General Discussions - 300ZX Related

when I start to push the zed it always seems to crunch into 4th gear. All the other gears appear fine. Any thoughts of what it might be and were to start checking? Cheers

Hi, Just put a new clutch, flywheel and thrust bearing in my zed as the old one was slipping, also changed the crank seal just for good measure but its slipping again any idea? it was ok when the clutch was first changed, only done around 150miles. the car is a standard TT manual. cheers mark

i know its been coverd but im kinda half cut could someone give me a link for the best glue to use im using a sued material thanks

Am rebuilding my engine and need some advice on torque settings. Does anyone have any lists(or guides) there can put on here on as many torque settings as possible to affix both heads, lower plenum, water pipes and oil filter housing. thankyou to anyone that can help.

After months of the thing cluttering up my house finally got round to fitting my single piece prop shaft today. Only problem i noticed was that the new shaft had 2 master splines, where as the gearbox output shaft didn't seem to. Ended up getting it on ok (after lowering the diff) and after getting it all back together pulled it off the lift and the difference was instantly noticeable, the hole car just seemed so much smoother (the centre bearing on the old prop was horrendous, the play on it was unreal). Couple of meters down the road, noticed a reasonably high pitched whining/tapping noise, it was in time to the speed of the car, i.e. didn't increase/decrease with …

I have for some time had fluctuating oil preasure, I am going to take car on a 4 hour drive tomorrow. Oil preasure on start up is just short of half way on standard gauge, then within 5 minutes it is down near 0 on tickover, then back up to about 1/4 then back near 0, it is all over the place. I have checked oil and all seems fine...........WTF is going on I wonder!!!!!

Refused to sell to to Jeremy Clarkson! does write a good advert however £800 for the seats what a mug they are cheapos http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nissan-300zx-3-0-N-A-Manual-jap-import-chipped-/260860099497?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item3cbc793ba9

300zx wide body gold colour with viper front wings very nice :cool3:

I'm not a mechanic and I'm obviously learning as I go along but is this normal? Turbo #1 looks pretty normal but Turbo #2 doesn't look quite right with this random bolt going through the housing 'but' from the inside! it's clearly a bolt from somewhere else (it's green for one). Surely this should be threaded from 'outside' the housing and not from inside? or am I way off??

sorry mods if this is in the wrong place could somone resizes my sig pic to make it bigger(max size)please cheers

hooked it up earlier, didnt change anything seeing as i didnt really know wot i was doing. over to the experts for an opinion of how it looks

This may be a simple job but I can not see how to remove the headlight unit. I am having trouble adjusting the low beam spots so would like to remove the whole unit so as to see what the problem might be. Can anyone help explain how this is done please?

with the plenium off, are these difficult to remove and paint? i do mean the two under the plenium not the front cover.. i hope Ive used the correct name.

Could anyone tell me whats the best paint to use when painting my covers would i need a plastic primer or heat resistant paint Jim

Seems to be a great deal of difference in pricing, is there really that much difference in quality now?? Seeing as most of the kits look like they have come out of the same factory in china?? Ive seen them from £60 delivered on fleabay £120 from Japspeed and £200 from driftworks Anyone got any opinions or experience or had problems with certain brands?? Cheers craig

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NISSAN-300ZX-OIL-FILTER-RELOCATION-KIT-19-ROW-COOLER-/110581189362?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item19bf270af2

ive now got all the bits to do this job I belive New rad Silicone hoses Thermostat Bracket Anything else needed? Gaskets? And how high should I jack the front end to prevent/vent out any air blocks.

i do afair amoubnt of driving and visting places in my job so this week i thought id share with you all alist of some of the things ive seen. 3 z32s not including mine 1 z31 1 z30?(280zx) 1 superchargered z33(too many normal ones to count) 2 gtos 2 r35s 1 1965 mustang 1 ferrari 360 1 ferrari 458 several astons a police helicopter landed and up close an acoustic testing tank in a mod facity a gaggle of white geese and chickens with fluffy feet and.....................er 2 lamas. theres probally more in fairness taht ive forgotten about.

Is it me or generally a guy thing that shiney car bits like this look so lush... such a shame they have to reside in the crap the roads chuck up, of course not from a zed, in fact they are S14, weirdly they even had a nice smell....oh did I say that out loud? :biggrin: Cannot knock the quality of some of the stuff coming out of China these days! Jeff TT

quick couple of questions for you guys, im not too good with the ins and outs of auto's, but when its in park my idle is quite high about 1200, but when in drive but stationary its about 8-900ish. is that normal? and my other question is can the clutch go on an auto might be a stupid question but how would you tell? on a manual you'd feel it but my zeds been acting a bit strange recently so just wondering.

Just to clarify, will LWB TT downpipes fit dierctly onto a SWB TT? thanks

MAP sensor fitting I've done a quick search but can't find too much info on it I understand that you can do away with the MAF if you go down the MAP sensor route but what does fitting a MAP sensor actually entail?

I'm looking to replace all of the stock vacuum hoses in the zeds engine bay with SAMCO vacuum hoses (blue). I'm just wondering, what size inner diameter hose do I require? There are a variety on ebay ranging from 3mm, 4mm, 5mm, 6.3mm, 8mm and 9mm thanks

Hi Z mates, i have just resubscribed after being away from the scene for a few years and have moved from oxford to blackpool, can any tell me if there are any z specialist in the lancashire area. thanks

Need a couple of 265/35/ZR18 tyres looking for something like Pireli PZero's dont need to be new can be part worns just need to get through MOT Anyone know any good suppliers?? Who dont cost the earth?? Cheers Craig