| The Datsun Roadster Book™ |
| Part II - The Service Manual |
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| One of the things that had been sorely lacking since the day the first roadster arrived on these shores was a good service manual that described day-to-day maintenance and service tasks in English that made sense. All the manuals of the period were copies of the original translated NISSAN publications which were pretty atrocious if you just wanted to adjust the valves, set the timing, replace brakes, or something like that. Of course, they did spend several pages describing how to set the clearances on the differential gears - if you were in the mood to rebuild your differential! In 1986 we began writing service manual information to include with our parts catalog. We tried to cover the major things like engine and gearbox rebuilds figuring that most people could find someone who could set the valves or change the oil. Since the original version in 1986 we have expanded the service manual and added additional topics. There is still work to do but this is a pretty good start - certainly better than anyone else has attempted. |
| Summary of Part II – “The Service Manual” Pages 342 Words 59800 Paragraphs 1690 Technical specs, etc 5 pages Wiring diagrams 6 pages Service and repair sections 80 pages – 21 sections Owner’s manual reprints 5 (all years) Illustrations, photos, and ads 71 Vintage magazine articles 11 Vintage Datsun Competition bulletins 5 |
| The cover of Part II, the Technical and Service Manual |
| The introduction page for Part II |
| Part II Table of Contents. |
| The second page of the Table of Contents. |
| We do not know of a previously published, English translation of The Fairlady Story, so here it is. |
| We were the first to introduce the "What Am I Driving" summaries in 1987. |
| We drew from over a dozen publications to assemble the most comprehensive set of technical specifications and torque wrench values ever published and include Metric conversions for most of them. |
| We have wiring diagrams for all years. The scan does not show the detail in the book. |
| This is an example of the detail we go into in the service portion of the manual. |
| It's impossible to cover every minute step but we get the important ones. |
| Step by step by step............... |
| We also cover more mundane, simple tasks like brake cylinders. |
| Having put a GM alternator in our R20 project car we thought it would be good to include that information. |
| We include every page of each Owner's Manual from 1966 to 1970. Correction, we didn't include the blank pages! |
| Good information if you've never seen an Owner's Manual. |
| More of the same.......... |
| We intersperse the pages and small spots that would otherwise be blank with classic photos, ads, and articles. We are fortunate to have some items from the Datsun.org and www.fairlady.org collections. |
| We include a lot of vintage Datsun advertising brochures, some from our own collection. Sorry they're not in color, but you can see them and more, in color, on the Datsun.org and www.fairlady.org websites. |
| We have a number of road tests from the 60's when the cars were new. Read what the experts thought 40 years ago and see how it compares to YOUR experience! |
| We also reprint a number of Datsun Competition technical bulletins - some that may still provide valuable tips. |
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