[Roadsters] What did you do this weekend? 2/1/09

[Keith0alan at aol.com]

Finally got back to bead blasting carb parts. It has been a couple of  months 
since I've been up to it and I'm finally starting to feel a bit better. 
 
keith
 
 
In a message dated 2/1/2009 8:26:28 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
mltyler at mac.com writes:

At long  last the motor went back into the 1600 today.  All that's left   
is everything else :^)
On Feb 1, 2009, at 7:50 PM,  ljordan704 at netscape.net wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I had a  nice day of Datsun therapy. I went over to Peter's house and  
> we  took off the old oil pan on my car, rather easily, using? a soft   
> chisel in a couple spots and a few rubber mallet whacks. I  checked  
> the oil and there were no metal bits. Then the new cork  gasket with  
> #2 Permatex non hardening sealer on the gasket  installed on the  
> shiny newly refurbished pan I had, then adding  more on the mating  
> surface of the car. Tightened it all up  carefully from the center  
> and going round multiple times to  just finally snug everything up.  
> New oil and filter and... no  leaks. Yeah! The old gasket was crumbly  
> trashed, no wonder it  leaked. With idling and driving I see that the  
> pressure is up  slightly and at idle the oil pressure does not go to  
> zero but  is slightly above. Conclusion is that eliminating leaks is  
> a  good thing. (Duh)
> My thanks to Peter for his direction and assistance,  jack stands,  
> jack and correct tools.
> On Peter's car it  looks like the Petronix is dead as we determined  
> his new coil  was working afterall.
> Looks like he can get a new Petronix part so all  is not lost, and  
> his car should run soon. Yeah!
> What  did you do this weekend?
>
> Linda
> 68 1600
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