General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Hi Everyone Just wandering which website we all use for our 300zx parts oem and mod's?? Regards Andy:duffer:

It's happened a few times now and lasts for various periods of time. For no reason my zed starts idling erratically between 1500rpm to 2500rpm. The difference when this happens to any other time it does this is that there is a clicking noise from the instrument binnacle area which coincides with the idling. Does anyone know of a relay or something in this area that might cause this problem and noise. Thanks Rich

Iv requested advice on this problem before but still cant find culprit, and now when i start the engine from cold the cam belt seems to be rubbin off the cam belt cover. Iv changed the belt around 3000 miles ago.The original problem is a rattle that happens when i put my foot down and seems to be comin from low down front. iv checked the exhaust and the brake disks plate and both are tight and firm. Also the rattle only happens when its in gear, iv tried revin the engine when it starts rattlein out of gear and the rattle is gone. ANY ADVICE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. The cam belt only seems to happen when the engine is cold

Over the last few month i have been checking how accurate the petrol tank gauge is on the zed, i have let the tank run down until the petrol light comes on then go for a fill up, ive done it 3 times and found that the tank still contains 18 litres of fuel when the light comes on(basically a quarter of a tank, or by my zeds economy around 70ish mile). thought it would be useful to share although yours may be slightly diffrent, all i know it its given me confidence that if i realise im miles from anywhere with no money on me, ive got a 70/80 mile range to sort something out does anybody know if you can buy more accurate gauges for the zed that fit where the old on…

hi does anyone know how to remove the connector from the coilpack when they have become so hard and brittle that the little "push here" bit just snaps off ? Maz

Need to get some locking wheel nuts as i'm getting some new wheels tomorrow. has anyone got any recomendation as I can only find these on ebay. Cant seem to find any on the Z centre website or Z1. Any other ideas?? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WHEEL-LOCKING-NUTS-Nissan-100nx-200sx-280zx-300zx-micra_W0QQitemZ160309991382QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item160309991382&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1683|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318

Jeff has had car for a few days and in the 2 years of ownership I can honestly say its never been as fast!!!! :dance: My car runs absolutely superb now, and from now on it will only be touched by the hand of Jeff! :bow: The setup down there looks fantastic, Jeff takes the time to explain exactly whats been done, and Lynda (Hope it is spelt like that) is the perfect hostess. Nice one guys, thats another regular client added to your growing list. Jeff, Jamie & Lynda - Thanks.

Many thanks mate, brake light arrived today, much appreciated:bow: Better late than never:tongue::duffer: owe you a pint at Z009 if your attending :);):D Thanks again, just shows what a great bunch of members we have as he sent it FOC :)

Hi guys well i didnt think this day would come for a long time,but im going to have to sell my love of my life,my z. Got layed of in jan and ive still not been able to find work :mad: so i need the money, cant get rid of the wife so the cars going to have to go,putting tax on the car at the end of the mounth and then she will be up for sale. it was a pleasure talking to people who had the same passion as i, and i hope to be back in the near future.:smash:

Hi, folks I have taken the headlights out of my Z (horrible job!), and I have fully dismantled them. The reflective cones behind the projector beam assembly are beyond cleaning - the silver has deteriorated beyond redemption. I have found several spray-paints that have a silver mirror finish, but won't take more than 50 degrees C. Does anyone know of a spray-paint that will re-silver them convincingly AND take the heat? Or has anyone got a set of cones? ....please don't make me use ice-cream cones lined with baking-foil...! :)

Has anyone got the dimensions and sizes for the caliper adapter brackets too fit the 315 mm big brake disc kit. cheers Paul

Is there a common reason why the headlight washers would not work (UK car)? The normal windscreen wash jets work fine. If I press the headlight washer button with the lights off I get absolutely nothing. If I press it with the headlights on, I get the click of a relay and the windscreen wipers go, but nothing from the headlight washers, no noise of a pump or anything. Any idea where I should look first? I know they're hardly important, but I'm the kind of person that likes a car where everything works that's meant to work! Thanks, Phill

While the car is warming up and im coming to a junction, the car feels like something is making it slow down a lot faster. Say the revs are at 2.5K and i let off, it feels like something is pulling it down. It doesn't stall or anything i was just wondering what it is that is doing it? Once its heated up its fine. Thanks for looking :D

getting tired of searching now...... i just need 1 X 12mm/2mm/8mm o ring that fits in between the caliper to transfer hydrolic fluid from oneside to the other...... anyone?:headvswal:headvswal:headvswal:headvswal:headvswal:headvswal:headvswal:headvswal:headvswal:headvswal:headvswal:headvswal:

hello can anybody help me with a part number. i need the nissan part number for an oil filter for a jap tt.as my local nissan dealer is not very helpfull cos its an import. thanks:rolleyes:

I always thought hese were impossible to get but maybe not......... scroll down the page when you open the link. JPY19,500 is about £150. http://www.zcar-owners.net/cgi-bin/import/importparts.htm Mark PS Promise not to post any more Japanese pages :-)

Was surfing the Japanese net and found this......quite interesting and informative.....in a traiinspotting kind of way :-) http://www.zcar-owners.net/club/hikaku/us/zusvszjp.htm Mark

the o rings that go in between the two halves of the caliper appear to be literally impossible to get hold of, they dont come with the refurb kit from nissan and they dont come with the kit from ebay - you cant buy them seperatly from nissan or ebay and you cant use rubber 'doughnut' style o rings as they will perrish due to the corrosive nature of brake fluid..........sooooo iv been doing a massive amount of digging and iv found a place called 'manchester seals' that is willing to make 100 for £30.... well i want these seals but i dunno what im gonna do with the rest.......prefer to selll them on here if anyone knows where i can get them from please please let me kn…

Typically the one day I dont take my zed and I see another one going the smae way I am... Liked your exhausts. I was blue civic trying to get a closer look.

With the mods I'm looking at doing, wiseco pistons, eagle conrods, 555/740 injectors, gt28r tubs etc. I not sure what air filter setup to go for. Not sure when the MAF max's out? So would it be worth waiting till all the work is done set up etc and see if the MAF is holding it back or do you think I would need a doolz or a JWT duel intake? Could you run a single MAF on a JWT duel intake? If I went for this I would need to change the chip to supoort this too. I have tried researching and i'm getting a little confused? Any help would be great. Thanks, Ant

well nearly ready for april, got me new wheels on,me new side skirts, and picked up me front bumper from the spray shop today!:dance::D dan.:hyper:

No i'm not taking over from StellaZ with pictures of my ass.... With the car having a respray i thought i'd take the oportunity to do some cosmestics that have been bugging me.... Namely the cracks around the Lights, they were blended in but not long after i go it back from spraying cracks started to show.... a case of bad blending i think, and has annoyed and bugged me since.... so today armed with my dremal and filler and sand paper i set to work..... Here what they looked like this morning.... I did take some of them grounded out but dunno what happened to them :confused: So heres some part filled and sanded.... …

My friend took my zed to work yesterday to spray it and seen somebody in a green zed drive past and gave him a little wave, was it you?

...Fit the ZED? :rofl:

anyone know where I can get some disc's for my UK TT Mannnny ZED? this will be the first time buying disc's.... so wanted to know if anyone/where comes recommended? plus i don't wanna spend stupid money suggestions on a post card please.....lol oh, i'm based just outside of cardiff.... don't really wanna travel if ya know what i mean ta Paul