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otoh the school of thought I have subscribed to is that fishoil leeches into seams, whereas cavity wax (snigger) seals over seams and rust will continue in the seam.

whatever you do, it should way improve your chances of keeping your japanese iron on the road in one piece instead of brown and flakey spec.

my sigma wagon was basically bathed in fishoil, nil rust when sold.

my bro had a 180B that was caught in a flood.  he purchased it from insureres, dried it out, fishoil everywhere... no rust 4 years later, unheard of in 180B!

the tyres of the time probably would have been 185/70/13.

I really dig those wheels, because they're of the time as well.  they'd deffo be JDM, IMHO.

nice ride.  my Dad had a 16L back in the 70's, really lusted for a GTO2000.

yeah!  although my plan is about sprung rate rather than un-sprung , if you need to pare weight from the car before a race - take a dump!

sounds like the down-sides of alloy wheel nuts outweigh the advantages.  what are the advantages- is it all about weight? 

in uk they use on mating surface between wheel and hub too, so the alloys don't corrode from the salt shit and acid rain, thus rendering wheel removal a sledgehammer job.

you can get a 500g tub from Caltex at reasonable price, lasts you eons.  I use it on my spark plug threads as well.

wicked, I had one like that in the 80's- although it was bog-stock, no roofrack, was dark metallic blue and sported cross-plies, and . so much fun in the wet.  looks good with those rims.  approval plus.

loved the link.  paraphrasing:  "and for the truly obsessed, we have the 52 piece set..."

 

Why, I say, I do believe you so go and fornicate (in ponsy posh national radio Voice / BBC)

posh voice: "I say.  do you fuck?"

"errr, yes.  why do you ask?"

changing to east-end cockney voice "be a good lad, and fuck orf."

you could suggest they venture forth and copulate with a large swarthy canine.  [get a big black dog up ya]

something similar happened to me - sold my car, it was a great little runner, very well maintained, and was in very tidy condition. I told them EVERYTHING I knew about it, they were going to get it AA checked... I asked for a holding deposit as two other people were coming to look at the car that afternoon, and I didn't want to lose the opportunity.   she pulled out the entire amount from her handbag, and asked how much for the deposit and started peeling off notes... and then started planning what doco she'd need to bring on Monday assuming a great AA test result.  I noted that I was prepared, and I had all the doco handy, we could fill it out then... before you knew it she'd decided that all barriers to purchase were eliminated and she'd just buy it now.  "Super!".

Filled out and printed my standard "vehicle sold as seen, no warranty expressed or implied, vehicle clear and free of title, handed over at Xkms, y date z time, all keys provided, and copies of all receipts to be mailed to purchaser within 7 days" including details of who was to do what with ownership change.  she drove away delighted after we shook hands on the deal and all the cash was in my pocket.

45 mins later the purchaser is on the phone to me, asking for her money back.

"it's got an oil leak under the gearbox"

"Has it? I've never seen that - it is a 15 year old car"

"you must have known about it"

"why do you say that, I've never been under there in the last 18 months!"

"you do your own oil changes"

"you're right - I do them from above.  no need to get under that car to change oil"

"but there's gearbox oil on my grass.  I want my money back!  I'll have the car back at your house in an hour, okay?"

"you own the car.  I have your money, you have my car, we both have the receipt.  I did not rent it to you. If you've experienced buyers remorse, I suggest you convert the car into money by selling it.  I will not be refunding your money, nor do I want the car back."

"I'm going to take it to a mechanic on Monday"

"that sounds like a useful idea for your peace of mind.  I'm sure they'll confirm for you that it's a great little car.  I've driven it five years and never had to add oil to the 'box, or top up the motor between changes.  Let me know what he says!"

"will you pay for the repairs?"

"no, why would I pay for repairs on your car?"

"why did you say you wanted to hear about the mechanic's view?"

"because I'm a good guy!  I'm interested to hear how you're getting on - I genuinely believe you've purchased a great car that could be driven right now to bluff or kaitaia and back with no issues."

"you'll be hearing from me again.  I'm gonna talk to a lawyer"

"thanks for calling, I'll look forward to your mechanic's opinion".

Mailed off the receipts, changed ownership, never heard from the purchaser again. 

Keep rational, remind them that they own the car, that you've been straight with them, no misrepresentation has occured, and they are probably suffering buyers remorse.  stand firm, make no concessions.  and if all else fails, get a sheepskin coat.

 

this is at work today.

 

 

Untitled by sheepers-ra28, on Flickr

 

dude, that looks like some serious voltage in that fence.  are you concerned that future governments might try to tax your secure parking perk?

