Chris, thanks for your reply, and yes i have used the L16 sump and pickup, not the L18 and at the moment there is about 10mm between the front of the sump and the cross member. Have i used the right sump? So yeah, its pretty confusing hey...
>From: "Chris Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: L20B into a Datto 1600 >Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 19:47:30 +1000 (EST) > >yeah gday, > did you use the oil pickup and sump off the L18? >As they were probibably the L16 ones as the sump is smaller and the L20B >one may be hiting the cross member and preventing the donk from sitting on >the correct angle. > >As I have a L20B in my 1600 and it is fine with the L16 sump and pickup. > >Cheers > >Chris W > > Stuey, > > Welcome to the List. I've heard of this problem before, although when I > > did the same > > as you, my bonnet cleared the L20B -no problem. In my case, I had to > > use the L18 rocker > > (cam) cover, only because the one that came with the L20B black motor > > was broken. > > So perhaps the L18 cover is shorter in height? I don't know. I did also > > add a 240K 5-speed > > box at the same time and this seemed to require 25mm thick spacers > > between the gearbox > > crossmember and the bodywork. The net effect of this tilted the front > > of the motor even higher > > than normal which should have made the problem worse, yet I was still > > able to close the bonnet > > fully. Weird huh? > > Someone on the list will know a way to do it for sure, as this is a > > common complaint. > > > > Regards, > > Rob P > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Stuey Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 4:50 PM > > Subject: L20B into a Datto 1600 > > > > > >> Hi there, my name is Stuart Roberts and i have just put a slightly > > modified > >> L20B into my 1972 datto 1600. I bought the car with an L18 in it and > >> have used the same mounts and cross-member that was in the car. The > >> problem > > that > >> has arrisen from this is that the front of the motor sits high, which > > means > >> that the bonnet will not close? How can i rectify my situation? Do i > >> have to replace the mounts in the car with L20 mounts, or change the > >> cross-member, and which Datsun can i source the right > >> mounts/cross-member from. > >> If you can help me it would be greatly appreciated.. Thankyou > >> > >> Regards, Stuart Roberts > >> > >> > >> > >> _________________________________________________________________ Chat > >> with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > >> > >> > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
