The G series engine in my '65 SP310 also has a "one way" starting nut
on the crank.
Quaint but it will remain unused!
Regards,
Graeme Suckling
1965 SP310 - under construction
1971 P510 4 door - daily driver, original owner
1972 P510 2 door - in storage
1973 HS30/240Z - re-building
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From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of snyler
Sent: Monday, 25 November 2002 1:22 AM
To: datsunmike; TWFAUST@aol.com; datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: cranky response
At 8:44 AM -0500 11/24/02, datsunmike wrote:
>
>Trivia:
>
>The impetus behind the original design of the electric starter was
when
>Henry Ford's wife broke her arm trying to start her Model T. Thomas
Edison,
>a close friend of Henry Ford, designed the first starter. Back then
if you
>weren't really careful the kick back from the engine could rip the
starter
>handle from your hands and result in broken arms and fingers.
Is that the infamous "Ford Fracture" ?
>
>If you look at a Brit car, say a MGA, you'll notice that the starter
nut on
>the crank is a one way design and it disengages the starter handle if
the
>engine kicks back.
>
>In the Datsun repair manual, if you look at some of the pictures of
the
>1600, you'll notice that strange nut on the crank. I do believe 1500s
had
>provisions for a starter crank.
The J engine for my 65 Datsun pickup has one of these nuts. Victor,
I found that a Spridget crank fits the nut perfectly, tho' it's
shorter than the crank that came with my 320. I'll think I'll use it
for valve adjustment type things but avoid using it to start the
thing ;-)
Marc T.
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