General Discussions - 300ZX Related

gear box wont go into 3rd and 2nd!!! drained oil and cleaned magnet and filter / strainer filled with dex 111, still the same now im thinking may be torgue converter or solonoid??? Now is the torque converter in the box itself?? and were are the solonoids positioned?? And I know that alot of you are going to say MANUAL convertion time, so if it is a good idea could someone tell me where the best place to get the kit, and the approx cost of the kit??? I would plan on doing this myself, so any help from people who have done a previous one would be welcome. cheers

Hope you have a great day! :hyper: x

hi there i thought i would post some pics of my engine rebuild so far ALSO I REALLY NEED YOUR HELP LOOK AT THE PICTURE OF THE BACK OF THE ENGINE AND THE 2 OUTER ROCKER COVERS HAVE A HALF MOON SHAPED RUBER SEAL IN THE END COULD ANY ONE TELL ME WHAT GOES IN THE END OF THE OTHER 2 AS THERE IS TO BIG HOLES IN THE END HERE ARE SOME PICS PLEASE HELP :bow: :hyper: :headvswal http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z107/300zxtubs/myrebuild001-1.jpg http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z107/300zxtubs/myrebuild011.jpg http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z107/300zxtubs/myrebuild009.jpg http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z107/300zxtubs/myrebuild012.jp…

Well i'm leaving work in an hour, have to go back, put 2 stock rims on the purple zed, grab the final wheel spacer off it then fit both to zena before i load up with all manner of cleaning supplies and beer then i'm off to JAE! I'll pop over and see you lot on the zclub/300zx stand but i'll be on the japgirls stand all weekend so feel free to come over and say hi :D Tara for now chucks and wish me luck with my huge tent!

Theres a nice swb zed on ebay for sale in my home town colchester essex on ebay dont know how to link to it could be a good buy for someone .It has lots of good bits, advan wheels etc its a blue colour ,swb reg plate too.Can any one link too it . ;)

Not sure how anyone else feels on this subject but my Zed is for social and pleasure use. I don't need it for comuting as i use the Tube. With all the environmental issues going on at the moment and stupid buzzwords like CARBON FOOTPRINT being thrown around i was thinking about my 18MPG (or less ;) ) of fuel im burning for no real reason other than selfish pleasure. As i said i don't comute in the Z but who does?? FOr those that do the journey could be made in a less fuel thirsty car? Do you feel bad about it?? Just to let you know where i stand on this, i don't feel guilty about driving my fuel guzzling Z for fun at all. I love it, is that selfish??

Seen a dark coloured Zed driving towards Waddesden every morning this week as I've been coming into Aylesbury.... Flashed a couple of times and had a Wave back Perhaps we should stop for a quick chat

Driving home from a friends house 5am then woke up in intensive care! Hows my luck i thought.... Happy after seeing the car i just had some minor head injurys and two broken legs mainly. No one else was hurt so it was all a happy ending. Happened near Beacon hill in Woodhouse, a known crossroads black spot im guessing as my memory was gone. Thanks Steve

Changed my oil filter twice now and its still leaking from the filter seal, both times i have put the genuine nissan filter on and it still seems to leak oil when the engine is hot...what can i do?

as i only use my car at the weekend i have to listen to the lifters pump up for the first couple of seconds untill the oil pressure builds up every time i start her up and i need advice on the best way to put an inline switch on the ignition circut thus enabeling me to turn the motor over then flick the circut "live" after oil pressure has come up. It is only a problem because my car starts in about 0.5 of a second and goes instantly to fast idle which cant be good for a motor which has a 5-7 day oil drain down time,would the switch be better on the live side of the cas or the fuel pump?????

If this has been done before then please ignore. I wanted to create a towing point which could be used with my aftermarket front bumper. I welded the 2 original towing brackets together to increase their strength, and then made up an M12 threaded boss and welded that to the bottom of the brackets. The boss just pokes through below the undertray. The towbar thingy is just a bit of 50 x 6 flat ally bar with a tow rope attached. When I need a tow, (hopefully never) I'll just bolt the plate up and away we go. The bolt length is such that it bottoms out in the boss just before clamping the plate fully, so the plate can swing a bit during towing.

