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Adjusting and Repositioning Passenger Seatbelt Latches

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I intend to maintain, repair or create something every day for the year of 2023. Earlier this morning I checked my oil and water, and noticed that the seat belt latches get in the way for opening and closeing the engine cover, so I loosedn the bolt and adjusted the latches so the engine cover no longer scrapes past the latches when I inspect the engine.

Passenger Seatbelt Latches

I also tested the plastic Toyota dipstick in the Nissan which makes it easier to see the oil level, it worked well so now I need to find a plastic dispstick.

Gardening with a Jackhammer

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Use a jackhammer if you must but by which ever means possible plant trees, shrubs, vines, flowers grasses and plant them everywhere and anywhere.

If you are have rocky soil, then use a jackhammer to dig the holes but whatever you do plant and grow because it’s one God way of providing plenty resources to to you.

Plant here, there and everywhere, use clay pots, metal pots, buckets, bathtubs, sacks, plant in trees, on walls, fences on roofs, hanging baskets

If there is limited water design and use a water reticulation system to get get the water to the plant by whichever means possible.

The point is you pant trees even if you have very rocky soil and even you need to use a jackhammer to plant a flower.

Outside Bathroom V22

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Been busy with the Outside Bathroom and adding the finishing touches,

The plumbing was something of a headache, should I use copper or pex? Should I use gas for heating or run a line from the home hot woter tank. Where will I place the bath, what about a toilet? should it have a WC, and if I add a WC should us gravity and water to flush or should I use on of those crap crushing toilets with a built in pump. What about my wash hand basic should I use the nice one I found on the side of the road in perfect condition or should I use a smaller one?

Secret Sauce: Just make a decent start and keep going, that the best way and sure enough I’ve reached the point it’s useful.

Carburetor Clean Up

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My engine starts very easily and runs very smoothly and has plenty of power! So what’s the problem?

The problem it that after it starts and after I rev or drive it for a short time the idle speed goes up and runs way too fast, probably about 2000 RPM.

I went to a car show in my town a while ago and asked a chap there who had an older car where I could find a good engine tuner, someone to work on my carb, he referred me to Russel in Caloundra, so I went to see him but he refused to work on my 40 year old car because it was not old enough, and because he was busy, and he like working on the older classic cars.

He was friendly and we chatted for a while and I described my problem with the high idle. Russell suggested the flap was sticking open and that I might try a bit of INOX Lanoline Oil to loosen it up.

I pressed him for more information and I asked if he used some “Special Engine Sauce” to clean out his Carburettors, he showed and he showed me a can of ThreeBond Engine Cleaner and warned me that although it loosens and cleans, it leaves behind a residue which will harden if left, so I will need to flush flush all the residue away before it hardens again.

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I washed out the Carb with the “Special Sauce” and then liberally washed the inside of the carb with petrol and a paint brush and now it is sparkling clean inside. Prior to cleaning my carb was black inside and now it is silver !

I did server things, with the engine idle I sprayed the inside of the carb, and then let it sit for a while with engine off, and then I washed if for with petrol and a paint brush Then I sprayed it with the engine running to get deeper in the carb and washed it out with petrol and a paintbrush. till all the bit I could see were sparkly clean.

Sparkling Clean

This has fixed the high idle speed, I suspect it was a sticky flap, and my guess it that it was probably the second flap which gets stuck open when the van runs fast and uses more power.

The engine idles so smooth and so slowly now that the oil pressure light comes on, so I just need to set the idle a little higher. If I just tap the accelerator very lightly the pressure light goes off immediately

I was wondering if any knows of a book, document or PDF explaining how a carburettor works, and how to properly tune a carburettor?

The Nissan E23 Z20 Engine is very similar to the Datsun 720 Engine Datsun 720 (Episode 6) – Carb Rebuild

Nissan Urvan E23 Journal

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Nissan Urvan E23 Journal

A friend is scrapping an old E23 and here is a list of bits I’d like to check out. I don’t really need any of these bits but hey who knows, one never knows.

