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Re: OK, so I'm dumb

To: Stan Chernoff <az589@lafn.org>, datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: OK, so I'm dumb
From: Norm deCarteret <normdec@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 06:46:49 -0500
On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 14:02:57 -0800, Stan Chernoff <az589@lafn.org> wrote:
> Hi Norm,
> 
> I hope that the brake pieces did the job.

Many thanks Stan, yes.  And when I was driving the 1600 home I found
your price sheet in the car from the previous owner!

> I recommend that you remove the whole top by unlatching the front and
> undoing all of the snaps around the back and unhooking the bar.  Then
> remove the nuts behind the seats on the adjusters.   Remove the whole top
> and turn it upside down.  Probably some of the pivots are corroded and the
> mechanism is binding.  Put a cloth behind the pivots one at a time and
> spray them with WD-40.  Then work them carefully and it should all work.
> Reinstall in reverse order.  Make sure you undo the snaps and bar at the
> back before you try to fold the top.

The bar in the back doesn't want to come out it seems, and thanks for
the advice but I'm gonna dodge it :-)  because the top frame and
pieces are pristine - they look new so though it seems a shame to gunk
them up I will do the WD40 and white lithium on them and hope.

Norm






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