Get some plastic tie-wraps and pull that hose back away from the fanbelt
pulley. I found the same thing happening to mine after installing a new
hose, and tie-wraps handled it nicely. That's heavy-duty plastic straps,
like the kind for bundling electrical wires; not the twisty-ties for
cellophane baggies!
Fred - So.SF
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gordon Glasgow" <glasgow@serv.net>
To: "Pam & Paul Bauman" <plhbauman@earthlink.net>; "Roadster List"
<datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 9:58 PM
Subject: RE: one more thing II
> There were a lot of variations in the radiator hoses. Just look at the
> diagram (http://www.gordon-glasgow.org/Images/16.gif) and you can see that
> there are 9 different lower hoses and 7 different upper ones.
>
> Gordon Glasgow
> Renton, WA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Pam & Paul
> Bauman
> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 9:29 PM
> To: Roadster List
> Subject: one more thing II
>
>
> Thanks to all for the horn and heater wire input. So the coil goes INSIDE
> the heater core box, eh?
>
> Not this restoration!
>
> The box is in there and I'll be damned if I'm gonna tear out the dash or
lie
> on my back hours on end for this one. Come to think of it, I did see a
> couple holes in the firewall that looked like they might be perfect. Until
> the next heater recore, that is :)
>
> On another note, I have noticed that the lower radiator hose comes very
> close to the bottom fan belt pulley. I'm not talking 'Oh, look at how that
> hose is a couple inches away' close, I mean about 1/4 inch or less close.
Do
> I need to trim the hose to adjust the path, or is something seriously
wrong
> here? I worry that the engine twisting on it's mounts could cause the
pulley
> to hit the hose.
>
> Paul Bauman
> Westminster, CA
> 67 1600
> http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=881168&a=6499541
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