thminiman

I also doubt it is battery as when the problem occurs, the lights/stereo/dash etc are all fully functional and show no signs of dimming. If it was the flasher unit, would the difference in voltage of operationg with engine running and not running be enough to effect weather it did or didnt work? What is the deal with rectifiers?

yes admittedly i had found that with this too, The people that had put the towbar in had joint into the earth wire for the lighting loom, rather than join to the body so i removed that and joint the trailer earth to the body of the car, however to no avail. I do wonder if it may be the battery, Although like i say i have had no issues with startin before, leaving lights/stereo on for 10 mins or so (without engine running), I have realised I could possibly try having car running but stero heater etc off.

So I Baught the car without a towbar and so got one installed. I then plugged my trailer in, and when the car is running, the indicators will only flash once or twice, then stop flashing on both car and trailer (even though the indicator stalk is still on) (all the other lights are fine) The car is sweet without the trailer plugged in, IE, indicators & lights all work. hasn't had any issues with starting etc The trailer can be plugged into any car and it works fine When the ignition is on but engine not running, the indicators work fine on both car and trailer what could the possible issues be?

thus things are so cool, is Impwerks in the south island still in buisness?

Fuck yes

AFM

yes i dig not to pry but do you mind telling us how much you paid for such an example? i am in love with the period look of modded mini's wide 10" steels, maybe in black or something, low as on adjustable hi-lows... all cheap and easy as to do and will make it sweet. should really get onto my mk1

There Used to be something called Schedule A that was a base regulation for most race series and related closely to cert standards, and went into depth about all sort of shit like this, I cannot seem to find it, but seeing as I need to do the exact same thing, I will keep looking.

yea good idea i beleive the rules are (dont quote me) all bolts at least M8 Plates under car need to be tacked to the body work, and nuts tacked to plates. there are minimum sizes of plates, I THINK it's along the lines of min 5mm thick steel and minimum dimensions are 80x80mm wide

you have a 350 skyline? if not why are you asking? aside from the lefthand driveness and redness this is what mine looks like: yea 350GT-8 I know Majority of the running gear swaps over but because mine is import it has shithouse asians writing navigations stuff in centre console, anywho, that part of car is not the same so there goes that plan

oh hai ODD question i know but can you PLEASE take a picture of your centre console? Im interested to see just how many parts are the same between these and the 350 skylines

I must admit, i fucked up a little and had for some reason thaught this was on wednesday, and had therefore planned to do something yesterday and couldnt get there i mentioned it to alistair apologies

ive been told welding tanks is completely do-able if you clean it as well as possible, half fill it with water, and have a decent purge going in the tank inlet, seal off everything else so the gas is only coming through what you are welding up. prolly best to tig it.

yea thats him, I find it hard not to reccomend him to people. I got my manifold from him, Its slightly easier to use in the fact that it has a slide on and clamp set up, not using flanges but still being removable

hey mate just in case you are unawares, have a look at www.minibitz.co.nz, the guy is on trademe as well. Has a lot more shit and can get you just about anything.

nah, dont want to get too mongrel also, theres a second car park about 50m down from francoli's, is off arthur street, free. Dn0 how safe but ive parked heaps of shit there and it's always fairly empty

yea from what i've seen you may find those accounts/discounts can be hard to beat.

ken

i dont dig the third colour on that tbh, gold and red is a vibrant enough mix without white trying to squeeze in there

depending on how many you are buying most places will do you a deal if you have the balls to ask sulco is good, tradezone is pretty good, blackwoods paykels also. Just write up a list of the shit you want to order and give to each one, get a quote and put them against each other

nice work man, you shouldnt need a high stop light at all, if you dont want it

i like spats off

light it on fire mang, oxy/acetylene is best, needs a bit of warmth (ie, not a cigarrette lighter)... i did it just the other day and worked mint, then i sand blasted them

im looking forwards to this project also there are a few newschoool cars like this one that have lush potential

lol have you ever put your hand over the pipe when the cars running? it has fuck all flow man, not enough to make a whistle