- 161. Re: GT6 vs Roadster-their side of the story (score: 1)
- Author: snyler <marc@animalfirm.com>
- Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 18:52:18 -0500
- So we can't call a GT6 "cute" and we can't call a roadster "ugly...got it ;^) He might have gotten the spelling from Bob "those damn Datsons" Tulius. -Marc T. /// /// datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-10/msg00148.html (7,632 bytes)
- 162. Re: I figured out the picture link! (score: 1)
- Author: snyler <marc@animalfirm.com>
- Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 08:39:51 -0500
- Loo0king good. that motor was no dirtier with the hood off than mine was with the hood on :^\ How did you do the initial cleaning? pressure washer? toothbrush? -Marc == Marc Tyler TDROC Sisterdale TX
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-10/msg00179.html (7,455 bytes)
- 163. Re: OT: Bad Timing (score: 1)
- Author: snyler <marc@animalfirm.com>
- Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2001 08:38:56 -0500
- Sounds like a good time to contemplate that conversion to Neg ground. I looked into an ad for a Magnette once in LA, when I saw it my blood ran cold as I thought "I'll never find parts for this" Ther
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-10/msg00216.html (7,971 bytes)
- 164. Re: 1600 engine block color? (score: 1)
- Author: snyler <marc@animalfirm.com>
- Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 10:31:10 -0500
- I am on the tail-end of what you are starting. I bought the nissan blue paint from CDM. here are some pictures: http://datsun_marc.tripod.com/cgi-bin/r16_engine.html Cleaning was quite a job, seemed
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-10/msg00272.html (8,919 bytes)
- 165. Re: clutch/flywheel failures/risk assessment (score: 1)
- Author: snyler <marc@animalfirm.com>
- Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 09:32:37 -0500
- The trick, I imagine is to determine just how often these things happen under the conditions you're likely to encounter. Am I more likely to encounter a flywheel failure or tire failure? Lightning st
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-10/msg00306.html (7,856 bytes)
- 166. Re: New to list (score: 1)
- Author: snyler <marc@animalfirm.com>
- Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 10:45:00 -0500
- It won't pull your lips into a hideous rictus grin under accelleration, but they're still great fun...the grin you wear will be your own. -Marc T. == Marc Tyler TDROC Sisterdale TX 1970 1600 #SPL311-
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-10/msg00308.html (7,560 bytes)
- 167. Re: I gotta start selling on eBay... (score: 1)
- Author: snyler <marc@animalfirm.com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 08:10:16 -0500
- They're 11.50 from Metro Molded Rubber...Ralleye sounds like a good bet. -Marc T. == Marc Tyler TDROC Sisterdale TX 1970 1600 #SPL311-31016 "The Jaundiced Kid II" 1965 L-320 #L320 013642 "Domino" htt
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-10/msg00334.html (7,534 bytes)
- 168. clutch play adjustment (score: 1)
- Author: snyler <marc@animalfirm.com>
- Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 13:01:41 -0500
- Any suggestions on how to make initial clutch adjustment? What is the recommended freeplay, and is that at the pedal end or the throwout arm end? Thanks in advance. -Marc T. == Marc Tyler TDROC Sist
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-10/msg00376.html (7,012 bytes)
- 169. Re: clutch play adjustment (score: 1)
- Author: snyler <marc@animalfirm.com>
- Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 18:26:07 -0500
- As always, thanks to everyone for the advice on the clutch. The beast is well on its way to getting back together! It's been over 10 months without a drive soon...soon...probably just as the ideal ro
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-10/msg00394.html (6,858 bytes)
- 170. Re: Roadster styling cues (score: 1)
- Author: snyler <marc@animalfirm.com>
- Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 20:06:59 -0500
- Find a pic of a 1966 (or so) Lancia Flaminia...nose is reminiscent of your "Datsun Fairlady 1600 SP310" Saw that page too and wondered if that was your car :^) -Marc T == Marc Tyler TDROC Sisterdale
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-10/msg00413.html (7,449 bytes)
