Datsun 1968-1973 510 Owners Workshop Manual page 3

Acknowledgements
Our thanks
must
go
to
the Nossan Motor
Company
LImIted
of
Japan for the
use
of
some
of their
techmcallllustratlons
About this manual
Castrol
LImIted
and ehamplon
L mIted gave their
usual help
WIth lubncatlon and spark
plugs respectIvely
Stanley Randolph page edIted
the
text
The
81m
of tillS book
IS to
help
you
get
the best value from
your
car
It
can
dO
so In two
ways
Forst
It
can
help
you
deCIde
what wotk
must
be
done
even
should
you ehoose to have It
done
by
a garage
the
routIne maintenance
and the doagnoSls and
coune of
actIon
when random
faults
occur
But it
IS
hoped that
you
will also
use
the second and fuller
purpose
by taCkling the
work yourself ThIS
can gIVe you
the satIsfactIon of dOIng the Job
younelf On the SImpler JObs
It may
even
be
qUICker than
booking
the
car
Into
a
garage and
goIng
thera twice
to
leave and
collect It Perhaps most Important much
money
can
be
saved by
avoIding
the
costs
a
garage
must charge to cover
theIr labour and
overheads
The book has draWings and descriptIons
to show
the functIon
of the various components
so
that theIr layout
can
be under
stood The tasks are described
In a
step
by
step sequenee
so
that
even a novIce can
cope with complICated work Sueh
a
peroon
IS
often the
very
one
to
buy
a car
needing
repair
yet
be unable
to
afford
garage costs
The
JObs are
descrobed assuming
only
normal
spanners are
avadable and
not
specIal tools But a reasonable OUtfIt of
tools
WIll
be
a
worthwhile
Investment
Many specoal workshop tools
produced by the manufacturer merely speed
the work and
In
lhese
cases guIdance
is gIVen
as
to
how to
do
the Job WIthout
them
the often
quoted
example
being
the
use
of
a
large
hose
elJp
to compress
the pIston ron9S for
insertIon
In
the
cylonder
But
on a very
few
occaSIons
the specIal tool
IS
essentl8l
to
prevent
damage to
components then theor
use os
descnbed
Though It mIght
be poSSIble
to borrow
the
tool sueh
work
may
have
to be entrusted to the offICIal Datsun dealer
To avoId labour
costs
a
garage WIll
often
gIve
a cheaper
repaIr
by fl
ng
dltloned assembly T
o e
mech
n
Il
helped by thos book to dIagnose the fault and make
a
repair
uSing
only
8
mrnor
spare
part The
claSSIC
case IS repalrmg a non
functIoning
starter motor
by fitting
new
brushes
The manufacturer
s
offlel8l workshop manuals
are
wrItten for
theor
traIned staff and
so assume specIal knowledge detaIl
os
left
out Thos book
IS
written for the
owner
and
so
goes
Into
such
detaIl
The book
IS
dIVIded
Into
twelve
ehapters Each ehapter
IS
dIVIded
Imo
numbered
sectIons
whIch
are
headed
In
bold type
between horozontal
lines
Each
sectIon
consists
of
rlally
numbered
paragraphs
illustratIons
are
numbered according
to
ehapter and
sequence of
oceurrence In
that
ehaptar
Procedures
once
descrIbed
In
the
text are not
normally
repeated
If
It IS
necessary
to refer
to
another Chapter
the
reference WIll be glV8n
In
ehapter number and SectIon
number
thus
ehapter
1 16
If It
IS
consodered necessary
to refer to
a
partIcular
paragraph
In
another
Chapter
the
reference
IS e g
Chapter 1
5
5
eross
references
gIVen
Without the
use
of the
word
ehapter
apply
to
sectIons
In
the
same
ehapter
e
g
see
SectIon 8
means
also
In
thIS
ehapter
When the left
or
roght SIde
of
a car IS
mentioned
It IS as
If
lookIng
forward
Great effort has
been
made
to
ensure
that thos book
os
complete and
up to
dot The manufacturers continually modIfy
theor
cars even In
retrospect
Whilst every
care os
taken
to ensure
that the
informatIon
In
thIS manual
os eorrect no liabIlity
can
be accepted by the authors
or publishers
for
loss damage or
Injury caused
by
any
errors In
or omISSions
from
th mfor