A 50 year old Japanesse lady: SRL311 01228

[BlackbirdM3]

Actually, the M3 wants its garage space back. Its miffed that it has to sit outside when there is an interloping Datsun in its place.

Will

[2mAn]

The mans on a mission to drive it... hopefully today or tomorrow!

Its always a good feeling when things are going back on the car rather than being removed. In today's episode, I did some minor rust control, and attempted to put the car back together.

The worst rust on the car was under the battery. Since I don't have the tools here to cut it out and weld new metal in, the next best thing was to scrub the heck out of it with a wire brush, and paint it with POR-15. Not the ideal fix, but it will help slow the rust.

battery-tray1 by 2mAn

I also treated the pocket for the brake master.

brake-03 by 2mAn

Onto bigger and better things. I gave the new radiator a quick dusting of black paint to clean things up. I couldn't bring myself to install parts that were dirty, and crusty looking. After a quick scrub down, some gloss black was the answer.

radiator-02 by 2mAn

After some minor jostling the cooling system is back in the car and looking far better than it has in decades.

radiator-03 by 2mAn

radiator-04 by 2mAn

I thought I was making good headway, until I got to putting the fan belt back on. I now remember why I loath having the alternator under the header. There is no room for adjustment, and access to the bolts to loosen anything. How someone got the fan belt on is beyond me. I fought with it for over an hour and could not get it on. At this point, my solution is a new belt that is one size longer and hope there is enough adjustment to get the slack out.

Hopefully tomorrow I can get the fan belt on, the brake master on, and the carbs on.

Will

[2mAn]

Will got some more work done!... Hopefully hes driving it in the next few days

I got a few more hours of work done on the car this evening. The brake master showed up, so it was time to start assembling. First however I pulled the heater hoses, they are crusty and I didn't trust them. I didn't cut them, I simply removed them. The water tube on the intake was capped at both ends as was the port in the water pump. Following that, I installed the heat shield. That required a minor amount of creativity as to how to get a wrench on the nuts to hold it on.

motor-reassembly-1 by 2mAn

Following that, since I had everything out of the way of the front engine, I wanted to shim the upper tensioner. I put four spacers on. I left a little space for some wiggle room. I didn't want to go too tight (you can only see 3 of them in this pic.)

tensioner-spaced by 2mAn

The upper guide got chewed on at some point. Not good.
dirty-guide by 2mAn

Hopefully tomorrow I can have this thing mostly back together and ready to drive.

Will

[flyboyx]

my buddy ian has like seven of these things in pennsylvania. if either of you need parts, shoot me a pm. i will relay his number.

[2mAn]

Sexy! Will throw those parts in the glovebox and I will deal with them when I get the car home.

[BlackbirdM3]

Another roadster owner dropped off a radiator and shift lever to the cause. There was a roadster gathering in my driveway.

Oh, I found a full set of emblems for your car while digging around in my various spare parts left over from my paint job in 2011. You now have full side emblems as well as a DATSUN and 2000 for the trunk should you want to install them.

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Will

[BlackbirdM3]

I totally missed the rebuilt carbs, lol. I had go back and look at them.

Do the Solex carbs use bearings on the throttle shafts or bushings?

They are sealed bearings with extra seals on the outside. They don't suffer SU throttle shaft bushing issues.

Its really interesting looking at how the early carbs were designed. The later ones like what I use are much different. Far more adjustable and tuneable. The early carbs are also made of zinc, not aluminum like the later ones (hence the reason Simons carbs look dark and dull despite my best efforts to brighten them up)

Will

[rturbo 930]

fuck vintage, put an fc20 in it.

Fuck that. Vintage car deserves a vintage motor.

Too tall anyway.

[pandaboo911]

fuck vintage, put an fc20 in it.

[LJ851]

Happens to me too so I didn't care at first but then those beautifully rebuilt carbs were overlooked by all the CL links

I totally missed the rebuilt carbs, lol. I had go back and look at them.

Do the Solex carbs use bearings on the throttle shafts or bushings?

[s14brent]

very cool! i have a buddy in AZ that restored a couple of these, i think he kept 1 for sure!

[IceWhite]

Looking great so far. Good job on the carb rebuild!!

[2mAn]

A 50 year old Japanesse lady: SRL311 01228

Thanks for making that thread, now back to our regularly scheduled program :)

Sorry. :(



I got overly excited.

Happens to me too so I didn't care at first but then those beautifully rebuilt carbs were overlooked by all the CL links

[rturbo 930]

You assholes.... this isn't the Craigslist thread ... I blame slammin

Edit: ugh it's going to annoy me ... please delete all the links

Seriously, people. Show some respect. This thread is about only one car, Simons.


If you want to start an Official Datsun roadster thread to fantasize about owning one, go for it.

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?p=4797502

[slammin.e28]

You assholes.... this isn't the Craigslist thread ... I blame slammin

Edit: ugh it's going to annoy me ... please delete all the links

Sorry. :(

I got overly excited.