Very good advice from Keith. I just put a U20 in a 69 and I hit the
throttle cable bracket with the head and bent it (the bracket)...I didn't
notice until I drove it and the throttle stuck at 2500 rpms. I diddled
around with the carb end of the throttle cable thinking there wasn't enough
slack for an hour or two, 3 or 4 test drives with no joy until I decide to
compare the set up to another car and then it was obvious I had bent the
bracket.
So, hard learned advice - get a mental picture of the bracket before you put
the engine in and confirm that it is in the same shape after the engine is
back in (unless you have another car to compare) because the damage is not
that easy to detect...until the throttle sticks on the expressway at 2500
rpms.
Joe
-----Original Message-----
From: datsun-roadsters-bounces@autox.team.net
[mailto:datsun-roadsters-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of robert k.
smith
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 6:06 PM
To: roadster list
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Installing U20 motor...
hi dana, those are good pics, keith sent. another tip for making the header
clear a little easier : cut off or bend down a corner of the driver's side
motor mt. pad.(the rear corner, as it allows the header to clear without
jamming the rear of the head against the throttle linkage and firewall).
best of luck, bob smith, srl311
> Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:23:55 -0700
> From: keithddowning@yahoo.com
> To: ken__pearce@hotmail.com; datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Installing U20 motor...
>
> All at once. Here's some pics of my '68 U20 going in.
> http://fototime.com/154E75B05DBC245/orig.jpg
> http://fototime.com/05F55C9E8399CD1/orig.jpg
> http://fototime.com/54C71C57024E75B/orig.jpg
> http://fototime.com/D2A85B0D3018DCB/orig.jpg
>
> Take your time. Best of luck.
> Keith
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: The Ken Pearce
> <ken__pearce@hotmail.com>
> To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> Sent: Tue,
> August 16, 2011 1:35:29 PM
> Subject: [Roadsters] Installing U20 motor...
>
> I'm
> getting close to putting my U20 motor back in my 68 2000. It's been
> so long I can't remember if I can mount the starter, exhaust manifold,
> carbs & intake manifold and oil pan while the engine is out or if I
> have to wait and do some of those after the motor is back in the
> engine bay. I seem to recall positioning the exhaust manifold
> (unbolted) as the engine goes back in, otherwise you can't get it into
> position after the engine is sitting on its mounts.
>
> I'll be installing the engine and tranny already bolted together as
> one unit...
>
> What say the experts? (Oil pan? Intake? Exhaust? Starter?)
> Thanks! Hope to be back on the road by the end of this week after
> being in the shop for 5 years.
>
> Ken
> Bellingham, WA
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