AndyP

And auto or manual ...

A magnetised screwdriver won't do anymore damage than a normal one.

That's just because of poor fueling, get it fixed up by someone like Van Aaken and most of that goes away.

More likely the water temp sender was Donald Ducked - that way water temp never goes above 60 deg C and so car stays at standard boost.

I'll send you a chip that will 'get you home'. All you have to do is work out how to contact me with your address, as I see you're not a subscribed member ! :D

It may have been damaged by static too. Does the electric fan come on as soon as you turn on the ignition ? If so that is a sign that the ECU is unable to read the chip properly.

The originals have a white label with a Nissan part number, typically something like 8AB9120J. Did you install the chip the correct way around - with the notch facing towards the centre rather than the outside of the ECU (if that makes sense) ? If you get it the wrong away around it will never work again !

Show me a photo of the chip, might be able to determine what map you have.

An qualified/registered installer should do an inspection for you and provide a certificate.

Some stuff doesn't look too bad, eg the timing belt change, others seem a bit steep though .... You really ought to get a significant discount on labour if you were asking for that much work to be done in one go.

Best place to ask would be on the Z Club, as they are inviting the others.

Generally the sender.

Yup

It's worth checking the relays and perhaps swapping them over, IIRC there are separate ones for left & right.

So much choice for PVRs these days, I always fancied a Panasonic one but that was a couple of years back. Now you can get a cheapy in Tesco for about £75 or one of the dual Freeview tuners (TopUpTV Anytime) for about £90. I still have my TiVo and have no plans on changing it for a while. Although, this little bombshell was dropped a couple of days ago and it's the only thing that might make me consider anything from Sky :- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/19/sky_plus/

Well technically you don't have a 4th either ! The 4 speed automatic transmission is a lockup type. When in drive mode, gears change 1-2-3 then 3 lockup, giving the effect of 4 gears. When overdrive (4th) is switched in, the change goes 1-2-3-4 then 4 lockup, giving the effect of 5 forward gears. There is a communications link between the automatic transmission control computer and the engine management computer, and this amongst other things, allows the engine computer to retard ignition, thus momentarily reducing engine power, during auto gear changes. Auto gear changes therefore are very smooth. The automatic transmission fitted to the turbo model is stronger than the one installed in the non turbo. Although the gear ratios are almost identical, there are many minor differences between the two transmissions. The Japanese automatic transmission has many more features than the export models. A "power", "normal" and "hold" switch is fitted to modify transmission shift points. The effect of the "power" setting is to delay upshifting, but does not alter the maximum RPM that change occurs. In order to change at the red line or rev limiter speed, one must operate the shifter manually. The hold setting allows holding prevents downshift into second when the shifter is set to "D", and prevents downshift into first when the shifter is in "2". Another curious feature with the Japanese version is that lock up is also available in second gear.

So, just curious, what's your other part ? Would you celebrate that ?

I'm sure an auto should be done in 3rd - it's the nearest to a 1:1 drive ratio. Mine was done on a Dastek years ago and it seems to work ok, although they were only interested in rwhp figures.

I've got a spare one that I've repaired (I have repaired many of them). So how about £10 including exchange of your dead one ?

Waiting on Mike at the moment, think he's been busy with real work.

Ok, it's really simple. I broke it. Aside from that, we are upgrading the forum s/w and the current Rides package is not compatible, so it will soon be replaced with something similar but different. Don't fret, but save what you have ...

It must be some sort of alien - look at the hands !

People like you muck up my accounts ! LOL

Good stuff - I'll be off to Copenhagen in a few weeks - make sure you look after that one ! ;)

Maybe he wants your bottom in exchange !