General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Saw nice h reg gold z last night near epping road in loughton. Looked good in the dark.

Does anyone know what type of oil is the above...ime believing its for the American market

If anyone is interested, I have a brand new key ring BNIB up for grabs. As it is free of charge, I thought it would be OK to post here so as to reach more people.

Ive just read in an to do bit that the clutch peddal shouldnt have any travel in it at all. were as mine has about what seems to be a good inch to two play or sloppy peddal before any thing stiff ors goings on. who esle has a clutch peddal like this or am i the only one were ajustment is needed?

I didn't know these existed until I spotted Andy Stokes selling one from out of one his breakers on ebay about 2 weeks ago, I just had to have it for £20.00. Of course it will never work as my ICE as long since changed but it's doing no arm. I have already found the wires from the mini din 8 pin plug to light up the buttons and the lcd screen, lights up green so don't know if I'll open it up and change the illumination to red or blue and I'll be wiring it into the sidelight circuit when I fully fit after xmas as it's going under the tree for now. As anyone else got one ??

Parked in asda! On an Irish plate. Had a tow bar (parking aid :-) ) fitted.

right im of to my brothers later today to see how to pressure bleed the brakes and abs unit . so as i understand it do i leave the car running. and push the pedal in two inces only then bleed nip and shut then pedal agan or do the peddal and nip at same time. cheers

Jeff managed to fix my central locking when it was at his last week, but unfortunately it's back to where it was. Whilst parked somewhere dark and scary last night I thought I best lock my doors to prevent the inevitable rape I would of gotten, but because I didn't use the key fob and just slid the switch next to the handle it must of over stretched something and it ended up stopping the locking mechanism from unlocking. I had to climb out of the passenger side when I got it home. It was way to late to look at it last night so to get the car off the road I thought I better get it sorted tonight, so I braved the cold and the darkness and managed to get the door …

Where is the best place for 330mm fronts please guys:yes:

I have a single exit atm with a rotted box...the 3" pipe up to the 2 bolt flange behind the tank on the drivers side is perfect.I was toying with the idea of a side exit via a 4" hole through the rear lower quarter and bumper about here with a slash cut tip poking through about 1". whats your thoughts

now im starting to drive my car more i can get to know and feel how well or not she drives, now what i have noticed is if im doing a steady 25 30 mph and toach the throttle i can fell a like lump noke feel through the gearstick , could this seem to be a mount on the box somwere gone, do you think? its only slight but do notice it when changing up or down whilst in traffic just ploding along, bearing in mind ive had the box and engine out.

There is oil coming from the bell housing on my gear box and running down the length of the gearbox to the back end of it near where the propshaft is,would you agree its the rear crank seal???not a huge leak but does leave a small fifty pence size mark on the floor when she stands.

Anyone know if all timing belts are the same on the zed or does year have an influence on belt type?

May have been posted here before but wasnt sure and thought they may have been of interest to someone not sure how well they would travel from america though https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=735083785833&id=179200695&set=gm.614059921965290&source=48&refid=18&ref=bookmark&_ft_

Hi all, in the new year I'll be due for new tyres, but I can't find any info on what load index we need to run on our cars. A normal tyre has a load index of 91, which allows a load per wheel of 610kg, is this enough for ours? Or is it necessary to go for an XL rated tyre, because they're coming up about £20 more each!

I've been watching a lot of Fast & Loud recently & love the look of their cars when fitted with air ride suspension. I was wondering if anyone had ever fitted it in a zed & would it be worth it? Be good for getting over speed bumps. Seen some really good kits for sale.

Seen you today Chris :thumbup: Plus your zed:yes:

Anyone know what size speakers will fit into original locations on a zed? Don't want to cut anything if possible just replace with good quality speaker units.

you have taking all the pipes/valves and tubing off and now you need to plug the hole left in the passenger side manifold...well this is the little fella you need, a steel 3/4" BSP plug stopend...available for pennies from any industrial merchant or ebay:winkiss: bsp plug.bmp

Do all you guys generally use 10/40 semi? I only use my car during the summer as I'm sure many of you do, do you find now these engines are getting on a bit a thicker oil is required? Thanks

Picked my car up from Jeff the other day, fixed a few little niggles and a cambelt change. Can't believe you managed to fix my central locking too. As always top workman ship, car feels loads better now and it's good to have her back on the road. Nice to see you and Lynda again and thanks for your hospitality. Another happy customer :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:

Hi guys, So my new wheels are on and everything is pretty much perfect, apart from one thing I just noticed... When driving slowly (10mph) and turning left sharply there is a grinding noise coming form the rear left wheel... I can't put my finger on what it could be, the new wheels have plenty of clearance of the callipers and it doesn't happen turning right... Any thoughts? Hoping it isn't going to be something like the diff on it way out or something like that.... I imagine it is due to something that happens when the weight shifts rather than the angle of the front wheels as it definitely sounds like it is coming from the rear passenger side. Best. …

I am able to make any reverse light panel (RLP) look like a 99 spec one, in fact mine even light up but as ever I have moved on. The red 300ZX looks a strong red in real life, both when switched on and when not, the vid doesn't show it up as well as I would of liked :no:. One in this vid is a fake but one is the genuine article ???? [video=youtube_share;Yw991a-yFF0]

well guys got another problem, when my 300 is idling it's fine but as soon as the throttle is opened about 1mm it runs like a sack of..... every time there is a click from a solenoid buy the master cylinder, i unplugged that solenoid and the problem is now gone I'm assuming its for the aiv or maybe the egr, both of them i plan on removing when i install my new turbos, just want to make sure unplugging the solenoid wont affect anything. thanks in advance guys :D

Well I must be missing a trick here. How the hell are you supposed to remove the passenger headlight without taking the whole car apart?? Driving me mad!! Any suggestions would be appreciated. As it stands at the moment, I can't see anyway around dropping the recirculation valve just to get access to the last bolt. Is there an easier way? Talk about frustrating or what.