ah, i'll get it done today. service the car at the same time too. sounds too dagerous for another outstation drive...

sam...im abubu in zth...

btw, i forgot to ask something..just thought about it...

what happens if i leave this metal pinging sound goin on for like a week or maybe a month more? with a few outstation drives in between? it pings and pings but it doesnt seem to lose power...will it do any harm to the engine or something will get loose?

shall i get it done b4 getting outstation or...

hmm...appreciate ur feedback guys...thanks a bunch

thanks a bunch dude...

will take note of that....gonna tell the mechanic about it...

thanks guys for the reply..

the mechanic that had done the overhaul for me told me that the timing had been adjusted way higher than the recomended factory idle rpm...he said mine's running at 1000 or 1100 rpm at idle which i think its too high...btw, my car doesnt have a tachometer..thats a huge disadvantage..the recomended idle rpm is around 600-700 rpm according to the owners manual. the mechanic said because the engine is older, if set at this rpm the car will be harder to start?

im already using RON97 petrol, what else could be better?

any other synptom whereby i can know the vacuum advance system in the distributor isnt working?

thanks in advance

hey guys...

got a question here...i own a b310 a12 5 speeder. after a top overhaul, whenever my car has not enough power, eg. climbing a slope with 3rd gear,or in any circumstances whereby the speed below its recomended gear, it produces a metal like pinging/knocking sound. it seems to get more frequent as time goes by...anyone knows whats happening? sounds like smth is getting looser day by day...

wow, ur car really clocks alot of mileage.cyber to cheras aint near! im interested in how u maintain ur contact point. really want to learn oso lah..prefer DIY. once i DIY,open, clean, put back kenot start..LOL have to call my dad who is more experienced to fix it back.

my car is hard to start and maintain ilding in d mornings. that car is not used daily though. but when properly warmed up its perfectly fine! smooth as new. no black smoke or whatever, except when u really press it hard..got smoke la..do u think it needs overhaul?

ocphangaz: wow u seem very knowledgeble with your datsun eh. have u visited the zth(zerotohundred.com) forum? we have quite a few active b310 malaysian forummers there. website is www.zerotohundred.com ..go to forum, under car modifications, and look for thread name 120Y old school.

i havent calculated my fuel consumption yet. havent done refuel. my tripmeter is dead..argh..cant reset..figure always jumps.

mazher: how about ur b310 with stock a12 engine? im driving a 1980 b310 with stock a12 engine too. gonna do some calculation after the next refuel. my engine hasnt been running fine lately...always dies when engines cold.

might consider overhauling soon. engine barely able to keep up with kancil 660 (if ure a malaysian u know what i mean by this car )

hrm 31 mpg how many liters ar? RM how much and how many kms? i see ure frm malaysia so u shud know whats RM rite? ehehe..im from malaysia oso...

damn...that means i need to open up the transmission body if my switch is spoilt...that sounds really tedious...if thats the case... i think i'll jus leave the reverse light dead. hopefully the fuse is blown instead...havent checked the fuse yet. neway thanks again for you help.