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    Heater system

    The heater in my 80 Sunny is the same. I've had the heater core out a couple of times. The water runs through both ways but its too silted up in the fine capilaries to get any significant amount of heat up. I keep thinking there must be some chemical, acid or something that can dissolve the silt.
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    Any Datsun roadster owners?

    I had a 67 roadster up to a couple of years ago. It was a rare rhd SP311 low windscreen. I'm just over 6 ft and the driving position was not great. Not built for tall drivers. The top rail was right in my line of sight and my knees were wrapped round the steering wheel. Oh and the brakes were...
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    260Z Tail Light Trims

    I had mine done in the States by CV vacuum platers about 15 years ago.
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    Christmas present

    Christmas present? Z Club pint glass. https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=595552313900647
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    Some pictures of my white '73 240z...

    Great looking 240! Always nice to see one pretty much as it would have looked when it left the line. Much as I can admire the wide arch look I don't think I could ever bring myself to cut up a nice clean Z. Coincidently my reg is 260M aswell, oh and I still have the rubber filler flap aswell.
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    Show off your rear plates, size required.

    They were made by Mike Wylie's in Belfast. He made both my yellow/white and my black plates. They're both plastic plates.
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    Mike Feeney still cant catch up

    Have a good one Mike.
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    Show off your rear plates, size required.

    Mine are 7" x 13". This is the correct Japanese size but as you state uk size numbers are too big so I use Metro letters. Always have to put yellow/white plates also this size on for Mot.
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    Valve seats

    Thanks Joe but hopefully I won't need them. I'll let you know if I do.
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    Valve seats

    I think it might be a bit too far for me to travel from N.I. Ha ha!
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    Valve seats

    Why would I be kidding? I went back to the engineering shop today. He remembered me soon as I went in. He was pretty apologetic and said he'd fix it and replace the valve and head set. Nice one!
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    DVLA playing up again

    Successful at last. What an unbelievably long process. As expected dva wrote back saying the letter from the club wasn't sufficient so I wrote back enclosing the Glasses extract. They then wrote saying that they couldn't change the taxation class unless the car was taxed and mot'd. This done I...
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    Valve seats

    When I restored my 240 about 10 years ago I took the precaution of having hsrdened valve seats fitted. Now the cars has only done a few thousand miles since. In the past couple of weeks it develpoed a tapping noise in number 5 cylinder. Yesterday it turned into a loud knock and went off a...
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    Z Therapy Carbs

    Ah good my bad! I'm using 3 in 1 at the minute but my car is spluttering a bit at low rpm under acceleration. I've ordered proper SU damper oil to see if it makes a difference.
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    Z Therapy Carbs

    I think it may be the opposite. If the car is sluggish at low rpm its cos the oil is too thin causing the piston to lift too quickly drawing in too much air and the mixture to go lean. A thicker oil will cause the piston to lift slower drawing in less air and a richer mixture sort of like a...
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