Ive had the zed for a few months now, and its been in the family for a good few years. Never even hinted at a problem before, been perfect in every way... Then today out of the blue at 60 theres a bang and some horrible crunching sound and loss of power. Seems like overdrive is completely gone as is reverse... and 1st and 2nd make the crunching noise :(

 

Looks like its not going anywhere in a hurry now, what are my options??

My thread does not relate to you "terry", only to my experience in the past with "so-called" 300zx mechanics that has carried out work on my zed.

No offence mean't or intended matey. Just good, sound advise for peeps on here.

 

Al.

Edited October 25, 200916 yr by AlanZ

i thought that people might be thinking im trying to earn money

i aint a z specialist, theirs loads i dont know about them,

i am a mechanic by trade,

i have quite a good work shop which is owned by family with three 2 post ramps a 4 post ramp and a full length pit which makes life a lot easier,

i even changed both turbos their and people say their hard, was fiddly but not as bad as i thought it would be,

if you had a bad experiance you have the right to warn people mate,

anyway lets all just hope he gets it sorted lol

 

when i first got my z it was running like a dog, so found a z specailist in swindon, borowed a trailor to get it their [3 hours drive], they said they had diagnostics to put it on when got their, said diagnostics wasnt working so they found air leak and sorted it, then they spent about 5 hours fiddling with cas to set timing without using light,

and throttle posistion sensor without volt meter and charged about £500 which if they had diagnostics would have took 5 mins,

and to top it my mates mondeo broke what towed trailor so had to drive a rougher z then to start with home and lost hes car with trailor what cost me another few hundread quid. bloody cars i hate them, just their so much fun when they work.

You seem like a very honest chap, matey. Unlike some on here..

 

Al.

Sorry buddy; unsubscribed users are not permittted to sell on the forums.

Edited November 3, 200916 yr by RichardS
See above.......

Terry, I've finally got hold of a car for the manaul geearbox.. Ive tried calling you but cant seem to get through, could you drop me an email at: rig46(at)hotmail(dot)com when you get a chance

Cheers

my numbers 07522451527 aint sure how to email on this computer mate lol