Hi all, this is my first post so be gentle! I've just bought my first 300ZX (k reg), i found her gathering dust at the back of an old guys garden turned out to be his sons. Anyway he told me the gearbox (automatic)was leaking fluid and the the Turbo's need re-conned or renewed, this is not a problem as i was looking for something as a hobby to put back on the road. The car starts first turn of the key but struggled to get it home, had to rev like mad to get any forward motion and i dont think it got out of first, so it was a case of rev and coast. Luckily i only live just down the road otherwise i would have had it recovered. Anyway looking for help and advice on everything as i'm more used to working on BM's and only manuals.

Cheers. :hyper:

Hi all, this is my first post so be gentle! I've just bought my first 300ZX (k reg), i found her gathering dust at the back of an old guys garden turned out to be his sons. Anyway he told me the gearbox (automatic)was leaking fluid and the the Turbo's need re-conned or renewed, this is not a problem as i was looking for something as a hobby to put back on the road. The car starts first turn of the key but struggled to get it home, had to rev like mad to get any forward motion and i dont think it got out of first, so it was a case of rev and coast. Luckily i only live just down the road otherwise i would have had it recovered. Anyway looking for help and advice on everything as i'm more used to working on BM's and only manuals.

Cheers. :hyper:

wellcome mate,great find :hyper: . In the morning call work and tell em your sick then get straight down your bank and increase your overdraught ten fold :rofl: :rofl: your gunna need every penny ;)

lets see some pics then matey... i hope you got a bargain coz you got some £££ to spend :p

££££££££££££££££££££££££

 

Hope you didnt pay much for the car? engine out to do turbos, while engine is out junk the auto box and go for manual conversion, that should see a nice hole in 3k, which you could of bought a decent one for, sorry to sound depressing. Welcome to the club anyway, and good luck mate. :D

Welcome, Now PICS,PICS,PICS....Please ;) :rofl:

not so much if you do it yourself, about a grand for the manual conversion kit and turbos if you get stock ones of here and get them recond.

do a compression test before pulling the engine to find out if you need to do anything else as well

Back again, always end up with visitors when you don't want them.

Only paid £800 for the car, has immaculate black leather interior and found it had an Alpine head unit with CD multichanger in the boot. Bodywork is good, could only find a few bubbles on the spoiler but from reading through the threads on hear thats normal. Standard alloys, needs areally good clean as it must have been sitting a long time. Will post some pics once cleaned, not in too much off a hurry to get in on the road. As for calling in sick at work and increasing my overdraught, i don't work as i has a heart attack 4 days after my 32nd birthday (2 years ago) but i have a very understanding wife to support me. Just hope she doesn't read this. LOL.

Back again, always end up with visitors when you don't want them.

Only paid £800 for the car, has immaculate black leather interior and found it had an Alpine head unit with CD multichanger in the boot. Bodywork is good, could only find a few bubbles on the spoiler but from reading through the threads on hear thats normal. Standard alloys, needs areally good clean as it must have been sitting a long time. Will post some pics once cleaned, not in too much off a hurry to get in on the road. As for calling in sick at work and increasing my overdraught, i don't work as i has a heart attack 4 days after my 32nd birthday (2 years ago) but i have a very understanding wife to support me. Just hope she doesn't read this. LOL.

your in the right place for spares and advice anyway bud so good luck ;)

 

make your first £20 spend here on a membership and you,ll reap it back better than bottled water in death valley :nana2:

Bloody hell mate, sorry to hear that, the zed proberbly not the best car for you then, at times they can give you more than that

I'll do just that, as soon as i find the link to join.

I'll do just that, as soon as i find the link to join.

http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=41 ;)

Tried paying using the paypal link but it keeps saying your session has timed out, will try and make the payment direct following the link you gave

Paid up member now, guess i'll just sit back and wait for someone to fix the car. Or is that not how it works?

get in the q bud theres a 500 count in front of you

Suppose i better make a start myself then, will post pics asap and update as to how its all coming along......or not!!

Thanks for the welcome all c'ya later.

Welcome to the club matey

Hi all, this is my first post so be gentle! I've just bought my first 300ZX (k reg), i found her gathering dust at the back of an old guys garden turned out to be his sons. Anyway he told me the gearbox (automatic)was leaking fluid and the the Turbo's need re-conned or renewed, this is not a problem as i was looking for something as a hobby to put back on the road. The car starts first turn of the key but struggled to get it home, had to rev like mad to get any forward motion and i dont think it got out of first, so it was a case of rev and coast. Luckily i only live just down the road otherwise i would have had it recovered. Anyway looking for help and advice on everything as i'm more used to working on BM's and only manuals.

Cheers. :hyper:

 

Sell the piece of shit if you don't have 12K to spend....Only Jokin bud...Will cost you 14K..... :nana2: