[Roadsters] starting problems

[Paul Courson]

Yah, I had the same symptoms and found the problem at the bottom of the
negative terminal cable - dirty where it screws into the frame!
On Jul 5, 2014 1:11 PM, "Rich Ravizza" <rravizza at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I have been driving my 70, 1600 a lot lately.  Took it up to Sonora pass
> from
> Fremont, driving it to work everyday.  Yesterday went to a grad party with
> a
> load of stuff for the celebration, all was well until I went back out to
> move
> the car out of the driveway and it was DEAD.  Only thing I could hear when
> I
> turned the key was a slight click.
> Push started it and got it home and this morning went to start exploring to
> find the problem.
> Battery is full of liquid and shows 12-13 volts on the multimeter but the
> headlights and tail lights are dead.  Put a battery charger on it and all
> was
> well but then went DEAD again.
> Turned out to be the homemade battery cable on the common side.  Cleaned it
> and re-assembled and am back on the road.
>
>
> Rich Ravizza
>
> --------------------------------------------
> On Sat, 7/5/14, dave n <dave at ranteer.com> wrote:
>
>  Subject: [Roadsters] starting problems
>  To: "Datsun" <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
>  Date: Saturday, July 5, 2014, 6:28 AM
>
>  so last night I bring the early 67
>  1600 roadster back from storage (its about
>  4 miles).  the revs slow down and it dies at a
>  light.  it almost doesnbt
>  start.
>
>  I get it home, and we get ready to leave in it but it wonbt
>  start.  I think
>  maybe its out of gas and the gauge isnbt working.  I
>  top it off with 4
>  gallons of premium, and it overflows.  obviously that
>  wasnbt it.   I can
>  hear the electric fuel pump running so thatbs not it. (I
>  have replaced the
>  mechanical pump with an electric one)
>
>  we take another car.
>
>  maybe two hours later we come home, and it starts.
>  runs fine all the way back
>  to storage.  car doesnbt get run that much, and the gas
>  in it could easily
>  have been months old.  you think bad gas?  stuff
>  in the gas tank/line?  any
>  other ideas?
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