Hi gang,
Thanks to Pete, and especially Richard, for all your encouragement. After
wondering about my "bad" starter for a couple of weeks, I found myself with
a free Sunday afternoon and no more excuses. So I jacked the car up, with
the original jack -- no hydraulic jacks for me. Then I stacked three short
4x10's under the frame -- no car stands for me. Then I removed the left
front wheel and peeked in at the starter. Whoa! Not much room to swing a
wrench in there! Anyway, just on spec, I removed the battery lead from the
solenoid (my wife reminded me to disconnect the other end first -- thank you
honey), cleaned the cable terminal, and reinstalled it. The engine started
immediately. The punch line: I must admit that the nut on the solenoid
terminal did not seem to be very tight when I removed it. Another lesson:
I'm really happy that I had a really long extension for my socket wrench.
After we put the tools away, we went for a short run up through UCSC and
onto the Empire Grade. What a great feeling, especially in the twisty bits
with the brandy new 7" tires.
Thanks again to everyone who responded. And thanks especially to Mark
Bradakis, our list janitor. This list is an amazing resource for all us
Datsun lovers.
PS: How about Wessel's GP roadster in the runoffs (again?) What a great
race!
Chris Doutre
Santa Cruz, CA
'67 low windshield
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