- 1. Re: The first of a several questions (score: 1)
- Author: "datsunmike" <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
- Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 20:20:15 -0500
- check all the usual suspects: ujoints, bearings and of course the rear. I had a noise in my MGB - more like a whine - and when I replaced the pumpkin and examined the gears they were shot. No problem
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-11/msg00008.html (7,052 bytes)
- 2. Re: fuel starvation issue (score: 1)
- Author: "datsunmike" <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 17:58:56 -0500
- Before you start throwing money around make sure your float levels are correctly set. There are no differences between the 1600 and 2000 other than drivetrain and if the 2000 motor ran well in a 2000
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-11/msg00022.html (7,558 bytes)
- 3. Re: Wiper arm differences (was "RE: 67.5 parts wanted") (score: 1)
- Author: "datsunmike" <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 18:06:02 -0500
- The wiper arms are way different between early and late cars. The late car wipers moved in unison [ / / ] and the early cars moved from the outside in - [ / \ ] The 67.5s used a different mounting fo
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-11/msg00023.html (7,253 bytes)
- 4. Solstice - was Tires, tires, tires! (score: 1)
- Author: "datsunmike" <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
- Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 19:32:02 -0500
- I checked out a Solstice a few days back and while it is quite a stunner it is a totally useless car. There is absolutely no trunk so going to the beach is out, going on a weekend trip is out and eve
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-11/msg00038.html (6,865 bytes)
- 5. Re: Chrome Plating (score: 1)
- Author: "datsunmike" <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
- Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 08:45:16 -0500
- I used Nu Chrome and they sucked! They lost a bunch of parts I sent to them and delivered the parts they didn't lose almost 2 months after the promised date. They were rude and the words 'customer se
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-11/msg00086.html (7,732 bytes)
- 6. Re: Chrome Plating (score: 1)
- Author: "datsunmike" <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
- Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 10:05:00 -0500
- The owner was very nasty to me and told me he'd 'lose' my parts if I pissed him off and he told me I'd get the parts when he's good and ready to work on them. He promised them to me on several occass
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-11/msg00087.html (7,617 bytes)
- 7. Re: Chrome Plating (score: 1)
- Author: "datsunmike" <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 19:25:24 -0500
- Although I didn't use them I know someone who did and was not pleased as the chrome peeled off after being installed on his car for a year or 2. A proper chrome plate job is a strike of nickel then c
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-11/msg00109.html (8,098 bytes)
- 8. Re: C and D tire test (score: 1)
- Author: "datsunmike" <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 19:53:39 -0500
- I still remember when a Vega won car of the year :) The Vega was the next to last American car my Dad purchased for my Mom - the next was a 76 Dodge Aspen and that was the LAST American car ever to b
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-11/msg00110.html (6,935 bytes)
- 9. Re: C and D tire test (score: 1)
- Author: "datsunmike" <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 13:45:25 -0500
- They tried to copy Porsche's engine design but did it on the cheap and consequently blown headgaskets and scored piston walls were the result. If GM stood behind their mistakes and corrected them I w
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-11/msg00120.html (7,554 bytes)
- 10. Re: Hobbyists May Be Banned From Buying Paint (score: 1)
- Author: "datsunmike" <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 15:32:24 -0500
- There are laws all across the US that ban home painting using 2 pak paint and other carcinogenic materials. If your neighbor doesn't like you you're in trouble, if it smells too much and someone comp
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-11/msg00141.html (8,363 bytes)
- 11. Re: Hobbyists May Be Banned From Buying Paint (score: 1)
- Author: "datsunmike" <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 08:26:24 -0500
- I met a restorer several years ago who used Maaco exclusively to paint his cars after he did the bodywork and he was quite impressed with the work done. He said it didn't pay for him to do it himself
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-11/msg00160.html (8,803 bytes)
- 12. Re: Roadster progress & hood needed (score: 1)
- Author: "datsunmike" <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 10:49:58 -0500
- Very nice and it will be great when finished. Mike
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-11/msg00165.html (6,581 bytes)
- 13. Re: Ball Joint Suggestions (score: 1)
- Author: "datsunmike" <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 10:55:30 -0500
- You may be better off getting new custom control arms too. Mike
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-11/msg00166.html (6,497 bytes)
- 14. Re: Chrome Plating (score: 1)
- Author: "datsunmike" <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
- Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 08:52:48 -0500
- 155 to replate a bumper is pretty cheap considering the time and materials Mike
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-11/msg00191.html (7,283 bytes)
- 15. Re: Stroker (score: 1)
- Author: "datsunmike" <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 09:12:40 -0500
- If your head has been cut I'd stick with the H20 pistons as the U20 pistons may raise the CR too high. H20 rods are fine IMHO and the machinest I showed them too said they are plenty beefy for the en
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-11/msg00228.html (6,723 bytes)
- 16. Re: weatherstrip question (score: 1)
- Author: "datsunmike" <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 13:23:14 -0500
- 4 nuts and bolts and 2 nuts under the dash hold the w/s frame on. You need to glue the weatherstripping on. You'll also have to cut the stripping that goes around the door and leads up to the w/s fra
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-11/msg00256.html (6,583 bytes)
- 17. Re: another '70 1600 for sale (score: 1)
- Author: "datsunmike" <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
- Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 08:34:31 -0400
- Not too bad for body mods, I've certainly seen worse. I would have frenched the lights in the original position but that's a matter of taste. Mike
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-10/msg00011.html (6,660 bytes)
- 18. Re: Starter not engaging (score: 1)
- Author: "datsunmike" <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
- Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 16:44:17 -0400
- This happened to my car also for no explainable reason. Disconnect the battery and loosen the wires on the starter and jiggle them. REMEMBER to DISCONNECT the battery. It also happened to me again se
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-10/msg00026.html (7,488 bytes)
- 19. Re: Starter not engaging (score: 1)
- Author: "datsunmike" <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
- Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 07:28:25 -0400
- It's a dead pole on the commutator. Mike
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-10/msg00032.html (6,902 bytes)
- 20. Re: <Totally OT>Crazy Web site (score: 1)
- Author: "datsunmike" <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
- Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 08:23:12 -0400
- An identity crises? Mike
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-10/msg00034.html (6,540 bytes)
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