if its clean and straight with no rust $4000 is a fair price..I recently sold a very tidy 1000 coupe with a weber'd a14, disk brakes and a broken gearbox for $3000. But that
was to a friend..

James.

No worries Justin, thats good news infact. Because I no longer needed the gearbox.. In a strange turn of events I sold my coupe back to its original owner this afternoon. It
feels weird not having a dat, I'm already on the look out for another one, But i want EFI and a turbo this time.

James.

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mate, sorry to say, some guy bought the SU's complete. sorry mate. and sorry again coz i just sold the whole car, with the 4 speed so i dont have that any more.

i've still got a 5 speed if any of your guys are interested...

Justin

Yeah, just about all the A series' datsuns got a cable clutch in Australia (there may be some excepetions). In my opinion they don't have a nice 'feel' like hydrualic does. They do the
job though.

James.


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This is a bit confusing? Just about every Datsun ever sold in the USA (including the 1200) has a hydraulic clutch. What on earth did they give you guys down under? Cable? Z-bar? To
answer the question, a hydraulic clutch would be a piece of cake if you got a few choice parts from a hydraulic (USA?) 1200.

Thanks for the reply Andrew, I tried to fit my old chook chaser bike(xr200) on the ute tray it _just_ fit with the tailgate open. In the end, I decided against transporting it
that way.. it would be ok if you took th front wheel off or only travelled a short distance. It was worth a try though.

James.

Has anyone tried to fit a dirt bike in the tray of a 1200 ute before? will it fit? how much length is their
diagonally across the tray?
I have to get my bike down to Nowra this weekend, and can borrow mates ute if necessary.
Thanks,
James.

I think I've stuffed another gearbox, Its a 1200/120y/sunny 4 speed. Makes an awful chattering noise and vibrates alot in 3rd gear. Has anyone else had these symptoms? it seems
weird for 3rd gear to break first... all other gears seem fine, and its not crunching or having any other problems.

James

ps: the gearbox is behind a sedately driven mild A14 with webers if that makes any difference.

The WRX diff is an R-160 (or R180?) unit that is very similar to that found in IRS Datsun's ie: 1600 (P510), 180b (610), and early skylines/
240K's (C210).

The 1200 and other live rear axle datsuns use H-145, H-160, and H190 diffs.

So in short it wont fit a 1200 :(

James.

>does anyone know about this. Does it fit?
>
>
> WRX DIFF 3.6 Ratio, As new, bolts straight in to >the Dato, EC

does anyone have Adam Holder's (etdood) new email
address?

Gday Chris, Good call on leaving the torana to rust.

You can get new brake shoes at any repco or from Nissan. However if you are going to race, some disk brakes are probably a good idea. Email me off the list : twitch@bigpond.com ,
and I'll tell you how I converted my coupe to disks.

James,
twitch@bigpond.com

>Similarly has anyone seen or heard some of >the new engines (generally BMW,SAAB) that >have variable valve timing, variable valve
>lift, adjustable displacement and variable >inlet manifold lengths. I know the V-TEC >sounds good when given a caining and I would >expect these would sound equally good (if in >a 1200
of coarse)
>
Gday, I've read about two interesting engine developments on www.autospeed.com , one was an engine with variable compression ratio, which it achieved by having a head which tilted on
the block somehow. The other was an valveless engine which had virtually unlimited 'lift and duration' i think it was an audi.
Autospeed has alot of interesting technical articles about new developments and technology, I'm a subscriber and I can highly recommend it.

James.