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I have this problem. No auto headlights option. Anyone else found a solution? Sorry for thread dig.

Sending a pm re apexi delta fun intercooler

Hate to be the worst case scenario guy but head gasket? My Cressida (different car I know but similar symptoms) used to eat coolant, and number 6 spark plug used to get rusty. If it sat for a week or so, it used to cough when you first started it until it cooked the water off. Those things were renowned for blowing them after toyota ballsed up the head torque specs but mine went softly rather than properly. It never got hot, just used to slowly empty the rad... Kept driving it for a year, didnt get much worse, sold it cheap-cheap...

Hi, is intercooler return flow?

I got another flat battery after driving the car every day a few weeks back. So borrowed another alternator off a helpful dude. Drove for a week with no drama. Bearings in mine were obviously rooted but wouldnt be causing any electrical fun times. So I got my original one reconned (Nissan dealer in my area wanted $1500 for the privilege of waiting 6 weeks for a new one) and it only needed brushes. Mine has been back in for another week, no more dramas. May have inadvertantly fixed it by tightening a loose alternator connection but meh, fingers crossed, problem theoretically solved.

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Hi all, I need to reco my alternator as I'm having some gremlins.... Unfortunately this conflicts with my needing to attend work daily as I only have one car. So it would be pretty sweet if I could borrow someones spare slternator while I get mine reconditioned. I can pickup and deliver afterwards and compensate with booze or something? I'll give yours back in a fortnight tops, so dont worry about getting stooged with my dud... Its a Stagea series 2 with a neo in it so chasing one from a similar Stag or an R34 GTT with a neo. Nissan Aust want $1500 ex japan, Covs, Veales and most auto sparkies cant find an equivalent. Didn't think it would be this hard to be honest. Cheers

Have to bail also, wasnt able to sort a gearbox bleeding issue. Enjoy.

Anyone got a pointer as to where I can find a body wiring diagram? Lots of threads on workshop manuals but they seem old...

OK, earth tracing sucks, its seem like a wild goose chase that is pretty difficult to test. So i checked the main battery earth to the body and block and that seemed fine. Then I got bored and looked for easy alternatives, found a bunch of mess behind the tail lights. See here: There were scoth crimps on the brake circuit with tails leading to the bumper, tails untaped (crimps were taped though in a big ball of crap) and just hanging cut in the bumper. Both sides were the same, I can only think of crazy KITT from night rider LED brake light strips under the bumper.. Crap I removed: I tidies it up and put it back as it was from Nissan.. The history of this car is weird. The first photos I got from the yard had a weird nav thing on the drivers side of the tunnel. Pink diamontes on the dash. Polish shadow in the paint near the roof rails from tv antennaes. RS260 nose covnersion with skirts but not the back... Long story short, didnt fix the voltage problem. Going to actually have to pull all these sh!t earths off and wire brush underneath aren't I.....

Count me + 1.25 other people in then.

Keen to bring my wagon for a morning out, this place ok for small people (18month old)?

The brake lights in the center garnish next to the number plate had been disconnected (chopped) in the tailgate when I got the car. I assume to meet an aus standard of 3 brake lights max. I reconnected the cut cables, solder tape etc. I reconnected then for making more niceness a few months ago, only started happening recently. Fuses all look correct at 10 amp and should theoretically blow if this is the issue.p have good multimeter. batt voltage is up at 14ish whilst driving using center stack guauge pod. was 13,9 last time I checked at idle with proper meter. haven't seen battery light on dash but gauge shows less than 10. I haven't had a chance to test since my first post, will check more when back home. cheers men.

Earths seem feasible to check. I'll start on the bigguns in the engine bay. If not them Ill look at the tailgate lights, I reconnected the globe holders after they were hacked for compliance, maybe the tailgate ground aint the best, seems a long shot though....

