Perhaps someone on the list knows the answer - it has been too many years for me to swear that I remember correctly. I seem to recall that on Otto cycle farm tractors under heavy load, such as plowin
I also received my two books, ditto thanks to both Phil's! The book is really great - a must read for all Roadster as well as all other Datsun/Nissan; and sports car fans in general. A really great j
I received many adverse comments from my wife when I'd say "outen the light" until we were in Germany (my ancestrial home) and a sign was on a light switch saying the same thing! After that she was i
In Richmond we do have at a metal salvage yard (by accident?) two new afterburners for F14 (or F15s?). Made today's Times Dispatch newspaper. Which is best rockets or afterburners? Larry
I used lead additives in a 351 Ford until frequent fuel filter clogging. The additives seemed to do their job - excluding the fact that some of the components didn't pass through the filter. Larry
Going back to Physics 101...a screw is an inclined plane...the finer pitch must exert a greater preload with the same amount of force exerted by way of torque. So it seems to me. Larry
I am no expert but I have read that when replacing pads on an ABS system you should NOT press the cylinder in and allow the fluid to go back into the lines but rather open the bleed valve or disconne
I know of one fatality due to the roll bar mounting on a roadster punching through the floor because it was not above the frame. This was during a SCCA race; but the SCCA did not, to my knowledge, ev
Professional shops turn rotors, in my opinion, for the same reasons professional repairmen replace many items in your home or on your car. Less chance of comeback calls, reduced liability, and a bit
A sizable portion of my retirement savings is in Exxon\Mobil stock. How about choosing someone else to boycott? Maybe we should boycott those whose energy policies are to blame? Maybe park our cars
I understand that high/low spots are sometimes caused by uneven characteristics of the metal, i.e., hard and soft spots -- the car needn't have sat and rusted. (Explained to me by a mechanical engine
Perhaps they are outlawed because they tend to catch inside of your coat sleeve and you can no longer steer. That happened a couple of times to me before I wised up and removed mine - years ago. (The
But SUVs are no fun to follow. And less fun to be hit by one, especially if in a roadster! Glad to hear SUVs increased crop yields more than the roadsters. : )