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Re: [OT]Nissan Fork Lift Motor Question

To: Marc&Heidi <mtyler@hctc.net>
Subject: Re: [OT]Nissan Fork Lift Motor Question
From: "ambradley@frontiernet.net" <ambradley@frontiernet.net>
Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 22:12:41 -0400
My J15 had only the outer valve springs but the inner springs went in no
problem when I had it rebuilt for my PL411.

Quoting Marc&Heidi <mtyler@hctc.net>:

> Do you know what motor it is?  1600, so not an H20.  Doesn't seem
> like
> the carburetion conversion should be too heinous.  Any H20 or J15
> folks
> know if you need to upgrade valve springs?
>
> -Marc Tyler
> On May 4, 2004, at 11:15 PM, George Wagner wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Does anyone have practical experience in converting a 1600 cc
> Nissan
> > Fork Lift (Motor) from Propane over to Gasoline? Anyone know what
> is
> > involved? Pictures or diagrams would be a great help, as we are
> > planning
> > a junk yard hunt. Is it as simple as pulling the propane carb off
> and
> > replace with a gas carb? Is an intake manifold swap needed?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > George Wagner
> > Flanders, NJ
> >
> ===============================================
> Marc Tyler Sisterdale TX
> 1970 1600 #SPL311-31016
> 1965 L-320 #L320 013642
> http://datsun_marc.tripod.com/cgi-bin/datsun_homepage.html






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