And I reiterate a statement made in the last page: is there anything in the automotive world that hasn't been uterised?

when I was a lad, a bloke on our street's brother had a Rover 90 ute.  dead tidy it was, very nicely done, reckoned he'd asked the factory for advice while building it in the 70's.  straight pipes, hotwires, orange, pinstriping.  wonder if it's still around?

great to see one on the road, and even better eastern-suburbs spec!    top marks.  looking forward to seeing this progress.

yeah, it's awesome.  I meant to comment on the cool LED lighting, couldn't find the discussion thread.  keep it up, we're watching your progress.  Are you planning on tripping around europe for the rest of the summer, as soon as it's completed?

great thinking Ned, and really well explained too!

whichever one wasn't replaced is prolly issuing a - err - vintage grumble 

yep, I reckon they look sharp.  well done.

Rare number plate question here;

 

Every time i get pulled over, i get a lot of questioning and hassle.  It seems the police database associates my KELTIK plate with my crashed/written off 1997 Legacy instead of my perfectly legal 2002 Legacy.

 

This creates a problem since the police people really dont take kindly to civilians running the wrong plate on their cars.  It also set off alarm bells since my 97 hasnt had a wof since 2006 on account of being de-regd.  Since both cars are white Subaru Legacy station wagons....its not so easy to convince an officer of the law that they are in fact wrong.  Especially when you just got disco lights for speeding through road works.

 

Question is: Has anyone come across this before?  The NZTA have the details correctly and going into the cop shop - they tell me they cant change the database because its all just copy pasted from the NZTA

curious.  I'd have thought an inspection of your rego sticker reading 'KELTIK' with '2002 Subaru Legacy' should clear that up for them relatively quickly.   'hey, there must be some kind of sytems error - it's got a kosher rego sticker here.  anything else I can help you with officer?'.

perhaps the issue is that its fruitless trying to win an argument with an officer of the law. stick to the simple facts, and they'll give up when you stop getting riled.  These guys often mirror ones behaviour, and if you're breezy and efficient they usually are too.   the bigger the issue and more riled you get, the longer they spend toying with you.

speeding through road works paints a very big target on you.  the public would be dismayed to read of another road worker being maimed or killed so soon after one was shot dead.  they're probably briefed and concious of that, and applying the 'front page news' test.  in addition, roadworks demerits have gotta be quota points for jam for these guys. 

I've had a fiddle around with converting a tape player to take a 3.5mm aux input before, there are a few things you need to watch out for which aren't covered in that second article. The main issue is that soldering directly to the magnetic tape head is going straight into a high level input. Basically this is means it goes through several other amplification stages, so taking an input from an iPod etc will be very distorted. The other issue is that mp3 players can produce a DC offset, which if you feed into a high level input will cause issues both with the amplifier and the speakers. To do it properly you either need to find/make a convertor board to lower the gain and remove any DC offset. If you know a bit about electronics and don't mind fiddling you can possibly figure out the input for the next amplification stage and solder directly into that, but without a scope etc can be quite tricky. Your results may vary, but I wouldn't risk a good head unit and speakers with doing it that way.

shit, any lazy genius will simply play tapes.  job done!

I never made it to goodwood or the haynes museum either!

The Musee Automobile de la Sarthe at the Le Mans circuit is worth a trip.

also went to Henri Malartre Automobile Museum, outside Lyon - thoroughly enjoyed that and they have a great collection of old motorbikes as well.

here in ennzedd we used to have a great car museum outside Te Puke, but it closed down.

did the same thing years ago in my e30, had 125k mi on it, synthetic castrol into the gearbox and wham, slick shifting, no gently-gently required when cold.  a simple but really useful improvement.

(Alex I still have a record in my old maintenance spreadsheet of exactly which oil, if you're interested)

I love it when she doesn't start in the rain hahaha fuck just ticks when you turn the key have no idea what it is? Like shit 100 metres from home shit

starter motor solenoid?

yeah no more teasing, give us the pics #8 )

prolly the same alarm they installed at Wiri in my former '96 maxima.  they crap out. 

I had an installer remove the old alarm and install a dynatron something 4.5 or 5 star.  took them some shagging around to interface with the door circuit, something to do with the old alarm. 

Yea bet theres allot of shit in there, there are plenty of old yards like this around the states, especially where its dry, Arizona etc. I've contacted quite a few chasing wagon parts, they can honestly barely understand me on the phone

just watch a few dirty harry movies, a couple Arnold's early movies, work on yer accent and before you know it, yir uccent us migicly trayansfoorrrrmed into 'murican.  result!

that is looking damned awesome Sam.