I just stuff my 45 or 38 between the seat and trans tunnel.
Russ Southwell 70 1600 and plenty of ammo
datsunmike wrote:
> Charlie,
>
> I see what you mean!!!!!!!!
>
> BTW, my rear seal also leaks on my rebuilt engine :(
>
> AND put a fuse on the ammeter!!!!!!!!!! I blew mine also a few years
> ago:(
>
> Hey, didn't you have a gun to shoot the Bastard? It's Texas :) Oh, where do
> you mount a gun rack on the Roadster?
>
> Keep safe,
>
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Charlie" <cehubbard@home.com>
> To: "Datsun Roadster Mailing List" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 12:10 AM
> Subject: Bad Day!
>
> > Hi!
> >
> > I just finished a complete engine rebuild on my 64 1500. After an
> expensive
> > two year ordeal with locating hard to find 1500 engine parts, finding the
> > time, asking questions and bugging my roadster friends & vendors to death
> > for their time, the roadster runs as good as new. Fast and responsive with
> > more power than ever. Still leaks oil out the rear main. DARN!! Well, we
> > gave it our best shot.
> >
> > I've been having a problem with severe grinding between all gears. Traced
> it
> > down to a badly cracked firewall not allowing the clutch master to fully
> > engage the piston. Richard Prentice came over with his MIG welder and we
> > fixed it up better than original. The trick is to also weld the peddle
> > bracket to the bottom of that little ledge that you use to set your tools
> on
> > under the hood. This keeps the bracket from flexing the firewall and
> causing
> > it to crack. I will post the step by step fix to the TDROC web site for
> you
> > 1500 owners.
> >
> > WARNING, This fix will ruin the paint on the "tool shelf". Look at my
> paint
> > job and you will understand why this is not a problem for me.
> >
> > LESSONS LEARNED (the hard way)
> >
> > I did two very dumb things:
> >
> > 1. Ground through the R-Front brake line while grinding the firewall welds
> > down. I was in a hurry and was afraid of breaking the line by bending it
> out
> > of the way. I finally fixed the line last Thursday night and took her out
> > for a test drive. Wow! What a difference doing it right (yourself) can
> make
> > on an engine rebuild.
> >
> > 2. While sitting at a stop light (during the test drive), I put my hand
> > under the dash to see if moving the bend in the tachometer cable would
> stop
> > it from bouncing at low RPM's. I somehow managed to ground my watch on my
> > new after-market (non-fused) ammeter wire terminal while the car was
> > running. The end result was a blown voltage regulator. It also instantly
> > super-heated my watch band, resulting in a third-degree burn about the
> size
> > of a .50 cent piece on my wrist.
> >
> > To make it worse, and if that wasn't bad enough, after shaking it off and
> > proceeding through the stop light (on my way home to nurse my wounds), a
> car
> > blew through the red light at about 60 MPH and barely missed T-boning me
> as
> > I was making a left. I just happened to use the center lane and he was in
> > the right lane. I about lost it but decided to settle for simply yelling
> > like a spaz while offering up a pathetic feeble one-finger salute with my
> > good arm. I then drive home very shaken from the entire ordeal. This is
> NOT
> > what I planned. I don't know what I planned but this is definitely not it!
> > :-(
> >
> > I'm going to the specialist tomorrow to see if I need graphs.
> >
> > I'm getting too old for this SH--! With two small children and a wife who
> need me... I'm now thinking about selling the car and taking up golf.
> Somebody stop me!!!
> >
> > Charlie
> > 1964 SPL310 (1500)
> > Flower Mound, Texas
> > http://members.home.net/cehubbard/tdroc/
> >
> >
> > Flower Mound, Texas
> > http://members.home.net/cehubbard/tdroc/
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