nickz32

http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=113078

Have a read http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=113078 I dont have a resevoir, ive got the fully electronic HICAS :cool:

I like the HICAS :D

As some of you may have read, the clutch gave up on my zed on the way back from LeMans. Luckily i had some Euro Breakdown cover with the RAC.................... It wasnt lucky, it was probably one of the worst experiences ive had in a LONG LONG TIME!!!! Basically i broke down on the A28 motorway outside Rouen just after the toll booths. I called the RAC, they said that they would not recover me from a motorway and a police authorised recovery service would have to do it. So i spoke to the people at the toll booth who arranged this for me....... 4 HOURS later a recovery truck turns up. Knowing the car could not be fixed at the roadside, i asked to be taken to Rouen to i could find a hotel and the car could be put in the car park for the RAC to pick it up. Err No. We were taken in the opposite direction to where i wanted to go, to Brionne. I was then charged 250 euros for the privilege of being taken in the wrong direction. I then contected the RAC who said that they could not come out that day and would be there tomorrow. Once again, not impressed!:mad: So we managed to find a hotel in this sleepy little town, which to be honest was lovely, but was at my own cost. So down to the garage to get my car. An appointed subcontracter turned up at 930am, and i tell him in my poor french that i need to go to our ferry before 4pm so i dont have pay a admin charge. He seems to acknowledge. Err No:headvswal: So off we go to somewhere in the middle of nowhere on the 2nd flat bed truck. No both of our phones have died so we had to use the garages phone. I spoke to the RAC and told them what the problem was. The first person i spoke to was about usefull as a chocolate tea pot. She didnt seem to understand that even tho the mechanic said he would fix it with a week, she didnt seem to understand that i would take about 2 weeks to get a clutch through Nissan directly, and i could do it much quicker if they just took me home. Now this is the point I want to make very clear to be wary of when it comes to Euro Breakdown policys (and my policy was fully comp) I turns out, they could can get you (the person) home with a loan car..... BUT if you read the small print of your terms and conditions it basically states that, They will transport your car home at THEIR conveneyance in a container with a load of other broken down vehicles, which will take 3 WEEKS. BUT, and this is a HUUUUUGE but for us zed owners, THEY WILL ONLY TRANSPORT YOUR CAR HOME IF THE COST OF TRANSPORTATION IS LESS THAT THE MARKET VALUE OF YOUR CAR. If the cost of transporting is MORE than the value of your car, the IT STAYS WHERE IT IS and YOU have to put up the cost of repair and recovery home!:shock: Some how, im not sure how, but i managed to pursuade them to take my car back to the ferry port. So onto the 3rd flat bed. 3 hours later, we get to our ferry, only to be told by the ferry company that if the car is not put onto the ferry by the flat bed, the car does not go on, and stays in france. At this point im not a happy bunny, to find that both jodies and my credit cards have both gone missing :mad::headvswal::hurl:. If i had a big red button that when pressed, nuked france, i would have pressed it until my fingers were worn to stumps. Yet again somehow, i managed to pursuade the recovery bloke to put the car on the ferry for me. I told the RAC what time i would land at Dover and the RAC needed to be there to take me off the ferry. Get to Dover............ No RAC:mad::mad: Rung them up on a phone i borrowed off one of the ferry staff and went absolutally raging mental at them. Only to be told that if i didnt get my car off the ferry in 15 min then it would be going back to france, and id have to pay double price for the there and back journey!:hurl: No ive really lost it, all of a sudden a recovery truck turns up. ACE i thought.... err NO. Turns out the driver only has 45 min left on his tacho and can only take me as far as Maidstone..... where another truck will take me the rest of the way... So onto truck number 4. Get to maidstone and truck number 5 turns up, with the Biggest throbber i have ever met in my life driving it. Oh, and he turns up with NO diesel in his truck. TWAT!:mad: Does he have a fuel card that works at any station..... Err NO! So back to Ramsgate (35 miles in the wrong direction) to refuel and then back home to arrive at 0200 this morning, 40 hours and about £400 lighter. So to all those who take out cover. READ THE SMALL PRINT BEFORE SIGNING, you could end up in a similar, or worse situation. Nick

Cheers for the offer mate, and ill certainly bare it in mind as a worst case scenario, im going to try and price everything up and see whats possible. Its a bit of a false economy to fit a second hand clutch. Top bloke for offering tho! Thats interesting to know that yours died as quickly as mine has. I think your probably right about the flywheel, and i would like to stick a lightened one in there, ill have to see what the bank manager says :hurl:. Cheers for the reassurance tho!:cool:

