[Roadsters] starting problems

[Rich Ravizza]

Process of elimination and patients.  When you drive a car that is 44 years
old you just take a deep breath and think about it.
Just glad this didn't happen up in the Sierra.  I might not have been so calm
about it.
I always say there is not much you can't fix on these things as long as you
have a crescent wrench and a hammer.  Turns out I only needed the crescent
wrench this time.
Rich Ravizza

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On Sat, 7/5/14, Paul Courson <cour.jpeg at gmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Roadsters] starting problems
 To: "Rich Ravizza" <rravizza at yahoo.com>
 Cc: "datsun-roadsters: autox.team. net" <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>,
"Dave" <dave at ranteer.com>
 Date: Saturday, July 5, 2014, 10:49 AM

 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



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 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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