Hi all,
The car arrives in less than a day.
This whole week has really dragged by, I can’t wait to get stuck in tomorrow.

It’s been sat in a garage for 18 years, the sills and underneath of the car looked sound.
Plan for the worst, hope for the best. I’m fully aware there could be hidden issues due to the age of the car.

Once it’s up on four jacks I’ll be able to get some pictures up.

Major issues are, bodywork and the engine...

I have quite a list of things that need addressing and I know that list will get longer the deeper I dig. For now, some of these are…

 

 

Find out why the car was running at auction and did not when it arrived.

• Inspect cambelt.
• Drain the fuel tank, flush lines and replace the fuel filter
• Someones had the coils, both fuel rails, coolant hoses and inlet manifold off.
• (Cranked the engine over and it sounds like it could be down on compression on a few cylinders.)
• Inspect the coolant system.
• Fit the new battery.
• Cold compression test.
• Check immobiliser functionality…
• Inspect engine wiring harness and fuses.
• Inspect injectors, coils and spark plugs.

 

Bodywork:

• Address rust around the top of the windscreen asap.
• Find a boot lid (the spoiler has rotted the boot lid).
• Remove lights, trims etc for a respray.
• Find a new windscreen.
• Order window rubbers and rubber trips.

So here starts the journey. I guess we are all here for the ride. It will be a long one and hope that I can get the car moving under its own power soon.

I’m being very optimistic but I’ll try and get it in a state ready for an MOT.

All suggestions greatly welcomed!
 

IIRC you can get the correct windscreens from Pilkington. They might be special order though. 

I'm sure someone with more recent info will be along soon. 

Luck with the project mate. 

Just a quick update.
Completely removed the 90’s retrofitted immobiliser and repaired the splicings on the loom.
I’ll get new immobiliser/alarm fitted at a later date.

Disconnected the fuel line from the fuel filter, it was bone dry... Fitted a piece of pipe to go into a fuel can 

I was getting codes 11 (CAS) and 13 (Water Temp)
Rotated the CAS and could hear the injectors clicking, the fan would run also due to 13.
I’ve ordered a new Walbro GSS279 fuel pump, fuel tank o-ring and CAS connecter.
Fuel pump relay is only momentarily energising at “ON” key position. Not when cranking.
12V momentarily seen at the fuel tank connecter

Have tried PFCM bypass and still no fuel flow at all.

Following this, https://conceptzperformance.com/wiki/index.php/Fuel_Pump

Adam.

For reference, these are the relevant pages from the FSM on fuel pump system:

efec 26.pdf

efec 151.pdf

Do you know that the stock fuel pump is not working? Tried connecting a fused 12v and GND  to it directly (see diagram in efec 151 for pump's 12V and GND connection)?

The relay will click on for 1 second on ign sw to ON (see efec 26). You might want to check the wiring between the ECU, FPCU (follow diagnostic steps in efec 151)

Note that the fuel pump operating also relies on the ECU knowing that the engine is turning over derived from CAS signal  (see efec 26) Which you have a fault code 11 on.

The fuel pump is sadly dead. I saw 12V at the pumps connector and then connected a battery directly to the pump, nothing…

Is there a Zed go to / specific parts company in the UK for ordering cambelt kits, head gaskets and suspension components etc?

Or is it best to go directly to Nissan?

For Nissan parts you can try the zcentre.co.uk or www.allcarpartsfast.co.uk who source directly from Nissan stocks. Both are well known to the Club's

members. You can also source parts directly from Japan from the likes of https://jp-carparts.com who ship parts fast to the UK. Again well known to

members. It is also worth checking the US suppliers https://conceptzperformance.com and www.z1motorsports.com/ who can often have parts at

a discount  (even with shipping and duty). Both are reliable suppliers.

If you need to confirm part#s before ordering I can help you with that.

 

 

Edited April 20, 20214 yr by AndrewG

Thanks very much.
These links will come in very useful!

How’s she coming along? 
 

Slow...
It looks like the cambelt has slipped a few teeth, cylinder 6 recorded zero compression.
Not ideal but, it’s an excuse to pull the engine out for a rebuild and get the drivetrain, fuel tank etc out for the resparay and under seal.
The journey is about to get a whole lot longer, however. It will be fun and the end result will be awesome.