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hi all, when i got my Z there was quite severe cracking of the outside lense of the rear lights, i figured it must be age so i fitted a good secondhand pair, now i have come to get it out again i notice the offside rear light is as bad again!! an ideas anyone? can the outside plastic lense be bought and replaced seperatley? i dont fancy forking out for the whole lot again. need a cart load of other bits too bit i will stich them in the Wanted section Thanks

thanks all for your advice, borrowed the trade plates, took her for a good blast up the dual carrageway and she sings sweet as a nut again!! just all the other stuff to sort now!!

sounds like a plan to give it a run, have run engine till its up to temp but it runs no better. I have not taxed it cos moneys tight and i did not want to tax a car to have it sat waiting for bits. might have to ask my mate to lend me his trade plates to give it a go!! Thanks

trying to resurect the Z after not touching is for a few months (not my doing) its awfull to start, when i do get it started its missing and spluttering, all over, is this common for a car thats not been used for a while? or am i looking at possible PTU problems, its a 1993 UK TT Auto Thanks

well if you need anyone to give a second opinion give us a shout, i can always pop up, i will warn you tho i am far from an expert.

those are not the connectors, they are the coil packs themselves so if your connectors are shot this wont make any difference, my connectors are fairly poor, but i improved them greatly by cleaning them with a precision deburring tool and some contact grease, i would certainly try this first before shelling out loads, where are you in w yorks? i work in elland Brian

its ok guys, thankfully my soldering is better than my maths!! lol

not sure, that was how i bought the car, as a doer upper, the vac system was not great as it was set up so i am not sure the wategates were working therefore producing tons of overboost, its all better now tho, when i find a shaft i still might have a go at reconning as i still have the kits and 360 bearings.

hmmm i counted it about 3 times and came up with 26 i just counted it again and came up with 28, so its grown two in the last day or two lol, thanks guys i will get my eyesight checked.

When i was looking to recon my turbos (before i found a snapped shaft) I contected a turbo place in wakefield (cant remeber what it was called but it was on yell.com) and they said they would balance the tubs for £25 each.

Hi all, just a quickey, I have a DTA chip to put in my ecu, the chip is a 26 pin chip (unless my eyesight is worse than i think) when i am looking round for chip sockets I only seem to be able to get 28 pin ones!! anyone done this and know what i should use? Thanks

Thanks for the info, wonder if my car only ever had one spacer fitted or if i lost one!! maybe i should buy the real thing and not just pack it with washers Thanks Brian

would appreciate any advice you can help with, I get the dreaded vibration sometimes too, I have recently had my engine and box out to do my tubs, this only seems to have happened since i put it all back together, checked all the usual, exhaust rubbers etc. one thing occured to me tho, when i put back the bracket which holds the centre prop bearing back on the car, the bolt appeared to have a thick metal spacer between the bracket and the body at one side and not the other, I thought that does not look right so packed out the other side with washers untill they were level, could this be my problem? should it have a spacer (approx 1/4" thick) at one side and not the other? should there be spacers at all? thanks in advance for your comments Brian

I did one of my brake pipes at the rear, I took off the exhaust, dropped the driveshaft, and it was still nearly impossible to do, took ages and lots of bleeding knuckles but i did do it. Brian

yeah performance is spot on, and the vibration is in time with speed, i.e. if i knock it into netural the vibration is still there.

thanks for the advice, gives me a starting point to check, only thing is if i add aftermarket guages dont they look "stuck on" dont wanna make it look naff

hi everyone, having now drove my Z round for a while I have noticed a couple of things, could anyone please advise me. 1 - I sometimes get quite a loud vibration which starts at around 30 and dosent go away at any speed, sometimes its fine, any ideas? 2 - on way back from leeds yesterday I noticed the oil pressure was reading just above 0 going upto about 30 when i revved, I stopped checked the oil level which was half way between min and max, started car and still got same oil pressure readings, had some oil in car so filled it up to max mark on dipstick and hey presto, normal oil pressure readings, i.e. just under 30 cruising and on tickover, and upto 60 when accelerating, is this anything to worry about or is the dipstick just not very accurate. Thanks Brian

yeah but i bet it looks better on you than me, lol

cool, sounds like I need a chip, anyone got one, I am handy enough with a soldering iron, my car is 1993 uk spec TT auto.

hi there, car is up and running and enjoying it, boost controller fitted and holds boost perfectly, I am boosting to about 11 to 12 psi, only problem i get is that sometimes as I accelerate I can hear pinking, I have checked the ECU and get a code 55 so thats all ok, done the timing and thats spot on, so any ideas what would cause this? do I need to chip the ECU to provide more fueling under acceleration? anyone got one spare, lol Thanks Brian

yep it does and it pumps cos i can see liquid passing the sight glass and it has no bubbles in either, its a mystery!!

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no it blows warm air on hot and then just outside temp air on cold but its certainly not chilled air

damn aircon, its doin my head in, wish i could get it workin tho, need it at the mo. bugger bugger bugger

hi everyone, I need to get my wheels checked and aligned as the back end seems to skip a bit after I replaced the hicas arms (so it will need doing anyhow) anyone know of anyone who can do a good job in the rotherham / sheffield area and roughly how much will it cost? Thanks everyone