- 21. Re: Sharing experiences (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Krakauer <jsk977@optonline.net>
- Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 23:52:34 -0400
- While my story involves a partially destroyed fan, it is really a testament to the very tough 8qt aluminum oil pan. On an off course excursion, I hit a rather large rock at low speed but a rather lar
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2004-10/msg00209.html (7,657 bytes)
- 22. Re: O/T Tuning single DCOE on J15 engine (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Krakauer <jsk977@optonline.net>
- Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 00:29:42 -0400
- Beg to differ, all MGAs which used the BMC 'B' engine, 1500, 1600, 1622, and twin cam versions, 1956 - 1962 used two SU H4s. Worked on lots of them, raced one in FP. Having said that, there were aft
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2004-08/msg00076.html (9,221 bytes)
- 23. Re: Long Block Build Up (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Krakauer <jsk977@optonline.net>
- Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 16:08:12 -0400
- I'm a bit confused by all the recommendations to leave carbs and manifolds off. It's been a long time, but way in the past I use to remove and install engine/trans many times, often by myself. The on
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2004-08/msg00264.html (8,290 bytes)
- 24. Re: Spark Plug Evaluation and Question (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Krakauer <jsk977@optonline.net>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 14:39:56 -0400
- The higher the number, the hotter the plug, at least for Champion. So the N9 is cooler than the N12. You mentioned that the new set, unlike the older, has extended tip, but the 'Y' designation on any
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2004-07/msg00331.html (9,027 bytes)
- 25. Re: Carb cleaning tip, what not to do (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Krakauer <jsk977@optonline.net>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 20:33:17 -0400
- Since I have always had Solexs on my 67.5, I have no experience with Hitachi, but prior to the roadster I had plenty of experience with SUs on a variety of English cars; H2s, H4s, H6s, HD4s and HS4s,
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2004-07/msg00466.html (9,107 bytes)
- 26. Re: Clutch Replacement (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Krakauer <jsk977@optonline.net>
- Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 08:17:32 -0400
- Used a similar method on a variety of cars. Would leave clutch loose, attach gearbox, but then bolt it up and tighten the clutch bolts through the starter motor opening, turning the engine by hand. J
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2004-06/msg00188.html (6,956 bytes)
- 27. Re: Monaro (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Krakauer <jsk977@optonline.net>
- Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2004 00:46:18 -0500
- Just the reverse, the GTO is the US version of the Holden Monaro that has been around for a few years. more
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2004-04/msg00031.html (6,938 bytes)
- 28. Re: Possible 1967 2000 for sale (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Krakauer <jsk977@optonline.net>
- Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 17:58:28 -0400
- Jerry
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2004-04/msg00492.html (7,431 bytes)
- 29. Re: Oil blow-by (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Krakauer <jsk977@optonline.net>
- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 17:06:42 -0500
- Your temp fix is the way all cars were done prior to the 1968 PCV requirement. It was usually a steel tube from the tappet area on pushrod engines, or higher up on OHC engines. It was generally call
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2004-03/msg00449.html (7,149 bytes)
- 30. Re: Dashpot oil (was: quick question) (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Krakauer <jsk977@optonline.net>
- Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 16:25:44 -0500
- Since I've been running Solexs for 37 years, my SU experience comes from working with MGs and Triumphs in the 60s, but if remember correctly, thinner oil will give you a richer mixture more quickly,
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2004-03/msg00511.html (8,940 bytes)
- 31. Re: Infiniti G35 vs BMW M3 (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Krakauer <jsk977@optonline.net>
- Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 08:47:06 -0500
- Car & Driver, Road & Track and Autoweek have all had comparisons over the last year or so. They were a mixture of G35 sedan and coupe and BMW 330s and perhaps 325s sedans and coupes, but I've seen n
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2004-02/msg00217.html (8,384 bytes)
- 32. Re: MercedesBenz (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Krakauer <jsk977@optonline.net>
- Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2004 09:37:38 -0500
- Look at Roadfly.org, they run message boards for several marques, including the see
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2004-01/msg00025.html (7,146 bytes)
- 33. Re: The key question is... (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Krakauer <jsk977@optonline.net>
- Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 11:18:07 -0500
- My first car was a 59 MGA, the key only worked the ignition, there were no locks on the doors or trunk. As a matter of fact it didn't even have external door handles, you had to reach inside and pull
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2004-01/msg00242.html (8,545 bytes)
- 34. Re: is this engine blown? (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Krakauer <jsk977@optonline.net>
- Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 00:15:10 -0500
- Sounds like a con. rod bearing, I've been there(with an MG-A) Jerry Krakauer
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2003-12/msg00358.html (6,856 bytes)
- 35. Re: old pricing (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Krakauer <jsk977@optonline.net>
- Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 02:22:53 -0500
- In the early 70s when Bob Sharp opened his dealership and they were vacating their old race shop I got a call asking me if I wanted any of the "junk" that had been stripped off the race cars since it
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2003-11/msg00312.html (8,536 bytes)
- 36. Re: old pricing (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Krakauer <jsk977@optonline.net>
- Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 11:35:26 -0500
- BTW, I can't believe how cheap, even for the times, that Datsun parts were back then. For example: pistons $5 each head gasket $7.44 diff gasket $0.44 complete gasket set $29.46 motor mounts $3.88 wa
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2003-11/msg00315.html (10,972 bytes)
- 37. Re: Decisions Decisions (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Krakauer <jsk977@optonline.net>
- Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2003 17:11:02 -0400
- Have used both, but neither on a roadster. They are very close in all categories. I would give the Yokos a small edge, but you can't go wrong with either. Jerry -- Original Message -- From: <Tomet9@a
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2003-10/msg00056.html (7,424 bytes)
- 38. Re: Mounting roll bars in a '67 (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Krakauer <jsk977@optonline.net>
- Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 01:49:59 -0400
- I knew Lloyd Washington, he lived on the Queens, Long Island border, not far from Belmont Park. We raced on the EMRA circuit in the early 70s. He had a BS 510, but I never saw him in a roadster. As a
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2003-10/msg00229.html (8,388 bytes)
- 39. Re: Mounting roll bars in a '67 (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Krakauer <jsk977@optonline.net>
- Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 09:36:14 -0400
- Nice article, Eric Kerman was another Long Islander I knew. In the early 70s he won the SCCA national title in DSR with his own built car which he called an Arachnid. If I remember correctly he used
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2003-10/msg00236.html (7,715 bytes)
- 40. Re: hill climb (score: 1)
- Author: Jerry Krakauer <jsk977@optonline.net>
- Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 15:04:46 -0400
- Is Carlisle, this weekend, and if so, can someone give me the exact Thanks, Jerry Krakauer /// datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net mailing list /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2003-05/msg00228.html (6,640 bytes)
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