RobHowl

Ill definitely be there! Hopefully in my new Zed, lots of work to do still but took the day off work Wednesday to spend the whole day cracking on with it. It is a great car show, lots of different cars, weather normally plays ball and theres live music, beer, food, and Rich even found a picture of his own car there for sale!!

Welcome Chris, good luck with the car! Jimmer really knows his onions with these cars so you’ve got a specialist close by to you if something does go wrong. Hope you love the car, got any photos to share?

Starting the underside refresh and the suspension bolt that holds the lower end of the shock is rusty and needs replacing (after I’ve cut it off! Can’t imagine it’ll undo) Does anyone have any spare or know of where to get from? They seem rather expensive for a bolt (£70 on Amayama and Torqen!) The part number is 56226M. I don’t mind a non Nissan one but need it to be decent quality

TP Smart Repair in Aylesbury, they did some stuff before for my old 300zx and did a great job. Plus they are good value and a really nice bunch of people too

Back from the bodyshop today, looks great! Next thing is to get it up on axle stands and replace the reverse switch so the lights work again. I’ll be doing new pads and discs on every corner and will be cleaning up the underside. Ran nicely but a bit of smoke occasionally so will be trying to replace the PCV valves first and go from there. Going to clean up the subframes as well. Then belt service, new spark plugs, filters, gearbox oil and diff oil.

Have you tried Amayama trading? They do lots of parts for them, good prices too generally

More repair photos

And the repairs! Can’t wait to see it all fixed and sprayed!

Some photos of the rust.

Off to bodyshop!

So I’ve got another thread running to try and find a solution but I started the car yesterday, first time for probably about 4-6 weeks. Started fine, seemed to have a misfire on the drivers side bank. This did seem to clear after a while of running so may have needed to clear its throat. Had a lot of condensation out the exhaust which got more as it warmed up. Started to smell a burning smell and a bit of white smoke mixed in with the condensation. Noticed oil in the water that was dripping out of the exhaust pipes. Goes in bodyshop tomorrow till probably after Xmas so won’t be able to resolve and most likely out of my skill set anyway

It’s not got an MOT so was just giving it a run up to temp. Can’t go for a drive in it yet. Definitely part of it was condensation as the exhaust tips were dripping water and it dispersed in the air very quickly. But there was a burning smell so some of it must have been smoke and then I noticed the oily water on the floor after probably 10-15 mins

Job for tomorrow then. Thanks mate, wish me luck

That sounds cheaper, I’ll start with that! 😂

Started the car up today, first time in about 6 weeks. Pretty sure it was misfiring to start with and produced a lot of condensation and smoke when it warmed up. This carried on while it was running. Smelt a bit burnt as well. And while running I noticed oil out the back of the exhaust on the floor (see photo) The previous owner told me he thought the turbo rings needed attention as it would smoke occasionally. This time it smoked the whole time it was run after it started to warm up. What are we thinking? Turbo seals? Piston rings? Or something like that?