- 181. Re: OT - engine swap (score: 1)
- Author: snyler <mtyler@hctc.net>
- Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 09:26:46 -0500
- That thing must handle like a pig! You say you never hooked up with the owner, I can only imagine he looks like Bluto with badly burned inner thighs ;-) -Marc -- /// datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net m
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2002-09/msg00826.html (7,882 bytes)
- 182. Re: Shimmy in the Steering Wheel (score: 1)
- Author: snyler <mtyler@hctc.net>
- Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 09:38:08 -0500
- Are worn ball joints a cause of shimmy? -Marc T Sisterdale, TX -- /// datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net mailing list /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2002-09/msg00829.html (7,661 bytes)
- 183. Re: welded throttle cable (score: 1)
- Author: snyler <mtyler@hctc.net>
- Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 09:57:49 -0500
- Andy, I use cable and housing frequently with the puppets and animatronics. I have some top quality stainless cable and some bicycle housing that I can send out to you. The only hitches are, I'm not
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2002-09/msg00830.html (8,208 bytes)
- 184. Re: OT - engine swap (score: 1)
- Author: snyler <mtyler@hctc.net>
- Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 09:02:40 -0500
- LOL! Hardly Ablesons! Did see a beautiful triumph cycle yesterday. Looked new...and large. -Marc -- /// datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net mailing list /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2002-09/msg00887.html (8,401 bytes)
- 185. Re: Victor Goes Toyota? (score: 1)
- Author: snyler <mtyler@hctc.net>
- Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 09:00:30 -0500
- Dang, that's the truck I was looking for! Got rid of the Dodge Behemoth and wasnted something of reasonable size until the 320 is done (no time soon). Used trucks out here in TX are horribly overpric
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2002-09/msg00888.html (8,465 bytes)
- 186. Re: Victor Goes Toyota? (score: 1)
- Author: snyler <mtyler@hctc.net>
- Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 17:11:09 -0500
- isn't the "Toyota Corolla 1988 SR5" a car? if it's the one i'm thinking of, it's a favorite of the "drifter" set as it is light and has rear wheel drive. or am i all wet and it is a truck? s D'OH! Ye
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2002-09/msg00903.html (7,878 bytes)
- 187. RE: Dash Repair or Replace (score: 1)
- Author: snyler <mtyler@hctc.net>
- Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 17:09:48 -0500
- I'm able to get the tonneau twisties on over the dash-cap. There may be some extra effort involved but it's not a hassle in my case. Use lots of cardboard shims or wooden wedges to push down against
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2002-09/msg00904.html (8,603 bytes)
- 188. RE: Dash Repair or Replace (score: 1)
- Author: snyler <mtyler@hctc.net>
- Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 12:09:05 -0500
- Is the windshield out, the dash, or both? I think Roman came up with a nifty way to install a dash-cap while the dash was out of the car. I seem to recall he was able to strap the cap securely down t
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2002-09/msg00952.html (8,469 bytes)
- 189. Re: Fw: 1600 temperature sensor (score: 1)
- Author: snyler <mtyler@hctc.net>
- Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 12:51:22 -0500
- Welcome Joe! I was in the same spot this time last year. I soaked it in penetrating oil for about a week (I've recently discovered PB Blaster as a superior alternative to Liquid Wrench). It wouldn't
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2002-09/msg00953.html (8,928 bytes)
- 190. Re: OT - engine swap (score: 1)
- Author: snyler <mtyler@hctc.net>
- Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 08:37:19 -0500
- I read a writeup on one of the hondas of this stripe and apparently the engineers had a time getting it to idle as badly as a Harley, they had to offset something weird on the crankshaft or something
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2002-09/msg00982.html (8,536 bytes)
- 191. Patenting unpleasant noises (score: 1)
- Author: snyler <mtyler@hctc.net>
- Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 11:02:07 -0500
- Congrats on the resto progress! I think Harley Davidson did try to patent or trademark the sound but were unable to. You can't patent a stumbling idle, apparently. Just think, you bring your 1964 Dod
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2002-09/msg00989.html (7,619 bytes)
- 192. Re: Rubbing rear brake (score: 1)
- Author: snyler <mtyler@hctc.net>
- Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2002 12:59:37 -0500
- My 1600 had a similar condition.. turned out to be a messed up rear cylinder, it had corrosion and wouldn't retract. -Marc T. -- /// datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net mailing list /// Archives at http
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2002-09/msg01014.html (7,721 bytes)
- 193. Impact guns (score: 1)
- Author: mtyler <mtyler@hctc.net>
- Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 13:05:18 -0500
- Amazing the difference they make! I haven't rbeen rounding over or shearing of bolts on the dissasembly of my old 320 truck since I picked up a little 3/8" impact gun. There are a couple suspension p
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2002-08/msg00043.html (7,273 bytes)
- 194. Re: Windshield wash container (score: 1)
- Author: mtyler <mtyler@hctc.net>
- Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 21:02:36 -0500
- I lightly bead-blasted mine and it helped. It's now overall yellow, not yellow with brown on it. -Marc T == Marc Tyler Sisterdale TX 1970 1600 #SPL311-31016 1965 L-320 #L320 013642 http://datsun_marc
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2002-08/msg00219.html (8,399 bytes)
- 195. Re: OT: Ampficar spotted (score: 1)
- Author: mtyler <mtyler@hctc.net>
- Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2002 14:30:44 -0500
- When I lived in Burbank, there was an amphicar on always parked outside a house on Riverside Drive, near Disney. Don't think you'd want to put an Amphicar in the LA River...giant ants... -Marc T. ///
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2002-08/msg00232.html (7,492 bytes)
- 196. Re: Metal working (score: 1)
- Author: mtyler <mtyler@hctc.net>
- Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2002 15:00:47 -0500
- I bought that book as well...and they do make it look easy. I've had some luck with aluminum, but steel is a bear! -Marc T. == Marc Tyler Sisterdale TX 1970 1600 #SPL311-31016 1965 L-320 #L320 013642
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2002-08/msg00237.html (8,253 bytes)
- 197. Re: Scared off of the car - I am not going to get it (score: 1)
- Author: mtyler <mtyler@hctc.net>
- Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2002 15:00:49 -0500
- Oh, a Midget or Sprite would be a blast. You just have to take a cleansing breath and leave that "No replacement for displacement" crap behind. -Marc T. /// datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net mailing li
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2002-08/msg00238.html (8,257 bytes)
- 198. Re: Metal working - stuff happens (score: 1)
- Author: mtyler <mtyler@hctc.net>
- Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2002 18:36:28 -0500
- For some reason I imagine Swedish beer cans have a 2 litre capacity. Marc /// datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net mailing list
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2002-08/msg00242.html (7,274 bytes)
- 199. Re: Body Off Frame (score: 1)
- Author: mtyler <mtyler@hctc.net>
- Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2002 18:36:31 -0500
- Well, Boy, Howdy! I'm at the same point on my little 320 truck! Was just putting Rust Encapsulator on the frame earlier today. Damn exciting stuff! -Marc T == Marc Tyler Sisterdale TX 1970 1600 #SPL3
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2002-08/msg00243.html (7,521 bytes)
- 200. Re: Carbon fiber parts (score: 1)
- Author: mtyler <mtyler@hctc.net>
- Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2002 18:36:30 -0500
- With the proper parting agent, there'd be no reason why not. I don't know if carbon fiber is always vacuum bagged or if it is ever laid up in the old fashion, however. You can use epoxy resin with gl
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2002-08/msg00244.html (7,179 bytes)
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