My march '77 120Y "The Defect" has a loud "Tick Tick Tick" sound - normally at idle - and a "budda budda budda" sound - like a V8 idling... hope it's NOT a bearing...

I have replaced

1 the alternator

2 the auto - now has a F4W60L - it wasn't playing fair - I don't know why I really did the conversion - as "Sleeping Beauty" is a factory manual car...

3 the front clip - bar Scuttle panel...

4 the drivers door - tore out lower hinge mounting point - lack of maintainence but put back the glass out of the door I took off in the new door

there are a truckload of other niggling things but they will get rectified when I get "Sleeping Beauty" going...

I know where there is a low mileage A15 - < 60,000 Km but they want $770

then again...
I'm hoping that I can get a complete (mechanically) 180B for no more than $350

thanks Dodgeman but I already have the Gegorys 120Y service manual... my cousin found it at a spap meet... $5! it's wiring scematics came in handy during "The Defect's" Manualization... shame It didn't mention anything about the auto crank spacer

oh well I have an unmolested A12 flywheel now

the service manual is up at the farm... should have grabbed it...

so far, I'm thinking of ditching the H150 for my spare 120Y BW diff, and updating the brakes to the (aussie spec) eqivalent - then if I do go to "L" I'll be ready!...

is the japanese Master Cylinder the same size as the aussie MC? because if they are the same I'll keep the existing one...

Team_dat, or anyone else that has gone to "L" what is involved?... I know that the castor rod brackets need to be modified... the RSP (Radiator Support Panel) needs to be opened up, and a hole needs to be drilled in the firewall for the hydraulic clutch Master cylinder...any other alterations reqired? just weighing up my options...

then again I do have 4 A12's around the farm...

and a neighbour's daughter has a sunny with A12...

and her brother has an A14 powered sunny

I had a XD ute with a 250 2V out of an XA sedan... that was crazy - 120Km/h fishtails (on gravel - of course)

hi guys, I have just scored a july 1975, 120Y four speed manual sedan... proud as punch... don't know what I'll do yet... keep it A series or "go the L series!" the A12 is dead... NO compression...

every bolt on panel is bent... bar the bootlid and bonnet... I have a spare pair of LF and LR doors and a RR door... I do have a pair of "semi straight" guards (from "The Defect")

but the good thing is that "sleeping beauty" has no sill rust! (haven't had a good chance to see what she's like underneath- she's parked in grass...)

unfortunately I haven't got any pics

will get some soon...

nope the auto in my 120Y was a Jatco 3N71B... tough as nails but slipped badly...

so it got evicted...

by a F4W60L... never looked back



if you look at that pic it shows why a manual tailshaft wont fit an auto - or vice versa...

the Auto and Manual Yokes ARE Different - different Diameter, different splines - my 120Y was an auto now is a 4 speed (F4W60L)...

the only exeption to said rule is the 63 series gearboxes whick are a L series gearbox modified to fit a A series...

idler arm Bush?

when we got "The Defect" going (it was originally my cousins and mine) We found out it didnt have one - at all! it now sports a Nolathene item!

drove it like that for 3 months - scary!

actually "The Defect" has just had both guards and the front bumper replaced...






I am looking for an early model (1974-1976 120Y (sedan) grille


as for the 180B crossmember....

why not use the 200B one...

what does the compliance plate data mean

DATSUN 120Y SEDAN AUTO (I get that
bit what does mean?

I know B210 is the nissan chassis code but the other bit? (scratches head)

this is my March '77 120Y 4 door sedan known as "The Defect"




it is pretty much as it is here but It has a bonnet, and isn't an auto any longer.... 4 speed
manual all the way...

I am planning "The Defect II" basically a 120Y with 180B/200B mechanicals...

don't know if I want to use a 3N71B (3 speed auto) or 63/71 series(4 speed manual) donor...