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In hindsight, I probably should have kept the Sigma and ditched the Forester. The Sigma was cheap and easy to maintain ...and I had heaps of spares, enough to keep it going for another 20 years. Any issues with the Forester means a trip to the local Ultratune, and a big hit on the bank account balan...

After something like 17 years of faithful service , I have finally parted company with my Sigma. Where I am living now I just do not have the room for two cars, so selling the Sigma was the reluctant choice that I had to make. For the last 5 years it has been my daily driver. Almost every day I woul...

I am in Maitland and sadly all of the "old school" mechanics have long retired. Probably the best guy in this area for older cars would be Skinners Mechanical Repairs @ Woodbury. I recently had him put a clutch in my Sigma. Another guy that used to have a modified Lancer is Don Redman @ Ea...

That one has a more generous mounting bracket which should make it easier to re-drill to suit the Sigma.

wow heaps to choose from. I did not realise that there was such a big market for old dattos parts. Looks like some of the radiators have an angled outlet on the bottom tank, and some are straight. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/56mm-Aluminum-Radiator-For-Nissan-Datsun-720-710-610-510-Series-L20B-STANZA-...

Yep ..that the link I was talking about. So S14/15 is the closest match.

I know that there is an article in here somewhere where a guy puts an aluminium radiator in his Sigma.
Not exactly a bolt in fit, but the inlet and outlet are in the right place.
From memory I think it was a Silvia or some other Nissan. Anyone clued up on this conversion ?

Weird name I know. It should be called the "thing that covers the tailgate catch and contains the numberplate lights" Garnish for short. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/922/8BtiMG.jpg Took the wagon to a workshop to get a new clutch fitted and was handed a handful of broken pla...

If there is one bit of advice I would part onto Sigma owners it would be at least once a year remove the two bottom bolts from the front guards and clean out all of the crap. Especially if you drive on country roads..or frequent road works or park under trees. You would be surprise how much shit get...

Notoriously bad design at the bottom of the front guards for both Scorp and Sigma..as far as trapped dirt/debris leading to serious rust issues , unfortunately.

So the first thing that got the toss when I did the carby turbo conversion was the mechanical fuel pump. I went on eBay and bought a little Pierburg external pump which pumps at 8lb. Bolted it into the engine bay ,fitted a pressure regulator, then basically forgot about it. That was 15 years ago. Wh...

So I was thinking about maybe changing the engine oil. Last changed it about 18 months/15000 klm ago. ( only seems like last month :( ) I went on the Penrite website to check the change interval, and to see what grade of synthetic they recommend for a high Klm engine. I have used Penrite synthetic e...

There was a bit of a discussion recently about replacing these factory pipes with heater hose. Or get a plumber to knock one up using copper tube , a couple of elbows and a "t" piece.
Although finding a used one in reasonable condition would be a far easier option.

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Last time I had the turbo off I was thinking of replacing that particular pipe because it wasnt all that flash when I put it on the car 15years ago. Only thing with putting a rubber replacement is that the pipe is mighty close to the exhaust manifold (at least on the turbo model) . I had some copper...

Perfect

None of the images are working for me. They did with the first couple of posts way back. But nothing recent.

Am I the only one ??

Chris, the last time I saw your son he was strapped into a baby car seat.

I had a turbo oil oversupply issue after fitting a new centre housing that has a much bigger oil inlet feed hole than my previous turbo. It took the same size oil fitting into the top of the CRA , but the previous centre housing had a much smaller stepped down oil supply hole into the centre. After ...

This is the reason that I never fitted power steer to my wagon. Also the the plumbing from the factory sandwich plate for the turbo oil feed and engine oil cooler take up what little space there is.

I put discs on the rear of my GN wagon using the existing housing and sourcing the discs from a GK. From what I remember the outer axle bearings are different between the disc and drum setup. So are the handbrake cables , backing plates return springs and hydraulic brake lines. I kept my drum/drum m...

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Just to elaborate on the sump and timing case width issue.. All of the sumps and timing covers fitted to Sigma 4g52/4g54 are the same size EXCEPT for the Sigma GN 2.6 Astron 2, which is around 30mm narrower across it's width. Also the Magna timing cover has no provision for the water pump..totally d...

Great aussie bash'm and crash'm movie from 1986 with lots of great and not so great cars of the era.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJrqFzR ... freload=10

Sounds like you need a crankshaft rear main oil seal. The part number will depend on the engine you have . If you have a 4G52 4G63 4G54 engine fitted then you need to chase up one of these..http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/NOK-REAR-MAIN-OIL-SEAL-MITSUBISHI-4G52-4G61-DOHC-4G62-SOHC-4G63-4G54-4D55-4D56-/151...

According to my GPS..when my Sigma speedo is reading 100kph , I am actually doing 91kph. Which is probably the reason for a lot of fist waving, headlight flashing and tail gating in 100kph zones

The biggest issue I can see with older people retiring is loosing the knowledge of repairing older cars. Take an older car with a misfire to an old mechanic and he'll be like "It sounds like the points need to be set" and the jobs done in a few minutes. Take it to a young guy thats barely...

The biggest issue I can see with older people retiring is loosing the knowledge of repairing older cars. Take an older car with a misfire to an old mechanic and he'll be like "It sounds like the points need to be set" and the jobs done in a few minutes. Take it to a young guy thats barely...