General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Ok this is a new one on me. Mostly the PS works without any probs and car drives fine, Speedo works, It sometimes just stops working while driving making the steering a bit interesting. Any idea's ??? . Fluid level is fine and the belts tight. Car was layed up for 2 years. Craig

1 of my import zeds is causing me some major headaches recently. no matter what i do she ends up spewing all the water out of the overflow. already replaced rad cap(genuine nissan) tried new thermostat and water pump. still no change... :headvswal ... i currrentley have the thermostat removed n it still doing it... any suggestions would be welcomed as i'm just about at the end of my tether with it now. :confused: ...

where could i buy a hicas Eliminator Bar from (in the uk) as my MOT is soon and i need fully dissable it! thanx guys! ;)

Rite guys!! Zed was runnin fine, went up to my mates house to stick a coat poolish on her, after which i thought id go for a drive as u do :D !! But to my suprise she failed to start she turned over strongly but wouldnt catch so i give the PTU a wiggle and it started on my second atempt not sure weather this was a fluke or is it the early stages of my PTU on its way to a better place! Any ideas would be appreciated :hyper: !!!

Is there a chassis number stamped in the car if so where?

just took the wheels off my car to give them a clean front and rear and clean under the arches etc... and noticed that on all my shock absorbers the rubber gators have all split and come away, and the arm is fully exposed, they dont look too hot either.. im buying a set of rears from luke zcenter and i will try and get the fronts from nissan newport. while im doing these is there anything i should think about checking? other bushes etc..? im open to suggestions and advice.

Anyone have a gearbox ECU i can try in mine to rule out the autobox problem please? 2 gearboxes and both have the same fault, 1st and 2nd only. Cheers, Mathew

Hi guys, Just been for an MOT and been informed I have a split somewhere in the steering rack and a fluid leak. Just wondering how much the rack is new (from Nissan only or can you get them elsewhere?) and what the opinion is on getting a second hand one put in? Thanks in advance PJ

my gear lock on my auto has never worked so you can still change gear just by moving the shaft.. in that case can I just fit a smart manual knob in its place with a switch for overdrive chris :D or is it not going to be as simple as it sounds

Please excuse the title :rofl: Does this http://www.zcentre.co.uk/interior/gearknob.htm have red stitching or is it black ? cant tell by the picture cheers paul must learn to read, it's says RED STITCHING :mac1: please ignore, I'm a muppet

How do I fix the peeling on my A-frames (I think that's what it is called) Anyway you will see from the photo what I mean. Thanks, Mike...

Hey, someone told me that we can uprated our climatisation system to recharge with the new gas. Do you know what we have to change on our car? Thank for replying

anyone had dealings ith guy called d lee in dartford area. gave him a buzz says he has 4 300z's for sale but is a jeweller not a trader all imports at various prices. As a non z owner and not knowing too much about cars just trying to get to find out as much as poss any feedback would be gladly recieved cheers

I've just been offered a full Skyline R34 front Brembo setup including 'uprated' discs. What do you think these might be worth ? Additionally, what would my std Jap Import front calipers be worth ? They're the smart aluminimum ones rather than the cast iron UK spec jobbies. I hear that the 200sx guys use these as an upgrade.

Further to the other thread(s) on how to repair your peeled dash... yesterday I noticed that due to the heat the dash was pretty flexible. I was worried it would peel of even more!! So I wedged a blanket between the screen and the peeled up section to hold it down. In the evening it stayed down :) Probably won't last long without appling glue (as mentioned in the other thread) but I reckon with this heat, now is the time to do it as the dash will press down nice and easy when hot.

See by a friend yesterday. White 300zx Parked up in Torquay. Bodykit (thats possibly been smoothed and blended). High rise rear spoiler.

anyone on here drive a black TT, big exhaust/s, dump valves, that got done by a silver skyline with 18" rims recently in w.London??

Very tasty black Zed in plymouth driving from town towards stonehouse. High spoiler on rear, maybe gold alloys. Dave

Hey all. Ok firstly i had another post on this page. Basically i've been told that my coils may have been burnt due to a bad ptu by some helpful chaps on this forum :) What basically happened woz that one coil in particular would keep burning out. By putting another one in, in this process another one got burnt and then another in the same coil area. I got told in the end by the mechanic that one of the wires must be shortcircuiting. He checked the wires the other day and hes saying that it must be the ignition control. This is where i come to a problem. 1) Do you guys think it is still the PTU causing the burnt coils? 2) Could the ignition control be a possibilty?…

hi guys does anyone know where I can get the replacement gas refill for the R12 gas in my Zeds aircon, in the somerset/devon area? :confused: cheers guys Lee

Right come on all you traders what specials you got lined up for us all then?? :hyper: :hyper:

Hi all my insurance is due for re-newal in a couple of week's and i got a reasonable quote back but i wondered if there were any of you on here that currently have your import insured on a classic policy with limited mileage. My import is now 16 years old now and i only use it mainly at weekend's so i am looking for a classic car insurer that would be willing to insure a 16year old Jap import? Any help or link's would be appriecciated. ;)

silver Z posin at the open, coming back from the beach carpark St Andrews Thursday.

Anyone off here

As the title.... I need to recover a drive with 160gb of data :headvswal Are there any good software packages out there that anyone can reccomend. Thanks in advance Rob