/datsun-roadsters/1999-05/msg00120.html (6,820 bytes)
- 13. Clutch Question (score: 1)
- Author: CBAKER6231@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 01:09:13 EDT
- Eric & Toby, thanks for the suggestions on my clutch problem. Finally had time to mess with it this evening. Inspected it again. Everything looked right and moved right. Adjusted it way out -- still
- /html/datsun-roadsters/1999-05/msg00178.html (7,028 bytes)
- 14. Clutch Problem - confirmed (score: 1)
- Author: CBAKER6231@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 18:41:49 EDT
- Pulled the engine yesterday. As I suspected, the clutch disc had simply come apart -- just weird that it happened as it did. In the process of buying a new clutch kit. For a recreational weekend driv
- /html/datsun-roadsters/1999-05/msg00250.html (6,649 bytes)
- 15. Solex Conversion Questions (score: 1)
- Author: CBAKER6231@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 00:02:31 EDT
- Recently bought a parts car and replaced my SU's with the Solexes from the parts car. The change raised a few questions. 1) The Solex Carbs do not appear to have a vacuum line connection (for the dis
- /html/datsun-roadsters/1999-05/msg00485.html (7,527 bytes)
- 16. Solex Conversion Addendum (score: 1)
- Author: CBAKER6231@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 00:54:07 EDT
- Scratch the question about the vacuum advance line. Looked at old postings and found the answer -- should have done that first. Sorry. And, some more info for diagnostic purposes. I have electronic i
- /html/datsun-roadsters/1999-05/msg00491.html (6,464 bytes)
- 17. Solex Conversion (score: 1)
- Author: CBAKER6231@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 16:23:57 EDT
- Thank you Gordon, Marc & Bob for the helpful suggestions. Timing and distributor curve are correct. I'm learning to adjust driving as suggested for the different "feel" of accelerating with solexes.
- /html/datsun-roadsters/1999-05/msg00606.html (6,720 bytes)
- 18. Re: Bike Rack (score: 1)
- Author: CBAKER6231@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 23:09:07 EST
- Maybe it sounds a bit corny, but I had a friend who is very handy with a welder mount a trailer hitch on my 2,000. I use a trailer hitch bike rake -- keeps the bikes well away from the car, paint, e
- /html/datsun-roadsters/1999-01/msg00069.html (6,964 bytes)
- 19. Coolant Problem (score: 1)
- Author: CBAKER6231@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 00:29:32 EST
- Have put on about 400 miles after rebuilding the engine in my 2,000 -- new pistons, cam, distributor, etc. The problem is that when the thermostat opens the car "blows" out about two quarts of coolan
- /html/datsun-roadsters/1999-01/msg00390.html (7,526 bytes)
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