Very nice pics, of two extremely beautiful roadsters. Envious of your scenic
cruise. And an ingenious fix for your dilemna! Try some thread-locker on
some of those nuts and bolts. I too, have found loose bolts and nuts from
time to time. The red thread-locker makes it difficult to remove small nuts,
but blue seems to work well.
Fred
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pam & Paul Bauman" <plhbauman@earthlink.net>
To: "Autox" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2001 7:52 PM
Subject: memorial weekend run
> Well, we just got back from a great day roadstering, which as we all know,
> is at it's worst, much better than working anytime :)
>
> Jon Frampton and Terry Turpin went with Pam and I on a cruise up to the
top
> of Ortega Highway. We left Jon's shop in Fountain Valley around 10:00 in
the
> morning and headed down PCH to Dana Point. From there it was up Ortega
> Highway into the hills overlooking Lake Elsinore. The day started out
misty
> and cool, but by the time we reached the summit, it was sunny and nice,
with
> a cool breeze blowing.
>
> The run was not without incident, however. When I tried to move my car to
> better parking at the summit, it would not start! We found that a bolt
> holding the throttle linkage to the front carb had fallen out. The coil
> spring and none of the linkage had fallen off, so a search began to locate
a
> suitable replacement fastener. After pulling the carb, we discovered that
> the long screw used in the strap on the fuel filler hose is the same
> diameter and thread, though a little long. We used this to replace the
> missing bolt and got home safely.
>
> The beast seems to have a habit of shedding parts. We are grateful that it
> chooses benign places to do so. If this part had popped out on the way up
> the hill on a blind curve, or if the tire we lost on the way to Solvang
had
> come off at speed, these little adventures would no doubt have ended quite
> differently. Thanks, old girl, you got us home again. And many thanks to
Jon
> and Terry for being there to lend a hand and provide welcome company for a
> ride to remember.
>
> I posted pics on Picturetrail under 'Roadster Runs', a
> not-too-optimistically named album, I hope!
>
>
>
> Paul Bauman
> Westminster, CA
> 67 1600
> http://www.PictureTrail.com/bauman311
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