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    Wild ride

    in Brakes, Wheels, Suspension and Chassis

    Posted

    Sounds like struts/shocks to begin with... Lay your hands on a front fender and push up and down vigorously. If the fender rises higher before setlling back than when you first began and talk back to you...struts bad...good chance the suspension needs attention...If you carry your wallet in back pocker....lay yout hands there first as a security measure

    Trying to get the Z worthy for the SEZ event.. LONG ROAD TRIP!

    in Miscellaneous Tech

    Posted

    Mike .. when I was 16... I drove to Alaska from Oregon without a spare tire...and that was in 1964 when most of the road was a mud puddle littered with World War 11 equipment.(non-salvageable)..I had this idea that I would skin "road kill" mink to pay for the gas. My pocket knife and my only tool was too dull to pierce the skin.......there went about 150 mink pelts for the taking along side the northern highway..Fortune later found me in Dawson Creek looting a restraunt's wishing well around 2:00 AM surrounded by intoxocated patrons..One driunk tried to pick a fight with me but I would not get up off my knees when the fishing was that good and the little pond was still loaded ......Canadian coins weigh just as much as US issue.and every pocket I had was bulging...My luck did turn bad for a few years after my lucrative wishihg well fishing.enterprise....most money I ever made until then........................................after reading your to do list..........Take a lot of pictures for display and hitch-hike to the event..... 0r get a car hauler and hire both front and rear pilot cars....***k the destination........ enjoy the adventure of the road!... I do not remember much about destination Fairbanks except the midnight sun and mosquitos and getting flooded out on a forest fire job inside the Artic Circle..... I will never forget the great mint fishing in that Dawson Creek restraunt at 2:00 AM among the drunken patrons. Biggest mistake I made was fishing that hole out the first time thru.... the later return trip's sucess eventually revolved on other acquired non fishing skills. Sharp knife but wrong time of year for mink! ! Actually had to do a little work here and there to be free of the mounties. An early television education taught me that Sgt Preston and Yukon King always got their man, no matter how far they had to trail the miscreants.

    Piston damage...

    in Nissan L6 Forum

    Posted

    Mark... I would have rather found the quarter than the valve imprint. Keep the piston.... Wreciking yard fellow told me that the gas in the last few years was really prone to gunk and varnish up. Watch this post and I will try to get a photo of proper cam and lifter geometry posted for yoiur consideration when installing the different size lash pads I have a bunch of 280 pistons if you need any http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/larryjohnson97438/detail?.dir=/392a&.dnm=59f1.jpg&.src=ph

    Politics and Religion - Banned

    in Announcements

    Posted

    It was hard for me to avoid the politics and religion threads when it appeared half the site was being devoted to this past time...My avoidance of these topics saved you folks on how insanely radical I am.......not for the fainthearted.......It is best to remove these topics.....but every once in awhile there are some extraordinary events like 911 that should deserve some attention and it appeared the whole country was finally in agrement on that ! I am on this site for some hardcore Datsun discourse and relaxation to escape the world's nonesense. I would regret some Datsun knowlegeable member signing off for good over some political or religious nonesense.

    JTR vs John's car Zcar V8 conversion kit

    in Gen I & II Chevy V8 Tech Board

    Posted

    The Scarab and Hooker conversions were probably the same. I have a 1996 PAW automotive parts catalog that lists the Datsun Z and 620 pick-up kits.. I still have the pick-up conversion klt with the fiberglass tunnel for the 350 tranny. I had a Buick V6/620 Datsun pick-upconversion that I drove once and converted it back to the L20 B 4 cyl because the frontend was top heavy and the L20 with a Weber offered better handling and slightly less performance with the 5 speed.

    Anyone use roof cement ?

    in Body Kits & Paint

    Posted

    In the water logged NorthWest, I had a problem with leaking house roof vents and pipes that roof cement could not solve..I used the automotive paintable spray undercoating around the roof vents and pipes which solved the problem going on 3 years now......The last thing I would use on a car is roof cement (tar) when the spray on undercoating seals a roof better and lasts longer then the supposedly aproprite roof cement. I always got more of the tar on me than the roof. The spray undercoating can be applied wearing a silk suit without a mess

    What Pressure Washer to buy?

    in Non Tech Board

    Posted

    Honda makes a good (no belts) direct drive power washer...anything between 7 to 10 HP. A good selection of tips will give you more pressure. A pinpoint tip will shred wood and different sizes of fan tips will allow you to spread out the pressure to reduce damage.. In operating a power washer, try to hold the trigger continously down down while working which prevents the pressure valve from constantly changing up and down which adds wear and tear to the engine and pump. Off and on triggering is similar to slamming on the brakes while pressing the accelerator to the metal.... Do not loan it out either....A good pressure washer is not a toy and can be dangerous.. Wear boots not sandals... and lubricate the trigger mechanisim to keep it getting stuck. A wand about beat me to death with a stuck trigger that I mistakenly laid down too quick..IT was like being in a fight with a King Cobra and it looked like it to with the wand swirling around 5 feet off the ground ready to strike while I was depressing the kill button. I used to paint houses and have a 12 HP belt drive with a Cat 4 valve pump.

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