General Discussions - 300ZX Related

I spotted a shiney looking red ZX in the car park of the flats on Gomm Road (opposite Halfords and B&Q) off the A40 on Easter Monday - around 2pm - was it anyone here? Good to know of another local-ish Zedder if so...... Richard:rockon:

Ok, My zed has been sat doing nothing for the last 2.5yrs. It is covered in all sorts of crap such as tree sap etc. Now i have gave it a quick wash to take the worst of it off tonight but there is still alot on there which isn't for coming off by hand. Now question is should i give it another wash then break out the clay bar? Or is there another way you would recommend?? Cheers in advance

Re fitted my reconditioned front brake callipers today, problem is I have just realised that the last time I bled the brake system, I inadvertently used DOT 4 as opposed to DOT 3 brake fluid. Should I top up with 3 or stick to 4? Worst still, do I need to re fill the system with DOT 3? If I do top up with 4 will there be any long term adverse affects?

Hi guys, after tinkering with the ZX the other day I noticed that when i remove the vacuum/boost line that goes off to the 2 dump valves ( piston type) and blow into it I can hear air escaping past the piston and out the trumpet on both DV's. Surely this is not good as it seems to me that this a serious boost leak. I have opened up the DV's and the brass pistons do look a little scored, anyone experienced this? I am leaning toward replacing the DV with diaphram pistonless Greddy type where there is no chance of air leaks unless the diaphram is u/s.

For a while now, particularly from start up, it's as if I have no PAS, really have to work the wheel to turn. I've read the various threads regarding this problem and have still to get the car up on my mate's ramp to see if it's the UJ that's sticking. But here's thing, last night went out in really heavy rain to get some petrol and the steering was absolutely fine this morning. Then I recalled that when the problem first arose, it was 'cured', for a while at least, after I jet washed the car. Is it possible that the rain/water acted as a lubricant? All comments welcome as ever. Regards Ronnie

Think he's added the wrong pic lol :detective: 'Nissan 300 ZX Coupe in Silver' http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Detail-Cars-Titanium-ART-164-Nissan-300-ZX-Coupe-in-Silver-/180860286018?pt=UK_ToysGames_DiecastVehicles_DiecastVehicles_JN&hash=item2a1c1cf442 512 TR = :cool3:

Hi Been getting some prices together for respray I know quality normally comes at a price but what do you think £850 quick spray and rub £1500 prep rust fill and and spray no panels removed £2000 prep rust fill and spray doors and boot removed £3000 everthing off complete spray all trims spoilers bumpers ect fill and sort rust extra £300 to remove engine and spray and put baclk in thoughts welcome

What can cause this piston crack? If you cant see well there is a crack on the side of the piston between the first 2 rings, and a piece came off. Fortunately it didnt came off the piston and made no damage to the cylinder. It just had no compression and very much smoke came out of the breather. The engine is a vg30det, cima single turbo. I just had my new poncams fitted and i raised the pressure to 1.5 bar(21 psi). Single turbo precision pte5857 billet. I'm guessing it around 450 hp. So this the limit of the det pistons????

Only problem I think I may encounter is the battery is not as secure as it could be. Watch this space :sweatdrop:

hey, anyone know what paint code the silver zed is, its 300zx_666 's car. thanks guys

Hi, has anybody any idea where I can buy just the sandwich plate bolt/thread thing that screws into where the old oil filter goes? my old mechanic lost this and cannot use my cooler unless I find one. Cheers =)

Just a quick question, I'm doing a service on the 300 tomorrow and will be changing the plugs. Question is, To remove the coils do i just remove the 2 bolts that hold it to the manifold and pull it out or as it seems with every other job on these is it alot more complicated than this?? Cheers in advance

Have a look anybody used these? ebay Item http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/180845321525?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%3A80%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_nkw%3D180845321525%26_sacat%3D0%26_odkw%3Doil%2Bfilter%2Bwrench%26_osacat%3D0%26_trksid%3Dp3286.c0.m270.l1313%26_fvi%3D1&_rdc=1

Im having issues with idle. All of a sudden today the car was trying to idle at 600rpm. Then would stall. Bit of history. The car had the water pump go about 4 month ago. The car never overheated. I only got round to replacing the water pump 2 weeks ago. and did the Cambelt tensioner idlers etc all at the same time. The other item changed was the PAS pump as this sounded aweful and was turning on the hicas light. The car when starting was a bit noisy from a sticking tapped but this cleared once warm as it had been sat but ran well. The car pulls very well (better than before the work) and is still now it's idling bad. Thoughts please where to start lookin…

Guys, I've just started taking the seats put of my '92 LWB to replace with leather. Before I rip the passenger seat to bits to utilise the electrics on the leather I'd like to kow if the old seats are actually worth selling? They're the blue velour type material driver and passenger electric. I don't want to take all the electrics off the seat if I could sell them to fund something else you see :)

Boost leaks are part and parcel of zed ownership and one of the most common causes of erratic running issues. When refitting any hard pipes its essential they make good sound seal and are fully tightened up, the turbo side pipes are very often the culprits but on this particular occasion ot was the outer intercooler to turbo pipe that had been fitted wrongly at some time. The faulty fitting had inverted the rubber pipe into the steel section and was causing a massive leak, the pipe been semi hard rubber needed to be warmed for a few seconds with a heat gun to return its former shape before refitting, and soon all was as it should be. Jeff TT turbo …

Wheel nut removal hell Had a zed in whilst the owner waited for us to look at a nosiy front suspension, the car had been looked at previously at another garage and the wheels removed and refitted. Unfortunately they had clearly used an air gun to tighten the wheel nuts, they were solid! managed to coax three off but two were not for budging. Eventually with the largest breaker bar we had the nuts sheered off! not good but at least we had access to drill them out then, 2 hours to be honest of a ball ache job, the main issue to not damage the alloys. After they were released we had to refit new studs which was the easy bit, once done all was as it …

my attempt of proloning the life of my caliper failled after 1 week..that being said the piston isnt sticking quite as much...anyhoo just about to order a complete brake system overhaul to keep things simple iv got disks.hoses.and master cylinder+stopper from ebay can somone help me out with an ebay link to a refurb kit as i cant seem to find one.. i know luke does them but if im getting everything else from ebay id rather keep it that way cheers in advance.. p.s iv tried biggred but all i seem to get is z31 kits

Well as most of you know not had a good time with my car ... and had to take my engine out again due to a brand New turbo failing .. And a big Thank you to ( Sayers ) Neil coming around today to led me a hand in taking the engine out for a 3rd time in less than a year ... m8 thanks very much your help was appreciated loads and if i can return the fava in any way i will :) any-who found out why my turbo had failed .... Bent Shaft and nackered bearing heres a video of the tub and some Pics of it installed as you can see all oil/water/return are spot on and no kinks and free flowing disconnected oil lines and 100% oil even to the point …

can any one help me i need a stainless steel bracket for a koyo type radiator ?

well not had the best day had to nip out this morning to go look at a job came off the roundabout in the wet lost the back end hit a pole and went down an embankment. getting it out wasnt that easy but we did it the car is home and im fine thats all that matters

anyone know what this button does by my gear stick ,,i think its something to do with my clifford alarm anyone got the same thing or seen this before[/img]

i like this, and much prefer this trim to leather http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201212458384175/sort/priceasc/usedcars/model/300_zx/make/nissan/postcode/sr54qs/page/1/radius/1501/quicksearch/true?logcode=p

I've never studied the underside of standard Z32 seats, but hoping someone else can advise... I have a pair of bucket seats chucked in the back of the garage, and also a pair of manual Z32 front seats. I really like the leather seats but I dont mind having some lightweight interior that I can throw in when I want to be dragging round less weight.... :wink: So here's the seats: and heres the bottom of them, already got 'some' rails fitted (not sure what they are from! Do you think I can fit these seats/rails to the Z32 rails somehow and what would it take to mount them? Any assistance gratefully received! :cowboy:

anyone know the internal diameter/ID of the rad hoses? got an unfinished gauge fitment to complete on the recently purchased Zed and want to pop a T-piece in :)