Yah, I had the same symptoms and found the problem at the bottom of the
negative terminal cable - dirty where it screws into the frame!
On Jul 5, 2014 1:11 PM, "Rich Ravizza" <rravizza@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have been driving my 70, 1600 a lot lately. Took it up to Sonora pass
> from
> Fremont, driving it to work everyday. Yesterday went to a grad party with
> a
> load of stuff for the celebration, all was well until I went back out to
> move
> the car out of the driveway and it was DEAD. Only thing I could hear when
> I
> turned the key was a slight click.
> Push started it and got it home and this morning went to start exploring to
> find the problem.
> Battery is full of liquid and shows 12-13 volts on the multimeter but the
> headlights and tail lights are dead. Put a battery charger on it and all
> was
> well but then went DEAD again.
> Turned out to be the homemade battery cable on the common side. Cleaned it
> and re-assembled and am back on the road.
>
>
> Rich Ravizza
>
> --------------------------------------------
> On Sat, 7/5/14, dave n <dave@ranteer.com> wrote:
>
> Subject: [Roadsters] starting problems
> To: "Datsun" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Date: Saturday, July 5, 2014, 6:28 AM
>
> so last night I bring the early 67
> 1600 roadster back from storage (its about
> 4 miles). the revs slow down and it dies at a
> light. it almost doesnbt
> start.
>
> I get it home, and we get ready to leave in it but it wonbt
> start. I think
> maybe its out of gas and the gauge isnbt working. I
> top it off with 4
> gallons of premium, and it overflows. obviously that
> wasnbt it. I can
> hear the electric fuel pump running so thatbs not it. (I
> have replaced the
> mechanical pump with an electric one)
>
> we take another car.
>
> maybe two hours later we come home, and it starts.
> runs fine all the way back
> to storage. car doesnbt get run that much, and the gas
> in it could easily
> have been months old. you think bad gas? stuff
> in the gas tank/line? any
> other ideas?
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