General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Aircon controller pod is not working in my Z. Checked all fuses and relays in footwell and under bonet. Changed pod over aswell. Any suggestions working fine one day next day nothing.

Hi, I am new to 300zx's and I have just driven a t/t 96 import, this may be a silly question but did they ever come with no boost guage?? It had an after market one and there were deffo turbo's under the bonnet :hyper:

Ever since someone took my bumper off I have had no aircon because the ambient temp reads -86. I had a look underneath today. All I see is a metal "bottle" which seems to have a tube running into the top of it and, dangling off the tube, a thin connector with two smalls sockets. All this is just to the right of the Air Filter Box. I can't find the ambient sensor, and it's starting to get hot here in South Africa.

Guys, my engine has developed a new noise, and i cant tell what it is or where it is coming from. It started off as a very intermittant noise, but is becoming more and more frequent. Ive taken a few videos, one from inside the car, and one searching around the engine bay. The noise does not get louder when put under load but the speed of the rattle increases with engine speed. Im pretty sure it coming from the front half of the engine and is louder on the drivers side. Have a listen and tell me what you think

what sort of money do you think this will cost me to do?

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I was in the middle of rush hour in a city and the car decided it would die, after having about 50 cars give me there horn (which was very nice of them) i rolled the car back into a layby no stopping zone) I left the car to cool down for a good 10 mins and then she started agian (so im thinking PTU) i then drove off this place only to find 5 mins later the car broke down agian, this time i had to get my uncle to tow me back to his house, while we were on the dual carriage way i left it in gear and the key on turn 1, so the car started as we were being towed and when i got to his house it drove up the drive perfectly fine and i even stopped it and started it agian no probl…

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Anyone know if it's much trouble to install with the engine in?

thank you for that nick, fair play so i am not very good at puncuation and the layout of what im trying to say but nobody is perfect. so anyway like i keep saying i got the car about 4 days ago and it is my first 300zx and for that matter my first car that has turbos no my knowlege is very limited. hence the reason i am hear as you lot have a vast amount of knowlede of these cars. ok so my problem is my clutch slips under a high load but there is a little blue thing (like a tap) at the front of my engine that i was told is a blow off valve but from what you have said i am incorrect. but anyway i closed the valve off so it didnt release any air thats wh…

Hi there, new on here, have owned a z for about 2 and half year now, with pretty much nought going wrong with it, other then the usual like clutch and pads etc. What happened is, while driving about 40ish, i noticed I wernt getting any boost all of a sudden, just goes to 0 or a tiny amount past if I push it, you know what I mean. Anyway it got worse, it started running on like what seemed like 4 cilinders. Then later tried to start it later in the eve and it wouldnt start. I thought maybe it was the PTU. Rang up zedworld and they were very helpfull, and ran a couple of checks while on the phone to them, and in the end they said it sounded like it was that too. …

Hey all After twelve months its finally back in the garage with all the work done. They have finished the map at a conservative 403bhp at 1.3bar (There is more but I'm happy with that!) Ill post up some pics when I have given it a clean tomorrow. Ive only driven it home but opened it up a little and it was very very quick. Cheers Ron :dance: P.S. am thinking of selling my old 18" bbs wheels with tyres 2X contis at the front and 2X bridgie re040. See my rides section for pics.

When the car is cold, it tends to hold back a bit and all of a sudden I get a massive burst of acceleration, could this be because of the bigger tubs or be part of my idling problem? maf, tps, ptu, I have mesh grills in my centre panel, could water be getting in to the maf and causing dampness?

Thank you guys, in the time of Zed Ownership, I have to say that I have never experience such first class service, an awsome garage that has completely outshone all that I have used before! I will be back and recomend to all! Thanks Jeff and Jamie, for sorting out my Autobox so quickly, and I will look forward to getting her booked in the new year! to get rid of the dreaded rot! It was worth the dogey hotel! Chris

Why? I think its coz there is now no centre bearing and the prop now moves back and forth in and out of the gearbox spline so when itreaches the end of its length it hits the box or something. Anyone else with a one piece prop have this noise i hope my prop isnt faulty or soemthing.

Does anyone have any reccomendations as to where i should get this fitted? Trying to get a reputable company and also a rough idea on price. The diff will be off my car soon so it can go anywhere although the car is in Swindon at present and local would be better!

The car is a manual NA. Right the problems are that the battery light somtimes comes on at low revs/tickover which I've put down to a knackered alternator except that going back through the cars history the current one is only 10k old from new. Also the engine will cut out, the climate control display will scramble and disappearunder accelleration, the "light" light comes on under braking and the headlights dim when i change gear. Apart from that it's just peachy:headvswal

Hey all, this isn't a question, but thought I'd tell you something.... I bought my Zed, without knowing the amount of botchery that had been done that I couldn't see. The latest thing is, the speedo wasn't working, or the odometer, so I have removed it, and guess what? Someone has super-glued the odometer solid, so the miles don't go up! Unbelieveable, so the milage is totally incorrect, who knows what it really is! Not too bad tho, cos I've done a complete re-build from the block up, and also feel better because I know where the guy I bought it off lives! Haha... How dare he abuse a Zed like he has, wait till I see him :-)

Does anyone know the best way of getting to this as someone has swopped the pumps around .

Hi all, Has anyone seen or heard from mark yet? I have sent PMs asking for when my camber arms would be delivered and have had no reply still. Has anyone else got any parts still waiting to be delivered??? Thanks Dan

Right Guys Just Interested to see how many miles peoples Zeds have done, My UK Auto TT has just gone past 124K, Turbos replaced, Two Autoboxes, and a ton of rust to show for it!

bit damp so not alot of traction. Cant wait to fit me one piece prop 2mow :D [YOUTUBE]kiC8TLIG2I8[/YOUTUBE]

Took my car in to get my autobox oil changed 2day and the oil that came out was a dark black :eek: but also had alot of tiny silver bits in it. was told this could be wear off the clutch's in it and gear box doesnt have long left in it..maybe less then a few weeks! any ideas at if this could be something smaller? or is it gonna have to be a new box?

They'r 5 114, front tyres are 8J - 235 40 18 and rears are 9.5J - 265 35 18 Offset is ET20.. will these fit onto my z?

My front number plate has had it, when i buy a new one, do i have to drill the holes in??? and where can i get hold of the white plastic screw that hold it, mine both snapped