Comments on: Project Hakosuka: We have BRAKES! http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/blog/2008/03/20/project-hakosuka-we-have-brakes/ The official blog of Japanese Nostalgic Car magazine Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:00:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: DJLotus http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/blog/2008/03/20/project-hakosuka-we-have-brakes/#comment-6341 DJLotus Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:11:44 +0000 http://grandjdm.com/2008/03/20/project-hakosuka-we-have-brakes/#comment-6341 Another joke they play is with the 4cyl Lseries engine (not sure about the 6cyl ver) but the intake manifold and header are held on buy a couple of bolts that bolt on underneath the header. No human being can get his hand up there! I have small hands and it's a bitch and a half. Another joke they play is with the 4cyl Lseries engine (not sure about the 6cyl ver) but the intake manifold and header are held on buy a couple of bolts that bolt on underneath the header. No human being can get his hand up there! I have small hands and it’s a bitch and a half.

]]> By: Kev http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/blog/2008/03/20/project-hakosuka-we-have-brakes/#comment-6340 Kev Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:28:32 +0000 http://grandjdm.com/2008/03/20/project-hakosuka-we-have-brakes/#comment-6340 Nissan has a long and proud history of playing jokes on the home mechanic :) For example, on an FJ20 engine, the distributor is hidden under the inlet manifold....and you can't quite reach it, so if you want to renew the cap and rotor, it takes about 15mins of trying different positions and approaches until you streeeetch and then can get a few fingers onto the cap and remove it. ...and then you discover that some comedian designed the rotor to be attached in place with a tiny little phillips screw! :D Nissan has a long and proud history of playing jokes on the home mechanic :)
For example, on an FJ20 engine, the distributor is hidden under the inlet manifold….and you can’t quite reach it, so if you want to renew the cap and rotor, it takes about 15mins of trying different positions and approaches until you streeeetch and then can get a few fingers onto the cap and remove it.

…and then you discover that some comedian designed the rotor to be attached in place with a tiny little phillips screw! :D

]]> By: Speedstar http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/blog/2008/03/20/project-hakosuka-we-have-brakes/#comment-6339 Speedstar Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:16:16 +0000 http://grandjdm.com/2008/03/20/project-hakosuka-we-have-brakes/#comment-6339 I had the exact same problem when replacing the master cylinder on my Colt, I ended up bleeding the brakes twice before I relised something was amiss, took the cylinder in thinking I'd buggered it some how, one dollar later and it was fixed, little bastard disc!! I had the exact same problem when replacing the master cylinder on my Colt, I ended up bleeding the brakes twice before I relised something was amiss, took the cylinder in thinking I’d buggered it some how, one dollar later and it was fixed, little bastard disc!!

]]> By: Kev http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/blog/2008/03/20/project-hakosuka-we-have-brakes/#comment-6337 Kev Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:28:27 +0000 http://grandjdm.com/2008/03/20/project-hakosuka-we-have-brakes/#comment-6337 Yes, it only occurred to me after I bolted it up that I'd just missed a golden opportunity to paint it! I'm sure a Z is the same in that the nuts holding on the booster are obscured by the steering column and so you have to use the wobbly universal-joint socket to get them off...nd you get a headache from hanging upside down in the footwell for so long :) And yes that upwards pointing tube is the vac line that goes to the manifold. I just hadn't reconnected it yet. Yes, it only occurred to me after I bolted it up that I’d just missed a golden opportunity to paint it!

I’m sure a Z is the same in that the nuts holding on the booster are obscured by the steering column and so you have to use the wobbly universal-joint socket to get them off…nd you get a headache from hanging upside down in the footwell for so long :)
And yes that upwards pointing tube is the vac line that goes to the manifold. I just hadn’t reconnected it yet.

]]> By: zcar4me http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/blog/2008/03/20/project-hakosuka-we-have-brakes/#comment-6338 zcar4me Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:01:30 +0000 http://grandjdm.com/2008/03/20/project-hakosuka-we-have-brakes/#comment-6338 ^ Not a vent, just doesn't have the vacuum hose attached. :) Nice catch btw! And yeah, sucks you didn't paint it while it was out. Brake boosters, in general, are a big pain to remove. ^ Not a vent, just doesn’t have the vacuum hose attached. :)
Nice catch btw! And yeah, sucks you didn’t paint it while it was out. Brake boosters, in general, are a big pain to remove.

]]> By: kai http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/blog/2008/03/20/project-hakosuka-we-have-brakes/#comment-6336 kai Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:21:24 +0000 http://grandjdm.com/2008/03/20/project-hakosuka-we-have-brakes/#comment-6336 whats the vent for? whats the vent for?

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