Went to Croydon today with the aim of picking up another zed, to strip the engine for my yellow one and a few other parts for both my zeds, but starting off, getting a train and having to change twice on the way up, due to signalling and other problems was a pain in the ass, the guy picked me up from the station and off we went to his garage.

I get to see the zed on the ramp to have a look underneath, shabby is an understatement, lack of care would describe it politely.

Fitted with a HKS super drager single exhaust and i cant believe that the back box is stainless and the rest of the pipework is steel to the cat pipes, with more holes in than a cheese grater :thumbdown: coupled to what looks like a cheapo silencer then to homemade decat pipes with the cat temp sensor wires and aiv pipe still plumbed in.

Oil leak from the rear crank seal and some oil seepage from the head/rocker. Cheap chinese maf, which coupled with shitty plugs hindered the smooth running of the engine, hunting slightly and bogging down after revved :thumbdown:

 

Wheels in need of a refurb due to really bad curbing and chunks out the rims in places, cheap sunny tyres (225) all round, no fogs hence no sidelights, infact no lights were working as the fuse had blown, so i replaced that to get the lighting working.

Engine quiet albeit a slight tappet noise, but probably in need of fresh oil if the gearbox oil was anything to go by. Gearbox oil was brown and thin and really shitty, so we drained the gearbox oil and replaced with new ATF, took it for a test drive and wouldnt change gear, put in the AT fuse and managed to get another gear, but with the engine stumble, virtually UN-driveable over a long distance, round the block was enough to tell me not to bother.

 

My main aim was the engine on this car and anything else i could have stripped or sold would have been a bonus, but only if i could drive it home and at the right price.

I knew he wanted around a grand for the car, which i had no intention of paying of course, even before i got there, i said as it stands i wouldnt pay half of the asking price.

He dropped to £700 and offered to get it trailer-ed to Portsmouth for £200 :nono: not a chance, i told him im out and wouldnt feel comfortable driving it back as it was and certainly wasnt going to pay for it to be transported.

It really annoys me when someone tells you the car is good and engine is sweet, only to find the total opposite :thumbdown:

 

Another missed train later and another change to get home topped off a crappy day and a waste of money getting there

 

So... i have decided im going to TT my yellow NA and use the UK TT project for my donor vehicle, after all it hadnt been on the road since 2011 and i would rather focus all my time and energy on one zed :thumbup1:

 

 

So even though this zed was MOT'd till Oct 2015, so 3 months ago :scared: it certainly would have failed miserably today and to top it all off..........

 

The guy is an MOT tester :whistling:

 

Im sure there are many other been in a similar position when looking at a so called good zed, but my advice and the clubs advice is to thoroughly check the car over and dont let your heart rule your head :thumbup:

 

That is all :yes:

Just seen this on gumtree http://www.gumtree.com/p/nissan/nissan-300zx-on-going-project-almost-complete-5-months-tax-7-months-mot/1106354439

 

An even bigger abortion than when i went to see it [emoji38]

Looks like a snow plough..lol

Good grief :no:.

Just seen this on gumtree http://www.gumtree.com/p/nissan/nissan-300zx-on-going-project-almost-complete-5-months-tax-7-months-mot/1106354439

 

An even bigger abortion than when i went to see it :lol:

 

Poor thing! Is that the same seller?

Different seller, but obviously just as clueless :lol:

That's a busy guy, washing the car and taking the pics at the same time lol, the wash normally comes first.

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Oh dear....:no: