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its just been one of those days, i was so chuffed with changing the fan clutch and seeing nice low temps then the bloody gearbox goes tits up, the temp needle is all over the place on my after market gauge and then pull over to see smoke and a burning plastic smell from under the bonnet. :( also the closeness to japshow an JAE as well.

well after a sit down and think and cooling my head from throwing my dummy about a bit, plan of attack is, get manual gearbox, drive a limpy car about till then, do conversion. then its a race to get the car sorted for the MOT. looks like ill be going JAE with a patch work car lol

Not sure on your question but this might help http://www.twinturbo.net/net/viewmsg.aspx?forum=general&msg_id=1006149&forum=technical&dtSearch=0

pretty sure the engine ground kit goes from the radiator bracket, to the rear of the engine, then to the battery and same on other side. never seen anyone ground the power steering pot. Not sure on your rear hub, are you sure that nut is actually tight enough.

and a comparison shot of it next to a headlight, the holes are not that big in all honesty and it could do with a bit of a polish, but you can see that a low slung car and speed humps don't mix

ive deleted the other post as it was the same as this one, ive also replied to this one the same as the other one, as this is now in the correct area of the forum, welcome to the club and don't be afraid to ask questions :)

Robin 1. most likely your propshaft center bearing needs replacing 2. amb reading on the side binical is for outside air temprature, press AUTO, then set temp to 10, this will get it out of the AUTO mode see if that helps, if not could be a fault with the airblower ecu 3. +35 front +35 rear offset 4. most likely the boost sender unit in the car (are you left hand drive or right hand drive?) on the UK spec car, its on the left hand side of the vehicle as you are facing it, small black box mounted on the inner side just up from the small fuse box, it has one Vac hose going to it and one connector, change this and you will most likely get your OEM boost gauge working.

give me 10 mins and ill get some photos, bear in mind the exhaust needs a clean as well lol

matey can you PM me your mobile / house number?

engine loom is good, gearbox is fecked, i might actually need it sooner than expected. just need to get this bloody sky and bank charge out the way.

bloody sun got me a slap today, should of remembered the mrs was in the car when i told me son sitting in the back (ok he is only 2) that the woman we just past had a nice arse.

No video of it, though sounded nice and well, how can i put it, ricey (not racey but ricey) it did sound sweet though and it had holes in it lol. ill get some photos of it now so you can tell the extent of the repair, to be honest i reckon £20 from a local welder and he will do you a half decent job, throw a bit more at him and he could possibly blend it in so you wouldn't even know its been repaired.

lol hmm seems i might of been let off lightly, engine loom appears from all intent and purpose like nothing but the outer protective plastic sleeve took the damage, thats melted but the wires them selves appear to be fine. So by the looks of it, although i melted the outer protective hard plastic accordion sleeve, the loom it self survived. my only assumption now is the gearbox has failed, car still starts and drives, but only 1st and 2nd gear plus reverse Also take it the reason i had erratic engine temps, was the fact i was screaming the ass of the engine going up hills to get it to move due to the gear box failing. strange though gearbox is displaying all the symptoms of what happened when the fuse was blown, but with out the fuse being blown, i get reverse, 1st and 2nd, but no 3rd or lock up. i have secured the loom out of the way for now, will need to get something capable of covering the exposed cable inside, i think this is the left hand Auto loom from z1 as it was mega long, hence the reason it ended up flopping down to the turbo when the cable tie gave out. just seems bad timing coupled with the gearbox going. Oh a plus note i have (i assume) a spare Auto box in the garage (the one i removed from the car and changed, then found it was a blown fuse :lol:) so im hoping if i change that, ill have a working zed again. Fecking cars. Steams where are you? and what are you doing tomorrow? lol

right, think the best couse of action is to strip the engine loom off the car and see if the damage is repairable or not. will report back in a bit once ive got it off the car.

My problems actually stem from cheap parts failing and causing a bigger issue in the process, first was the thermostat failing which ended up causing all kinds of stupid expencive fixes, and today was 20 year old engine loom cable tie causing my harness to fall down and meet the turbo. The cherry red zed i had apart from the body work issues, ran like a dream and was very reliable. i swopped that to help a fellow zedder out. In all honesty the this blue one just seems like bad luck to own, the turbos are fine though, the engine is fine and running sweetly, there is still some rust issues that need sorting out, but now the biggest problem is the damn engine loom, unless i get that changed im not sure if the gearbox has given out or its actually due to the EFI harness melting, the car still drives, but the engine temp is all over the place and the gearbox doesnt change up into 3rd or 4th and the fuse is ok this time. i actually find they are reliable as long as they are maintained well and not "ragged" everywhere. my issues are from small things causing major problems.

its my daily driver i cant have her off the road too long, and i have no way of getting another engine loom right this moment in time, she still needs welding work before her next MOT not fussed about the respray at the moment, im still not 100% on this heating issue. the list is getting bigger no matter how much i fix on it. I think i would be better off cutting my losses, either breaking her and getting one with out all the major head ache, or just stepping away from the 300zx completely for a while. in weather like this i really dont want to be limited to bus's and taxi's

Well having changed my fan clutch this morning everything was going great, thought id take the car out for a test to see if the new clutch fan would have a say in how hot my car got. Drove to kettering, all of a sudden the gearbox decided it didn't want to change gear and for some reason my engine temp was very erratic, going from 84 to 103 then back down depending on if i was going around a corner or not. so limped the car home, turned the engine off only to notice smoke and the smell of burning plastic coming from around the battery area of the engine. on closer inspection the cable tie holding the engine loom in place had snapped (most likely from age) and the burning smell was actually my engine loom cooking away on the passenger side turbo. how pissed off am i at this very moment in time. Now i really am considering selling / breaking her. getting sick to the hind teeth of repairing one thing after another with no let up in site. So if anyone is interested drop me a PM with your offer, i wont lie about what needs doing to her but she does have a lot of good stuff, so serious offers only, she does have tax and test.

Well I put my spare fan clutch on and the difference was noticeable after a good drive, not only can you now hear it but the temp doesn't creep as much as before :) more testing is needed to confirm I have found my issue shame a new one is a bit ott on price

i have a sneaky suspicion you are right there matey. my fan sounds like an aeroplane when i start it up, but soon as its warn, you cant even hear it. i have a spare clutch i might put that on and see what happens.

mclaren is the MOST british team, with 2 british drivers as well

up to you lol, treat it like football, its not the players that count its the team you support. i support mclaren, always have, i then support the driver i feel is going to bring the championship win for my chosen team.

you got a before photo, looks really good that.

thats a good idea, id like to add the ability for it to come on though on extra hot days, especially considering ive got a FMIC.

i e-magnum that its not the first time this has happened to him, i suppose all the kids want to feast on the melted mess

i do have to laugh, i actually stuck this post up as a laugh, as there is only one person in ireland that i know of, so made sense to say he could do the job. though i am looking forward to the meet pics.