My weekend has been rather a bit hectic and tiring.

 

Had to get the Zed ready for transporting all the way to Preston to Duffer's place.

 

Got up on Saturday morning and headed towards East London and started adjusting the suspension which took me loads of time whilst at the same time removing my rear spacers. The suspension was really hard as you dont have much space to turn the c spanner as its a bit akward, my arm was killing me by the end of it!!!

 

After getting that done i tried F U C King up the PTU but couldint get the damn Boost pipe off (my inexperience shows here) a quick call to Stuart (SMW1) who may i say was a great help, and i asked him if he could possibly come down and give me a hand which he kindly did (by the way mate im still waiting on that dry cleaning bill ;) i am sorry about getting your hands dirty but im useless at this stuff) Just wanna say a big thanks to him for taking time out to help me and to remind me how good these Zeds bloody look, his car looked and sounded awesome, the ICE install is well nice WELL DONE MATE!!!

 

Finally got everything else done on the car and called upon the AA who sent there guy round. At first i thought he was gonna figure it out as he had the boost pipe off but he started cleaning the throttle boddies :confused:

 

They then called a recovery truck which arrived after ages roughly about 6pm. The problem being he was only gonna take me to toddington services on the M1. At this moment im starting to think im gonna get to duffers well late :rolleyes: fortunately he was well nice about it and didnt mind as he was gonna be up all night getting pissed :rofl: :D

 

Eventually got picked up about an hour later by the second recovery truck, though i had to endure a coach full of german students asking me questions about what i had done to the car, i couldint understand a single word!!! :slap:

 

I never realised how far Preston was and boy did it take ages!!! Got their after 12 at night. Duffer was waiting for me outside and may i say he was a bit tipsy :duffer: (it must have been a bloody good night in, as him and all of his mates where completly pissed :duffer: ) Though i have to say they where still able to push the ZED half way up his street and on to his drive and still be jolly about it (some dodgy steering by me did it but i nearly crashed the thing into his house)

 

I also wanna say a big thanks to Duffer for being so patient with me and taking my car in on such short notice, hes a top bloke and even though he was a little tipsy he still listened to all my rambling about the Zed!!! CHEERS MATE!!! :bow:

 

Finally got to Birmingham after a lift from my uncle at 1am, arrived at 3am and decided to stay the night as i was to tired to make my way back to London. Arrived back on sunday evening at about 6pm and went straight to work. Just arrived home and im shattered so im off to sleep!!!

 

 

Fas

 

P.S. Andy give my apoligies to your neighbours for waking them up by causing such a racket on your road and thanks to your mates for helping out, im gonna wait for your call to let me know how my Baby(zed) is getting along!!!:p

Top man Duff - if anyone can get it sorted it's him. But I think it's gonna take him ages to put those pannels back into shape m8. ;)

 

Tim :D

I was in Preston this weekend as well. I 'll also be there next weekend if you need anything taken up.

 

I never realised how far Preston was and boy did it take ages!!! Got their after 12 at night. Duffer was waiting for me outside and may i say he was a bit tipsy :duffer:

 

 

Fas,this is normal for Duff he spends 95% of his time completly pissed,this is why he takes around six weeks to change something as simple as a PTU:D;)

LMFAO!!!!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

 

Im hoping he will have the car ready by Wednesday, as im going to most likely pop round on thursday as i have to go get my spacers adjusted in North Yorkshire, but i have faith in him that he will do a excellent job and make my Zed purrrr!!!!

 

Fas

whats he doing to it?

Quite a bit

 

The 60K service and oil, fuel, air filters

PCV hoses and valves

Turbo by pass hoses

Polished Plenum

Plenum gaskets

Det sensor

Nismo Bushes

Smithys Fuel Hose kit

Lower Radiator Hose Kit

Remove the AIV's (the thingys in the front wingys)

Anything else he feels that should improve the Zed

 

Im sure im forgetting a few things!!!

