[Roadsters] oil to camshaft

[Stephen Wan]

> Where is the oil flow adjuster? I never heard of that before.

It looks like a screw, with a lock nut on it, on the top of
(as I recall)  the rearmost rocker arm tower. It's actually a
needle valve. Loosen the nut and screw it in to lessen oil flow,
loosen it to increase. With it all the way in, there's no
flow thru the shaft. With it missing, most of the oil pumps out
the hole and again no flow to where it needs to go.

Page 21 of the cheesy factory original shop manual ("screw-adjust,
valve rocker") shows it. Interestingly, the online fiche (page 33
of the engine section) does NOT show this. Note that there is a
set screw that must be tight and keeps the shaft from spinning.
This adjusting screw is next to the set screw.

-- John
     John F Sandhoff sandhoff at csus.edu  Sacramento, CA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Schairer" <wschaibe at ucsd.edu>
To: "Datsun Roadster" <Datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 6:01 PM
Subject: [Roadsters] oil to camshaft


> Can someone re-post the business about someway to adjust the oil flow 
> to the camshaft?  I can't find anything in the manual on this.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bill
> 70 1600
> San Diego
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