well i was having a look at my intector connections today as i have a mjsfire and i noticed there was a rattle coming from the front of the engine so i thought i best check the belt and good job i did as the camblet was flopping around more than a fat bird on a treadmil!!!!!

That was a lucky find, defo the cambelt and not the fanbelt thats flopping about?

na defo cambelt as i took off 1 side of the cover and started it and you could see the belt moving up and down! i was planing on changing it at end of month anyway but looks like my plans have changed! i did have a day of tomorrow but looks like be doing belt and water pump. any recommendations on doing these belts tgey look pretty straight forward as i have rad out and the fan off already

Its something I would not attemp myself as you need the skill and knowledge to do it right but as long as you know what your doing good luck mate

Try this help file bud, but not something i would try, give it to Jeff at zedworld if you are unsure

 

http://www.ttzd.com/tech/60ktech.html

dave where abouts are you? if your close enough i could do it for you as long as you have a puller to get the lower crank sprocket off.

 

Also you might want to strip it down and find out why its flopping about, as you might need to replace more than just the water pump and belt. tensioner would be a good idea to replace while there. and front crank seal as well.

yeah im pretty good with a spanner or 2 and my brothers a mechanic but niether one of us have done a zed but he has done a gto and i have ordered a belt kit with 2 idlers and a tensoner plus ill change the fan balt and power steering belt and thermosat while its all apart i think ill order a seal as well en as i didnt know about them. other than needing about 7 pairs of hands to put the belt on is there any silly bolts etc i.need to worry about?

http://300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=135139 have a read of that, might help a tiny bit lol

ahh thank you that is a help full link i will be using that link in the morning! it looks pretty straight forward once everything is out the way

well it seems i was a very lucky boy indeed as i found that my tensioner arm had seized and this was causing my cambelt slap, so been driving about without a tensioned cambelt!!! just got to put the rad back in today and we should be all good hopefully

well it seems i was a very lucky boy indeed as i found that my tensioner arm had seized and this was causing my cambelt slap, so been driving about without a tensioned cambelt!!! just got to put the rad back in today and we should be all good hopefully

 

Glad you got it in time mate as that would have been expensive if it let go.

Close shave there matey