General Discussions - 300ZX Related

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 :)

2 hours cleaned inside and out ready for my local car show tomorrow ,,unless it rains[/img] [/img]

Each time I jack Zed up at the fount, no matter how central the jack is, the front right wheel always comes up an inch or so off the ramp before the left side. Once I have settled her onto axle stands, again equally spaced, the left rear side of the car is noticeably lower. (between an 1" and 2"') at a guess. (as viewed from the back.) Any suggestions peep's

I had a website saved on my old laptop which had various how-to's for the 300zx but for the life of me i can't find it anywhere now, Anybody got any good links to such a site? Cheers in advance

Ten of the Best X1 is happening on the 27th and 28th July http://www.totb.co.uk/ I have already entered and I am really optimistic to do well this year :) When you add it all up it's the most perfect event for any driver who truly wants to find out how good they or their car is. It costs a measly £100 for the entire weekend!!!! That could mean at least 20 runs on the quarter plus the top speed runs. That could easily mean 20 sessions on the handling circuit over the two days. That's including camping for the weekend!!! So instead of measuring your performance in cyberland by showing your dyno graph or the amount of mods you've done this is the …

any one tell me where the connector on the engine is for the oil waning light on the dash please

been trawling recently, just being nosey as we all do, and i dunno about the rest of you but ive noticed a severve reduction in the amount of 1000-1500 zeds. infact to find a tt under 1k now seems to require buying one someones broken. and the average price for a half decent example is around 3.5 to 4 at present. it may be premarture, and also you have to take into account are these cars selling, blah blah. but i think what we are seeing a slight rise in zed prices. guess we shall have to keep watching this space, but it does have to happen at some point the dross will all get scrapped and the quality will shine through with a higher price :)

Had my NA on ebay. I thougth id give it one go on there. If it sold, id buy a TT, if it didn't, i'd convert mine. Had a couple of silly offers (As you do on ebay!). I had an offer that was a bit less than i wanted, but wasn't silly, so i counter offered £1500 (was up for £2000). He came today, and loved it. Id told him all about the TT bumper and the fact that the fresh paint was the wrong shade, and he was still happy to drive 2.5 hours to see it. Decent test drive later, and the money was in my pocket. Im 50/50 with it. I know it'll be a lot less hassle to buy a TT, than convert mine. But now im tasked with trying to find a Manual TT thats in as good a …

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Just fitted a fuel pressure sensor into my fuel line and it's **** leaking up the screw threads. Any ideas ????

hi ive just finished doing my auto to manual conversion and have had it up and running although when up to normal operating temp its idling slightly high 1400 rpm how can i adjust

only ridden one on holidays etc, just need something cheap and cheerful, journey will be mostly to and from work which is around 4 miles each way. any help suggestions? thanks.

Hi Should be a straight forward job but I can't get the old one off aquired a new momo with cruise boss want to put it on!!! Tried g clamp to pick up centre hole put no good any ideas ?

anyone know what the fabric trim inside my car is called or a part number and if i can still buy it[/img]

Hi have developed an oil leak that has been getting steadily worse,mate had a quick look today and says he feels it's the rear crankshaft oil seal? is this a big job to get fixed ? is it an engine out job?more importantantly is it expensive ?i will have to pay to get it fixed as thick when it comes to cars.Also car has a flat spot when you blip the throttle?calipers sticking and rust is coming back on the sills.Starting to lose interest in the old girl.

Im looking for some information on settings for, (1). Factor water temp setting. When fan cuts in (2). Factor oil pressure setting. Min. And max (3). Factor oil temp setting. If known ? (4). Factor fuel pressure indeed to the rail.