For all: My old E-mail is suffering from some sort of corruption, my favorites will not work, and terminal spam is happening. So....I am bailing out. New E-mail: nqrithfordatsun@msn.com which of cour
Dear List: You may remember my trials and tribulations with my 5spd, and my road trip story of how I went on a 600 mile, one day, 5 state adventure and came home with 3 spare 5spds, some of which mig
Extra parts should always be ceremoniously tossed over the left shoulder (get it...because they are left over)....or at least that is what I do with them when I cant figure out where they go! hehe Ji
Early VWs had metric thread hydraulic brake switches! My 67 van had two, one as a backup, even though it was a single suicide style system. I bet they would work in roadsters needing a metric switch,
"fires redily on either" rough translation: I took the car cover off this spring and the old war horse finally just wont run....guess I will try to sell it on E-bay for truly silly money!......all I
Dear List: Sorry for the bandwith but for the person who asked me what color my new (locally bought at Advance Auto) KYB GR-2 gas charged roadster front shocks are: They are painted light gray. I ori
For all: Roadster Content: Well, heck, this new part of my stable of fine automobiles is a rag top, anyway..... Bought this thing for my daughter, Arizona/Florida car, no rust, runs well, has brake i
I had mine re-chromed for about $30. Then I had my wife, who is co-owner of picture frame and art shop, put some new glass in it. At first I tried some K-mart plastic mirror stuff, which was OK, but
Although the stock manifold flows well, i.e. there is no big performance gain with a header, now would be the time for you to get the header because it is hard to get a good repair to the cast iron m
Only do one wheel at a time so you can look at the undisturbed side when you become confused during re-assembly. Once you have all good parts and the brakes are working again, make a plan to bleed an
For all: I had to take a few days off working on the roadsters winter fix it list to take care of some issues with the (usually) trusty Jeep Commanche Pickup, but now that that is fixed, its back to
For all: This is the final installment on the gas gage issue with my early 67 stroker: After taking a nice run the other day I went out to the shop and disconnected the battery and removed the access
Dear List Well, fixed my winter fix-it list on the roadster and was enjoying a nice sun-setting fast ride out into the farmlands of Chesapeake Virginia and there was significant gear whine coming fro
Interesting that you should bring up 5 spd parts. Yesterday I did an 18 hour, 600 mile roadtrip, covering 4 states and the District of Columbia. Though the hospitality of several East Coast list mem
You have to take out the shocks in order to take out the springs, so if its a good time for front shocks, put them in now. I bought new ones right at advance auto for low $$, KYB GR-2. Not the best,
Dear List, Browsing the net during lunch I found a SUN mechanical oil pressure gage, 2 inch, fits in a 2 1/16 hole, for 14.99. SUN makes pretty good stuff, so this sounds OK. Has a chrome bezel. Shou
Dear List, Before I generate many messages saying that mechanical oil pressure gages need no sender, just a little pipe, I will first say OOOOPS! I knew this, had a brain fart! In fact I could dig ou
It is going to be about 18 here tonight, which is the coldest night of the year so far, and only mid 30s tomorrow. I have already burned up most of my Hurricane Isabelle wood! I am running out of ins
Sounds like you have the same machine I have. For one thing, 7HP means 7 peak HP, and it will make the same amount of air as a machine that was rated for 3 or 4 HP 20 years ago....buts that OK, you w
For all: I was watching the History Channel last night, about the Fearsome Samari in ancient Japan. It occured to me that some of the terms would make cool vanity plate names: -Iaido ....near as I ca