[Roadsters] Is it a bad fuel pump?

[David Bentz]

Never happened in my roadster but when points went bad in my 2002, is was
like a bucking and sputtering.
Petronix is really the way to go.
Dave

On Thursday, July 11, 2013, Roy Haslett wrote:

> I had this exact experience driving up to Solvang this year.  My 1600
> sputtered once or twice and then lost all power.  I pulled the fuel line
> off
> the carbs and turned it over...no gas came out.  I then did a roadside R&R
> of
> the fuel pump.  It checked out fine.  I blew out the fuel line to the tank.
> Reassembled everything and....no start but I did have gas now...I still
> fail
> to understand what happened.   After further handwringing and help from
> Peter
> who stopped to aid me, we concluded there was no spark and that the coil
> was
> bad (it was only a few months since I replaced it but who knows)  A ride
> into
> town and purchased a new coil.  Upon returning to the side of Hwy 101 I
> replaced the coil, no change.  After a last ditch phone call for advice
> before
> sending for the tow truck, it was pointed out to me that even though my
> points
> were only 2 months old with 400 miles on them, they could still be bad.  I
> grabbed a set from the parts store and
>  headed back to 101.  Installed the new points and the car started right
> up,
> runs great.  I will change out to pertronix at some point but for now I
> carry
> an extra fuel pump and sets of points in the trunk.
> To: 'Datsun Roadster Listserver' <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net<javascript:;>
> >
> Sent:
> Wednesday, July 10, 2013 10:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Is it a bad fuel
> pump?
>
>
> I had the same sputtering/dying experience once. It turned out the
> points
> had come loose and closed down completely.
>
> Gordon Glasgow
> -----Original Message-----
> From: datsun-roadsters-bounces at autox.team.net <javascript:;>
> [mailto:datsun-roadsters-bounces at autox.team.net <javascript:;>] On Behalf
> Of Michael Knorr
> Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 7:37 PM
> To: Datsun Roadster Listserver
> Subject:
> [Roadsters] Is it a bad fuel pump?
>
> My SPL311 died in traffic today. It began
> to sputter and miss on one or two
> cylinders and then just died. Since it was
> 102 degrees here today I assumed
> it was vapor lock. I got it home via AAA,
> shot some ether into the carbs to
> no avail. Then I unhooked one of the two
> carburetor fuel lines from the line
> coming out of the fuel pump and cranked
> the engine. No fuel came out of the
> line. Is my fuel pump shot or is this
> still a symptom of a vapor lock? Does
> Nissan still stock fuel pumps for
> SPL311s? Or do I have to go to one of our
> suppliers? I'm in a hurry on this
> since I can't get the car up my driveway;
> it has to sit in the street until I
> can get it to a shop. Thanks for your
> help.Regards, Michael Knorr, 1966
> SPL311-03639
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