- 141. RE: LSD test (score: 1)
- Author: "Gordon Glasgow" <gsglasgow@home.com>
- Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 10:53:14 -0700
- Short of pulling the unit out of the car and looking, there is no absolute way to tell. But I think the best test is to put the car in neutral with the brake off (of course), block the front wheels,
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-07/msg00855.html (8,511 bytes)
- 142. RE: weird electrical problems (score: 1)
- Author: "Gordon Glasgow" <gsglasgow@home.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 16:49:35 -0700
- Isn't that Frick and Frack? Oh, no, that's the Tappet Brothers, Click and Clack. Gordon Glasgow Renton, WA --Original Message-- From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-datsun-roadst
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-07/msg00896.html (8,322 bytes)
- 143. RE: Need new tires - what can I use? (score: 1)
- Author: "Gordon Glasgow" <gsglasgow@home.com>
- Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 22:25:12 -0700
- Go to http://www.tirerack.com/tires/SearchTires.jsp and put in the tire size. There are 54 choices in 185/70-14. However none of them are what I would consider performance tires. But there are a few
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-07/msg01015.html (9,311 bytes)
- 144. RE: Cam chain noise...again (score: 1)
- Author: "Gordon Glasgow" <gsglasgow@home.com>
- Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 22:33:14 -0700
- Head thickness is 4.528-4.530" as measured at the 1st cam tower. Sounds like your oil pressure is dropping off as it warms up. What is it showing on the gauge? It still souldn't touch under any circu
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-07/msg01016.html (9,440 bytes)
- 145. RE: Cam chain noise...again (score: 1)
- Author: "Gordon Glasgow" <gsglasgow@home.com>
- Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 23:22:26 -0700
- I don't have a measurement for it, but here are some pictures to help you draw your own conclusions. The idea is to not let the tensioner foot come so far out of the bore that it jams. http://www.gor
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-07/msg01019.html (9,048 bytes)
- 146. RE: Cam chain noise...again (score: 1)
- Author: "Gordon Glasgow" <gsglasgow@home.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 00:02:56 -0700
- Later than I should, that's for sure. I haven't used more than 4 washers, but that doesn't mean that I think 4 is the limit. But 4 is getting pretty dodgy. Using washers is definitely a bandaid. Gord
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-07/msg01024.html (10,366 bytes)
- 147. RE: Need new tires - what can I use? (score: 1)
- Author: "Gordon Glasgow" <gsglasgow@home.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 09:27:08 -0700
- What's the point of having tires if they don't make any traction? Everything we do to our cars in the way of suspension is just for the purpose of managing those four little contact patches where the
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-07/msg01037.html (10,718 bytes)
- 148. RE: Cam chain noise...again (score: 1)
- Author: "Gordon Glasgow" <gsglasgow@home.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 09:30:28 -0700
- There's no known spec for that distance. Plus it would require tearing down the engine to measure it, so it has no more value than measuring the head thickness. You're right about the lash pads, but
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-07/msg01039.html (9,429 bytes)
- 149. RE: Turbo your U-20!! (score: 1)
- Author: "Gordon Glasgow" <gsglasgow@home.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 09:38:24 -0700
- That should be http://innercite.com/~wolfgang/page8.html Gordon Glasgow Renton, WA You may not know this, but Mike Kerr has aready Turboed a U-20. There is a picture of the engine on his website. www
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-07/msg01041.html (9,410 bytes)
- 150. RE: Cam chain noise...again (score: 1)
- Author: "Gordon Glasgow" <gsglasgow@home.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 09:40:18 -0700
- If the sprocket was too large, the cam timing wouldn't stay the same and the engine wouldn't run. Gordon Glasgow Renton, WA --Original Message-- From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net [mailto:ow
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-07/msg01042.html (9,114 bytes)
- 151. RE: Need new tires - what can I use? (score: 1)
- Author: "Gordon Glasgow" <gsglasgow@home.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 21:10:50 -0700
- Wal-Mart isn't the only place that has them. $78 each in that size at Tire Rack. http://www.tirerack.com/tires/michelin/mi_symmetry.jsp Gordon Glasgow Renton, WA --Original Message-- From: owner-dats
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-07/msg01054.html (11,547 bytes)
- 152. RE: Need new tires - what can I use? (score: 1)
- Author: "Gordon Glasgow" <gsglasgow@home.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 22:19:04 -0700
- The treadwear ratings are actually assigned by the manufacturer and don't correlate to the number of miles one can expect. A rating of 150 simply means that the tire will wear 1.5 times as long as a
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-07/msg01057.html (10,055 bytes)
- 153. RE: Specs - More Cam chain stuff (score: 1)
- Author: "Gordon Glasgow" <gsglasgow@home.com>
- Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 12:27:29 -0700
- The deck height is actually the measurement from the top of the piston at TDC to the top of the block. On my current engine that's about .034". I don't know a technical name for what you measured, wh
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-07/msg01069.html (7,832 bytes)
- 154. RE: Turbo your U-20!! (score: 1)
- Author: "Gordon Glasgow" <gsglasgow@home.com>
- Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 22:33:15 -0700
- Mike Kerr's car was in the Roadster Review a long time ago. That's the only turbo U20 I know of. Gordon Glasgow Renton, WA --Original Message-- From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net [mailto:own
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-07/msg01092.html (10,841 bytes)
- 155. RE: Series II 510 5 speed needed (late 70s 510) (score: 1)
- Author: "Gordon Glasgow" <gsglasgow@home.com>
- Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 10:56:55 -0700
- The Crown kit put the engine in the normal (for a Corvair) location and was pretty silly. There was another kit that put the engine in the back seat and was actually pretty cool. I saw one at an auto
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-07/msg01117.html (8,528 bytes)
- 156. RE: Speaking of Silvia's (score: 1)
- Author: "Gordon Glasgow" <gsglasgow@home.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 20:50:46 -0700
- Phill, I'm happy to report that I offered your book at the last NWDE meeting (the extra copy I bought from you at Shasta) and I almost had a bidding war going on! Hopefully that will generate some mo
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-07/msg01161.html (8,889 bytes)
- 157. RE: Axle Ratios (score: 1)
- Author: "Gordon Glasgow" <gsglasgow@home.com>
- Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 14:13:31 -0700
- The pickup truck differential will fit in a roadster, but the truck axles are larger in diameter than the roadster ones. You will need to disassemble the truck diff and use roadster side gears for it
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-06/msg00035.html (7,766 bytes)
- 158. RE: Found A 67.5 Solex (score: 1)
- Author: "Gordon Glasgow" <gsglasgow@home.com>
- Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 14:20:06 -0700
- Three boys - can you say "Pit Crew"? Congratulations! Gordon Glasgow Renton, WA Okay Here's the latest. I went to see the car on the way home. Knew right away that it wasn't a 67.5 and my wife (who w
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-06/msg00037.html (8,818 bytes)
- 159. RE: Stolen Roadster (score: 1)
- Author: "Gordon Glasgow" <gsglasgow@home.com>
- Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2001 22:55:25 -0700
- Man, I'm really sorry to hear that. I know exactly how you feel. My roadster was stolen once (a bunch of years ago). I got it back about a week later with relatively little damage. A couple of kids t
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-06/msg00101.html (8,873 bytes)
- 160. RE: Stolen Roadster (score: 1)
- Author: "Gordon Glasgow" <gsglasgow@home.com>
- Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 16:04:59 -0700
- I never caught em. I could tell from the MO that it was the same person. Gordon Glasgow Renton, WA What, didn't plug em :) roadster was abandoned later removing
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-06/msg00114.html (10,059 bytes)
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