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  1. blind_elk
    When one wheel hits water, and the other is still on "dry" road, the wheel in water has an increased drag, causing that side of the car to slow down, and the car turns in that direction. Perfectly normal behaviour. Simple solution - avoid the puddle. (This should have been taught - maybe not demonstrated, but at least taught - at "learner" stage.)
  2. blind_elk
    It will work better if you "reverse flush" the radiator. By adding water in the top, all you are doing is forcing the crap further into the cores.Take it out, upend it and push water in the what is normally the bottom of the radiator.
  3. blind_elk
    Try hot-wiring from the battery directly to the trigger terminal on the starter - the standard spade terminal. Make sure the handbrake is on and transmission in neutral
  4. blind_elk
    Nothing really wrong with KYBs. Maybe not a Bilstein, but far better than most other shocks on the market.
  5. blind_elk
    If previous owners haven't used coolant treatment (and the Japs are notorious for not doing so), the fins rot away. Under load, the rotted fins cannot circulate the coolant; the engine produces more heat that cannot be removed because the coolant isn't being circulated. At idle, the remaining bits of fin can circulated the water, so it tends to cool a bit.
  6. blind_elk
    Can I suggest your water pump is on its last legs.
  7. blind_elk
    First, make sure it STOPS. Then make sure it HANDLES. Then make it go fast.
  8. blind_elk
    Check / clean the contacts in the main switch. They are notorious for this sort of problem
  9. blind_elk
    I've noticed HD clutches require a slight change to driving style to get the car moving. I only fitted a HD single plate clutch. Before that, I'm pretty sure I could ease the clutch - no throttle - and the car would start moving. I now find I need to give some revs or the engine will stall.So, try giving a few more revs before you start to engage the clutch, see if that solves the "shudder".
  10. blind_elk
    Probably the springs getting old and losing a bit of "spring". Try swapping the shock / spring assemblies L->R, R->L
  11. blind_elk
    40 thou is not a "hone". It is a major re-bore. You should really only consider that option if one or more of your bores has some serious damage.
  12. blind_elk
    Firstly, a gauge is only as good as the manufacturer. It's not beyond the realms of possibility for 2 different gauges to give 2 different readings of the same thing. The Nissan factory gauges are notoriously inaccurate, though. And a boost controller cannot lower the boost below standard. It can only raise boost above standard.
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  14. blind_elk
    Do a diagnostic on the HICAS system.
  15. blind_elk
    You killed a battery TWICE IN ONE WEEK, and the problems you are having are the fault of your gf driving your car? Your battery will not be a happy camper. Get a new battery.
  16. blind_elk
    It depends on how the cooling vents are constructed as to how the slots appear. Yours are how mine appear (hub to outer edge), but mine are DBAs. I have seen others where the slots face the other direction (outer edge to hub). The rotors should have been labeled LEFT and RIGHT.
  17. blind_elk
    Does the car have an alarm? How long had the car been sitting around (while you were on "no licence")? It could be the alarm has died, and is intermittently activating the immobiliser function.
  18. blind_elk
    I think there is a solution. You need to run RICH for a while, and somehow it builds up a coating of carbon around the throttle butterflies.
  19. blind_elk
    You didn't clean out the throttle bodies, did you?
  20. blind_elk
    You might have an air leak at one of the joins in the pipe. Check all the bolts for tightness.
  21. blind_elk
    I think that one is actually a "cold start air" valve. Why do you want / need to remove it? I don't think they are at all serviceable.
  22. blind_elk
    If you got water in the intake, you would know all about it when the engine suddenly "hydrauliced" and stopped dead in its tracks.
  23. blind_elk
    It won't be a cork head-gasket. First spark you fire, the gasket will burn with the fuel!
  24. blind_elk
    If you want to run remote coils, you are better off with coils from a Commodore. You will need three of them, as they are a waste spark design.
  25. blind_elk
    Ok, I have a 32, but it has a bracket for the radio / CD (I'm only guessing it's "factory"). Have you actually cheked your car to see if the factory mount bracket will work?
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