well i got my temp guage working today the temp sender in the engine was totaly incompatable with the early sss guage i ended up buying a new genuine sender and nut from nissan orderd from japan worked a treat.

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Thats odd, my temp sensor from a 77 gl sedan works fine with the sss gauge :S have you got the oil pressure working? if so what sender did you use for that?

The rear end looks awesome!! must close to being finished!

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180b sedan daily (needs some TLC)
180B sss (under restoration)
180b Wagon daily
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yes i did i bought i direct echlin brand aftermarket replacement sender for the oil pressure its the same as early skyline i think.The guage and that works nicely around 40 or so psi without rechecking my figures.

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Sounds great.

So gauge cluster is already in place?

What about rest of connections. Speedo cable is same?. Rest of indicators work fine?

I had to change all pinouts test each and cut join to another multi connector. my cable is a bit worn but works with the speedo fine.

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Awaiting Year 2012 Photo report.

got some tasty parts last couple weeks a genuine american option 610 armrest for centre of the car genuine water hoses, and some datsun 610 badges i have to rechrome them but i think it makes nice add ons.

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my cars at all jap day adelaide next to my good friends other 200b and sss 180b thats definately the best around.

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Hey Doug, great pics of the resto, looks like your travelling well. Are those weld on panels you have or did you fab them yourself? Also i have the same mig as yours.... i tried to zoom in to check out your settings however not got a good view of it. can you let me know what wire speed and settings/wire your running. looks like your running the small argon/co2 bottle as well. any info would be great as i am currently in the market for a resto 180bsss myself and am sure i will need to do some weld on's myself.

I made all the pieces myself and my father a few pieces aswell the welder is a dial not a numberd one plus you will need lots of welding and panelskills to weld like i did especialy the roof i used sh panel for the roof and but welded edge to edge all the way along. hhow advanced are your welding skills because test pieces and how it sounds is a start

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Douglas i really like the arm rest. Do you reckon it might fit a 200B? and where did you get it from?

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fleet:
78 200B
78 ZH Fairlane 500 Bluesmobile
86 ZL Fairlane ZLane
78 ZH Fairlane 500 Barn find
85 Troopy 2H Turbo

not for 200b 610 only and from america new 40yr old stock dont think you will get one.

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i think i can probably make one out of some stuff i have here. Anyway great work mate.

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Callan
fleet:
78 200B
78 ZH Fairlane 500 Bluesmobile
86 ZL Fairlane ZLane
78 ZH Fairlane 500 Barn find
85 Troopy 2H Turbo

if you can get a pipe bender and mig handy theres you metal it seem sit made out of steel like the old prams used to be made of maybe start with a old frame of one of those or a nanna trolley

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My plan was to use the seat thing from a golf cart. I have built up a few dragstar bikes and found these most usefull when making the long seat supports for the rear and to make a cushion for it aswell. Similar metal to what you are talking about.

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Callan
fleet:
78 200B
78 ZH Fairlane 500 Bluesmobile
86 ZL Fairlane ZLane
78 ZH Fairlane 500 Barn find
85 Troopy 2H Turbo