arthur

My labour cost for auto to manual was around £1500 done this year. then look at new clutch & flywheel, gear knob + gaiter, M/T harness , clutch booster check vale, stainless steel clutch line, Art

MOT today - passed! I Had a comment, passed with defects! I had a new battery fitted & forgot to replace the battery clamp holder. but not a failure point.

Lastly I have these to be fitted ? another £100 art

Thank Andrew, it’s been nearly 9 months but I trust Fabian from Jap motors in Hythe. he has experience in zeds, skylines, gto’s & lots of other jap motors. the write ups I’ve seen are good but there were things needed that was not mentioned in the auto/manual write ups that I remember? I have taken the Zed out twice for a run, not counting collecting it to home which was 8 Miles. I am very surprised at the ease of the clutch pressure, I’m also surprised that I have to depress the pedal almost to the floor. Maybe I’m just not used to driving a manual Z? I moved the seat nearer to the pedals for this reason. The gear changes are smooth, almost effortless to be honest! This surprised me! So on Saturday I took the Z to Ashford a round trip of 30 miles. Yesterday Sunday I took the Zed to a car wash (jet) then for a spin to Dover & back maybe 20 miles. The brakes work & work well but again the brake pedal seems lighter & travels that bit further! So new clutch, clutch plate, bearing, light flywheel, manual gearbox & labour, plus other bits like coil packs, spark plugs, a couple of special parts not available in the uk,oil & new battery, gear knob & gaiter by Hide & Seat & they looked brand new! all in all your looking at a conservative price of £3k sorry to bore you still? whilst waiting for the check valve, the car went 50 meters down the industrial estate to panel & paint & had the front sills done where the jacking areas had been completely mangled ( not by me!) another £400. The underneath is solid but the front bumper needs a re spray. Before my last (3rd) auto box failure I did ask for a quote to several patches that need attention & got a quote at £900 Minus the bumper! i have new drilled & grooved discs with new pads front, rears yet to be fitted. They where fitted last year 2019 the mileage then was 142,517 the mileage now stands at 143,141 that is 624 miles since 2July 2019! My zed had a recording if 119,478 km = 74,240 miles

Thank Andrew, it’s been nearly 9 months but I trust Fabian from Jap motors in Hythe. he has experience in zeds, skylines, gto’s & lots of other jap motors. the write ups I’ve seen are good but there were things needed that was not mentioned in the auto/manual write ups that I remember? I have taken the Zed out twice for a run, not counting collecting it to home which was 8 Miles. I am very surprised at the ease of the clutch pressure, I’m also surprised that I have to depress the pedal almost to the floor. Maybe I’m just not used to driving a manual Z? I moved the seat nearer to the pedals for this reason. The gear changes are smooth, almost effortless to be honest! This surprised me! So on Saturday I took the Z to Ashford a round trip of 30 miles. Yesterday Sunday I took the Zed to a car wash (jet) then for a spin to Dover & back maybe 20 miles. The brakes work & work well but again the brake pedal seems lighter & travels that bit further! So new clutch, clutch plate, bearing, light flywheel, manual gearbox & labour, plus other bits like coil packs, spark plugs, a couple of special parts not available in the uk,oil & new battery, gear knob & gaiter by Hide & Seat & they looked brand new! all in all your looking at a conservative price of £3k sorry to bore you still? whilst waiting for the check valve, the car went 50 meters down the industrial estate to panel & paint & had the front sills done where the jacking areas had been completely mangled ( not by me!) another £400. The underneath is solid but the front bumper needs a re spray. Before my last (3rd) auto box failure I did ask for a quote to several patches that need attention & got a quote at £900 Minus the bumper! i have new drilled & grooved discs with new pads front, rears yet to be fitted. They where fitted last year 2019 the mileage then was 142,517 the mileage now stands at 143,141 that is 624 miles since 2July 2019! My zed had a recording if 119,478 km = 74,240 miles from import ( yes a labour of zed!) My reading is now 143,141 which means the Zed has done 23,663 since 24 June 2014 which = 3,640 miles a year! I have never checked these facts before! Art

Hi Andrew, a little late with the photo, the valve is here.

Hi jimmer, the car remained in the garage until the valve was fitted. valve arrived a week last Friday from CZP great service. thank you for the advice. arthur

Hi Andrew I’ll take a photo tomorrow.

Zed back home manual now!

Hide & Seat?Definitely Simon did my gear knob & gaiter, excellent job? arthur

Anyway having spent the best part of £4K on my zed in the past year & still needing a paint job we will have to wait to see what 2021 brings with a new US president & a vaccine ?

Looks like we are in the minority?

You could ask jimmer what u need to do. also was it your knowledge that the job could be done before you started? Art

Agreed, we do owe so much!

Hi Andrew, as my z was an auto I don’t have those vacuum tanks. My hose goes direct from the balance bar to the booster as you have mentioned. The lighter hose.

Thank you for the information Andrew, as always a great help. I have ordered the one way valve & it is on its way. It is that not vary long booster hose which CZP have but LHD! Im trying to source a second hand one which is proving hard too! Art

Hi Andrew, Are they available the hose & or the valve? is it a conceptz trip again! thanks for the up date.

Hi, does the clutch hose that goes from the engine balance bar to the clutch slave cylinder have a one way valve in it?

As I have just replied to Garry about discussing Zeds, I will just bring you up to date with my zed. I imported the Z myself back in 2014. At the end of 2019 my 3rd auto box failed. I managed to source a full manual conversion in January 2020. New Exedy lightweight flywheel, clutch plate & bearing. New manual gearbox loom purchased. All coil packs & spark plugs replaced Front sills replaced tomorrow & ready to drive home Friday all being well. Art

Yes it would be that time! My zed has been off road for nearly a year now. It is ready to go with a manual conversion in place. Just having the front sills replaced tomorrow at the body shop. So I hope to get it home this Friday! So apprehensive about collecting it. I hope I remember it now has 3 peddles!!!

Great photos Garry, I remember us speaking about your interest in getting the pearl yellow Zed. A few years back that was! Front page stuff great call for the Zed & club Art ?

Hi JaiKai as you can see I’m not so tech! i prefer my older one. yes I probably have & have hotmail & gmail should I get rid of the gmail app? thank you for swift reply Art213

Hi committee l appear to have two names on the forum? can you advise? my original name Art213 & now seems to be arthur my original avatar is my white zed. Arthur is my photo with my son! how do I correct this please? ?

Just been to see my zed which is all back together & running perfect! I have decided to get the sills done (the front jacking points have been squashed) over time. l am expecting a hefty cost with two bills!

My zed is near completion, I guess my insurance company need to know? also do I have to inform DVLA that my zed is now a manual? Not related! Before the work started I couldn’t get the key out of the ignition & it is still there & it will not come out! When it was an auto, when you put the shifter in park & turn the ignition off it would click then the key would release. Any body had this problem with the zed? Art