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301. Re: new to list-looking at a roadster to buy this week (score: 1): Author: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>; Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 10:21:22 -0800; Sounds like a good deal, if it's not a total rustbucket. I thought $1500 for a complete, relatively clean non-runner was a good deal. BUT: it'll probably cost you more than the purchase price to get; /html/datsun-roadsters/1999-02/msg00075.html (8,307 bytes)
302. Re: Head Aches, Warped Head Options (score: 1): Author: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>; Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 10:01:46 -0800; Just been there, John. (not with a 2000, tho) My 2c- search high and low for another head, hopefully one that's not been milled much. If you can find one, great. Keep in mind that even a good core is; /html/datsun-roadsters/1999-02/msg00099.html (8,129 bytes)
303. Re: Fender Liners (score: 1): Author: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>; Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 10:14:30 -0800; Gary Boone wrote: This one floated around a few years ago, and seemed like a good idea. Liners would also protect the fenders from dents caused by flung rocks (yeah, I know, it doesn't often happen..; /html/datsun-roadsters/1999-02/msg00101.html (7,428 bytes)
304. Re: Fender Liners (score: 1): Author: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>; Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 21:45:49 -0800; I think that's when I gave up on the liner idea and put a gallon of dyna-goop inside each fender and vowed to never get caught in the rain! <grin- it's rained here for the last 90 days, consecutivel; /html/datsun-roadsters/1999-02/msg00114.html (7,362 bytes)
305. Re: datsun sp310 (score: 1): Author: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>; Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 13:40:40 -0800; You've added coolant (anti- boil) which we all should do religiously, as it also has anti- corrode in it! Toby; /html/datsun-roadsters/1999-02/msg00271.html (8,216 bytes)
306. Re: Hub torque spec? (score: 1): Author: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>; Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 13:42:50 -0800; About 0 ft-lbs. or just snug enough to get all play out of the bearings, but not so much that you can't (with effort) slide the locking washer that's behind the nut. A little loose is safer for the b; /html/datsun-roadsters/1999-02/msg00272.html (6,796 bytes)
307. Re: 1600 Engines? (score: 1): Author: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>; Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 11:48:10 -0800; The only other (stock) car that got the R-series engine was the 411. They seem to be a lot harder to find than the roadsters now, altho I have no idea how many were imported. The little 1200's from; /html/datsun-roadsters/1999-02/msg00312.html (7,881 bytes)
308. Pulling the tranny (score: 1): Author: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>; Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 22:58:57 -0800; Another leaky spot is the breather hole on top, towards the tailshaft. If you stand the thing right up on end and leave it for a while, it'll ooze, as it will if you let it flop onto its side after y; /html/datsun-roadsters/1999-02/msg00407.html (7,080 bytes)
309. re: engine #'s (score: 1): Author: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>; Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 23:13:35 -0800; they did it to start rumors, 30 years later, that there are a few preproduction lightweight models running around with straight 6es, v6es and v8s stock from the factory! <grin> Toby BLatantly invent; /html/datsun-roadsters/1999-02/msg00408.html (6,669 bytes)
310. Re: New Z (score: 1): Author: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>; Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 23:28:20 -0800; Agreed here, too. It seems Nissan's commercial engines are a generation or so behind, usually (not the twin 300zx, agreed again). They build solid, working, durable cars, but without that zip that ev; /html/datsun-roadsters/1999-02/msg00409.html (8,719 bytes)
311. Re: Seat belts? (score: 1): Author: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>; Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 11:22:32 -0800; it might make the SAE furious, but I rewebbed my own belts, duplicating the stitching pattern, thread, and material. I'm sure it's not 'technically legal' but I'm also sure it's better than 30-year-; /html/datsun-roadsters/1999-02/msg00452.html (7,034 bytes)
312. Re: fuel gauge (score: 1): Author: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>; Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 11:28:15 -0800; Good thought, Jeff, and there's an access plate in the roadster's trunk (68 and later, anyhow) so 4 screws will get you in. Might want to have a spare gauge seal, in case the old one's dead. The send; /html/datsun-roadsters/1999-02/msg00453.html (7,722 bytes)
313. Re: clutch reassembly (score: 1): Author: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>; Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 23:44:52 -0800; I gotta disagree. I've centered the friction plate (clutch disc) on the pressure plate just by feel a dozen times now, and that's always worked, be it a 1600, 2L, NAPS-Z pickup, Mitsubishi, BMW, or w; /html/datsun-roadsters/1999-02/msg00510.html (6,771 bytes)
314. Re: Transmissions (score: 1): Author: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>; Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 23:55:16 -0800; Making the crass assumption you have a 4-speed, put in a new countershaft and bearings. Everything else is pretty robust, but the countershaft itself is weak (actually, a dumb design) and will kill t; /html/datsun-roadsters/1999-02/msg00511.html (9,056 bytes)
315. Re: Crazy? (score: 1): Author: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>; Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 11:59:57 -0800; Whadda bout the'F10?' A rear-ended wood-splitting wedge that got pregnant? And the motor in it was anemic, to boot! Toby; /html/datsun-roadsters/1999-02/msg00610.html (7,393 bytes)
316. Re: Ugly? (score: 1): Author: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>; Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 12:18:19 -0800; What's wrong, is what one of those "special" things can do to a roadster and its owner. There oughta be a law! Bought gas for .89 a gallon, for the first time in my life. It was more than that when I; /html/datsun-roadsters/1999-02/msg00611.html (8,387 bytes)
317. Re: powder coated frame (score: 1): Author: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>; Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 17:32:52 -0800; but if you've gone this far, OF COURSE you'd inject it full of wax, right? It'll do that for you... Toby; /html/datsun-roadsters/1999-01/msg00152.html (6,899 bytes)
318. Re: Leaf Springs and dp-90 (score: 1): Author: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>; Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 17:44:57 -0800; One big problem with all the DP epoxy primers: there's no UV protection, so if your springs are exposed to sunlight (gawd ferbid) the primer breaks down rather quickly. FWIW, Toby; /html/datsun-roadsters/1999-01/msg00153.html (6,939 bytes)
319. More Re: Re Brake lines (score: 1): Author: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>; Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 23:10:19 -0800; I agree with Joseph, The MCs I tried to rebuild didn't hold, IF I could get it apart. However, has anyone tried having one resleeved? That might do it. Of course, at $80+ for a stainless sleeve, and; /html/datsun-roadsters/1999-01/msg00163.html (7,198 bytes)
320. Re: front main seal (score: 1): Author: Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com>; Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 13:05:35 -0800; In fact, if you have all 3 dimensions (shaft, housing, and thickness) and what it's used for, they'll be able to get you one. You don't even need an example... Toby; /html/datsun-roadsters/1999-01/msg00207.html (6,724 bytes)

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