The ammeter serves as an expensive fuse for the entire car. You can always
get another used one and it's nice to see if your electrical charging system
is still working. Might save your butt one day.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Wightman" <johnwightman@shaw.ca>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 8:56 PM
Subject: Finally driving...!
> Hi all,
>
> I just thought I'd drop a note to the list to say that I finally "get
it" -
> I now understand why you all are so hooked on these cars...! I have had a
> "66 1600 for about 3 months that I bought in order to do a frame-off
> restoration this winter, and until a couple of days ago, I had not been
able
> to drive it due to a worn brake master cylinder (and other projects taking
> priority). Well, I finally got a new one from Ross (Thanks, Ross!) and got
> it installed, thinking I would drive it for a bit to see how the car
> performed etc. Hooweeeee! What a rush! I own a toyota Supra with over 300
hp
> at the wheels, and the roadster, while slower, is waaaay more fun! That
car
> corners on rails, even with pathetically worn tires...! I now have taken
to
> cruising (racing?) around the city every chance I get - and the weather
here
> (Victoria, BC) has been cooperating nicely.
>
> At any rate, I do have a couple of questions...
>
> 1) My steering box has a ton of play in it, and I was wondering what the
> best course of action was - rebuild existing/install late model/replace
with
> rack & pinion from some other car (anyone done this?).
> 2) The previous owner has removed the Ammeter and connected the two
wires -
> will this have any adverse effect on any of the car's systems?
>
> Thanks for reading, and happy roadstering!
>
> John Wightman
> '66 1600
> Victoria, BC
>
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