Mark Maras

It looks like there may be three spot welds.

If your oil pressure gauge shows oil pressure, you should see oil coming from the spray bar.

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.

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"

What now, did they detect oil in the Sahara?

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.

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.

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".

I believe they're adjustable.

Does it have an external voltage regulator? I don't remember when they went to internal.

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.

Synchronicity.

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.

I frequently talk with Jai. I'll tell her about the new pics in her old thread and let her know everyone says Hi.

Are the drop rates still ok with unmatched pistons and tops?

Did you swap the pistons and tops or just the pistons?

As well as identifying what needles are in there, it may be a good idea to see if the nozzles are stock 100s. I see that Ztherapy sells different diameter nozzles. I know little about the different nozzles available or how to identify them, but if the PO installed larger nozzles it would run pig rich.

I'd keep it as original as possible with one exception. Well, maybe two. I'd swap the automatic for a five speed but bag and tag every part that's removed in the swap. I'd also put SUs on it but that's just my love of trouble free carbs and all things mechanical.

Interesting. Yesterday it was announced by ABC news that the Oregon and Washington supply of the Pfizer vaccine was to be cut by 40%, for now. In the same breath they added that Pfizer has millions of doses in storage waiting for shipping instructions. Anyone care to speculate why the left coast is getting less than was promised?

Good news today. Kathy's Covid-19 test came back negative. We're both going to stay home for a few days to see if we remain asymptomatic.

Well, CRAP. Our daughter and her boyfriend have just tested positive for Covid-19. Neither one has severe symptoms, so far. Kathy had the most recent contact with her. Kathy got tested this morning but no results back yet. I sure hope we've dodged this bullet. There's still the possibility that Kathy and I had it last April and hopefully have enough antibodies left to fight it off, if we have been exposed to it. We were never tested for it back then.

It's predominantly rust. I saw a lot of that when I worked for a ship repair company. I'd hot tank it but I'd probably put a few of drops of muriatic acid on it first, just for fun.

The extra $17.00 that O'Reilly charges probably goes towards all that advertising that we wish would go away.Timken bearings have always been my first choice.

I agree. The bowls should be the same with the confession that I've never had a reason or felt the urge to remove the float bowls from the carb bodies.