General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Hi, been offered a SWB TT manual Fairlady, exhausts and 18" wheels, in red is all I know, H reg, 115K mile/kilos. Leather. Whats it worth, ball park figure , supposed to be nice...

When I went to Billing I saw several cars with Chrome/stainless wheel rims trims, mostly on OZ wheels I think, anyone know where to get them from as my wifes 18" OZ wheels need tiding on the rims.

Firstly, I'd like to apologise for the urgency of my request. I've been looking to buy a Z for some time now, I've just this week been to see one that I'm very interested in buying, but there are a couple of issues I'd like to ask here about before I make up my mind. The car in question is a 93 manual TT, just imported. It has been had the addition of an HKS single exhaust, HKS induction kit and HKS blow-off valves. 42k miles. Asking £5300. I took it for a test drive on Monday, and was impressed enough to ask for a second viewing (today), taking a friend of mine who is rather an excellent mechanic, although he has no experience of Z32s (he had plenty of exp…

I am trying to remove my O/S rear ball joint, this is contained in a rubber bush on the hub assy'. My bush remover has a nut + bolt which pulls the bush out and into a cylinder, the bolt running through the bush, but with the balljoint there this is not possible to do. Ive undone the rear shocker for more access and tried a 2 legged tool but the surronding metal arround the bush aint in to good a nick. any special tools needed ???? any help or advice appreciated. Cheers Andy tt.

I am in the process of fitting a new CD player in my Z but the ariel connection is not compatible with the new unit. Is there a conversion plug I can buy. If so where from, or is there another way around this problem. Billy

After boring everyone with my tales of woe concerning my poor sick Zed,I have found a new replacement kit for £100 including the harness.unfortunatly it is american!! would it still be compatible with my 1992 jap import? Any help is GREATLY appreciated!!! JON:)

Probably getting a bit boring to people reading my posts but I have exhausted all suggestions for the number plate holder for my car...does anyone have one or know anyone that may have? (the UK spec plastic job that breaks when you breathe on it!!!) I would hate to give Nissan the money when there must be someone out there that could benefit...

All working fine and then bloody thing wont work. Try to eject and it just whrrrrs away! Any ideas on getting the magazine out without using a crowbar??

hi lads, lately my zed has felt slightly underpowered (tt auto) when you boot it from a standing start the wheels used to spin and away you go... but lately it seems a bit flat low down. but today in the sweltering heat i put my aircon on, and the car is totaly different , its real powerful low down and i can spin the wheels why is this? can any one help? many thanks Jim:confused:

does anyone here know anything about digital radio? ive got a hirshman antenna( for a honda s2000) (my mates)with two 12v feeds coming out of it, one for fm/am and one for d.a.b. then the two coax for 1 for d.a.b and one for fm/am. the problem i have is the fm/am side wont work (antenna not switching over inside) is the antenna faulty? or what else can i try. (just thought id ask you lads) thanks jim.

Just put my new AFM / MAS on. My old one had pins/spades on B, C, D & E......A & F were blanked off. The new one I've just put on had spades on A, B, C, D, E, and F blanked off. The female plug (attached to the car) had the female spades for all 5 of my new one. Anyone got any idea's to the difference. Hope I've explained it well enough.....can't find my bloody dig camera at the moment! Cheers.

When your flooring it, what RPM do you get to peak boost at? In 2nd and 3rd I seem to hit 1.3 bar at 5500-6000 rpm. Whaddya think? That seem about right?

Trying to set up the boost and fuelling on my Z yesterday and kept coming up against intermittent fuelling probs and an inability to run much more than 1.2bar. Anyway the garage reckon its the 'coolers so on Friday were gonna modify the front bumper to improve the airflow through them....... As an aside, I went out last night after dark, when the temperature had dropped, and everything was fine at 1.3 bar - I could probably gone higher, but I didnt wanna lean out.... So what do you guys think?

Hi, Just been looking at Mac1's spec and notice he has dump valves. I didn't realise you could put dump valves on an automatic. If you can is there much modification required and what are the advantages and disadvantages if any?? Zedhot.

Can anybody tell me whereabouts in the on-line manual I can find the section about the pedals - mine need adjsuting as the break and accelerator are reallty close together. Cheers, Andy

Guys Had my top cam seals changed and the back half moon seals also changed thinking these were the course of my oil leak. NOT SO LUCKY. Its slill leaking so what the next step and how can you detect where its comeing from. Ken

Does ne 1 know if side repeaters have to stick out or can they be flush with the body work??? Cheers Pete

been looking at this for a bit now mainly from the point of view of keeping the interior a bit cooler, any views on below: 1) do it myself- tho have seen some right old fvck ups 2) pay £220 for a lifetime guaranteed, baked on job cheers

been doing a bit of fault finding today , trying to find why my car wont start. replaced ptu and no difference. ecu diagnostics code 11 and 21. ignition circuit aND crank angle sensor. took CAS and put back in wiggled harness around a bit and car started. now running on less than six cylinders , poss 3 or 4. still codes 11 and 21. how can i check to see if the cas is definetly my problem? getting very desperate now. any help or suggestions appreciated. thanks ...lee

It appears as though my drivers seat does not go as far back as the passenger seat...being over 6ft tall this poses a bit of a problem. Looking (and listening) a little more closely it seems as though something is stopping it going back further...has anyone else had similar problems with electric seats? Any ideas what could be causing this?

Check out my traders section for possible group buy, just in time for Trax. cheers smithy :cool:

Hi there, Been thinking of buying a jap import ZX either turbo or non turbo. Am I going to be buying a big expense and a gas guzzler? The car will be on a 90/G or later and around the £5k mark. I don't want to buy a car and have to mod it to keep it going apart from alarm immobiliser etc. Any views would be a great help. Thanks :)

Those damned wipers!! I have been trying to get them off for weeks so I can repaint the scuttles. I even made an extractor out of 'C' section steel, about 2.5mm thick steel, with a 5/16" bolt. The 'C' section just started to open up. After taking the plastic cap and the nut off, the threaded rod is bright nickel finish, so I doubt the splines are rusted. Any suggestions ? Cheers John

Does anybody Know anything about changing the stock fuel filters to inline Bosh filters ?as i was told by this Japonese guy that the stock filters have a certain amount of gravetational pull where as inline filters are much more responsive having less resistance.He says that on the z this is the first upgrade before anything else.

Help!! Got a diagnostic check on my zed this morning and it came back saying "the following item needs attention..." knock sensors.That's it!! what the f@@k are these? can anyone tell me what they are and how much they are likely to cost? Many thanks! Jon.