General Discussions - 300ZX Related

I've never understood why you can't tow an auto? What is it about them that makes it a no no? Would have though if it's in neutral it wouldn't matter.

cars booking to go to the body shop on the 19th wheel arches and door getting done that well be the frist job done this year just bushes and center bearing to do next getting there slowly. jay:)

Post frenzy tonight :D Right, i only have 225/45/16 front tyres yet the driv side wheel rubs slightly on the arch liner when turning sharp left. i think the liner is pretty smooth ie not sticking out, what can I do - 16" and rubbing goddammit?! I'm sure ripping the arch liner off would be bad, and I'm not *that* bothered by it, but it'd be nice to fix :) Thanks in advantix Pete

Help !! I tried to change the fuel tank today on my UK 300ZX TT. Got the old one off OK. But I can't get the new one on properly. The 2 straps won't stretch to the bolt hole under the bumper. You'll know what I mean if you done one before. Is there any technique involved in getting the bolt through the strap into the bolt hole. I'm about 3cm short. Any help greatfully received (and a discount on your next order!!) Thanks AndyZ

for anyone who may have attempted this.. Are they a straight swap? ot are there a few wires to change around. And if anyone knows which wire is for the fog-light warning that would be great. Passed the MOT today, so hope to get round to doing this in the next few days. Cheers, James PS talking about MOT's, had to go to three stations before I found a ramp I could get on! and even they had problems :(

Hey Jeff Replaced the fuse but it blew again as soon as I turned the lights on......:mad: Seeya tomorrow mate...might be about 10-10.15 as I have stuff to work out at the office Seeya soon Steve

...Is there a product to keep the leather interior silky fresh and supple? Kind of like an automotive Oil of O/Ulay. Cos I've notice the odd dry patch. And while I'm talking moisturisers - why do car dealers put that cacky waxy stuff all over the dash?! Had it on my old Astra and it just attracted cat hairs and made your fingers feel greasy. DON'T DO IT!! Cheers Pete

Hi there guys, i am having problems insuring my twin turbo import which im due to pick up in two weeks time. Does any one know of any insurance companies that will insure me. I am 29 and have 6 years no claims discount. Any help would be appreciated. Cheers Ray

Hi again folks Engine running/performance thing cured. Seems that the wire I found dangling under the front bumper was a connection for one of the sensors. When I connected it up, the ecu must have started to relearn settings, cos the more I drive it, the less evident the problem is.....thanks for all your help though. Another problem tonight though....came to drive home and...no lights....eventually nailed it down to a 10 amp fuse in the drivers footwell....replaced it and poof! it blows again. Any of you come across this problem before, or do you thing it is a bad or wet connection somewhere? Thanks Steve

Hi people, I would really appreciate any feedback you may have on this one. Last week I parked up and after about 2 minutes with the engine off, steam started coming out from the engine somewhere below the battery. So I have just got the motor back from the garage who ran a coolant check, pressure check and a number of other tests, they said it was AOK, so I thought it might have been collected water (?) (I had Jet Washed the car that day) that had ran down onto the engine when I drove up my steep drive at home. But I've just driven it home and the same thing has happened again, it doesn't happen straight away (about 2mins after its parked) and it steams for abou…

Might be a bit hard to answer this one - cos the stock oil pressure gauges aren't really calibrated... But I saw on another thread talking about knackered oil pumps and noisy hydraulic-ing at idle. Well, when the engine is idling, I'd say the pressure is in the bottom quarter of the gauge with Mobil 1 oil, but about midway when the engine is over about 2000rpm. It sounds healthy enough, doesn't really have heavy oil consumption (despite having 125,000miles). Is there any way to tweak up the oil pressure relief valve on these pumps? Thanks for any advice. PS Anyone want any stock wheels?

Can you tell any thing from the cars chassis number? I am only asking as i have bought an import and am just wondering if the chassis number means anything as in year of manufacture,model. When i had my 911 the chassis number told me the year of manufacture, body style and where the car was manufactured. Ray

CAN ANYBODY OUT THERE GIVE ME ANY "SENSIBLE" ADVICE ON BUYING AN R 32 OR R33......AS I WILL HOPEFULLY BE GETTING ONE IN THE NOT TO DISTANT FUTURE:rolleyes:

Hi all, I have here a 1984 300zx automatic non turbo. The car need a new ECU the part numbers i have on my ECU are 23710 06P10 / A18-000 511, the only ECU i can get hold of is off exactly the same car (84 300zx) but this one is U.S spec the ECU numbers on this one are A18-632 505 / 2371001P11 the connections are the same, does anyone know if this will work before i pay for it ???? THANKS STEVE

just need to confirm that a jap engine will fit a UK car and vise versa and also will an auto engine go in a manual and vise versa. That was probably a stupid question, but hey:rolleyes: Just need to be sure................. Cheers Vijay

Hi Guys + Gals, I want to put a CD player in my Jap ZX, coz the one it came with doesn't have the band width for our FM stations, but there are 2 sections for the stereo and I (obviously) only need to install a standard UK stereo. Any suggestions? Is it possible to get a plastic cover to just clip into the redundant gap? WHat have the rest of you import ZX owners done? Cheers peeps

Hello everyone, I intend to underseal the car this summer and am wondering how I can get the car high enough to jet wash then apply the underseal into every nook and cranny. Any ideas? Cheers Vijay

I'm just about to order a sub box for the Z - not that I even own one yet but still! I just want to make sure I get one that will still fit in the boot OK, so can anyone tell me how deep the boot is from the bottom of the rear window to the floor please? From what I can remember from my old Z, I think it was about a foot and a bit, but I need to be sure. Cheers :)

Anyone know where i can get a decent set of Alloys (17" or more if poss!) with tyres. Ive a Jap Z TT 2+2, its got 17" with 225/245. I cant really spend much more than £400 though!!!

Just bought a PS2 BUT im as crap at driving on GT3 as I am on the road! Anyone got any cheat codes so I can buy something nice?

Ok, I need to find out if my paranoia is getting just TOO ridiculous or not.... When you accelerate in your Zed (in normal traffic flow) do you get the turbo boost indicator to 0 or over? Mine is an auto and to keep up with normally accelerating traffic, I have to get the indicator to 0 or just over. Is this a mark of the autos changing up as soon as possible or what? It takes me about 8-10 seconds to get from 40-50 in third without going into the plus half of the boost gauge. Just wondering folks....come on, tell me I`m being just a little too neurotic here.....

After my post about my car behaing badly at idle and sometimes when cold shutting down I decided last Sunday to try few of what u guys told me and so far everything seems to be ok. The only think I did is to remove the Air Idle Regulator (Dont know if this is how its called) that closes after five minutes. I opened it and cleaned using WD-40. I also use WD-40 for all the connectors. Then I also discovered that one of the engine vacuums was disconnected (this causes erratic idle i know for sure). After putting it back I start the car and so far is working fine. Tip: I aslo cleaned my engine with WD-40. You wont believe how clean it gets. I used it ev…

Hi all. The saga with my ZX continues. I was sold this car with the Speedo totally inaccurate. 2 journeys to the garage and still no joy. Back in on friday where hopefully it will be fixed. The garage in Liskeard is now going to be investigated by Trading Standards and possibly the police as when you buy a car from a garage it must be road legal and if not contravenes some construction and roadworthy act. My home insurance wants to sue them for compensation now aswell. so: When buying a car, before you sign any docs or hand over money, take the car out for another test drive to see if anything is missing or broken. If so you can reject the car under the sales o…

Does any one have any info on timing belt changes. i.e. time it take to do and at what mileage it is required?:confused:

it was delivered to my house at 8oclock on saturday which there was no one as ime a baker so i was at work so theyleft the usual thing saying sorry they couldnt deliver it and i would have to collect it monday from my local post office i thought ok so yesterday i went to the post office and they dont have it :mad: they gave me a number to ring for the sorting office and they cant find it ether dooh so there currently looking for it. it was insured postage so what do they do do they have to replace the item i bought with an equivilent one or do they just give me the money back that i bought it for cos i got it dirt cheap off ebay and prob wont be able to get another at…