Hi All, After a little trouble shooting assistance chasing down an issue I'm having with my wagon. So I'm losing voltage when I tap the brakes, only on initial application, when the lights get activated. It's enough to turn my head unit off (basic single din install no amps) which is how I noticed it, and visibly bump my volts gauge down to around 10 volts. It's only temporary on initial brake application and if i hold my foot on during a normal stop it pops back up and away we go again. It's really intermittent, its happened three times in about 15 drives, but when its happening it can even drag enough down to cause a cough through the engine as it runs out of voltage to run the coils and ecu. It has stalled the car at idle when I was playing around in the garage trying to find it.. I have turned off everything feasible (stereo, AC, fan etc) in car when it's playing up, no difference. Bought a new battery last week after seeing some funny voltages at the battery, was pretty old anyway, happened again today (NS70 suits C34s BTW, skyline stuff isn't tall enough and the battery clamp wont work without adaption). All 5 brake lights are visibly working, havent inspected the globes or holders yet. Voltage and resistance through the globes via the brake switch seem reasonable. Thinking this through I think the brake application is a trigger but not the cause. If I had a short or something in the brake light circuit it should just blow the fuse in that circuit and not cause any other systems to be affected. I'm thinking alternator reg isnt keeping up with sharp changes in load and pooing its pants so to speak, but the battery should be able to keep up and maintain. I guess if alternator is the issue, my new battery is now getting low and not getting charged properly meaning it cant keep up when its having a bad day. Anyone else got any ideas to look at before I order a replacement alternator? I know this place is the awesome to access pretty cluey, helpful and experienced people so thanks in advance.

Kite gear suits a stag perfect. Even fits under the roller blind thing if need be....

Oil and filter this weekend, first car I have owned in which i changed oil on time instead of kays. Used to doing 30+k a year, new job, new (old) car which wifey & young daughter get shaken up and now I'll be lucky if a crack 10k a year. On the down side, found a ruined drivers inner CV boot and probably a dead breather in the gbox, I have a smurf bood dribble down the box... Explains the gearbox oil smell after it gets a few revs. Pain in the A though.

I have 19x9.5 +12s all 'round, with 245s, 35 profile I think and coilovers on a 99 rs4s. Perfect guard clearance and a couple of mm on the strut in the rear. Was pretty sketchy when i ordered them. Have had them on the car for 20000k now, no dramas.... Mind you, mines not as low as yours, so not as much rear camber pulling the top of the rim in closer. I had trouble getting standard skyline rims (V35) to fit without spacers to get rego. I ended up having to use some scabby R32 rims on for rego.

Did this go? pmed regarding intercooler.

In my car the lights in the centre of the grille are High Beams. Fog lights down below in the bumper. Pretty certain headlight shape is subtly different which means that headlights, grille, bumper, front guards and bonnet need to be swapped to go from S2 to S1 and vice versa. Might be able to get away with just bumper, grille and headlights, not 100% on if bonnets and guards are necessary (they are different though).

What he said, as a cynical ar5ehole in real life my opinion often needs to stay on the inside, I try to treat forums the same way. Its difficult enough to interpret sarcasm from people you have just met with out a text only format getting in the way. That being said, I like this part of the forum as it seems to stay on topic most of the time and fun poking between mates is fairly obvious. I know i can find information here and if I cant someone will point me to it. I guess like minds are attracted to similar toys. As my wife has pointed out at cruises the guys I meet are just variations on me and my personality.... Dont know if anyone else has noticed that.

SOLD

doublepost....

Same same but different!

Did the same thing to my body mould chrome strips a couple of months back, my car is white with black rims also. The faux chrome in my body moulds has been patchy and rough since I bought the car. I bodge jobbed the black out though, I have used insulation tape trimmed to fit as I wasnt sure if I would like it and wanted an easy undo. Once the first bit of tape peels back at an edge I'll look into this plasti dip bandwagon. Just resprayed my grille black again this week as stone chips were making the chrome poke back out... Only chrome left now is the tail light in-fills but I think they can stay. Ill get some photos when I get it out tomorrow.