Obviously my zed wasnt going to be as reliable as i hoped. typical. First Problem: Clutch failure. During the time i managed to sneak onto the Le Mans curcuit and complete an entire lap of the Cirque De Sarthe, i noticed the clutch would slip if i dropped down from 5th to 4th and planted the throttle, but other than that, it drove spot on. Until i got on the toll road on the way home. I gave it some berrys coming off the toll booths, into second and it wouldnt go it. tried 3rd 4th and 5th, noting but syncros trying to mash. I manage to guide it into each gear by matching the engine speed with the gear box and took it easy to the end of the toll road. When i came to a stop and into 1st again matching engine and gearbox speeds, when i lifted the clutch pedal i could feel metal on metal and then pop. No drive. At a stand still with the engine running, I could put it into gear no problems but disengaging the clutch gave nothing. I could have left it in gear and walked away and it wouldnt have flinched. and it STUNK of clutch with lots of clutch smoke. My gut instincts are that for some reason the friction pads on the clutch have worn away to bare metal and ive got a bare meatil clutch trying to grip on the flywheel, but because there is nothing to grip on with, the flywheel is spining freely on the clutch and giving no drive to the gearbox. Now its been a while since ive had to have a clutch changed on a car, and to be honest my budget couldnt be any worse. Is there anyone out there who would be willing to give me a hand changing the clutch over or give any advice on changing the clutch??? (the last time i did it was when the engine was out in my previous zed, so this time im sure it wont be as simple). Is there anything else that could have been damaged as a result of what i think i clutch failure, eg thrust bearing or flywheel. I dont think the gearbox is at fault, its always been sweet as a nut and never given any problems going into gear etc. Gut feeling says its clutch. Problem 2: Hicas Fault First of all, i have the fully electronic HICAS system. When i drive a slow speeds, the steering will go very heavy and then the Hicas light will come on. When i turn off the engine and restart it goes back to normal for about 10 minutes or so. It seems to be normal at anything other than crawling speeds, the whole trip to Le Mans down the motor way it was fine, as soon as i got into heavy traffic, it started playing up. Im going to take a guess at its probably relating to what ever sensors connect to the speed related steering system. Could any one point me into the direction of where i should start looking for such connectors/sensors. Thanks all in advance Nick

I used about 2 1/2 tanks, and a clutch! What ever you do, DO NOT BREAK DOWN IN EUROPE!!!!! Ill stick a thread up with the full story :( :( :(

Guy, Could you give us some examples (brand names) of what you are pretty sure is either hydrocracked or "proper" synthetic Cheers mate Nick

as a design concept, i think its fantastic. but it wil never work in the real world. shame.

Only 27 hours to go and im on my way. Stickered the zed up today and sorted out a video camera. How does every whos going meeting up at the open pit lane on saturday morning???

Ill second mexico, but out of Cancun called Playa Del Carmen. Prob one of the best holidays ive ever had

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actuators shouldnt make a noise??? This is what compressor stall sounds like

i dont know if im reading this correctly, but do you want to eliminate the turbo chatter and keep the blow off tssssh, or eliminate everything?

Doh, thatll teach me to type after 3 hours sleep! I just love night shifts

Same day as the RR day topless has arranged

TBH the way i see it, anything that can reduce charge temps is essential in my eyes

MAC is using water injection, but i dont know what mix he's running. Its something that on my list of essential mods

Looks good mate

No mate, it wont be endorseable.

Is that a subtle hint that you want me to sort something out gaz? :D

The thing is chap, unlike alot of the zed's rival cars, the injector CC is relatively small, only 320cc's, so anything close to 14psi the injectors are gettnig close to max duty cycle, which puts a limit upping the boost on OE fueling. Even if you upgrade the injectors to 550cc injectors the Turbos on the other hand can only really go up to 15.5psi before the become highly innefficient and begin to super heat the air. When it comes to the strength of the internals, 380 fwhp is pretty much the limit. Some peeps have pushed it a bit further, but it hasnt been long before things go pop, which in turn is met with of a chorus "we warned you". Fueling, yeah you can run 95 on standard boost, but you ARE running the risk of detting, especially in warm weather. For peace of mind its worth running Vpower. HTH Nick

Top Job mate, looks like a good meet

Happy birthday "Giraffe" :duffer: