General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Is Bad?? Thanks Guys!

saw a silver despoilered zed .. G reg parked up in clifford rd canning town .. who are ya bud?

Pulling out of Mckesson carpark today at about 5pm... Looked very nice according to my mrs! :hyper: :hyper:

i had a starting, stalling and miss firing problem the other day and after a bit of failure diagnosics i came to the conclusing - PTU. i left the car at work and traveled home, 150 miles away. Now after looking at the online service manual i noticed the failure diagnoics for the PTU looks different to my CD verson (which i now believe is US). Does anyone out there have a CD verson which is different to the online verson??? if so can i see the page so i can compare it to the online verson and see if it is my PTU. (engine fuel and emisson control systems page 179) If you can help i would be a very happy man, i don't like pubic transport and i miss my Z already …

Please could someone advise on the fuction of the two devices in the picture, I guessed at oil cooler and A/C cooler/evaporator, also what is the smaller rad in front of the main radiator (not pictured)?

I'm just in the process of changing out my air filter, but have found an odd connector on the bottom of the standard air box, does anyone know what it is? Thanks David

Silver, St.augustins roundabout, 9ish

i got a lazy cam belt tensioner which dosnt wake up when the car does lol its fine when its warm i been told to change the oil i was wonderin if there is anything else i can do until i get my hands on a new one????? :hyper:

As above, Does anyone know how much new tappets and crankshafts are and where to get them? Many Thanks Rob

Next to GCHQ this morning, 0720 ish.

hi im looking for andys site he sell bits and bobs on ebay and i know theres a link to his site but i cannot find it can any one help thanks

hi under the bonnet theres a black fluid holde with a screw cap and a small dip stick what goes in it thanks

Think i have a faulty det sensor. Im sure my car is going into saftey mode in all but the Turbo's. I have a boost controller which will take away saftey boost, but ive noticed that after a while the bottom end feels sluggish, seems you need to spool the turbo's for any power, whereas other time (usually when i just get into it) the car feels very responsive. Im guessing the det sensor is kicking in and mucking up the timing, deffo no det, my car used to saftey boost all the time before i installed the boost controller, but never any sounds from the engine. Should I just bypass the sensor? and can anybody do it for me as im crap at anything electrical. Also p…

Is there a tool for pulling the ball joint out of the hub. I can't get behind to give it a whack and I am worried if I do hit it too hard I will bust the hub. Cheers, Scrawni.

Seen you near the fire station - excellent looking motor ! Yellow's not normally my first choice of colour - but on your car it looks great ! :nana2:

To the sides of the air filter/intake, there are 2 plastic channel things. They head in to the fender area behind the headlights and don't seem to go anywhere. What are they and what do they do? :confused:

Its been suggested that the "stuttering of my car" at WOT could be due to the CAS needing cleaning. By this im guessing all i can do is clean the contacts from the PTU to the CAS(think they the same wire loom?) so touch of wet/dry to the contacts to clean them the best route? Anything else i could do to isolate the cas to be at fault? the car runs fine at all speeds and starts fine as long as you dont use WOT. Im gonna try swapping over the maf this weekend as well, but the maf thats fitted isnt that old (circa 2yrs..) Thinking its more likely the CAS no... cheers guys

Hi my Jap import had the speedo and odometer recalibrated to mph and the cruise control was disconnected at the same time apparently. Does anyone know how easy it is to get the CC working again once the recalibration has been done and has anyone in the SW done this before/can anyone recommend someone who can fix this for me ? cheers

When after fitting a Hicas eliminator I want to rid myself of unwanted hydraulics can I undo the hydraulics at the front of the Z down by the pump / reservoir. The raeson I ask is that Ive got a blanking plug which is hard to fit and I thought that If I could get the hydraulic lkine cut up front I wouldnt have to fit the plug. Any Ideas >>>>>

i have seen a sudden influx in zeds around my area (hastings/bexhill)- Gunmetal grey, a259 bexhill road, travelling westbound (at the weekend) red, a259 bexhill road, parked (private plate 2 letters, 2 numbers) (at the weekend) red k300 ***, glyne gap roundabout (today) silver, glyne gap roundabout (today) blue with silver/blue fading tints, rockanore, hastings - (seem to remember us being in the same convoy to jae??) 5 in the space of a week - thats unheard of down 'ere!

Anyone know if the reversing switches on the gearbox are the same on all manual gearboxes? Next, has anyone got one for sale and can get it to me before easter. It's for jap import twin turbo swb manual. :bow:

The car started up and sounded fine this morning (apart from a blowing exhaust). On the way home the car started to make a regular tapping noise coming from the engine and when the revs were increased the tapping noise would get faster and slightly louder. :confused: Any help on this would be much appreciated. Thanks Rob

Going back to thread I started before about air vents, I am only getting air out of the centre dash vents, nothing from the screen vents or footwell vents. It would seem that the air direction is not being moved to each. Now I guess its motorised, but where do I look to see if the plug has been knocked, taken off or a fuse gone. Cheers, Scrawni.

Can anyone help , as i am new to the zed, and its seems that on cold starting in the mornings the choke system does not want to work :rant: , causing me to try and keep the engine turning with the gas pedal. Any ideas anyone , and in basic terms and where to find the part etc :confused: thanks

Guys I am about to order some plates from fancyplates but after using search i have discovered that there are at least three diffrent plate sizes claimed for an import Z. So what IS the definitive size I should be ordering for the rectangular front plate and "square" rear? I am quite keen on getting the 3/4 size front btw. Cheers for your help.