I cut a wrench in half to aid in the installation. Still a PITA to get started
but with a 2 inch open-end and a 2 inch boxed-end it makes the job easier.
Small hands and closing you eyes help too.
J Brooks
68 2L
Sorry, but I could'nt help laughing after reading about that nut. The one
designed for people with little hands to handle. It's a balancing act.
dont try this when you are parked on the lawn. I've had to look for, and
pick up that nut several times before I finally got it. Makes me think that
it's easier to pull the engine to remove and reinstall that NUT! pAT
&(%)$)#@+
-----Original Message-----
From: Victor Laury <vlaury@earthlink.net>
To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, April 26, 2001 10:44 PM
Subject: I just don't belive it
>I spent this evening putting on my Solex Manifold. I thought there was no
>way the rear, lower manifold nut could get any harder to get at. I was
>wrong. The Solex makes this nut even more hidden than the SU. I think it's
>Nissan's cruel little joke.
>
>But that wasn't the cruelest joke of the evening. I was about to install
the
>Solexs and decided to check the accelerator pump diaphragms first since
they
>are known to leak. There was no diaphragms. There are no gaskets at all
>through out both carburetors! I paid $850 for pieced together carbs with no
>gaskets! Well HAHAHA on Stupid Victor! (I think I'll have that Prozac now.
>Thank you)
>
>So I'm going to bed disgusted. Tomorrow, the SU's go back on. That means I
>get to play with my favorite nut twice more before Solvang. Oh Goodie!
>
>Victor
>70 SRL 31113136
>72 HLS30 48255
>65 L-320 Pickup
>Los Angeles
>http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=123073
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