At 10:04 AM -0400 9/27/02, Joe Jackson wrote:
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>From: Joe Jackson
>To: datsunroadsters@autox.team.net
>Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 11:45 PM
>Subject: 1600 temperature sensor
>
>
>I am a new subscriber , age 88 years.This is my first shot at asking for help.
>I sold my family Jeepster ; it's stall is now occupied by a 1967 Datsun 1600
>roadster,a real basket case. Progress so far-- I have put in new rings (engine
>was frozen for10 years). I am surprised that I was able to get a new
>temperature sensor from Nissan but need advice on how to get the failed one
>out; the steel threaded sleeve( hex head) unscrewed from the head and came out
>OK, but the sensor itself will not . It is brass and will not stand
>strong-arm persuasion. Any magic solution,anyone?? In a long-shot
>possibility I thought of trying to get at it from its rear but the casting
>carrying the fillcap is stuck on it's studs(corrosion I assume) I am on dead
>center ; ideas?? Joe Jackson ...rimshot@a-znet.com
>
Welcome Joe! I was in the same spot this time last year. I soaked it
in penetrating oil for about a week (I've recently discovered PB
Blaster as a superior alternative to Liquid Wrench). It wouldn't
budge! THis was on a 70 1600 but it should be about the same.
Aluminum head, right? Anyway, out of desparation I put a set pf
needlenose vice grips on as much of the tapered neck of the sending
unit as I could grab, and ended up tapping on the vice-grips with a
small (8 oz) hammer to tap it out. It worked, but I may have been
lucky.
Marc T.
70 1600
65 320 truck (spread over 1/2 acre)
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