What did you do TO or FOR your Datsun today?(Roadsters only)

Post by **C.Costine** » Wed Aug 05, 2015 7:34 am

spl310 wrote:
C.Costine wrote:A few days ago I picked up some bicycle brake cable and housing for rebuilding my choke cables which were pretty well shot. Going by the great Wiki Tech written by Mike AKA Exit 64, I got it apart and put in the new cables, then cut the housing and epoxied the two pieces in. This is on a '67. There are fewer pieces than the one in the article, so it seems to be quicker and easier.
Does anyone have the lengths of the cable housings and the inner cable that they can post? Both the 1600 and 2000 versions.

I measured the old ones from my '67 1600 at 30 and 36 inches. The cables need to be only about four inches more.

Post by **spl310** » Wed Aug 05, 2015 8:02 am

Thanks, that should be added to the Tech wiki. Now has anyone got the dimensions for the 2000 version?

RCMike · Post by **RCMike** » Thu Aug 06, 2015 6:33 pm

Wednesday, ran down to Ron Carter's to finish the brakes.. Got the masters installed, bled, and the car is ready to run..

Ron took it out for a quick check..

Today, got a call from Kevin, one of the bodies at the body shop was done with metal work, and ready to come off the frame to prep for paint.. Plus another was in color.. Did I want to come by and help and see? Why not..lol

When we arrived at 9am..

9:45.. Coming apart..

10:45.. Close, still need to drop fuel tank, body bolts, and rear brakes..

11:30.. We had it ready to lift, but the guys at the shop were busy..

Noon.. Done.. Ready for color on the body and chassis clean-up..

Body shop guys are starting to like these little roadsters..

Quick polish pass on the fender of one of the cars..

So as we left, there is one in red, and one in silver, one in primer, and one blocked ready for color..

Walking out of the shop, I looked at the sky, should be an amazing afternoon in the hills.. Going for a ride in the roadster..

roadstermike · Post by **roadstermike** » Sat Aug 08, 2015 3:33 pm

Hey Mike, the paint shop loks like they do good work. Whats the name of the shop? I would like to visit them. Thanks.

mraitch · Post by **mraitch** » Sat Aug 08, 2015 4:27 pm

@e costine - where did you use epoxy?

Post by **C.Costine** » Sat Aug 08, 2015 4:50 pm

mraitch wrote:@e costine - where did you use epoxy?

The epoxy holds the ends of the cable housings in the two little tubes attached to the forward end of the part that mounts in the dash.

RCMike · Post by **RCMike** » Sat Aug 08, 2015 11:31 pm

roadstermike wrote:Hey Mike, the paint shop loks like they do good work. Whats the name of the shop? I would like to visit them. Thanks.

Gongora's body and paint, Pomona.

They do great work, at fair prices. Plus Dave Gongora is a total car guy; he makes things right..

Post by **DCooke** » Sun Aug 09, 2015 3:36 pm

Adjusted the valves today, but still only getting 30psi in cylinder #2 #roadsterlesssummer

Post by **C.Costine** » Sun Aug 09, 2015 7:17 pm

DCooke wrote:Adjusted the valves today, but still only getting 30psi in cylinder #2 #roadsterlesssummer

Did you take both wet and dry readings?

Nissanman · Post by **Nissanman** » Sun Aug 09, 2015 7:58 pm

....and have the throttle wide open.

Post by **DCooke** » Sun Aug 09, 2015 9:29 pm

Ok, now I feel stupid...so I'm supposed to take the cylinder psi reading with the throttle wide open? And what's the difference between wet and dry readings?

Nissanman · Post by **Nissanman** » Sun Aug 09, 2015 9:39 pm

Dry is with no lubricant in the cylinders, wet is with a dose of oil to help seal the compression rings.
Usually you can squirt some engine oil into the spark plug hole to achieve that.
Make sure you have all spark plugs out of the engine before you crank it over.
Just enough rotations till the pressure gauge stabilizes, usually 3 or 4 pumps on compression stroke.
I don't think that will help to raise a cylinder that is only 30psi though

theunz · Post by **theunz** » Sun Aug 09, 2015 10:14 pm

Just adding to Nissanmans explanation, if the readings go up after adding oil, than the rings most likely are the problem, if no change than the valves are the problem.

Nissanman · Post by **Nissanman** » Sun Aug 09, 2015 10:22 pm

...like he said

A more sophisticated test would be a leak down test described here: -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leak-down_tester

It is very clever in narrowing down the source of leakage from an engine cylinder

msampsel · Post by **msampsel** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 7:16 am

RCMike wrote:Wednesday, ran down to Ron Carter's to finish the brakes.. Got the masters installed, bled, and the car is ready to run..

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Wow super long studs on the front wheels!

Wonder about the wrapped brake lines and what it is for, seems like a good idea since years ago I wore through
mine when new wheels were purchased!

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