Mark Maras
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Roller bearing crankshaft and spins up to 8000 RPMs. I watched most of the video. Sounds like a nice lumpy cam but he never does wind it up.
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It wouldn't have been that difficult to oust them. Take a lesson from history. Lay siege to the compound. No one in or out. Cut off water and food. Three days after the water runs out their focus would change from their selfish Narcissism to I need water. No shots fired.
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I think they're plan was the same as Trumps. No real plan but If you won't let me win, I'll fix it so no one can play the game.
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Most Portlanders are amazed that it showed up here first. The remainder are adding this to their list of conspiracy theories.
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It's time for new bearings.
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Birds of a feather, flock together.
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I wouldn't because I would obsess about it. Were the two caps that melted the same brand? I'd check the continuity of the coil wire (coil end) to the rotor on the bottom side of the cap as an assembly. Then separate the coil from the cap and check the continuity of the two components separately. Then check the continuity of the assembly again when you plug the coil wire into the cap. My first thought was something simple like the coil wire wasn't plugged into the cap all the way. The juice from hot coil wouldn't have any trouble jumping that gap but it would produce a lot of heat. I've not seen a dist. cap melt but I have seen a coil wire boot that kind of disintegrated caused by a poor connection.
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I agree. Their plan is to follow the example of their "Fearless Leader". Hold their breath, stomp their feet, whine about how unfair life is to their EGOs, figure out who's to blame and how to exact revenge. If this reeks of emotional insecurity, it's because that's what drives it and most emotional immaturity is caused by childhood trauma.
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What's the most needed Z part that's currently NLA?
Mark Maras replied to Namerow's topic in Open Discussions
I have no iron in the fire , just a relatable incident back in the seventies. I was a passenger in my friend's TR4A IRS when the left front wheel came off. (knock-offs) In very short order we were upside down, sliding down the tarmac. The car had no roll bar. We both bonked heads as we tried to get as low in the car as possible. The bonked heads and few strawberries where we briefly touched down were our only injuries. The Triumph was totaled. -
I cleaned mine with lacquer thinner too but when I installed it I noticed that all oil holes were not squirting oil equally. I used a torch tip file to clean the holes. All was well after that.
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If the oil tube joints have not separated and the oil tube holes are clean, (common problems) oil should squirt out the holes as soon as you see oil pressure. That includes, spark plugs out and spinning the engine with the starter.
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It looks like there may be three spot welds.
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If your oil pressure gauge shows oil pressure, you should see oil coming from the spray bar.
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My early 71 came with yellow springs. I think they all did. I'm not an expert on springs but logic tells me that a stiffer spring would raise the piston a bit at idle and richen the mixture unless one raised the nozzle to compensate. Thicker oil will increase the mixture during acceleration. It acts like an accelerator pump on a normal carb.
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No Spark issue. Negative voltage on ignition switch.
Mark Maras replied to 280zdude's topic in Electrical
realmazdaparts.com has an OEM Mazda fuel pump for $87.86. Part #887-13-400B. Some Z owners in the past have used these with good results. I can verify that the elec.fuel pump on our 81 RX7 is virtually silent. -
He'll start with a small one. "Oasis Trump"
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What now, did they detect oil in the Sahara?
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At the age of fourteen I worked for a beekeeper one summer. Interesting job. Cutting the limbs out of trees containing swarms of bees, putting as much of the swarm in a burlap bag as we could, then pile three people and the swarm of honey bees into a VW Beetle. The beekeeper had little to no reaction to stings. As the summer wore on, my reaction to stings became worse. The last time I got stung, one had crawled up my pant-leg so I reached down and crushed it from the outside, ignoring the stinger that was still pumping venom into my leg. The end result was the calf of my leg swelled to the point that I had to split the calf inseam on my Levis to get them on. I'm still fascinated with bees and much of our yearly garden is focused on drawing bees.
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Jimmy Carter once said there should be one single six year term for the President. He stated that in the current system the President is learning the job the first year, doing the job for the next two years, and running for re-election the final year. We don't get our money's worth.
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There is a pair of adjustable points inside the cover. Back in the mid seventies I began to be concerned with a dip in the voltmeter at idle. Armed with no volt meter, little knowledge, and a repair manual, I pulled the cover off and adjusted one set of points. Don't remember which set and I don't remember if I opened it or closed it but it worked. Try Googling "Datsun voltage regulator adjustment".
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I believe they're adjustable.
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Does it have an external voltage regulator? I don't remember when they went to internal.
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Compare Congress to a good pot of simmering stock. Every now and then you have to remove the scum that forms on top. There's some good under it.
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Synchronicity.
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We could start with getting rid or severely modifying the two National Security Acts (Truman, Reagan) that allow Washington to hide all the skulduggery and worse that routinely goes on behind the scenes and eliminate that ridiculous law that states that corporations are the same as a human being. Then we could "follow the money" and get rid of K Street and the lobbyists. No need to try to sort out who needs to go. If we get the corporate money out of Congress, the Narcissists will follow it right out the door.
