I bought this 1200 off my mate and I've never had one before so I don't know much about it, I was just wondering if the spark plug gap and the point gap for the A15 was the same as the stardard 1200 motor?

the first thing you should do is get a workshop manual for the engine and one for the car they are about $10 from a second hand book shop, get a vanette book for the engine and a 1200 book for the rest, it will be invaluable!

It looks like you're from Perth too where abouts is there a second hand book shop that sells that stuff

most book exchanges have an auto section just look around or look on ebay they reguarly pop up in there, fill in your location so we can help you out better with locations of things...

also check out http://ozdat.com/forum we have a regular monthly meeting to hang out talk datsuns trade parts and generally help out and go on cruises. i have the same nick as here.

if you ask in the WA section on ozdat there might be someone with the pages you need and can scan them for you...

Yes, A15 spark plug gap can be run same as A12 (0.030 inch), but the spec for most models is 0.035. This includes electronic distributor or regular points distributor models. It might be different for the Vanette, but 0.035 is a good performance choice.