- 171. Re: Roadster styling cues (score: 1)
- Author: snyler <marc@animalfirm.com>
- Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 20:22:01 -0500
- Here's one: http://www.poulainlefur.com/francais/F_001218/fiches/54.htm -Marc T. == Marc Tyler TDROC Sisterdale TX 1970 1600 #SPL311-31016 "The Jaundiced Kid II" 1965 L-320 #L320 013642 "Domino" http
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-10/msg00415.html (7,446 bytes)
- 172. motor oil grades (score: 1)
- Author: snyler <marc@animalfirm.com>
- Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 16:19:08 -0500
- With all the oil weights now available now, what is the best all-round grade for the roadster (1600) Coming into fall and winter now, but it rarely goes below the 20s in this part of the country. An
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-10/msg00426.html (7,288 bytes)
- 173. Re: Throttle adjust screw (score: 1)
- Author: snyler <marc@animalfirm.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 08:45:25 -0500
- On the 1600 [don't know about the 2000] there is a knurled screw on the throttle linkage between the throttle cable half-wheel and the turnbuckle to the front carb. This will move the entire linkage
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-10/msg00519.html (7,992 bytes)
- 174. Re: Mystery Roadster back on eBay (score: 1)
- Author: snyler <marc@animalfirm.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 08:45:23 -0500
- On the one hand, I never was able to find the frame # until the engine was out, the stamping was very shallow and there was tons of dirt and crud covering it, so I doubt anyone had ever used it to id
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-10/msg00520.html (10,124 bytes)
- 175. Re: Mystery Roadster back on eBay (score: 1)
- Author: snyler <marc@animalfirm.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 10:05:03 -0500
- Roman, I have a 70 1600 *and* a Ford Escort. the roadster is more fun, keep it! Oh, and there's the nightmare Dodge, but when the two Datsun pickups are frankensteined into one, it goes. Now, at leas
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-10/msg00528.html (9,754 bytes)
- 176. Re: Harmonic balancer. (score: 1)
- Author: snyler <marc@animalfirm.com>
- Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 13:38:02 -0500
- Most in the US do call this a "Front Pulley" with the exception of the New Age crowd who do refer to it as "Harmonic Balancer" This group has also perfected the art of balancing SUs with a crystal an
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-10/msg00711.html (7,641 bytes)
- 177. Re: message subject (score: 1)
- Author: snyler <marc@animalfirm.com>
- Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 13:46:28 -0500
- Can you filter according to what appears in the "TO" field? I have all messages "TO" datsun-roadsters and "CC" datsun-roadsters routed to a specific folder. -Marc T. == Marc Tyler Designer, Animal Fi
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-10/msg00713.html (7,243 bytes)
- 178. Another Embarassing Question (score: 1)
- Author: snyler <marc@animalfirm.com>
- Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 17:54:11 -0500
- I pulled an old Allison ignition module from my 70 1600 some months ago, and am going with a recurved distributor and (for now, anyway) points. Anyway, when the allison came out, with all it's purple
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-10/msg00771.html (6,864 bytes)
- 179. Re: Sora blue - or was it?? (score: 1)
- Author: snyler <marc@animalfirm.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 16:09:44 -0500
- If the color you found on your car is more turquoise, it's most likely not sora blue, which is, as you described, more of a sky blue. Of course in some places, my (originaly Sora Blue) 1600 has yello
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-10/msg00869.html (8,575 bytes)
- 180. Re: CA black plate issue revisited (score: 1)
- Author: snyler <marc@animalfirm.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 16:09:46 -0500
- Sid, Remember Florida in the 60s issued a new plate every year, with a new number, every year da different color combo? Sombody in the state Legislature must have gotten kickbacks on steel or somethi
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2001-10/msg00870.html (8,260 bytes)
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