I've just had a RWC report on a 1600 I am about
to reregister. It needs a new idler arm according to my friendly
local Licensed Road Worthy Certificate garage. My local Repco man says
"no probs", $100 plus for a newie or $16 for a pair of replacement
bushes to rebuild the original. What is the list recommendation,
new idler arm or replacement bushes? If bushes are the go, what is the
trick to removing the old ones?
My RWC man is a very hard marker, one of the
reasons I use him. He wants new lower ball joints (no discernable
movement), replace the rear slave cylinders (which were new last year and
have done NIL miles - so much for cheap imported brake parts), new
uni joints ("they're just about to loosen up"), new rubbers through the
anti sway bay (fair enough), then he says this 1600
is the best early 70's car he's seen for years! - so it
should be as it only done 83000 miles from new! - I use him as he's
always a hard tester and the cars are always totally trouble free for years
after his RWC, plus our local Motor Reg takes one look at who did
the roadworthy examination, then only checks the numbers. I get
away with no engineers cert. for replacement seats and runners, modified
gearbox crossmembers, bigger brakes, L20 engine.
I'd forgotten what a prick of a job fitting
stock rear brake slave cyls. is. Rear discs aren't far away for this
car. And having to pull the exhaust off to drop the
tailshaft! - What was Mr Datsun thinking when he designed the original auto
exhaust system. I hope it corrodes soon so I can fit a proper one that
allows the tailshaft to drop with out touching the exhaust.
Dont forget my question on the idler arm
bushes.
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