- 21. Re: Engine Missing, any ideas? (score: 1)
- Author: Keith0alan@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 23:40:04 EST
- The gizmo on the back carb is a thermal valve to stop vapor locking. It has a bimetalic strip that opens a needle valve returning hot fuel to the tank. If you pinch closed the line between it and th
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2006-01/msg00143.html (8,100 bytes)
- 22. Re: Engine Missing, any ideas? (score: 1)
- Author: Keith0alan@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 11:25:05 EST
- Another thought, check your inlet screens. They get real crudy after a while and hardly ever get checked. kw
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2006-01/msg00144.html (6,851 bytes)
- 23. Re: Running hot/ timing map (score: 1)
- Author: Keith0alan@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 00:10:52 EST
- Check your air flow balance. If the carbs are not synched you can have that kind of problems. It sounds like the rear carb idle air flow might be too low. On the not so good side, I couldn't get a de
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2006-01/msg00148.html (7,131 bytes)
- 24. Re: Carb Question (score: 1)
- Author: Keith0alan@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 11:28:25 EST
- If they have never had fuel in them they should be fine. It's when the gaskets all soak up fuel then dry out and shrink that you have a problem. keith In a message dated 1/26/2006 10:00:46 P.M. Hawai
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2006-01/msg00248.html (6,900 bytes)
- 25. Re: OT Eye wash (score: 1)
- Author: Keith0alan@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 15:24:18 EST
- When I was much younger I was cleaning some engine parts in gas and splashed some in my eyes. Only had to do it once. keith In a message dated 1/28/2006 11:47:18 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, 9laser3@b
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2006-01/msg00274.html (6,880 bytes)
- 26. Re: shiny yellow cad plating in socal? (score: 1)
- Author: Keith0alan@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 11:07:57 EST
- I have carb bits yellow zinc plated here in Las Vegas. The plater I use charges a minimum batch charge. One piece or ten pounds is the same price. I strip, clean and glass bead blast my parts first.
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2006-01/msg00284.html (7,216 bytes)
- 27. Re: Re;Flat spot at 4K cured! (score: 1)
- Author: Keith0alan@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 11:47:58 EST
- Hello all, What I found in fooling with the SU carbs is that all the Nissan needles for the 1600 tend to be rich at idle and lean through the midrange. You either put up with a slobbery idle or have
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-12/msg00087.html (7,474 bytes)
- 28. Happy holidays and new years resolution form the roadster ranch (score: 1)
- Author: Keith0alan@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 15:21:11 EST
- Hello all, Had a good year at the ranch. Still slow and off work from the CFS but overall life is pretty good. One new years resolution though, I'm way behind on doing carbs and will try very hard to
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-12/msg00105.html (6,780 bytes)
- 29. Re: OT, Down under - Vegemite? (score: 1)
- Author: Keith0alan@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 12:21:32 EST
- A friend of mine who spent a number of years down there says it is eaten like peanut butter. He also said that it was about the most vile thing he ever put in his mouth. Could be an acquired taste.
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-12/msg00172.html (7,400 bytes)
- 30. Re: OT, taste test, Vegemite (score: 1)
- Author: Keith0alan@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 09:31:58 EST
- and if the squirrels do eat it will the hawks still eat the squirrels? kw In a message dated 12/31/2005 4:01:39 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, 9laser3@bright.net writes: ....and no, I did not finish the
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-12/msg00188.html (6,971 bytes)
- 31. Re: Aliens stole my sideview mirror (score: 1)
- Author: Keith0alan@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 09:34:10 EST
- I believe it goes on the front fender. Just about where it's blocked by the window frame. kw In a message dated 12/30/2005 9:19:25 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, nmleeds@mindspring.com writes: This is a
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-12/msg00189.html (7,585 bytes)
- 32. roadster ranch murder scene, OT (score: 1)
- Author: Keith0alan@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 09:39:42 EST
- Hello all, Here at the Roadster Ranch we seem to have been adopted by a bunch of feral/abandon cats. I had to put a litter box in the shop for when one would get shut in. That led to putting a cat do
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-12/msg00191.html (6,644 bytes)
- 33. Re: fuel starvation issue (score: 1)
- Author: Keith0alan@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 21:40:02 EST
- Make sure the float levels are set correctly. If you have the late carbs with the hinged floats you might change the float bowl covers to the early style free float covers. They are less prone to th
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-11/msg00025.html (7,876 bytes)
- 34. Re: Power Loss (score: 1)
- Author: Keith0alan@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 09:49:27 EST
- Check the fuel pressure and volume at the carb inlets. Also check the inlet screens. Sure sounds like restricted fuel flow. keith In a message dated 11/8/2005 5:13:19 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, CBru
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-11/msg00103.html (7,044 bytes)
- 35. Re: Oil burn off (score: 1)
- Author: Keith0alan@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 11:08:22 EST
- Sounds like it might be valve guide seals. If you're tricky you can change them without taking the engine apart. keith In a message dated 11/8/2005 7:55:14 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, tomet9@sbcglob
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-11/msg00105.html (7,237 bytes)
- 36. Nissan parts CD (score: 1)
- Author: Keith0alan@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 21:55:09 EST
- Hello all, My local Nissan parts guy donated his old parts catalog CD to the cause. Anybody know how to read it? keith
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-11/msg00221.html (6,429 bytes)
- 37. Nisaan parts CD (score: 1)
- Author: Keith0alan@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 11:37:55 EST
- Thanks to everyone for the help. After I got the other volume (I had 2 only) it worked. Unfortunately this the late set. I'll have to see if he will be kind enough to donate the set with the early ca
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-11/msg00231.html (6,526 bytes)
- 38. Re: cam mounting help (score: 1)
- Author: Keith0alan@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 09:22:46 EDT
- The cam towers are line bored at the factory after they are installed on the head. When you have the head milled you have to mill both sides to make sure the tower pads are still in the same plane.If
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-10/msg00012.html (7,384 bytes)
- 39. Re: Voltage too high (score: 1)
- Author: Keith0alan@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 22:06:55 EDT
- One of the wires in the harness between the alternator and the voltage regulator is a sense wire. If it does not make good contact the voltage regulator will tell the alternator to run wide open. Mak
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-10/msg00043.html (8,077 bytes)
- 40. Re: '67-1600 Hazard flasher switch? (score: 1)
- Author: Keith0alan@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 20:43:24 EDT
- Don't think the 67 has one. I think 68 was the first year to have that Hi List, Can any of you tell me how to switch the hazard flasher on my '67-1600? Thanks, Mike Hudson
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-10/msg00062.html (7,111 bytes)
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