-----Original Message-----
From: PATRICK P. CASTRONOVO <slick@mohaveaz.com>
To: Bob Mann <rwmannco@interport.net>
Date: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: still spewing coolant
>I have contacted my local auto parts dealer, that has been in business
since
>1940. I asked him the amount of pressure in a radiator cap for a 1967
2000.
>He has specification books that go back that far. I was told that the 1967
>pressure cap was 4 lbs. and the 1968 and later 2000 was 13 lbs. I did not
>ask, but seeing that the reservior is made of plastic, I can not imagine it
>holding more pressure than the radiator.
>Pat Castronovo, 67.5 2000 Solex, not running for 15 years.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Bob Mann <rwmannco@interport.net>
>To: Matthew W Peterson <pete-3@juno.com>
>Cc: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
>Date: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 6:30 AM
>Subject: Re: still spewing coolant
>
>
>>Just for the heck of it, who has the proper U20 radiator cap and surge
>>tank cap? Thanks.
>>
>>- Bob Mann, '69 2000 Solex, also w/cooling woes
>>
>>Matthew W Peterson wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> After I got home tonight from work I noticed that I had a trail of
>>> coolant coming from my car again. This time I checked the overflow tube
>>> and sure enough, it was coming from there. The cap I have on my coolant
>>> resevour says "for 15 lb closed systems". I seem to remember a couple
of
>>> you saying that you thought it should be a 7 lb cap. Could my valve
have
>>> gotten weak enough to let coolant out when it shouldn't? I think the
>>> first step to take would be to get a proper cap. Any other ideas or
>>> suggestions?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Matt Peterson
>>> '68 1600
>>> Zimmerman, Mn
>>
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>>
>>
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