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Apparently the new black/silver plates have been discontinued, last day to order them is 31st Oct. They will all be black/white Post from reddit: " NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) have made the decision that black numberplates with silver text will no longer be available, due to a readability issue. The last day to order a black numberplate with silver text will be 31 October 2024. To ensure that you can have your plate(s) made with silver text, you will need to request manufacture with Licensys (the government plate manufacturer) no later than 30 November 2024. What happens if you don't request manufacture by 30 November 2024? If you do not request manufacture before this date, then you will still be able to have your plate(s) manufactured in the same design, however, instead of silver text the plate(s) will come with white text. We wanted to let you know of this important change and provide you with the opportunity to have your plate(s) made as you have ordered. It is important to note that while no new plates with silver text will be issued, NZTA have no plans to recall existing black plates with silver text; any plates that are already registered on a vehicle will still be legal to use in New Zealand. Black plates with white text will continue to be available for customers to purchase through KiwiPlates."

I once used a sledgehammer with some chain tied to the end of the axle. These days my axle housing is loose enough that I can just pull the axles out by hand, bit concerning really

Could always just prop up the one side so the oil isn't there

Coating headers probably won't help much, if at all. Those headers look like they weigh like 2 kg each - they won't store anywhere near as much heat as your 250 kg engine block and heads. What does the ECU reckon? It could just be a poor tune at those conditions

Which plugs, do you have pics?

There's a whole lot of assuming going on here. Have you tried just taking it for a good half hour thrash to see if it clears out? It could just be a buildup of oil in the exhaust, @h4nd has plenty of experience

They have the anti drainage valve and a bypass valve at the other end, usually will bypass if filter is blocked or you are at reasonably high RPM. Apparently oil filters are actually only filtering the oil less than 20% of the time on most cars

I doubt it is the filter, they bypass at something low like just a couple of PSI across them.

Does the old guy remember what it's rego number was? There's a reasonable chance I have the plates somewhere under my hydraulic press

Air is stupidly inefficient, it's effectively a heat engine with a temperature difference of less than 20 degrees. You will be storing a hell of a lot of explosion potential for hardly any return. You'd be better off heating water, or pumped hydro

Shirley parts are cheap enough these days that you could move to SSD in a barebones modern machine for less than the price/effort of upgrading such an old machine that will be getting unreliable?

Just be a real farmer and use some chicken wire

Heck that's an ancient looking cricut. We've got a maker 3 at work that the boss bought as a joke a few years ago, bloody thing gets used every single day for making box inserts. The software for the PC is written in Hamilton, that's probably the worst feature about it

Can you pick up the bolts/studs with the sensor?

Fuel flow rate and pressure are unrelated, if the pump can provide enough fuel for a 100kW engine it will provide that much fuel regardless. If running a fuel pump with the car unattended was a good idea then manufacturers would be doing it and there would be no laws against having a fuel pump running when the engine is off. As someone who has set a car on fire from a fuel leak in the past I think I am somewhat qualified to say that pumping fuel like you suggest is a bad idea. It only takes a second for everything to go wrong. Plus, adding more fuel to a boiling carburettor is just going to make you be at more risk of flooding the engine or filling the engine compartment with flammable vapour that will ignite as soon as the distributor makes a spark.