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141. Re: A little help! (score: 1)
Author: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 21:56:15 -0700
An addition to an old thread... What spare parts do you carry in your datsun? For a long trip, I'd bring along a spare bearing, seals, and collar. The swap is a 15-minute job at a machine shop- IF yo
/html/datsun-roadsters/1999-09/msg00301.html (6,875 bytes)

142. Re:Support for the Firewall support (score: 1)
Author: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 17:03:56 -0700
Before I knew of the (much-defended) brace of Stan, I attempted just this. Took my mig and welded up the visible cracks in the firewall, and made a brace that transfers the braking load from the lowe
/html/datsun-roadsters/1999-09/msg00483.html (7,187 bytes)

143. Re: Parts cross-reference (score: 1)
Author: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 17:33:37 -0700
the Volvo uses a different style of rear brakes, so the cylinders are pretty different. They could be Brit, tho, as both Volvo and Nissan borrowed Brit designs and parts. Toby
/html/datsun-roadsters/1999-09/msg00485.html (7,447 bytes)

144. It's not a roadster, but what the heck is it? (score: 1)
Author: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 17:42:34 -0700
The VW guys were sayin' that this is a roadster, once they decided it's not a convertable Notchback. Ya, right. So far, it's not a Datsun, Volvo, Sunbeam, or VW product. Can YOU name this car? http:/
/html/datsun-roadsters/1999-09/msg00487.html (7,793 bytes)

145. Save Stan! was Re: FIREWALL BRACE AVAILABILITY (score: 1)
Author: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 20:52:12 -0700
Ok, it's time to start the "Free Stan" collection! We HAVE to get him untied before the end of October. To do less would be INHUMANE! So send all your donations (Roadster parts appreciated, whole car
/html/datsun-roadsters/1999-09/msg00557.html (7,419 bytes)

146. Re: Gas tank repair (score: 1)
Author: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 20:55:34 -0700
Here's a guess- the old rubber hoses were decaying on the inside, and what you were seeing in the settling bowl was rubber bits... Were they fuel-rated lines, or something cheezy like vacuum hose? U
/html/datsun-roadsters/1999-09/msg00558.html (7,989 bytes)

147. Re: Looking for Libres (score: 1)
Author: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 20:33:53 -0700
Here's EVIL for you, Bill, I've got a 13" that fits the roadster! (probably not the front, tho...) Picked it up along with a pair of new 13" (that DON'T fit) at a local VW meet. Now, if you were raci
/html/datsun-roadsters/1999-09/msg00797.html (6,765 bytes)

148. Re: Metal brake lines (score: 1)
Author: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 16:12:22 -0700
I bent custom lines, (they're 3/16", even on "metric" roadsters) three times, Paul, and the third time they stopped leaking. The worst part about the flex line is that it 'work hardens' as you bend i
/html/datsun-roadsters/1999-09/msg00830.html (7,366 bytes)

149. Re: lug nuts (score: 1)
Author: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 16:15:02 -0700
Well, John, Let me introduce you to Wing Nuts! They have these cool gripping places that let you get even more torque than hex heads. Just be careful not to overtighten them and shear the studs... <g
/html/datsun-roadsters/1999-09/msg00831.html (6,919 bytes)

150. Re: fog fest Jag (score: 1)
Author: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 16:24:26 -0700
I gotta pop off with a limited defense of the "rad sheet metal mods" crowd. Now, let's say I acquire 2 roadsters: one's a pretty complete 67.5 2L, with most of its original bits, not too much rust, a
/html/datsun-roadsters/1999-09/msg00833.html (8,378 bytes)

151. Best intentions, but no time- 2000 for sale (score: 1)
Author: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 10:49:17 -0700
I had high hopes of building a vintage racer, but, well, there's this thing of needing a job, too, so: For sale, in Seattle: '69 2L roadster, not running (typical wiring harness problems) It would m
/html/datsun-roadsters/1999-08/msg00035.html (7,113 bytes)

152. Re: 2000's, any in Michigan? (score: 1)
Author: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 10:38:41 -0700
If your car is red with Panasports, it is indeed BITCHEN! It's much nicer than it was in '70. And it looked like it was a pretty nice example BEFORE Ross worked on it. I saw it last spring... Toby
/html/datsun-roadsters/1999-08/msg00075.html (7,080 bytes)

153. Re: Hmmm...that's a lot of oil on the garage floor this morning... but it's not rusting so fast as it was... (score: 1)
Author: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 23:21:47 -0700
Just looking for Sureput new rope seal in oil. wait a week. Make sure you have the side seals for the rear main cap. They are, apparently, NOT oil-resistant and die in a year or two! (pull engine, fl
/html/datsun-roadsters/1999-08/msg00113.html (7,962 bytes)

154. brake adjustment (score: 1)
Author: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 23:49:09 -0700
Bill, when my brakes are adjusted just about right, the pedal STILL firms up a bit when the parking brake's on. Doesn't there need to be a bit of travel in the rear shoes to keep them from grabbing
/html/datsun-roadsters/1999-08/msg00114.html (6,893 bytes)

155. Re: idler shafts (score: 1)
Author: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 00:09:21 -0700
I've had decent luck just replacing the lower bushing (a $11.95 dealer part some years ago) Take the new bushing along with your parts to a decent machine shop, and they'll replace the bushing and re
/html/datsun-roadsters/1999-08/msg00146.html (7,399 bytes)

156. Rear Brake Shoe Disorientation - another viewpoint (score: 1)
Author: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 00:18:38 -0700
Ok, wrench- in- the- works time: I do like the logic of rotational symmetry, but, One shoe (the back one) is set up to servo (use the car's rotational energy to help braking) while the car is moving
/html/datsun-roadsters/1999-08/msg00147.html (7,588 bytes)

157. Late millenNium flame... (score: 1)
Author: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 20:36:58 -0700
of Mazda, mostly. There are 2 n's in millennium. There IS a car called the Mazda Millenium. Now, Ross, is that the Canadian spelling? <grin> How do you pronounce it? Roadster content: there are 2 N's
/html/datsun-roadsters/1999-08/msg00674.html (6,955 bytes)

158. Re: timing (score: 1)
Author: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 19:15:23 -0700
You do it by ear, and if you get it wrong, you can look in thru the new inspection hole that the chain opens up in the hood to see what it was that you didn't hear in time! <grin> Toby
/html/datsun-roadsters/1999-08/msg00702.html (7,216 bytes)

159. loctite for aluminum... (score: 1)
Author: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 11:16:53 -0700
Tom Walter advised, sagely: And I ask: What's up with Loctite? They stopped using numbers a while back, and now I'm having a hard time finding the purple stuff! Only the specialists carry it anymore,
/html/datsun-roadsters/1999-08/msg00723.html (6,811 bytes)

160. Re: timing chains and stuff (score: 1)
Author: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 11:28:41 -0700
OK, I KNOW this is me having too much time to think and not enough time to wrench, BUT: Has anyone thought about coming up with a different set of cam drive gears for the 2L? Those tiny little sprock
/html/datsun-roadsters/1999-08/msg00724.html (7,550 bytes)

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