General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Our guys have been welding frames from 3CR12 steel that I understand is sort of low grade stainless. They use 316 wire and argon co2 gas. You see rust down the edge areas of all the welds. Is that cosmetic and superficial or will it rust through if not painted?

Hi All, I am having a rpblem with the hicas, i lose power steering on and off for no reason, the fliuids are fine, and there are no apparent leaks. no dodgy noises from the rack etc. But the strange thing is, if i lose steering and stop the car turn it off and then turn it back on again, it is fine :confused: Any ideas. Ta

Anyone own the zed in Mill St Wantage? Was just visting my Scooby pal

a few months ago there was a discussion / recommendation made by someone about the best radar/camera detector and another item which could jam lasers to give you enough time to slow down. I have been having difficulty fiing the link but was wondering if anyone knows what i am talking about and hopefully the link. cheers

Hi all, I'm a proud owner of my first 300ZX and I'm over the moon with it. But I seem to have bought one with the prop bearing on it's way out as I experience vibration. (I hope that's all it is) Dose anyone have a cheap good prop for sale? :bow: It's a Nissan 300ZX Auto Fairlady T-Bar non Turbo import (Year 1991) Also with out spending a furtune what would the most cost effective mod I could do? Thanks for any help offered. Regards, Gerrard My Contact Details: Live in Croydon Surrey Email: gbuckley@hrdb.co.uk Home: 020 8604 8690 Mobile: 07799 072549

Hi All, Does anyonw know where i can get the above kit from. I did see one on an american website today, but lost the page. :mad: Any ideas :) Cheers

I want to keep the car as standard as possible but my rear spoiler is now starting to come away from the boot lid where the Fairlady sign is supposed to be. Is it the frost or excess rain? What can I do to stop it happenning again? The boot lid is really heavy so I know it's full of water. What to do ? Chris

Is there a guide for plenum removal ? Ive looked on Z32net jobbie but nothing seems to be there unless im blind !!

While I was visiting Relatives, drove past house wearing Black Wheels with Red outer rims, driving thru Village of Mount Hawke. Aftermarket Exhaust.

One of my belts is slipping causing a loud squeel when i fire up the car, also if i slam my foot to the floor it squeels again. is this easy to fix and if so which belt is the likley culprit?

Hi Guys, I am in the middle of doing my timing belt and replacing a few body panels, anyway i was jacking the car up and there i saw it holes in the drivers side sill! Another pricey job i guess, anyone had this problem? Can you get made replacment sills? Any Ideas Paul

only noticed this with window down and when cold, but my turbo gives off an odd goose honk sometimes?! is this something wrong with the turbo or is this normal in the cold :confused:

Hi guys plz help, have a z32 tt manual with a oil leak from the gear box, any one know of any one who might have a recon / second hand box for sale or know some one who can recondition my current box ?? cheers guys for any wisdom you give me.

Noticed the orange HiCas dash light was on - never been on before while driving that I can recall. Also the red light with the litle exclamation mark and circle (!) was on too. I wonder if that red light comes on whenever there is a non-engine type of fault - such as a HiCas error. If anyone has an owners manual I would be grateful if they could tell me exactly what the red circle with exclamation mark means. There in no mention of it in the Service/Repair Manuals. Of course I checked the Hicas fluid level (mine has the hydraulic version of HiCas) and that seemed fine. Only thing I can think of is maybe the little float for the level in the HiCas reservoir got…

Just bought my first Z, so I don't know too much about them yet....... On Saturday I drove the car from Essex to Coventry without any problem at all. Tonight, I got home after a 70 mile semi-fast drive and let the engine run for about 10 mins and all was fine (I was learning about the radio while I waited) and switched off. I went back to playing with the radio. About 2 mins later I noticed lots of steam(?) pouring towards the windscreen. I immediately popped the bonnet and went to have a look. The plenum was making a popping and hissing sound and there was a lot of heat being thrown off. There was no indication of this while I was driving. I let the engine cool…

Black Zed Whitwick, coalville today(sunday) about 1.30

Ive just checked my right hand side cluster by the s/wheel, the light behind the light switch knob works but none of the bulbs work in the upper part (different circuit board)...ive eliminated the bulbs not working so i know its not that..anyone know what else i can check? I havent got any circuit testing tools..?

Right for those of you that dont know my heater matrix is broken and is now leaking water through the vents into the drivers compartment - this will be a dash out job next week :( I now have another problem :rolleyes: - we decided to disconnect the matrix and plum the two pipes at the back of the engine into each other - enabling cold air to come through the blowers - and more imoprtantlyly i can drive the car for another week till a new matrix goes in. - after doing this i went for a short spin up the road and when i got back water was peeing down from the back of the engine On closer inspection, there is a pipe on the drivers side back of the plenum, which…

Was sent this by one of the Aus guys. Looks like it might be pretty helpful for all those of you with dodgy, inaccurate water temp gauges ! http://www.heirloomrockinghorses.com/zx_page_3.htm And dead easy to make too ...

Help, My Auto Zed Is He Dead?, When In Drive Revs Very High With Reduced Power As Though If It Had One The Clutch Was Partly Depressed. Is Just Auto Fluid Loss And If So Where Do U Top Up And Check

chaps, im fitting my boost controller and power meter (blitz sbc III) i need to know what pin number the speed sensor is on the ecu please help asap cheers nick

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thought i had fixed it WRONG!! car is suffering from a slight miss when idling. ive cleaned up injector connectors (very corroded) thought that might have done it. but its still doing it ive gone over the small vac pipes blocking them off to check for air leaks but found none. had a fiddle with as many leccy plugs that i can find but still no joy HELP im getting pissed off now. car doesnt miss when above 2000-2500 rpm either only really at idle. pulled off the coil lpack leads to see if it was them ..nope but i have noticed its missing from both banks of motor (listened to exhausts) so its something that is generally affecting it not just one bank.. al…

I actually learnt something today. Was looking at a new car in a car audio shop with the big bass boxes being installed in the trunk. They had big vents out to the rear. and no opening to the front - then it hit me! What are these about - yes you guessed it - these boxes have nothing to do with music or rap or street or anything like that - they are there to attract ATTENTION. Pure and simple the big bass beat causes the chicks to look around at where it's coming from. Nothing to do with listening yourself to music - just a chick attracter. Of course the more powerful the better, and best in the trunk so you don't hear it so much and u can think straight. I th…

In need of some more help guys:( I have just spent all morning doing this - http://www.angelfire.com/geek/vg30dett/Cluster/Fix_Cluster.htm to fix my dodgy intermittent odometer. All went well and to plan as far as I noticed but though I better take it out on a test drive to make sure. Guess what?!!! My odometer now does not work atall and to add insult to injury nor does my speedo now :cry: Can anyone please try and shed some light on what I might have done wrong. I do have a little black box to convert the odometer to miles etc. Would it be anything to do with me forgetting to connect it up or anything? (although I am 100% sur…