[Roadsters] 2000 power loss--intermittent

[Mike Harper]

I agree with the prior comments.  Eliminate electrical
(most likely culprit) before moving to fuel. 

Mike SC
--- Rick Stayner <ricksrl at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Next time it dies, just check for spark by pulling
> coil wire and place where you see it and turn
> starter. 
>   The internal wire for the points could be broken.
> I hit a bump and my 69 2000 died with this as the
> cause.
>   I believe the wire is still available from Nissan.
>    
>   Rick Stayner 
>   1969 2K
>   Harrisburg, Pa
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> ljordan704 at netscape.net wrote:
>   Just had this too. See story on 311s.org site
> under "Pop Quiz" and see what it turned out to be.
> It was simple but I thought it was going to be
> worse.
> 
> Linda
> 68 1600
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: tputland at charter.net
> To: datsun-roadsters: autox.team.net 
> Sent: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 6:07 am
> Subject: [Roadsters] 2000 power loss--intermittent
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> Morning all. 
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> I took the 2000 out Saturday for a quick run to see
> check a few things. 
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> The car was not running hot but I now need to clean
> out the brake lines.
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> However, I have a more pressing concern. This has
> happened only a couple times 
> and (obviously) not every time. When driving down
> the road I started to lose 
> power and the idle was rough (with the clutch in and
> coasting down the road). 
> First time this happened I turned off the motor and
> let the car sit for a few 
> minutes. She started up and was fine. Last Saturday
> when this happened I pulled 
> off the road and didn't shut her down. I just sat
> for a minute or so then she 
> was fine. 
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> Am I boiling the gas in the line somehow and thus
> starving the carbs? If so what 
> is the fix for this?
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> Or do I maybe have a clogged filter or crap in the
> fuel line? This one I can 
> deal with. I think.
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> I wanted to get some input from you folks out there
> before I started to tear 
> into stuff. 
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> TIA
> 
> Tim
> Belleville, WI.
> '70 SPL AND SRL
> Still clueless but always learning
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