Finally got back to bead blasting carb parts. It has been a couple of months
since I've been up to it and I'm finally starting to feel a bit better.
keith
In a message dated 2/1/2009 8:26:28 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
mltyler@mac.com writes:
At long last the motor went back into the 1600 today. All that's left
is everything else :^)
On Feb 1, 2009, at 7:50 PM, ljordan704@netscape.net wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I had a nice day of Datsun therapy. I went over to Peter's house and
> we took off the old oil pan on my car, rather easily, using? a soft
> chisel in a couple spots and a few rubber mallet whacks. I checked
> the oil and there were no metal bits. Then the new cork gasket with
> #2 Permatex non hardening sealer on the gasket installed on the
> shiny newly refurbished pan I had, then adding more on the mating
> surface of the car. Tightened it all up carefully from the center
> and going round multiple times to just finally snug everything up.
> New oil and filter and... no leaks. Yeah! The old gasket was crumbly
> trashed, no wonder it leaked. With idling and driving I see that the
> pressure is up slightly and at idle the oil pressure does not go to
> zero but is slightly above. Conclusion is that eliminating leaks is
> a good thing. (Duh)
> My thanks to Peter for his direction and assistance, jack stands,
> jack and correct tools.
> On Peter's car it looks like the Petronix is dead as we determined
> his new coil was working afterall.
> Looks like he can get a new Petronix part so all is not lost, and
> his car should run soon. Yeah!
> What did you do this weekend?
>
> Linda
> 68 1600
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