While the Hitachi coming out of Taiwan seem to be OK ...

Beware ... Very interesting video from 1 year ago

The "A14" carburetor he got out of Hong Kong China
* Has A12 size venturi
* A12 size fuel inlet
* Excessive play in the secondary throttle shaft
* Accelerator pump inlet not machined properly
* power valve not machined to actually work, resulting in poor fuel economy

Carburetor has no Hitachi logo but is inked on the side 20190410 with a mountain/M logo

V I D E O : Nissan 1400 Hitachi carburetor comparison and service

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you know it is a quality product when it has the Good Design Award logo

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Hmmm, the cover doesn't say anything about the photo. But what is does say is exciting enough

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There is also a small photo of a Rolls Royce or something just above "CROSS WORD QUIZ"

If you were a 1200 fan when they were new, would you gotten excited by this magazine cover?

All new 1200 GX dash with full instrumentation and aimable fresh-air vent


Automotive Engineering for Practitioners
AUTO MECHANIC 9 '73

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I would try JB Weld as well. I'd let it partially set before assembling it.

Awesome. Yep, I will do the bolt holes as you suggested. Thanks for the link. Thanks for all your help mate. Much appreciated. Looking forward to getting it back together now.

The new photos look great, time to bolt it back up. Just clean up the bolt holes (spray ether will do it, see bolt hole cleanup)

Copper coat is not needed for modern gaskets

Also, does anyone recommend using 'Copper Coat' gasket spray or similar? My understanding is that it is not much benefit for perfect fit ups i.se machined deck + head. It may be of some use in this case though perhaps?

Thanks again.

Cleaning progress...

I've been through a few options in trying to clean the deck. Here are some pics so far. Not sure if I'm on the right track. I have tried regular engine degreasers, acetone, ether (spray starter) all with a rag or toothbrush. Nothing really got rid of the crud super well. The best result I had was with some 'Jif' cream cleanser ('Cif' in North America??) and an old blue kitchen scourer (essentially a low/non scratch scotch-brite pad on a foam backing). I'm a little anxious about either the Jif or scourer being too aggressive but it's the only thing that seems to clean it up.

The only scraper I used was a new stiff razor blade. Went through a few trying to keep a good edge on blade.

You can easily see the ridges from when it was decked about 20 years ago. They are relatively deep striations compared to the recently machined finish on the head.

Does this level of engine deck cleaning prep look ok?

Cheers everyone.

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Great. Thanks. I'll give it a try.