Do you guys know how I could get a decent condit a12 up to gero easily? I've got a mechanic friend who I believe would be willing to swap it for me.

These photos are a couple of years old, this is the basic condition she's in, just with a few rust spots :/ but nothing too serious.

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I'm sad to admit that the lifters are gone in my 1200 ute, and I don't have the time/money/expertise or tools to repair it, so I have to do something with it, lol.

It's in pretty good nick, besides the engine, and I can't exactly put it on the open market when it is so obviously rooted. It still drives though. Anyone have any ideas what I should do?

I'll post some photos later on.

Hey guys,

On sunday afternoon I was just going for a cruise (as we do, lol), and I guess I was pushing it a bit too hard. Anyways I was just driving along when a weird sort of noise started coming from the front end of the car. It's a really hard sound to describe, and I need to investigate it futher, but it kinda sounds like some loose peice of metal clunking around.

Anyways I drive her home, she seems to drive normal. And I rev it up in the driveway and the noise doesn't repeat, so I take her for a drive, it goes fine for about 200 metres then it makes the sound again, and I put the clutch in and roll and the sound stops.

If I had to guess, I would say that if I was sitting on the gear stick looking forward, the sound seems to be coming anywhere from 90 to 180 degrees of that point, so somewhere near the bottom of the engine or the flywheel or clutch or transmission etc.

I'll have to investigate it more, I was thinking of doing a drive of shame to the mechanics tomorrow afternoon, but I'd love to hear your guys speculations. Cheers.

Oh of course, it's a B120 1980 Australian Datsun Ute. 5 speed with Extractors, the rest stock. Recently had the head redone.

Thanks so much.

So should i use BP5EY or BP5ES? lol. It's a daily driver, in mid western australia. B120.

Auto 1 has no idea really, they kinda just guess. Lol

Hey guys,

I'm looking for what type of spark plugs I should use in my Datsun 1200, 1980 Ute, Australia. Everything is stock to my knowledge except for the extractors and the 5 speed gear box. Also what gap should I set it to?

Cheers.

Oh i almost forgot,
Sun safety.

If you're working outdoors, or indoors in direct sunlight, slip slop slap?

Although having greasy sunscreen hands could present a bigger hazard.

Are there any times while working on a datsun 1200 where it would be wise to wear a respirator?

Yeah those tafe boys are crazy. Never let them near your car :P One of my friends did the tafe pre-app, and he told me how one guy did little burnouts in all the clients cars when he was driving them in.

the place i used to work at, had this mechanic. He used to jack up a car with 2 jackstands at the rear, and a hydraulic jack at the front, raising the entire car off the ground while he installed a LPG system...

I'm surprised he's still alive. He works alot late at night by himself too, over weekends as well. So there would be no one around to help him.