Dave,
Sounds like a great time for me to pitch the Turkey Rod Run again. To
remind all, this is a HUGE car show that occurs inside the Daytona Speedway
in Daytona Beach Florida. The show occurs on Thanksgiving weekend, and the
best day to attend (imho) is Saturday. (Eat copious amounts of Turkey on
Thursday, shop with the Wife on Friday, Drool over cars and buy car parts on
Saturday!) The reason that I state that is that Saturday is the last full
day, and the best deals in the swap meet area can be had then. On Sunday,
many vendors start packing up at noon, so it is a bust.
This show has capped show cars at 5000 per day. If we are going to have a
Roadster contingent show, we probably need to start contacting them now.
Plus, there is a vendor that is usually there that sells the BEST pork chop
sandwich...
Thanks. Off the soapbox now
Sidney Raper
1964 1500
1967 SRL311 00060
1967 SRL311 00076
Jacksonville Florida
http://www.geocities.com/roadsternut/index.html
>From: "David A. Fox" <dafox1@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: "David A. Fox" <dafox1@hotmail.com>
>To: chianese@sprintmail.com
>CC: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Idle RPM problem
>Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 09:05:43 -0400
>
>Rick;
>
>I noticed your address is Orlando. Maybe sometime we can get together and
>have a little outing in our area - maybe get Sid from Jacksonville and any
>others nearby to join in?
>
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>DAFox [SRL311-04646]
>Oviedo, Florida
>dafox1@hotmail.com
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>From: "Chianese" <chianese@sprintmail.com>
>Reply-To: "Chianese" <chianese@sprintmail.com>
>To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Idle RPM problem
>Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 22:47:21 -0400
>
>Kim and Robert,
>
>The fast idle speed that happens when you slow down from normal highway
>driving is often caused by throttle shafts that stick to the carb body.
>Closing the throttle causes a large pressure difference across the oval
>shaped throttle plate. You can have 35 pounds of force pushing the
>throttle
>shaft into the carb body. After a few years of wear and tear, the shaft
>and
>the holes in the throttle body are no longer smooth and friction will build
>up to the point where the springs can no longer close the throttle.
>
>Reving the engine releases the pressure difference across the throttle
>plate
>and it has a chance to close before the pressure differential is restored.
>
>The Japanese were smart enough to put bronze bushing into the aluminum carb
>body so that the shaft would not wear an oval hole into the aluminum. (I
>have seen british cars that had such sloppy fits, that the air would bypass
>the throttle plate. It can get bad enough that the throttle plate can
>start
>rubbing against the bore of the carb.) Check to see if there is a lot of
>play between the throttle shafts and the carburettor. (Especially
>horizontally) The bushings can be replaced if you find someone that can
>line bore them after they are installed.
>
>One of the suppliers has gone to the trouble of putting needle bearings in
>the carb body to support the throttle shaft instead of bronze bushings.
>That is absolutely the best solution, if you can afford it.
>
>If lubricating the cables and pivots does not solve your problem, try
>squirting some lubricant onto the throttle shaft from the outside where it
>passes through the body. Don't do this on a hot or running engine or you
>could end up with singed eybrows. This will only work for some period of
>time that can vary from months to days. Eventually you need to fix the
>bushing or get stronger springs. (I had this same problem on my roadster
>and on a 1978 305 Chevy V8. The Chevy dealer sold me new throttle springs
>that were about 50% stronger than the originals. That's a typical GM
>solution to any problem.)
>
>Rick Chianese
>Orlando, FL
>SRL311-14035
>
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