General Discussions - 300ZX Related

hi my missies has just got back from the petrol station and gave me lovely news she put £5 of desiel in my car :mac1: and they told here to fill the car up with petrol to drown out the desiel she put £30 of petol in the car now how much is this going to damage my car or should i chuck the lot ??? will it be ok to drive at low revs and not put my foot down untill empty?? she isent driving my car again :mac1:

help ???? iam trying to fit a +power cable from the battry to the amp in the boot 1. how do i get through the bulk head.??? any tips on fiting a amp as iam not the best with wires :rofl:

whats, if any, is the difference between changing a head gasket that has been wired to changing a standard gasket? Also any guidance/ clues/ experience of using thicker head gaskets? Cheers in advance

any1 got the the link for the under bonnet pics?seen em before but can't find em now :confused:

will a uk gearbox ecu work on an import steve

Since trying to fit an iluminated rear panel i wired the live and earth in to the rear no plate light. now my reverse lights arent coming on checked bulbs there fine and cant see a fuse that controls the reverse lights. iv done a search but its the same old story [reverse switch]is there any fuses or method to check reverse switch cheers greg

putting some white dial in tomorrow is there anything I should look out for or any special way to do them

6 oclock news this evening! was a story about voting in leicester and showed a lovely red zed parked in a side-street. Ya5?

Peach, was it you!!!! If it was i guess it passed it's MOT :D

Hinckley/nuneaton reg: A14 *** Parked on the long shoot out side a big house, anyone?

I have taken my headlights apart to give them a good clean, but the reflective mirror for the dip light is terrible. Its been burned over the years and it not reflective at all. As soon as you touch it it flakes of :mad: Can you buy just the refelective part?

In need of someones expertise again. My headlight bulb has blown on my import Zed. I am going to have a go at converting it to take the UK bulbs. Can't believe the price of the Jap spec ones (£18 each! :shock: ) so feel it will be worth it. I just need to know what the bulb code is in Halfords. I looked in the little booklet and it said it was 448. the thing is its only a single prong bulb and I though the ones I needed were 2 prong. Its also only 55 watt. Seems a bit low to me. Any ideas? Cheers, Justin

Guys, need some advice please, whilst avoiding a dirty great juggernaught wanting altogether to much road I rode up onto grass verge...lost the back end and then smacked into kerb other side at about 30mph hard (narrowly missing said juggernaught) with the rear nearside wheel. i know I have bent the lower arm and other than having scratched the feck out of the rear alloy what other damage should I be looking for in particular. i.e is there anything particualrly weak or susceptable to bangs like this. any advice much appreciated as I've only had the Zed 6 months and haven't found a mechanic zed expert in the area yet (Reading, in case anyone knows of one..) and…

Right, I'm swapping my Plenum next weekend (all the gaskets I need will be here by then) Firstly, any help advice will be appreciated as I know it's a pig of a job. Secondly, I was told to buy hose for the water by-pass (I've forgotten what, and why!!) and help on this would be greatly appreciated, i.e. where to get it from, and where it fits etc, etc... Finally, if someone wants to help me get it done, there's plenty beers, food and morale support available!!!!! :D Anything else I need to know??? :) (fingers crossed) Matty.

My temp gauge is bouncing between normal temp (midway) and cold. It has gotten worse over last week. New thermostat I Presume??? When looking at car from front which one is it? left or right, I konw ones for ECU and others for dash Cheerz R

Anyone know of a good place to get the cambelt service done on a ZX near Colchester?? Sick of Cowboys who are "willing to give it a go"!!! :nono:

The passenger side front shock is leaking. I assume it's just got to be a matter of replacing it (and of course the matching drviers side one)? I want to keep the height the same, so just after a standard pair... anyone know wher'es the cheapest to get them from, or does anyone have any low mileage ones for sale (Jap spec)? How many labour hours do you thibk it'd take to fit them... need to weigh up whether I can be bothered to do it myself or just pay someone and be a lazy arse. Cheers, David

Hi, just did an auto box self diagnostic and it came up with a code , 3, throttle sensor disconnected/shorted. Now the car has a brand new TPS, which is set up correctly and reads the correct volts etc when closed, both cables seem well connected at the top end , does anybody know if there is a multiplug on the box and if so- where should I be looking for it, and are there any continuity tests I can do to try and trace the fault. Any help appreciated.Thanks in advance

A mate of mine is looking to buy a Soup TT auto. N-reg or newer, probably a j-spec (uk too rare!) Any common probs to look out for...come on don't be shy, you can list 'em in front of the Z guys!

Just came to popping a new stereo into my Z and I seem to be a bit stumped, checked and identified the live for the ignition and dash illumination but the constant live seems dead, checked all the fuses and they all seem ok. (btw what kind of a crap place is that for a fuse box!!!!) ;-) Any ideas before I loose my patience and just run a new live from the fag lighter!!!

Hello all, I've just got myself a 300zx TT as a bit of a toy and having spent about half what I originally planned on the car I've got a few grand burning a hole in my pocket and wanted to hand it over to a decent garage for a few bits of work that need doing. Any suggestions for a decent garage that know thier way around a 300 in the Basingstoke area? Also needs a new paintjob, if you've had some nice work done by any local bodyshops I'd appreciate a recommendation.. Thanks in advance. Dave

OK let's pretend that I'm not on about the MR2 here but I know that you guys are up for a challenge! LOL :) Right, car doesn't lose any coolant, convinced that coolant is being circulated around the engine in the correct manner...however...my temp guage sometimes reads cold all the time, then other times it has some inspired motivation and reads closer to where most jap cars temp guages should be. Scoops reckons that my thermostat could be on the perm open setting. Could it be the sensor? TIA

Any idea why a car i saw the other day (Import TT) was reading -7 to +7 on the boost gauge compared to all the buying advice saying -14/14? Cheers, Rob

Settle an arguement please someone. If my cam belt breaks on my NA J Spec auto, is it a big expensive bang or an embarrassing stop on the side of the road? Chris Davies

The hicas light has just come on toady on start up then stay on for about 5 min then went off .What the fork is this all about :mad: