Jack

...it's just had a new clutch and a few other maintenance improvements... It belongs to Charlie - lives in Ipswich.

have a look at jap import day-vans - great value.

I've a new altenator for sale if anyone wants it - genuine Nissan - cost me £123 plus VAT from an Auto electrical company - yours for £110 delivery included. Part no looks like 112971 if that helps. Good luck Jack

Matt - oil pressure guage has had a mind of it's own ever since I've had the car. First time it dropped relatively quickly to zero I was doing 70 (ish) on the M25. I pulled over, checked the full oil situation, let it cool and bingo up came the oil pressure again. It used to do this regularly, often after a long left hand decelerating (coming off the A14) curve. After a while I learnt to ignore it. It's never burnt any oil or used any. I've never had to top it up between changes. Whilst driving up through France a few years ago, I had the opportunity to set the cruise at the legal limit and travel most of the day on empty motorways. The oil guage settled at a healthy half way up and stayed there all day. So, they are tempramental, so dont trust them. If you hammer it, the guage will raise, then when you ease off, it drops too low. It should do this. The guage tells how hard the oil is working - and the oil I use is 5W 40 I think so it's pretty thin... Good luck Jack

Matt - I haven't, but something must tell the brain of the auto box that the break pedal has been applied there stop delivering power to the wheels. I would assume that there is a switch attached to the break pedal that sends this message - gotta be the starting point. But, check the tie rods, they have poly bushes - these will be ok but I hear that poly bushes put undue strain on where the tie rods fasten to the 'dont know what it's called' from the hub to the car. 2 nuts 17mm from memory. They tear loose, this would give you the same symptoms even when travelling. I dont think that the gearbox/break switch thing would cause a judder when the cars travelling... Have you done anything else to the car?

standard issue (Nissan) NA ehausts have bigger centre boxes than their TT bretheren. The standard TT exhaust has a restrictor ring in each pipe in the centre section, the NA does not. All are interchangeable bits. You can fit a TT exhaust onto a NA and vice-versa. So if you want a slightly louder NA exhaust, replace the centre bit with a TT version but remove the restrictor rings. It's louder as the centre box is less silenced (smaller). cheerz Jack

...i've seen a bee sting aerial mounted centrally on the rear cross member top of the car - looked good. Don't know if it adds to wind noise with the targas off... good luck Jack

Allan - thanks for that - oily fingers tonight then.

...it's just that I've now got a manual NA after 6 years with an auto. So question is, how do you check the gearbox oil level / condition. Thanks as always... Jack

...further thought - poly bushes in front tie rods - been on the car for about 3 years - check they are ok...

Matt - I've never had the problem you mention, but as it's an auto it must disengage (to some extent) from first gear when stationary. There must be some adjustment where direct drive is disengaged. If this is not working then you'd have the engine trying to drive the front wheels more than they should do when stationary and in gear. Have you tried engine running, car in D, foot on brake - that's when you get the judder? Try it again with car in N, foot on brake. If there's no judder then someone on here (auto specialist) will know how to adjust the message from the brake pedal to the auto box - it could just be a faulty (dry) electrical connection at the brake pedal - assuming that's where the ''switch'' is... Good luck Jack

from experience, the fuel pump starts to fail and the injectors won't open below a certain pressure - hence car stops. Fuel pump bearings are normally at fault, so once the pump has cooled down, the bearing work again and the pressure returns, car starts but only travels far enough for the bearings to heat up again and reduce the pressure - and car stops again. If you then change the filter (recommended) you often find bits of the fuel pump in there. This also adds to the loss of pressure. Good luck Jack

did 3 windows inc rear screen last weekend on my jap import. Hairdryer is the way to go. Good luck Jack

the petrol filling neck sometimes rots from the accumulation of mud - mainly on UK cars. Get underneath and clean it all up and have a look see... Good luck ...hows Middlesbrough these days - I used to work there years ago...

if the pumps not working, hows it getting fuel into the engine and out of the exhaust? I'd remove a plug and see if it's sparking before you tackle the pump. Good luck Jack

Job done - nowhere near as difficult as messers Chong and Woo make out - takes all of 10 mins. '97 NA.

Chong and Woo to the rescue - thanks a lot vijay.

thanks in advance for any answers. cheerz Jack

Matt - I've a front belt (left over from a set of 4) from a 93UK TT - the parts on it might help - I'll put it in the post to you. If it's no help, chuck it. good luck Jack

buy Zelda. I want to.

I'll swap you your age for my insurance premium - and you can have the car as well. Good luck Jack - maybe the oldest club member - I dearnt find out...

I've just removed some spacers from the rear wheels of my purple Z - bought from a forum member last week. They are those simple alloy disks. They are about 10mm thick and seem to have been on the car for a long time (rear wheels) so must have been put on before it was imported. Rear bearings seem ok. Yours for the price of postage. You can have the 5mm ones that came off the front too if you want them. cheerz Jack

Matt - have a look on the Stillen site - there's a few interesting spoiler lips that might suit.

Matt - I might be able to help - leave it with me.

...garage I bought my NA off 6 years ago thought it was a TT - I soon put them right - and took £2k off the asking price - came as a bit of a shock to them They had a forecourt full of all sorts of Jap imports - even motorhomes (completely bonkers) so you'd think that they knew their stuff - but they didn't.