I had the same problem with my '66 SP311. The problem was that I used urathane
(possible spelling mistake) shock absorber bushes instead of the normal rubber
ones. One by one the nasty little orange bushes disintergrated. The remaining
ones were thrown away and replaced with rubber ones. That was 2 years ago, no
problems since. I don't know if this is common with these or maybe I just got
a dodgy set.
Alan Bent - Queensland , Australia
1966 Fairlady SP311 - 1965 Silvia CSP311
1966 Fairlady SP311 - 1964 Fairlady 3 seater SP310
1964 Cedric Wagon WP31 - 1963 Bluebird P312
Fred_Katz@ci.sf.ca.us wrote:
> I inspected the underside of my '66, to track down some strange noises
> since getting it a few months ago. I have it stored far away, so I haven't
> driven it much. It seemed to float and bounce strangely on turns.
>
> It turns out that the shock absorbers were missing half of the mounting
> parts, and there was a couple inches of free play where the shocks were
> bottoming out. That's where the noise was coming from. The shocks were
> useless with that two inches of free travel. And the shock bolts were
> gouging holes in the mounts. Seems the P.O. took the car to a shoddy
> mechanic! He skipped installing most of the rubber mounts and washers.
>
> I'm just making sure the car is road-worthy before taking it on a long
> journey to Solvang. I'm glad I checked it out, and fixed the damage. I
> can't stress enough how important it is to learn the basics about these
> cars, so you don't have to blindly trust the work of others!
>
> Fred - South San Francisco, CA
> '66 1600 "Loosey"
> '70 1600 "Blondee"
> '68 2000 (no-name frame-off)
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