The perfect mechanic would be short and thin and have the arms and hands of
a basketball player, a tall thin basketball player :)
This is true for all cars.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Murphy" <solex67@hotmail.com>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 11:07 PM
Subject: 4 hours
> What can you do in four hours?
>
> Well, when I got to Roman Rist's place to work on my 67 2000, I was
> pleasantly surprised to find that he had removed the hood. So I started
off
> by removing the radiator.
>
> I left the shroud on as the bolts holding it to the radiator were frozen.
> One strange thing: when I pulled off the lower hose, there was a piece of
> coiled wire in the bottom of the hose.
>
> I removed the fan and water pump and then decided to tackle the solex
intake
> and exhaust manifold. To take the manifold off, I had to first remove the
> flex flange that attaches the exhaust manifold to the exhaust pipe. For
> those of you who don't have this, get one. It keeps the rattling WAY down
> and allows the entire exhaust system to move. The problem in removing it
was
> I had no lift. I had to lay on my back with two box ends and take the
three
> nuts off. Took a while, but I got them off.
>
> By far the biggest problem I had was with the "Killer nut" as I will
always
> remember it. It is the lower nut on the exhaust port closest to the
> firewall. It is IMPOSSIBLE to get to. Just to get the wrench in position
> required the dexterity of a brain surgeon. I finally gave up when my
friend
> grabbed the wrench and approached it from the front of the car by reaching
> her hand through from the front. It worked and the nut finally came off.
>
> Roman helped to get the starter out, and I had the solex intake, header,
and
> the starter out.
>
> Not bad for four hours.
>
> Andrew Murphy
> 1964 1500
> 1967 2000 Solex (Almost ready for the frame off)
> SoCalROC
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