General Discussions - 300ZX Related

saw you tonight 9:30pm red zed with black top reg J88* RHA came down Edith grove past and past the houseboays then turned right over the bridge. stunning looking car looked like its had a lot of cash spent on it :punk::punk:

More often than not when it's cold. Whassit mean then? TIA

Heading in the direction of Hillhouse. Couldn't flash or anything as I was attending a funeral and wasn't driving.

After buying several Cig Lighters on ebay and finally getting it right :clown: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180455678218 I am a non smoker and wanted a fresh looking one and unused. You need 20mm diameter, a 20mm collar bit and the overall length to not exceed 38mm and this one fits the bill :thumbup1:

Ok guys, Need you to poll with your brains not the heart. Problems with the car at the moment are as follows.... 1. Flooded (water half way up doors) 2. Corroded rear brake lines (needs replacing, rear subframe out job) 3. Finish off leaking rocker cover job. Thats the major jobs anyway, over and above that it will need a respray and a few niff naff jobs. Need some help what to do really, Jimmer summed it up in the below thread. Your help is needed. Cheers guys, Rob http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=144558

Well, managed to get to the water pump today thanks to MadMax lending me his pulley puller. Found my leak coming from the lower hole in the housing due to bearing failure. a bit strange as the old one still rotated very well and there was no play, but the dried water marks spoke volumes so to speak. anyway thought id hunt for the source of the problem as i had recently tightened the belt to the power steering pump. but ruled this out as it was leaking before that. So decided to check the fan as hadn't really paid attention to it. it was split in two places where it had been previously over tightened onto the clutch. obviously this would unbalance the fan causing vib…

Hi everyone, In a quest to try and get this build finished ive been trying to buy the parts needed or solve the problems ive come across before i start work on her again. Having rear 350z Brembo calipers ive got to modify the rear hub lugs to fit the caliper. The lugs are only out by about 10-15 mm so brackets are not an option. Which means the lug on the hub would have to be either cut off and relocated or the bolt whole filled and the lug fabricated so its wider and a new bolt hole drilled to match. Im not sure if either of the above are a safe way of fitting these so im thinking of scraping the whole idea and buying say Evo 7-8 Calipers. What do you th…

can,t seem to get any power to my stereo,isthere a fuse for it in engine bay or is there a fusebox inside the car?:helpsmilie:

Postie delivered this little lot this morning from the US. . Swapping the old ones with these whilst doing the plenum change. Should make re-routing and tidying the wires easier, given this will increase the overal length of the wires

Hi all Just rung up a wheel alignment place who have a Hunter Hawkeye machine. (Supposedly the current best in the market). He says he can do all wheel alignment for me but it would have to be factory settings for the 300. He can override them but said I would need to give him settings. Anyone know here what settings I would give him? Car is lowered by 30-40mm, Running Powertrix rose jointed front lower adjustable arms, spacers of about 3" (will check later) on rear, running Antera 309's (265? rear - 225? front). HICAS Eliminator fitted. Again can check all settings later on. Or can anyone recommend someone who could look at the car and do a …

The idea is to try to capture the Tyne Tunnel Run this weekend from my point of view. Was just an idea to see if it'd work, I used the seatbelts to anchor two if the tripod legs to the back seat as you can see in the image and a cable tie to secure the leg at the front to the seatbelt arms on both the front seats, the whole thing seems very tight and secure free from movement, I'm hoping with the two tripod legs being on the back seats it'll take the shock and minimise vibration or shaking. I'm going to give it a test run Saturday morning to see if it'll work ok without any shaking etc, if it does shake or vibrate about then I won't bother. If it does work …

Right, has anyone ever removed the spindle that runs through the front throttle housing? I am guessing that those 3 indents on the edge of the casting are perhaps holding the main bush/insert in place? Is it a case of just grinding off the tab on the indent and then pressing out the bush? :hammer: I need to get this out as the being steel it will not go through the Anodisng process. cheers