 

Cheers

 

Fas

LOL- no way will he have all that done by Wednesday - he won't even have sobered up by then ! :D

Well i just talked to him and hes got the Plenum off, hes about to start taking the bit thats underneath that or something!!! I might just stay the night at a friends house on Wednesday and bring it back on Thursday, we shall wait and see!!!

LMFAO!!!!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

 

Im hoping he will have the car ready by Wednesday, as im going to most likely pop round on thursday as i have to go get my spacers adjusted in North Yorkshire, but i have faith in him that he will do a excellent job and make my Zed purrrr!!!!

 

Fas

 

Fas NO WAY! the drying out clinic can't fit him in until April,so I guess he will be fitting all your bits completley smashed,don't get a shock if the plenum is fitted upside down and held on with six inch nails:D;) :rofl:

LMAO !!!

I rigged the PTU so that it didn't generate any spark at all and the AA man was cleaning the throttle bodies :confused: WTF !!!!. :slap:

 

Fas, I think we just found someone who knows less about the 300zx engine than you :rofl:

LMAO !!!

I rigged the PTU so that it didn't generate any spark at all and the AA man was cleaning the throttle bodies :confused: WTF !!!!. :slap:

 

 

LMAO when my AFM failed I called the AA and told them I needed a flat-bed,I told him the AFM had failed and we would have no chance of getting a new one on the day,He then asked me what is an AFM FFS :rofl:

Come on Guys, i have faith in the man, if he said it will be ready then by all means i reckon it will be!!!

 

Fas

ure talking z time here always multiply your time estime by a half when talking about any job done on a z and a good job is also never rushed

faisal, have you bought a new battery yet ?. Because the one you have is fooked mate and will not hold a charge.

Are you sure, i can always get duffer to jump start it and see if the car battery holds!!!

 

Fas

Are you sure, i can always get duffer to jump start it and see if the car battery holds!!!

 

Fas

 

Fas all depends if a cell has gone,get it sorted or you will need the AA man to take you back home,So what time is it ready tomorrow then?;)

Im not sure mate as i have to ring Andy and ask him, im gonna cheekily mention a few other things that i may want done, which i think is gonna most likely P I S S him off!!!

 

Lets see how it goes!!!

 

If your near him why dont you pop down, im most likely gonna go down Wednesday night stay over in Lancashire, then head over to Sykes Engineering on Thursday morning to get my Spacers adjusted and then go to Duffers in the evening and bring the car back to London!!!

 

Fas

LOL Fas text me when you go to Sykes,I can pop over it's only 15 min away;)

Sorted Mate, by the way how long till your cars ready let me know when you pick it up, as i would love to pop down and see it!!!

 

Fas

 

P.S. im right to say its still at SE (sorry NissTek) isint it!!!

No probs,I will tell you all on Thursday;)

Nice 1!!!

Well Fas,today is wednesday what time are you picking her up?:D;)

Well Fas,today is wednesday what time are you picking her up?:D;)

 

Yeh yeh i know i know!!!

 

im gonna be at duffers in the evening and then make my way down to Syko on thrusday morning, i havent rang them to say im coming, do you reckon i should!!!

 

Let them know if u can as im not gonna be on the net now as im about to make my way down!!!

 

Fas

Thanks for the vote of confidence guys LMFAO :D Cambelt is basically all that is left to go on. TBH I can't believe I.ve managed to strip the engine down to block and heads AND polish the plenum and refit it in the time its taken! I have some before and after photo's on my laptop - gimme a mo to resize them and I'll post :)

 

CheerZ,

 

Andy

 

Oh yeah, cambelt is something I am NOT doing if its dark ;) If I'm putting my name to a job I want it to be right - could have had it finished last night but it went dark just as it was time to fit the belt... Nearly.... sooooo nearly LOL

And here we are :D :-

 

 

Before:

 

One nicely polished plenum:

 

Fitted: