General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Just thought I'd let people know what happened today. I was jacking up the front of the car (from the cross member) and just putting axle stands under the side rails. They were just about in place, but I had to get the car up just a little bit more when suddenly the jack slipped from under the cross member. Luckily for me the stands were just about in the right place, otherwise I would imagine I would have done a nice bit of damage. I used a small woulden circle the fits in the jack and was told this would be fine, seams not. The car always seams to move slightly on the jack when I'm lifting, but I read this was normal. Does anyone have any advise that might stop thi…

Any news on these mate, I thought you mentioned they had landed. Ta ------------------

I've changed my front brakes callipers and rotors and took off my rears for cleaning/spraying. I got them back on no problem, but last week I couldn't bleed the fronts as I kept getting air coming through. That turned out to be the master cylinder leaking and I put a new piston kit in today. The problem I now have is I can't get any pressure on the pedal. I have bled the brakes 3 times (using instructions from TT.net and the Nissan manual) and there is no more air coming out. Unless I pump the pedal, I get no pressure and after about 10 seconds after I get pressure I press the pedal again, there is no pressure. Please, any suggestions?????????? Cheers Vijay

In order to test to see if my Autometer gauge is reading properly, Craig has kindly offered to let me hook his Blitz gauge up to my car and go for a test run. The difficulty is that Craig doesn't have the required pipework to attach the thing. The connector on the back of the gauge looks like this and he has some 2.5mm poly pipe that may or may not be anything to do with the gauge. Does anyone have any idea how this gauge should be connected up? It's a mechanical gauge incidentally.

All, Its finally happened. The insurance company have settled the claim and I can now break up the car. I will be taking the car to Jeff's (for breaking) in 2 weeks time when he arrives back off holiday. Give me a call on 07973 720987 if you're interested in any parts. Now is a good time to test drive the car if you are interested the the auto box (recon'd and uprated)or engine etc before its broken up. For those who have already emailed me - I will contact you directly. Cheerz Andy

Chaps, Chappets & Warren Does ne1 know if there are any compatability issues with US in-car hifi's against a UK or European spec hifi or is it basically the same kit. I want to order a double-din CD player system from the US (well under half the price) but I want to be sure before I order. Cheers, Andy PS. Warren, just kidding m8 LOL

I drove to Edinburgh and back at the weekend (via Derby), a grand total of 870 miles and how many Zeds did I see? A big fat zero. I suppose you lot were all playing GT3 or out playing golf. Next time I'll demand a Z welcoming party at the border (that's the border level with Watford Gap) to escort me into your strange Northern land Gits the lot of you ------------------

The group buy on indiglo gauges The Z forum clothing Are they still happening? ------------------

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Hi, thinking of getting one but not to sure,has anyone got one?. Andy

Hi all, I have one of these and after reading about the auto feature of other makes thought I would have a look at mine. It seems it does have an auto setting (only realised after a year and a half lol). Could someone explain to me as I don't have a user manual how it works out the countdown time? I have noticed it increasing while driving and decreasing when stationary Many thanks as always. Martin ------------------

Hi, Just thought I would let those know - who don't yet. I run www.zcentre.co.uk for Luke, and www.zclub.net for the club. There have been a spate of email virus's going around at the moment. If you don't have a virus checker installed you probably have it. If you do have it you'll probably notice your PC has slowed down significantly. The slow down is caused by the virus replicating itself and infecting all your files. On a typical PC the virus can infect around 400 files an hour (I know - I tried it on my 'dirty PC' to see what effect it would have) The reason for writing this is to let everyone know the virus is V sneaky. It spoofs the sender…

had z off road last month and when i put it bak on the road on sat i knew it had a small oil leak in to the drivers side turbo (smoked slightly when first started) but when i went out in it on sat it was belching smoke out for a bout a mile but after it had got warm it was fine must have just with it been stood for a month and just been moved around not getting warm but i shat my self when i set off there was a smoke screen following me looked like an F1 car that had blown up but its ok now av to get it sorted though soon

Hey guys, Anyone used this lot? My Supra owning mate reckons they're great... Cheers, -Stu

Smithy do you know when the Apexi group buy is being delivered from Japan?, I'm dying to get hold of my induction/air filter jobbie. I wanna have it fitted for the Redline Santa Pod day on the 18th of this month

Hey folks, My clutch is slipping so I'm gonna get a new one. The thing is, it stops slipping when I've been on the road a while 20+ miles. Would this just be down to the plates warming up and therefore gripping a bit better? -Stu

"Sorry sir but due to small bridge being dangerous we are closing it for repairs - approx 6 MONTHS". I now have to drive 4 miles around small muddy country lanes to get out of my house just to reappear 100 yards from it!! The reason given for the bridge collasping was the WEIGHT of HGVs going over it, NO HGV could fit down it so it must be guy next door with the SUPRA! I could allways do a dukes of hazard and build a ramp to jump the bugger, plus I could get the missus to wear those denim shorts! ------------------

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MOT time and my front brakes are shagged Does anyone have a spare set of front discs and pads that they would like to sell? Dont have to be anything fancy as its just to pass an MOT. cheers ------------------ Trev 1990 300ZX TT 2+2(import) http://www.300zx.co.uk/rides/trey/

I run a small network of Macs at home using a 10base T unmanaged hub. Unfortunately I now have a grey box on my desk with Dell on it. Is there a quick and easy way to network the PC and Mac, even if it's only a shared folder on the PC that the Mac can see? Please bear in mind that a) I am a complete ignoramous with PCs (I've only just worked out how to switch it on) and b) I don't want to spend any money. Thanks in advance Tim

Y'all, I get vibration when going over 50-60 mph even when the car is freewheeling. gonna have the gearbox overhauled becuase of crunchiness between 5-4th and a few other things. what could be cuasing this common problem ??? Ta, Phil. [This message has been edited by PhilD (edited 07-05-2002).]

http://www.cardomain.com/member_pages/search_results.pl?make=Nissan&model=300ZX this webpage has a lot of really nice 300zxs. Some have had a lot of money spent. Should check it out. Especially http://www.cardomain.com/me mber_pages/view_page.pl?page_id=143887&make_type_query=make%3DNissan&model_brand_query=model%3D300ZX&tree=Nissan%20300ZX That car has had some SERIOUS money spent on it. take a look and appreciate some nice 300zxs [This message has been edited by Baba-Jan (edited 07-05-2002).]

Could someone MSN me on sweatyjodphurs@hotmail.com as not sure if the bleeding thing is working or not. Ta xx

Just been reading this rag:- there's a photo of Robbie Williams (no relation!) with a German Shepherd Dog. There's what looks like a red Z behind him. Is is true, or have I got red zeds on the brain? Dave Williams

i need a garage that can sort out me smoking tt. anybody know anybody they could recomend in the east as i live in peterburgh