JeffTT

Ok have use your pic to show it and marked the parts A B C So on the end that you have undone the arm from (A) you now only have B &C fixed in the steering ram, you need to release these, C is the locknut and needs undone slightly with water pump pliers or similar, once this is undone both B & C will undo as one unit and remove completely. Now you can see the ram shaft, if you look close you can see it has flats on it a 14 mm spanner will fit these, caution before you do anything else you must screw the old arm back in, not fully tight but you will see why in a moment. So back to the other hicas arm with a spanner on the A part and the now 14 mm spanner holding the inner ram shaft you can undo the other arm. Now if you had not put the old arm back in at the 14 mm spanner end as the tube is hollow it would have squashed it out of shape!! So now with both arms loose remove them both, reinstate B & C and tighten, loose fit both new arms and tighten against each other with two spanners, and that's it. Jeff TT

Don`t worry about the 2 square plates they were simply for for cable loom clips, most have already been snipped off now for the auto box loom. Have you got the small 10 mm bolt in at the base of the dipstick yet and did the seal on the dipstick stay in place? Jeff TT

Are you changing one side only? If your changing the other side there is a little trick to know Jeff TT

Yes its a steering ram not a steering rack. Jeff TT

You need to take the gaitor off the other side and put a spanner on that one, give the spanner on the one you want to undo a hard rap and it will come undone. Jeff TT

The dipstick can be fitted after but a bit of a pain, also one of the bell housing bolts go through the bracket on the dipstick and the main starter cable goes between the dipstick bracket good luck with that. Jeff TT

Yes engine is mappable, 4.4 V8 6 speed manual with 300 horses as standard and 435ftlb at 1500 rpm, can pull away in third gear with not to much trouble, pulls so hard at low revs and goes all the way round to 7k rpm, its a joy to drive. Jeff TT

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Ok sav you have a few things going on there, the smoke off the turbo will almost certainly be a leak from say the rocker covers above dripping on to the turbo, very common and is worse when after giving it some beans. For now just unplug those pesky O2 sensors it will be better having them disconnected on a set figure rather than connected giving bad signals. The base idle, throttle balance, air leaks, afm timing can all have effect on the issue you having, if you could nurse it up to us it would be so much easier to get it in the ConZult and sort it in one hit. Jeff

No problem Ian, call or pm me when. Jeff TT

Yes your were half right!! Jeff

Now there`s a thing, bloody love the thing and cannot see why it should not see its days out in the Portuguese sun, however do have a yearning for an an E60 V10. Jeff TT

I did sell it but just before last Christmas, it went to a local new owner so keeps turning up close by in car parks etc so feels like its around, 12 years ownership, almost all of that time as an auto, converted to a manual for 3 months and then sold.....on the agreement it was converted back to an auto?? was very weird converting it back got to tell you! Jeff

Me neither???

Will pm you on this later once I have eaten my tea etc.. Jeff TT

You too. Jeff

Not a problem, mail me at jeff@zedworld.co.uk or call the office 01675 463134 Jeff - - - Updated - - - Yes can be....

Ah! see you so right, leaving is so hard....... so sir what do you need (:wink:) Jeff TT Zedworld the original Nissan 300zx specialist Zedworld@btconnect.com jeff@zedworld.co.uk Tel: 01675 463134

Ok with reference to my post a month ago about our departure from Zedworld, the past few weeks have been a little fraut and busy, but unfortunately a technical problem has delayed the ownership change over so for the next month I am still here in charge and happy to deal with any small jobs in the meantime contact details below. Jeff TT jeff@zedworld.co.uk zedworld@btconnect.com Tel: 01675 463134 Zedworld the original Nissan 300 specialist

and that is where the Z32 wing indicators came from...........? Jeff

Hi Mark will put a cost together for you with more details than can go into here and pm you later, is yours auto or manual? Jeff

Mail me at zedworld@btconnect.com don`t have an email for you have some info to chat about. Jeff

ebay item number 170570688729 Bit costly at a tenner, not long ago they were half that but if you need one quick. Jeff TT

Yes the cas unit position shown is how it came in, assuming this had been set at a strobe light tested 15 deg btdc then it is not in the middle of the adjustment slots, and appears to be in a + position ie advanced, one warning though sometimes cas units can be less acurate than we would like and on occasions even with a belt installed correctly the center position is not always possible, however this is more likely with a non genuine belt, or of course an incorrectly fitted belt. Jeff TT