Nic_A31

It's 100 times better than any kind of knife, ball, baseball bat, etc. And what kind of cop will ask you what its doing in your car??

Depends what you tell them. Some looser tailgating and pulling the finger, likely no response unless they have a unit close by. A moron throwing shit at your car, trying to run you off the road, cutting you off etc, they'd have someone on it, probably ask you to stay on the phone, following the car to keep its position updated ?? Never heard of anyone calling that kind of thing into the police though

Mature response, ignore em, if they've made threatening gestures and repeatedly broken road rules and endangered either yourself and/or other drivers, take down details (make/model/year/color, time, date, location), and report it. Instict would advise you to take something out of your boot related to changing a tire, then take the blind law into your own hands, but as you asked, Karma does exist, with sharp teeth, not much you can do when it comes to trashy society :\

Thought you would have pulled the 25 and box from your wreck?? Does look clean. keeping the color? or respraying dark ? PS check your inbox slacker

I'll grab a price for a cable from Nissan along with my other shit (daylight robery, but thats owning a car I guess). Are those heads up displays ok to go over the pits if the dash speedo isnt working? I know theyre legal, but can they be used indivdually or do they need a dash speedo to accompany them ? I've got a HUD laying around somewhere.

Maybe late models did have the option with the cloth seats, or yeah, aybe a Laurel rail, or R32/33 ??? Late models didnt sell as well as earlier models, which didnt sell well to begin with, Never see many post-1992 models around, probably all soaked up quick by importers or still sitting in Japan.

According to my compliance plate, my RB20 is a 98 model, if it was a 98 model, the ECU would have support for eletrical speedo, yeah? or, could they still be running the 88 model ECU ? On eletrical systems, does the ECU register speed and send it to the speedo? or other way round ? There are a few dodgey wires around the joint, I dont know how deep the pits will inspect my dash, but I'll fix it up anyway, so while I have everything out, a few extra steps might not hurt, but at this stage, I'm leaning back towards a new speedo cable perhaps. On that note, cant see anything on FAST, does anyone have a part number for the cable?

Either you really screwed up badly and she wants your heard, or she is a pshyco, either way, f**k the people "she knows", There are 51'000 members on this forum, we're all happy to keep you company. Those first photo's were messed up, the second batch make them look even worse. Bitch might want to check her oil sump plug before she drives her car again.

Electric seats were prob taken out of a Laurel ?? Nissan do put wiring harnesses in all cars, regardless of what options are fitted, but I couldnt see any in mine for electric seats (might be tucked under carpet), the wiring for it wouldnt be hard to put in if it was Laurel only option though. Didnt the late model Cefiro's not sell very well?

How long is a new cable going to last me? Should I note I did pull the clusrer out the other day, and the plastic tab came off, I put it back in, and the speedo did work until i pulled the cluster again. I'll try reseating it and see what that does, but if I have to be super carefull everytime I pull the cluster I'd rather go to eletrical and not have to worry about it again, and I gather I'm going to be pulling and reseating the cluster a fair bit judging by the problems I'm having unless I pay an auto eletrician (....LOL) to do this shit for me.

Searched this forum, others, Google and DPI and found nothing usefull ??? I've bought an 88 A31 over from Queensland, it was previously complied and registered in NSW as an RB20DE / Auto, In Queensland, it was de-registered, and converted to an RB20DET / 5 Speed. Everything used was straight off another Cefiro (front mount intercooler, box, mounts, interior, etc), the only trace of ever being an auto is the compliance plate and wiring harnesses inside the car. According to the DPI, upgrading a model to a higher performance release of the same model is allowed provided that you upgrade braking packages, mounts, etc to match that of the higher performance model (so, match my DET / 5MT with DET/5MT model brakes, mounts). Do I need to get another compliance plate? OR What documents do I need to register the vehicle as is (how do I provide proof of what brakes, mounts etc are on it)?? Cheers fella's PS: Thought I posted this in WA Section? Can a mod please relocate this ??

Just a slight off topic question; How does one 'own a vehicle for 1 year'? The government has a little rule in place that you have to pay for a vehicle, and wait one year while the vehicle sits around half way around the world, before it can be imported here? What does that acheive for anyone ??

Looks like a pain in the ass to install a new cable. Temp Gauge has now f**ked up on me as well, I guess the whole cluster is dying. Dont cable speedo's die quiet frequently? if so, I'm up for converting to electrical. If I fit another cluster, is there a wire I can use from the ECU, or do I need to run new shit off the gearbox??

Definately going to take a day out and take the whole car apart, resolder the last mofo's dodgey half-ass efforts (previous owner of my 94 Maxima has done the same thing - cant blame em), then never have to worry about it again, hopefully. I briefely checked the connections you mentioned, I didnt go as far as pulling them apart to test with a meter though, I was going to resort to that after resoldering the wires and checking the floorplan. That weak ass POS plastic drives the speedo....??? Yeah, ok, f**k that, whole new cluster with old odomter I reckon. Behind the cluster, how hard is it to convert to electrical speedo ??? (If this has been covered before, never mind, I will actually search for this after this post ) No HICAS lockbar (I dont think, cant see one, but never actually seen one anyway), but doesnt bother me, I'll keep it as is until I pass the pits, and even after that, I dont plan on drifting this thing around every corner, so 1 degree of rear steering wont hurt.

