Further to my earlier post about my car, I've decided to sell my 300ZX TT and wanted to give the community first refusal before I list it more widely.
I'm sad to have to sell it as I only got it 4 months ago and it was a dream car for me. When I got it, I knew that at £8,000 it would have some issues. It has been serving me well. I've spent some time and money on it, trying to ensure that it ran well - putting new tyres on it, dealing with some leaks, and a variety of other jobs. So long as it kept running and I wasn't having to spend thousands on it, I was happy. Very happy. (You will see from the photos that I have used some black Gorilla tape to deal with a couple of scrapes, and also to do with a gap between lights and the bodywork which I figured would have been causing some unnecessary drag).
Then it overheated and stopped on a journey and had to be taken to a garage. The garage carried out a compression test and found cylinders running 30–40% below expected limits. They said that they checked the timing belt, and that it's fine, and that the problem is likely to be the head gasket. The amount they were quoting to do work on the car was far above what I was prepared to spend on it, especially as I'm not currently employed. So I got the car brought back to my house in Cardiff.
I decided to do one final check of the car myself. I checked the oil, etc, and there were no problems. But the radiator, as expected, was empty. In fact, it accepted around 10-12 litres when refilled, which was a surprise since I thought the capacity was 10 litres. Anyway, when I attempted to start the engine, coolant came out of the right exhaust — confirming a head gasket failure.
I don't know whether someone will want to try to repair this car, or use it to take parts from to fix a 300ZX they already have, but I would rather it's being used positively in either way.
I'm asking for £6,500. Collection only from Cardiff.
Further to my earlier post about my car, I've decided to sell my 300ZX TT and wanted to give the community first refusal before I list it more widely.
I'm sad to have to sell it as I only got it 4 months ago and it was a dream car for me. When I got it, I knew that at £8,000 it would have some issues. It has been serving me well. I've spent some time and money on it, trying to ensure that it ran well - putting new tyres on it, dealing with some leaks, and a variety of other jobs. So long as it kept running and I wasn't having to spend thousands on it, I was happy. Very happy. (You will see from the photos that I have used some black Gorilla tape to deal with a couple of scrapes, and also to do with a gap between lights and the bodywork which I figured would have been causing some unnecessary drag).
Then it overheated and stopped on a journey and had to be taken to a garage. The garage carried out a compression test and found cylinders running 30–40% below expected limits. They said that they checked the timing belt, and that it's fine, and that the problem is likely to be the head gasket. The amount they were quoting to do work on the car was far above what I was prepared to spend on it, especially as I'm not currently employed. So I got the car brought back to my house in Cardiff.
I decided to do one final check of the car myself. I checked the oil, etc, and there were no problems. But the radiator, as expected, was empty. In fact, it accepted around 10-12 litres when refilled, which was a surprise since I thought the capacity was 10 litres. Anyway, when I attempted to start the engine, coolant came out of the right exhaust — confirming a head gasket failure.
I don't know whether someone will want to try to repair this car, or use it to take parts from to fix a 300ZX they already have, but I would rather it's being used positively in either way.
I'm asking for £6,500. Collection only from Cardiff.
Due to site limitations, I can't post images here, but you can find them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10162868096443365&set=pcb.3119198181601332