Help with 82 Blubird (I didn't know where to post)
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 10:51 am
Good Day to you all.
I'm new around here.
I have a few questions being a Datsun virgin and the skills of a mechanical monkey.
My 82 Bluebird has a timing issue I think. I gave it to my mechanic 6 months ago due to backfiring and loss of power.
I think its doing it again (the very early stages of what went wrong last time). He replaced all leads and plugs gave the carb a clean and re-timed the distributor. A few other things as well. He did a very nice job. (I trust him in other words, family friend of mine).
Are 82 Bluebirds pron to timing issues? I have heard from another owner he is having timing issues.
What is occurring now is when going up hills or sudden power required, the engine will *shudder* or *miss a beat* only for a moment then continues on fine. Car has done 190k kms and is in good nic. Is this a simple timing issue with the Dist cap or something else. Any assistance on this would be awesome. If it is as simple as screwing a couple of the points in the cap please let me know how.
I'm located in Riverhead Auckland.
My next question is this.
Restoration order / Modding the car.
Rust removal -> Paint
Lowering car. (tips on how to do this would be awesome) I'm looking to do the S13 coilover conversion but I don't wanna rattle the car to bits with every bump.
Thank you for taking the time reading this wall of text.
Kind regards
Mike
I'm new around here.
I have a few questions being a Datsun virgin and the skills of a mechanical monkey.
My 82 Bluebird has a timing issue I think. I gave it to my mechanic 6 months ago due to backfiring and loss of power.
I think its doing it again (the very early stages of what went wrong last time). He replaced all leads and plugs gave the carb a clean and re-timed the distributor. A few other things as well. He did a very nice job. (I trust him in other words, family friend of mine).
Are 82 Bluebirds pron to timing issues? I have heard from another owner he is having timing issues.
What is occurring now is when going up hills or sudden power required, the engine will *shudder* or *miss a beat* only for a moment then continues on fine. Car has done 190k kms and is in good nic. Is this a simple timing issue with the Dist cap or something else. Any assistance on this would be awesome. If it is as simple as screwing a couple of the points in the cap please let me know how.
I'm located in Riverhead Auckland.
My next question is this.
Restoration order / Modding the car.
Rust removal -> Paint
Lowering car. (tips on how to do this would be awesome) I'm looking to do the S13 coilover conversion but I don't wanna rattle the car to bits with every bump.
Thank you for taking the time reading this wall of text.
Kind regards
Mike