Does anyone know if there is a company in the UK that will regas boot and bonnet struts? Rich

Hi ya Saw you goiing up towards Dorking was in the mondeo anyone on here?

1. How easy is to get the front wings off? 2. Do I need to take the front bumper off to get the headlights out? Thanks in advance for any advice given ;) !!!!!!!!!

Maybe I'm blind but I can't see it anywhere on their website. Anyone know what it costs to get in? Just 'basic' entry. Cheers!

Just wondering.... My 300ZX is running a cat back exhaust... with an hks air filter + a greddy clutch..... Soo about 350 BHP? and say 280lb torque? How would this compare to a seat cupra turbo? Running 249bhp at 295lb torque? Considering drags........from say a standstill and from rolling starts? Any Ideas Appreciated ;)

Happy..... Im starting out tomorow on the long old journey down to cornwall :hyper: The missis is dying to see her brother and all week has been singing "4 more sleeps to go... 4 more sleeps till cornwall" :rofl: :rofl: Going to stay with her brother who she loves like mad and take in some great scenery and just have a nice friday to monday break :) Sad...... On the way to cornwall im going to be followed.... in the golf as ill be taking the Zed for its final trip to its new owner :cry: :cry: :cry: Knew it was coming but its come around so quickly its untrue, Havnt had the time to enjoy the car through somebody elses fault and its soured owning…

This may be a shot in the dark but does anyone know of a way to help ease the pain of bangs and scrapes on my front (and back?) bumpers?? Not that I'm a bad or crazy driver but the roads around Reading are littered with these huge bumps.....apparently to make you go slower! Add to that a national inability to lay down a road 2007 years worth of experience and technological advancements after the birth of Christ without having to dig it up again a week later because some chumo lacked the foresight to stick all the extra pipeage (sewage/electrical) under it first!! This just adds to sunken roads with hidden potholes which tend to WRECK my undercarriage! Enough with the…

Saw one silver (briefly!!), West bound on A27 at Havant 10.30ish and then another, G reg, parked outside Pompey Uni - St. James St. central Pompey about noon. Quite a few zeds around this way, but it could have been the same car. Left '300zx calling card' oooh, err, Missus!! on the second - first one was travelling a bit fast for that,opposite direction to me as well :tongue: Both looked standards, second one was pretty heavily loaded up in back though, poor thing :slap:

Would there be any problem in fitting two Blitz dump valves, of different models? Engine Problem? Odd Noises etc?

As i was browsing the Web i find out that there are lots and lots of powerful software. Reason 3, Recycle, Battery, Reaktor, Cubase etc. I am thinking of buying the EMU 1616m laptop sound card so i can connect my KORG Triton as a MIDI keyboard and start putting down my inspiration. I am using Reason 3 for the last 3 days and i can say that its a very nice program with lots of nice effects. I am also looking into download Native Instruments Komplete 4 (25Gigabytes) and my download rate is 8kB/sec (damn) It will take me months to download it. Anyone has it? Or any other music software you recommend?

Does anyone have one of those exploded drawings for the front bumper listing all the part no's ? thanks

Just fitted a new steering wheel and its difficult to see the speed now without having to move my head to get it in view. I have a Greddy E-01 and would like to put the speed reading on screen. Anyone done this or know if its even possible? Cheers Pete

Hi Guys, Im New :p Finally got a couple of years no claims and a good job, so i am saving up to buy myself a 300zx :hyper: am i being optimistic by wanting a Black Twin Turbo Manual? what i really want to know is.....what are they like to drive Thanks ;)

Have I got a cat in hells chance?............. got a laptop from PC World on Sunday with Vista Home Premium installed, I have managed to get a driver but when I select the correct port number the datascan software wont load and says error 8020. Anyone have it running in Vista? Cheers I have read some threads about it not working in XP but my bro had it running on his xp dell laptop straight away last year, he no longer has that laptop though.