john300zx

Is it possible to fit an aftermarket Vacuum Reservoir for the clutch. The reason i'm asking is that to fit the 2 tanks from the car I broke looks a nightmare. Has anyone fitted a tank somewhere else? Cheers John

Is it possible to use a PS2 on a normal PC monitor. There are no scart sockets on the monitor the problem I have is that there aint enough room in my sons room for the tv and pc. Or what is the best way if possible of connecting the ps2 through the pc. Cheers John

Why not get one from one of the many cars being broken on here. Cheers John

Cheers for that, do you have much success with Ebay as I am kinda wantint to stay away from the No plate companies and was gonna try Ebay. Cheers John

Cheers for the replies. I willl ist it tonight and see how I get on. John

I was gonna list it on ebay but wasnt sure what would happen if it sold. So basically you sent the certificate to the new owner so they could transfer the number at their cost. Cheers John

I have a private plate on retention certificate. I was gonna advertise it but if I get the price I am looking for how much does it cost to send away the certificate with new details on it? Am kinda lost with all the rules/regs. Cheers John

Maybee too late to reply as its fixed but one method of bleeding hydraulic systems is to back bleed from the slave up to the reservoir by using a 12volt washer pump, I used to use this method for bleeding clutches and it worked every time. Also if you dont have full travel on the pedal, let gravity help by for a split second opening the bleed screw on the slave cylinder and watching for air seeping out. HTH Cheers John

:duffer: Happy Birthday Alan Cheers John

I am guessing the guy in the baseball shot is a million miles away from the game and thinking and watching someone else (of the female variety) and doesnt see others duck/move out the way. Good pics. Cheers John

I read somewhere the book time for a cambelt is 5 hours or is that a load of crap (I took about a week to do mine but I like taking my time with things :mac1: ) so thats surely a ball park figure to go with. Cheers John

Well with the auto's I work on when we flush I use ATF to mix with the burnt/poor condition oil as being honest the damage will be done to the clutch's if the oil is origionally in poor condition so i'd say best to stick with ATF. Saying that with regards cost my old work sold a 20 litre drum of ATF for about £50 so when I seen 3 almost full drums one Sunday night while on call out lying next to the sevice pits they ended up in my garage. I dropped the gearbox sump on my zed (as the oil wasnt that burnt) to check the filter and there was no debris clogging the filter, I changed it anyway then filled it with oil, ran the car round the block until warm, then let the car cool down and changed the oil again with fresh atf. I still dont have full 100% 3rd gear and am convinced its a solenoid rather than terminal damage but will be converting to manual soon! HTH Cheers John

The UK car I just broke has them, I have put a few pics below, one of the N/S one the other of the screwholes....My other UK car has them as well. It was an S1 I broke and have an S2 as well. Cheers John

Negative Earth like most modern cars/commercials. Cheers John

Pictures lookin good, I used to take a small intrest in trucks but now am working with the buses its kinda different :headvswal Anyway's here's one of a truck at Knockhill at the Motorfair, sorry for the poor quality but it says 'up yer kilt' Cheers John

With regards all the symptoms and things happening with your car, Best to get the car checked properly so u can decide what the next step is. This is very difficult to diagnose and probably best for you to take it to the garage to get it checked out properly. With regards buying a 2nd hand auto box its gonna be difficult without knowing its history how its gonna perform. I would have dropped the sump to check for debris/check the strainer before I fitted another auto box. The auto box in my car has almost lost 3rd gear and I have ended up buying a donor manual car to convert my car to manual. Maybee this is another route for you to go rather than buy another auto with the same outcome.? With regards flushing the box I have in the past changed oil 2 or 3 times (change oil, run till warm, change it, run till warm again, change it again, then give it a final change) to get fresh oil in the torque converter and cooler but oil isnt cheap. All the best. Cheers John

The buzzing noise is probably the box struggling for oil. I have attached a pic of oil I removed from a box that was meant to be 100% with full history etc but it kept loosing drive. As can be seen its not red and in this case it smelt like cats piss as it had been slipping for ages. The oil as stated before should be red and clear. If its brown and has a very strong burnt smell more than likely your box is nachered. Look and see if there are any sparklies of metal in it as well .When you remove the dipstick put the oil thats on it onto white paper. Cheers John

Cheers Alan I couldnt find it. John

You are right its really difficult to say exactly whats happening. When u say it looses drive when u sit at lights, well it will be in 1st gear so there is a possibility that with the heat generated a clutch in the box is worn out and thats why it looses drive. Or it could be electrical. Best to start with basics. Whats the oil condition and level. Are there any leaks. Then if the oil is ok, carry out a diagnostic check on the box to see if there are any electrical fault codes relating to the problem. Then hopefully after that you will be pointed in the direction of the fault. Burnt/poor oil well there is only 1 answer to that. There was a link somewhere for an online manual that you could use to carry out a diagnostic check on the box but I cant find it. I was gonna e-mail it but its 23Mb. Cheers John

When u say u switch it off and it drives normally, how long does it drive for. When it faults does it fault right away or do you gradually start to loose drive, then switch off and restart and its ok for a while. The reason I ask is I work on auto boxes on the buses (ZF/Voith/Alison to be exact) and when the filters clogged with debris I have has this type of fault frequently. Its the oil pressure thats dropping due to the restricted filter. When u drive off it will drive normally then after a period of time (usually not long) it starts to slip and in some cases will completely loose drive. With the stuff i'm working on u can usually hear the pump struggling for oil and can actually airate the oil. Before you changed the box did u drop the sump and check the gauze strainer for debris. Currently whats the oil condition/level like. I know the bigger boxes I work on are not a Zed but the basics with all these are the same. Also with regards your fault it sounds like a problem with a clutch thats common for 1st gear as when u say restarting the car changes normally, what happens if u drive the car somewhere in 1st gear without trying to go up the box. Does it loose that gear through time/heated gearbox. Cheers John

Cheers bud I will update it in the morning. :duffer: john

Its an XPS420 with a quad core processor (2.4 GHz). The pc is fine with other games even though I havent tried any online, COD is the first. Cheers John

It Doesnt say anything other than what I have in my previous reply. I think I might phone them tomorrow and ask for a price for the uprated card and see if that makes a difference. I wanted surround sound eventually so its worth a try. Cheers John

Well that flew right over my head there lol. The quote from Dell states "Audio Integrated HDA7.1 Dolby Digital Capability" so am guessing its on the motherboard. I will look up the Dell site and see exactly what it says Cheers John

Hi Chris I have looked in some of the forums on the net and a lot of the replies relate to onboard sound card issues. I never took the soundblaster card only the basic sound system so am gonna mess about with the drivers. My son is upstairs playing it on XP without any problem....fookin typical. With regards motherboards am not sure. Cheers John