Process of elimination and patients. When you drive a car that is 44 years
old you just take a deep breath and think about it.
Just glad this didn't happen up in the Sierra. I might not have been so calm
about it.
I always say there is not much you can't fix on these things as long as you
have a crescent wrench and a hammer. Turns out I only needed the crescent
wrench this time.
Rich Ravizza
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On Sat, 7/5/14, Paul Courson <cour.jpeg@gmail.com> wrote:
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] starting problems
To: "Rich Ravizza" <rravizza@yahoo.com>
Cc: "datsun-roadsters: autox.team. net" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>,
"Dave" <dave@ranteer.com>
Date: Saturday, July 5, 2014, 10:49 AM
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
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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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