Whoray

Christ Wood in eastern suburbs of Melbourne. 9877 203 two or 0438772 03 one

Good question, when will you be fit enough to give me a hand? Preferably 2 .

Finally got back to gearbox, had already taken that pin out Jason. Was holding selector rod to side of housing instead of centre. Had tried centre before but not able to find spot. Eventually found spot, tried a few times before using silicone. Thanks to Jason for replies.

Replacing rear housing after new nut on 5th gear, having trouble getting rod back into selector forks. Probably 38 years since I have done this and that was on a 2000 Roadster, have tried for some time without success. Any advice appreciated. Thanks Ron

Have been looking at another 1600 Roadster for sale and Simon pointed out yours for sale from last year. Also have looked at a 2000.

Jason Has this been sold? Ron

Tried a few gearbox repairers and even Nissan don't have any in Australia.

Nut wanted for fifth gear to use as locknut. Locking section of nut had been damaged and nut was just starting to come loose and was rattling. Would prefer to have machined flat and add locknut.

Not at all Simon, would have been happy to drive the red Z.

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Getting car ready for Nationals has been a pain. Brakes at Calder Dec 2012 seemed to fade a little, so ordered Braided Hoses from ebay. Slotted and dimple drilled Rotors & TRW pads from Brake place. Hoses arrived from Canada only to find 4 hoses for front, none for rear, been chasing up now for a month, ready to ask for refund and buy elsewhere. Ordered rear hoses from Better Brakes ( who make on site) lunchtime 18th Mar, replacement arrived 2 hours later from Canada, rang & cancelled order. Removed hub to replace studs with slightly longer as not enough purchase on nuts. Also to fit new Rotors. Noticed 1 bearing was pitted, naturally replaced all front bearings. Fitted new rotors & TRW pads. While removing LCA & Caster Rod for Simon to extend for camber & caster adjustment, noticed the lower ball joint rubber non-existent. Luckily we had some new ones in Simon’s garage. His thread also shows the steering arm adjuster conversion. Car was far too high so have to lower with some springs from Iain. Driver’s seat padding was collapsed so new seat from Gumtree. Harness from ebay. So now have Better brakes, Lowered suspension, Adjustable Camber & Caster, Drivers Seat, Harness. Hopefully a Wheel alignment & Dyno Tune before Easter. Sun evening 24th Rough Camber & wheel alignment done and ready for road test prior to alignment at Trackside Tyres & Dyno with Lou & Richard. Guess what? New noise coming from drive line. Back into garage over night as getting late & Simon needs to go to work Mon. Monday morning, jack up & put on stands again. Start and put in gear, climb under to locate noise. Nothing from rear so move to middle under gearbox, yep gearbox making strange rattle. Remove tailshaft & run again, definitely gearbox. So time to pack up and share our 2 seater with Simon.

Cant post photo as the diffs and mount are with the diff man. The rear housing has 2 studs out the rear, only difference is stud sizes and spacing. R200 have slightly larger studs and spaced slightly further apart. Mount with 1 centre hole bolts up to body. Might have to inspect at wrecker for other Datsuns.

Just happens I have an aftermarket tacho that's never been used.

Still looking for 3.9 R180. Got one from Dave Jones but Crown Wheel is 110mm ID, The LSD centre is 115mm. didn't realise there were 2 different sizes for the R180.

Failing to find R180 3.9 ratios for diff. Will fit R200 3.9 with spool that I have. Rear mount slightly different.

Still looking for r180 diff 3.9 ratio. Gareth's was 3.5 same as I have.

Thanks Gareth Took it to Diff guy today, he said it wasn't worth the risk, would only accelerate wear and not be reliable.

Started to change diff purchased off eBay and found chip on Pinion. Now need another in reasonable condition. Diff in car is R180 3.5 LSD as car was originally auto. Thanks Ron.

Simon Why don't you talk to your parents, they have one for your second that's not been used.

Looking for a 3.7 R 180 Diff. Crown Wheel and Pinion will do.

Wheels, tyres and nuts dropped off.

Filter should be on inlet side of fuel pump.

The filter at the electric fuel pump may be blocked, ours was.

Thanks guys. Might try the rag and greased tap.

Yeah one had a very sick car.