Mirror
Clock
Sun Visors.
Steering Key and Lock
Floor Mat
Climb In Handle

VSR – The Voltage Sensitive Relay – for second battery
Regulator
Relays
Battery Cables
Fusible Links

Alternator
Starter Motor

Floor Mat
Door Liners

Suppliers

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A B Steel Supplies Caboolture ✓

Ron from All About Trailers – Steve Irwin Road

Stratco 150mm General Purpose Bracket

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Structured Insulation Panels

Tony Lawnton, 10-12 Walter Crescent, Lawnton. Brisbane 4501

Structured Insulated Roof Panel
Structural Insulated Panels
Trimdek Roof Insulated Panels

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Plaster Master or CSR steel studs

Spring Twenty Twenty Two (2022)

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A record of activities and pursuits during Spring, (in reverse order).

In Austalia we reckon Spring begins on the 1st September although Anatomically Spring is generally defined in the Northern Hemisphere as extending from the vernal equinox (day and night equal in length), September 22 or 23 to December 22 or 23.

September. 2022

Sunday, 11 September 2022

Saturday, 10 September 2022 – Beach and Classic Car Show – Fixed the Bath Tub – Walking and Cycling

Wednesday 7 September 2022 – Installed the Reconditioned Stater Motor – Starter Motor Recondition

Starter Motor Recondition

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I called a good friend of mine, Dennis, the chap who very kindly removed the rust and spayed my van, to find out what I may have possibly damaged when I charged my battery while it was connected to the van.

He said he had 30 minutes he could spar, and drove down to look at the issue. Tracing a wire from the battery to the solenoid lead he was able to tell that the battery received about 11.x volts when I turned the key, it was a tricky operation, because the starter motor is in a challenging location to work on.

The following day (Saturday) was wet and cold and I was reluctant to work under the van, so I was held off for a sunny warm day, but as it happened my good friend Mark called in late Saturday afternoon, he was bored and dropped in to see me.

I had asked if I could borrow his fibre optic scope to follow some cables which run in between from the battery and alternator, The alternator electrics run through the gap between the engine and the inlet manifold, which seems to me to be an odd place to place them.

When I explained the issue I was having with my electrics and he began to diagnose the problem I described. Mark did a great job identifying the issue.

We traced a lot of the leads and eventually we got down to the fact that it was an issue with the starter motor, he called for some spanners and we began to unbolt the starter motor.

Very soon we had it undone, it was a very tight fit, and I because I was under the van, I took careful to observe how it came out.

After a few checks it’s clearly not working correctly, although we did get the solenoid to tigger once or twice but, neither it nor the motor works properly.

It looks in good condition and may only need a good clean up because it’s covered in oil, but now that it’s out I may as well get it properly serviced.

Faulty Starter / Possibly because of Rear Main Seal Leak

Reconditioned Starter

Reconditioned with new brushes and a paint job by Scott Mountain at Mountain Auto Electrical

Reconditioned / New Brushes

Model No S114-78F (ISO 49T)

12V Information

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Ballast Resister – The term “ballast” relates to stability. it refers to the fact that the ballast resistor is helping maintain the stability of the electrical circuit.

VSR – The Voltage Sensitive Relay (VSR) allows two batteries to be charged at the same time. When the engine is started and the start battery reaches 13.7 volts, the VSR engages, allowing two battery banks (start and house) to be charged simultaneously.

Rectifier – A rectifier is an electrical device that converts alternating current (AC), which periodically reverses direction, to direct current (DC), which flows in only one direction. The reverse operation is performed by the inverter.

Inverter – A power inverter, inverter or invertor is a power electronic device or circuitry that changes direct current (DC) to alternating current (AC).[1] The resulting AC frequency obtained depends on the particular device employed. Inverters do the opposite of rectifiers which were originally large electromechanical devices converting AC to DC.

Fusible Link  – a fusible link is a length of wire that is several gauges thinner than the wire that it is designed to protect. (generally 4 gauges narrower)

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