Hi,

My heater matrix has sprung a leak and the garage seem to be struggling to get a replacement (waiting on a call back from them atm, but it's been over a month so far & I don't hold much hope), so probably my best bet is to source one myself.

1. Is the heater matrix the same for NA and TT? (car is also SWB but I am guessing that doesn't matter!)

2. Any recommended source? I found https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/113344885229 £60 Kenjutsu brand from Conceptua Tuning, so if nothing else (and assuming NA/TT use same part), I'll go for that.

Cheers for any help!

Brian

 

OK, went with the linked item as CZP's compatibility checker suggests NA/TT are same part.

they're both the same mate. also the same as a primera i believe, thats what i got for mine and was a straight swap 

Cheers for that! Looks like it would have been a fair bit cheaper to have got it as a Primera one than a Z...

32 minutes ago, baby ice dog said:

Cheers for that! Looks like it would have been a fair bit cheaper to have got it as a Primera one than a Z...

it was a LOT cheaper lol, changed it 2 years ago and still working fine

On ‎15‎/‎02‎/‎2020 at 11:08, jayjay93 said:

they're both the same mate. also the same as a primera i believe, thats what i got for mine and was a straight swap 

Yup - same part..... And yes again, the Primera matrix will also fit.....

Where are you based, Ice Dog? Reason I ask, is most garages will charge a fortune to replace the matrix. They won't know the short-cuts and will probably end up removing the whole dash - whereas Jimmer knows his way around a 300zx. Not only will he (probably) be cheaper, you know he'll also do the job right.

If you can get your Zed to Bristol, do it.  Jimmer is the best

RichardS: Thanks for the tip - I'm in Manchester though, so Bristol is a bit of a trek. I've seen that Jimmer is the go-to guy at the moment so longer term I may plan a trip down to get the Z some TLC.

Really, I have messed up this year - I used to go to a place north of Mcr where Phil (ex C&S Woods) worked, but it's fairly out of the way for me (I am towards Stockport, other side of Mcr) so it was always a pain to get to/from and friends/colleagues thought it was crazy that I go so far just for car servicing. So for servicing/MOT this year I went to a much more local place with good refs. They are a decent honest garage and competent mechanics but they don't know the Z and their communication is terrible, I've had a couple of problems since and both have been a total pain to get sorted (mostly because they won't admit when they can't source a part - which I find weird!). Right now I'm also locked out as the battery died and the car has no working keyholes ?

My intention is to get this sorted (they're keen that they can do it without removing the dash - my initial request was that they just bypass the matrix, but they insisted that they could get the part no problem) and then go back to using Phil for regular servicing, because this has been way too much fuss. If the car holds together for next MOT then I'll likely look to Jimmer for some major TLC, but right now my faith in it is very low.

 

Phil built my engine.  He' very good and well priced.  And more so, he' a great bloke.  I used to come down from Sunderland to Phil.  Stockport to Phil is a short journey really.

 

Alternatively.  Deffo Jimmer.  Don' think you'l find anyone with better knowledge of thrm

On 15/02/2020 at 11:08, jayjay93 said:

they're both the same mate. also the same as a primera i believe, thats what i got for mine and was a straight swap 

 

On 17/02/2020 at 20:09, RichardS said:

Yup - same part..... And yes again, the Primera matrix will also fit.....

Where are you based, Ice Dog? Reason I ask, is most garages will charge a fortune to replace the matrix. They won't know the short-cuts and will probably end up removing the whole dash - whereas Jimmer knows his way around a 300zx. Not only will he (probably) be cheaper, you know he'll also do the job right.

If you can get your Zed to Bristol, do it.  Jimmer is the best

 

Which primera one is the same part? And is it exactly the same?

On 15/02/2020 at 11:08, jayjay93 said:

they're both the same mate. also the same as a primera i believe, thats what i got for mine and was a straight swap 

 

On 17/02/2020 at 20:09, RichardS said:

Yup - same part..... And yes again, the Primera matrix will also fit.....

Where are you based, Ice Dog? Reason I ask, is most garages will charge a fortune to replace the matrix. They won't know the short-cuts and will probably end up removing the whole dash - whereas Jimmer knows his way around a 300zx. Not only will he (probably) be cheaper, you know he'll also do the job right.

If you can get your Zed to Bristol, do it.  Jimmer is the best

 

Which primera one is the same part? And is it exactly the same?

 

This one?

https://www.carcooling.co.uk/heater-matrix-nissan-primera-p10-all-cc-1990-96-06/90-10/96-primera-i-saloon/hatchback-man/auto-152-185-32mm-16dn302

Phoned Blackmoor to be told that Phil "doesn't bother with" Zs any more - great shame, like you say he did great work at a decent price and was always pleasant to deal with.

I know he spoke about that the last time I saw him.  At the time, he was only working on his existing customers as such