craig

Thanks Jeff. I can certainly see it's one of many jobs that could soon rack up a few hours labour for what would seem to be a simple task at first. Just doing the pipe to elbow part through touch alone was only possible after seeing your pics and getting an idea of how to get to them, and then getting spares from Paul/Nemesis last year. I was thinking that if Nissan had just put the same length tube neck on the inside of the in/out elbow as the outside, all of this would be unnecessary. But just turning the elbow around doesn't quite work, as the tube angle is wrong and causes a kink, as i was considering that as well and then gluing a pipe on the outside :lol: I think it was carrying the seat into the garage at the end of the first day when i took it all apart that did my back in actually. Would have been nice and relaxing on my back as well, could have got that fixed in no time as well while picking them up ;)

Last weekend,managed to fix the drain tube (hopefully) and test some of the relays, and all seemed fine. A couple of relays had slightly green connectors so i cleaned those and as much as i could get to on the fuse board. Could not get the drain tube to stretch down far enough to go back into the elbow through the wing. So i cut the drain tube half way down the pillar and put a pipe join back in which gives enough slack in the pipe, then put some glue on the end of the pipe so that it stays in the elbow. That was enough as my back is only just recovering, so will have another go this weekend to find any more green electrical contacts and clean whatever i can find, then reconnect everything and see if it cures the problem before i start putting it back together. It might just have dried out enough anyway without anything i have done. :rolleyes: but hopefully it wont get wet anymore....

nice to see old members return, welcome back

Last sunday, managed to hopefully fix the leaky ttop drain, and pulled some relays and tested them, all seem to be fine. This weekend hope to try to clear up any other corroded contacts i can find and reconnect it back up. Can't pull the fusebox right out to clean it up properly though.

best wishes

i have 2 with booking.com and need to swap them over

my friend recently bought a very nice Subaru Forester STI which is nicely understated but retro

welcome, nice work there

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best wishes Lee

F1 without Charlie Whiting definitely wont be the same, such a shame, and so sudden for his family and friends. RIP.

belated best wishes

best wishes

best wishes

haha Jim, cheeky monkey, still need to get the purple one booked in so i can get that sorted and decide what to do with it.... i can pick up the other engine then as well, get it out of your way ;) Richard, if you want to come and try it out on the green zed, you are more than welcome, as it really does need a respray and has lacquer peel, so you cant do any more damage to it.

we just need the password to be able to order tickets for the relevant club. i see there are clubs registered for 350z-uk and also zclub/nissansportz so i am not sure which of these we are joining either?

Didn't manage to finish this job that particular weekend as ran out time and light, then a couple of days after that my back was done in and have been suffering since. :( Not sure if it was the crawling in the footwell or moving the seat into the garage, but obviously done something wrong there that my back didn't like. (doesn't like manual work i reckon... :lol:) So have not been able to get in there and pull the relays to test them, or to glue up the drain tube either, so i can't take up your offer of replacement relays until i am better, and then have to make sure i don't do myself in again trying to put it all back together again... :rolleyes:

best wishes Andy. never seen those space savers before

best wishes Andrew

they do not reserve parking for anyone, so although i have discussed about us attending, i haven't formally booked us for anything. I did initially ask about holding the AGM there in the evening or having a club meet there, but it wasn't practical when they could not guarantee any parking. So as i thought it might only be a handful of us that would actually be at the hotel early enough to go, i wasn't going to book anything, just turn up.... Depends how many sign up for the idea, i will let them know if it starts to turn into a big number ;)

There is a plan for a club visit to Caffeine & Machine on Saturday afternoon which is less than 30 minute drive from the hotel. So if you want to join us we plan to meet at the hotel from 11am and leave by midday, returning by 4pm latest to enable check-in, freshen up etc before dinner and AGM. Hopefully Simon will update the first post and add this to the itinerary as well :)

1. Craig

Have received the entry form for the event this year. Always a nice turnout of interesting cars, supporting a good cause raising money for a local hospice. https://stnicholashospice.org.uk/fundraising-events/classic-and-sports-cars-by-the-lake/

There isn't really a closing date. Hopefully if we use up the room allocation, they will have enough spare to allocate some more to us. There is a cancellation policy, which i think is a week before the event.

going out to the UAE is a long way for a couple of relays though Russ? ;) UAE?