General Discussions - 300ZX Related

Took gearbox of today and snapped 2 of the 6 downpipe nuts off there is still about 5mm sticking out treid plus gas /wd40 .Then mole grips but it just chews the stud thread up .What are they like to drill out thanks taff.

So I'm driving back from dropping my mum at Heathrow on Sat morning...3.30am start...it's about 6am and I'm about 2mins from home sitting at a roundabout when the white van in the lane next to me decides he doesn't want to follow the white lane lines but instead decides to cut across my lane....despite me sitting in it! Absolutely nothing but bad luck for me and this Zed...:mad2: He even had the nerve to start going off at me for driving into him!! Despite me being absolutely stationary! Soon as I pointed out where the paint/FG was on the road (i.e. a fair way into my lane) he soo shut up and we just exchanged details. Really hope he doesn't try and be …

Hey guys, MOT retest in a week, only failed on wiper blades and a steering boot, got a new one but to fit do I have to remove the outer rod ball from the hub, or is it possible to twist em apart? I'll mark where I started from. Cheers, David

Right, got my car on the road, but its smoking from both sides of the exhaust. I thought id look at the pcv valves first. Left side one first, looks oily so hoping its them. How the hell do you get them out? Spanner is to big, and hits the suspension turret. Socket gets on it, but no room for the rachet to move...

Right , the time has come to buy some new Tyres, i have a 93 ZX TT, question is , what is the better choice of tyre for these cars ??? anybody had experiences good, bad or ugly ta Neil

I'll be taking my autobox off the back of the engine tomorrow and was wondering if it's possible to get at the top two bolts without having to use the 36" extension bars method? Can you get at the bolts from the back of the engine bay or maybe round the side? Cheers Steams

saw a very nice white zed today 9pm'ish i was coming up from the mars factory and as i approached wickes saw car go past the end of the road heading further into slough. couldn't see the reg but it looked like it had ferrari style rear lights

You may remember the zed that met a kerb on the way to have an MOT, the repair I did a thread about (below) http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=147497 Mostly bolt on new parts the one thing we could not fix was the very nasty looking damage to the wheel, as can be seen below, so it left is with two loan wheels until a replacement was found. Had the opportunity to see the zed again and complemented the owner on the spanky new wheel and thought how lucky he had been to be able to buy just one, you can imaging my surprise when he explained that it was the old one repaired!!! marvellous job done on it, all for £75 Bargain!! …

Brillomaster mentioned yetersday how he had suffered from someones previous bad work that came to light when having a chip upgrade, the boost leak was bad!!!! seems someone had used a bit of wood to add some firmness to the bottom of his 99 spec bumper due to missing fixings, unfortunately one of the screws had pierced the intercooler. Took some picures and thought they may serve to keep all owners alert to taking care when drilling etc. on zeds. Jeff TT

I have one massive FMIC so there is very little room for the MAF and my Apexi filter. It is possible to mount the ‘T’ pipe out of the MAF in a way that it all fits but the filter then sits right behind the FMIC. Obviously the problem is that an intercooler is there too cool the pressurised air from the tubs but the warm air off the intercooler gets sucked into the turbos thus reducing the efficiency of the system. I’m looking at mounting the filter where the stock intercooler was on the left hand side by running a pipe under the headlight – anyone ever done this?????

Red Z Bryn Bach Park lake South Wales this morning Sunday April 3rd around 09:30-10:00am ish.

The other day my neighbors had a concrete hard stand built for there drive. (looks bloody awful!) When I got home today I decided to wash the car and give her a good polish etc :) when I got to the passenger side of the car I noticed there were little specs of something hard stuck to the paint work but managed to get it off fairly easy. When I got to the bonnet it was a different story, there are blobs of concrete set on the paint work :( I'm devastated! The car had a full re-spray last July and has been well looked after ever since. I feel that I can't really say anything to the neighbours because we get on really well and they are a really nice couple, great with m…

hey guys, having problems, i have 1991 none turbo jap verson of car running in kph, trying to convert to mph, am on 3rd mph unit now, and all dials work apart from the spedo dial its self, any one know if im missing anything or something should be doing, the kph unit works fine, thanks

i ken theyres the jae n stuff but is there any way we could maybe get a place were any forum memers could meet 1nce a year without an event such as said jae..knockhill n that..just something where's it is just zed's and nothing else or is it something thats been tried and tested and failed.. sorry if its a repost or somthing

I'm occasionally getting the chimes you get when you switch off, open the car door to get out having left your headlights on, except I haven't switched off, don't have the lights on and haven't opened the door!! :confused1:

...to sell the Zed. Can any one give me some advice where is the best place to shift it, i dont want loads of money for it, just want it to have a good home !! Will be missed. :crying: Marcus

As above, sounds like a speaker buzzing, could it just be a vibration?

Well subject to it passin its MOT this week. Its a black 2+2 N/A 1995 on an M, quite good nick just needs a good valet and polish. Its completely stock and hopefully shouldn't turn out a bad buy. Shows just over 80,000km imported 7 years ago by the last owner... Just a little exited lol :hyper::hyper::hyper:

Hi guys. I want to tint my lights, in the past ive just sprayed the whole unit. That gives a matte effect. If i want that glossy then i lacquer over it. But i want to try something a bit more factory looking so howabout this. Ive taken the inserts out of a spare light unit (you see where this is going) has anyone ever sprayed these directly then put them back in the car. This way it wont affect the unit, but the lenses will be tinted. I cant make my mind up if it will look nice or be completely crap. Id keep the reflector there for legal reasons. Thanks Mark

trying to get to the bottom of my window fault. all component parts (both switches and the amp) have been tested working on my white Z. When fitted to the black Z the passenger window doesnt function from either the drivers switch or the switch in the passengers door. The passenger window lock button isn't depressed. I unplugged the motor and tried a known working one that I had in the garage and the motor went one way but not the other, leaving me wondering if there is a relay that controls the switchover between up and down? Does anyone know if this is the case, and if so where abouts it is located? thanks :confused1:

Hi guys, Been doing a bit of fault finding and general poking and prodding ref my smokey car. Initially the thought that it was a drivers side turbo seal on the way out, however over the weekend I have discovered it is only firing on 5 cylinders and the passenger exhaust intermittantly smokes now. Just had an oil change and no dramas there, apart from honking old oil LOL. Did see that there is a slight leak on the turbo oil return pipes (turbo back to sump) on both sides. The mechanic reckons it might be piston rings, this is what my old man thought when it first went wrong. Can I get your thoughts please guys as piston rings is completely differ…

last week i had some idleing issues with my tt300, after acting on the advice given and removing and cleaning nightmare to get to valves and connectors,and everything else, the car runs better,however its now got (how can i put this) a fluffy,hesitation moment when i blip the throttle in neutral, has anyone come across this before? cant find any air leaks.. any suggestions? the motor revs fine.:crying:

how much am i looking to convert the front end to 99 spec. cant find car mads price for them, obviously i would need the new indictors aswel. and the labour side any ideas ball park guys?

Spotted a Red Twin Turbo heading South around 9am. First spotted you around Wakefield, then playing cat & mouse all the way to Nottingham area. I was in the Silver Peugeot 308 Diesel (giving it death!) and gave you the thumbs up. I have to say, your car looked REALLY well. (much nicer than the EVO X that wanted to show off)

bit of a strange request this but.... Does anyone have any aftermarket Rear camber arm or Front tension arms lieng about not fitted ? They need to be of the round tube type. What I need to know is the outer diameter of either. Also the outer diameter of any rose joint or spherical bearings they have fitted. Can anyone help ?