hehe.
thnx again for the drive.

Beautiful car you got there, buddy. The US never gets the good stuff and it's way too hard and expensive to bring those sexy bitches over (especially in the east coast) .

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1980 Toyota Corolla 2DR Sedan - 3TC Street Modded
1980 Datsun B310 Coupe - Low + Slow
2006 Scion xB - DD

No worries



Thanks, If its any compensation in Australia I think your Sunny would be alot rarer then my DR30, I have only ever seen one hatch / lift back

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I finaly had some free time last weekend and thought I should repaint my windscreen wipers and the strip across my windscreen, they were looking quite weathered, only problem the front ones were a pain to remove with the bonnet on the car (even with nuts removed).





So when all else fails





They came up well, Just need to take some after photos


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On another note, Im about to to do an oil change, which oil filter was the same as the FJ20, was it the 280z?

I want to get an oil filter localy from Repco before I try ordering an FJ20 one in from SWM in Sydney.

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black. hurmmmm

Try the Z170 for an oil filter, I can't remember were I read it but I have it written down in my notes. I think it takes the same oil filter as the L20B. The Nissan part # is 15208-W1103AU

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'71 4 DOOR 510
'83 DR30 SKYLINE
'03 350Z TWIN TURBO
'07 MAZDA 3 HATCH
'09 ACURA RDX

yup Ryco Z170 on my DR30.

grats on the Speedhunters photo too

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Thanks Ed,

The bad thing is I found all my newer photos of the car with the yellow fog lights installed after I send in that photo, looks abit plain with out them haha

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pics pics of the black trim

Will take some pics in the next day or 2

Ended up using a Z117 Ryco oil filter as thats what I ended up pulling out of the car, I thought if it aint broke dont fix it Was a pain in the arse to get to damn it sucks having a low car


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Has anyone cured the problem with the DR30 dashlights?? Before I would just have to switch the lights on/off the dash lights would just come back on, or if it hit a bump in the road... but now they arent coming back on at all.

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the dash lights were doing that recently in the coupe, also sometimes a couple of bulbs would go out while driving at night and then flicker back on again, then another one elsewhere would turn off, etc.

Ended up pulling the cluster out and giving the board a liberal dose of contact cleaner, seems to have done the trick although I've only driven the car once since then. if that fails perhaps look at making sure the solder joins/ribbons aren't all crusty. Typical 1980s Nissan electrics, hah

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had the same prob with my MR30, i ended up taking the cluster out to paint the surrounds and undid/redid all the little bulbs a few times to get better contact. also the dimmer pot down near the ignition switch was a tad erratic. so up/down a few times and seems to have worked!

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gimme all your cars!!!

Cheers guys,

it seems like more fun ahead of me, hopefully it will fix the problem because when the dash lights go out so do the rear taillaights (though they still come on if i brake)... until I fix it I cant drive at night

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I was wondering if any other DR30 owners could help me out with some detailed engine bay shots (preferably as stock as possible) so I can have some reference of what it should look like from the factory, ie where the wiring looms should be running, etc.

As you can see the previous owners did a shody job and I just kept putting it off until recently.

The fuel lines I changed last year, give an indication of the quality job and the themes continues into the engine bay.

I think I should loose a few kgs alone with all the mystery wiring and black grime in the engine bay





Though I must admit I did the shody part of painting the inlet / rocker cover gold but it wont be for much longer

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I'll grab some photos of the engine bay of the coupe when I get a spare moment. Being a one owner in Japan deal it's pretty much as stock as they come.

Gotta warn you though, it is super filthy

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Thanks Ed,

no worries about the filth, cant be worse then what im dealing with right now.

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and btw looking at my last post from awhile back... the problem with the lights turned out to be the contacts inside the steering column, where the indicator / light / washer stalks connect to.

Just needed a bit of wet and dry to clean the contacts, all was good.

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