I'm getting confused by this water bypass thing. I have been following the Aussie owners club bypass and so far so good :thumbup1: I thought I'd finished when I put the bypass pipes in place but they don't match the pics that Jeff put up? PS. Don't worry about the vacumn piping, I know what I'm doing with that :thumbup: The only pipes I have removed are the throttle water pipes that ran under the plenum. This is the picture of what I've done regarding the actual bypass (new pipes in red). Drivers side Passenger side Have I done this correctly? :helpsmilie:

has anyone tried this seems a little too good to be true to me http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Engine-Oil-Stop-Leak-Smoke-NISSAN-280ZX-300ZX-/250728377857?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3a60936e01

Looking to replace some damaged spring clips for hoses ! Can anyone tell me how the sizes are measured before i purchase, The below link shows a 20mm band style spring clip but is the size 20mm as is or is 20mm the maximum expanded size. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/10Pk-Mikalor-20mm-Band-type-Spring-Fuel-Hose-Clips-/320588420315?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item4aa48f14db I'm needing to replace the clips arround the right side of the plennum as well as the clips found on the brake vacuum pipes. Any suggestion ! Cheers

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/4-x-Alloy-Wheel-centres-Team-Dynamics-Drifz-19-/110612027843?pt=UK_Cars_Parts_Vehicles_Wheels_tyre_Trims_Trims_ET&hash=item19c0fd99c3 And yes I want em'!:hammer:

I have done a search but there is no difinative answer. Is the sender thread in the block an 1/8 bsp or 1/8 npt?? Thanks Allan

Been looking on the dvla website and I cant find anything to say the 3/4 plates are illegal, My car is due for MOT and im not sure if my plate will fail. its standard legal lettering spacing etc, just a 3/4 plate and at the min its in my window as i havent sorted mounting brackets out for the bumper. can anyone shed any light please. thanks Craig

when i fire my car up with the bonnet open and listen down on the drivers side fronty of teh engine i can here a turning noise. never noticed it before. my paranoia says ahh the cam belt is rubbing or what ever is down there on the anncilary belts has a dying bearing. more likly and more positivly i think it could be teh sound of the alternator when it charging as it is intermitent and far stronger when cold, i havent driven the car for a week. or its the ancilary belts creaking as they turn. so who wants to provide a possibitly? to recap its a faint sound of whirring and turning like a wind up toy down the front left. of teh engine and it gets quieter when the engine is …

I have got the old power steering problem of it works then it doesn't. Have checked all the usual things speed sensor, steering rack solinoid, was wondering if anyone has had this problem, but with the speedo working O.k. the speedo converter was u/s, causing the power steering fault or will the speedo always stop working when the power steering fails?

At this time of year, it’s beneficial to use an oil that has good cold start flow properties as it will get to the parts of the engine that need it far more quickly when you turn the key on those sub zero mornings. The "w" number which means winter is the key here and the lower it is the better cold start performance the oil will have. A 15w or 20w rated oil will struggle to get around the engine in very cold temps and we would strongly recommend using a 10w, 5w or 0w for better cold start performance. It is a fact that around 90% of all engine wear occurs on cold start because the oil is at its thickest. The colder it gets the thicker the oil bec…

my interior light has smashed would these work as a replacment http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170406564362&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Just a quick question as to if these resistors will be ok : http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/10-x-1M-Ohm-0-25w-Metal-Film-1-4w-Resistor-1-1M-/120616182272?pt=UK_BOI_Electrical_Components_Supplies_ET&hash=item1c1548e200 Wasn't sure on the power ratings :blink:

how is this done? are there any standard pipe kits you can buy?

not mine but thought some on here might appreciate...I think its cool! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NISSAN-300ZX-300-ZX-TT-Fairlady-T-Shirt-ALL-SIZES-/350274722857?pt=Men_s_Clothes&hash=item518e001c29#ht_990wt_905