What do you mean molded carpet? Just carpet for the floor ? Auto/Motor Trimmer's do that kind of thing. The floorplan is the same as Laurels and apparently Skylines, but the time it'd take you to find a donor vehicle, pull it out and put it into your own? You're better off to pay someone to give you brand new shit.

Is the dimmer required for registration? My Ceffy has been complianced and registered before (NSW), but never had a dimmer installed. The only switches missing are the two near the handbrake, for when it used to be an auto.

The brake lights all appear fine as well as the tail lamps. Should I replace all bulbs with brand new ones ?? Alot of wires around the car have been weaved together, but not soldered, depending on time tomorrow, I might go through the whole car and solder them together and seal them, hopefully I dont feel 400 degrees Celcius again. Indicators was a dodgey connection, fixed permanently this time. I've fixed every eletrical problem except this fuel gauge and the auto headlights (havent tackled this yet) Ive checked the rears, the fuses, traced the lines (I am yet to check under carpets), and at the ECU, theyre all going fine, so all I can think of is a dud fuel gauge? time to resolder ?? My speedo cut out today, worked the first two corners, then went out. I took the dash back out and that gray stem of plastic came out with it, so I put it back in and tried to re-seat the gauge, but havent tested it yet. What happens to HICAS if the computer isnt connected? Could this contribute to the vibration I'm hearing above 50-60 ?? The light wasnt connected either, so I dont know if it was lighting up, and yet to test alot of shit while the car is moving

Can anyone tell me what this is? Installed, wasnt connected when I took that panel off, didnt notice any difference when I did connect it. Thought maybe it was a factory turbo timer or something ?? Still havent fixed fuel issue, checked connections everywhere, dont think its worth my time to re-solder, the gauge resets itself to the empty line, so obviously the gauge is understanding signal from somewhere. Anyone for a quick how-to check any fuel level signal sending units around the tank ?? PS Photo taken on phone, hence shitty quality, but I'm sure you can recognise what it is.

Same deal with me. I think its probably easier to get an auto license and then learn manual transmision than to learn manual all together. No family members or friends had manual in my case, I got my current job and was taught manual by a co-worker in what is now my own company vehicle (Hilux), 6 weeks of practice (having never driven manual at all before hand), and 2 lessons, passed manual test first time, somehow. I still didnt quiet have the hang of it afterwards, but the more I drove alone the better I got, havent stalled any manual car out in over 6 months.

I fixed some more issues last night. Still no fuel, it wants to sit just over the empty line, but I put 20 litres in there myself, and there should be about another 1/3 tank in there already. I'll try re-soldering the fuel gauge, checking the connection, checking the ECU, and finally, can someone tell me where exactly I should be checking at the fuel tank itself?? never had this problem, so don't know what I'm doing back there. With the tacho, it turns out signal is sent through the screws you hold the gauges to the board with, I figured three screws on the back, eh, one was missing, so put them back in in different positions, and it didnt work, I went to pull it last night and looked at the board, and noticed it will run from the wiring connection, along the board, through certain screws and into the tach...yeah, the screw/bolt itself is what transmits signal from that silver plastic shit to the actually tacho.... What do you mean by mechanical tach ? Is there actually any Cefiro service manuals out there? Even in Japanese???

and I bet you guys nailed your driving tests eh? first time? I'll admit, I sucked at driving back then, then the more I drove alone the better I got. IMO experience sinks in faster when driving alone.

Its not the brake light, although that isnt working at all, I'm aware brake light can also be your car calling begging for fluid. Perhaps a short (hency why only when cold), but I should note, despite the light being on when the pedal is pressed, the tail lights, brake lights and reverse lights work perfectly when the car is both off and on. My Fuel gauge stopped working last night, first all together and now it only displays just under the empty, I know there is ATLEAST 20 litre I put in myself, and the gauge was reading half a tank before it stopped working and I topped it up. The tacho has also stopped working, so Im guessing I've got a dead gauge cluster, and maybe this somehow links to the auto headlights (I dont know how, but hey, we all know Nissan do wome weird shit with wiring) Will chase down more diagnostics and let you's know how I go, Thanks guys

All 4 lights are out? Very unlikely each of your bulbs blew at the same time, but check, 3 are 194 T10 size, theres a smaller T5 size in there too, stupid cluster, and another part of our Cefiro's that are very sensetive to being connected properly. The illumination for the clock is controlled by a fuse. Illuminatin of the gauges, AirCon, etc is all under the tail lamp fuse, so they either all work, or all not work. Probably the wiring harness, check that, or try a different cluster.

Registered Automotive WorkShop Compliancing, and making street cars legal for importers. It's overkill unless the car isnt rego'd and isnt complianced so just find a car person and take another visit. Where abouts in Perth ?

United Injection? Just near Coventry's, opposite side, yeah? or have I been smokin too much hash?