ianhannaford

Big thanks to Sussex Stu for coming over on Saturday, we got the car turning over surprisingly as its been sitting for over 6 years! He thinks the teeth have been shredded from the belt round the drive shaft as everything else is turning ok. Will now see about getting prices to get the car transported up to ZXWorld to give it the 120,000 service and get her all back up and running as new again. Forum has been a real help and thank you all for our warm welcome. - Ian

Cheers everyone. Email sent Stu - Ian

Cheers Richard, I think it would be worth saving as its a beautiful manual fair lady in red with full leather! I did't realise that there was such a big following else I would have done something about it much sooner.

Thanks for the advice, as mentioned previously I know nothing at all about cars so I wouldn't even know what a PTU is let alone where to find/fix/replace it! I will follow the instructions of the users and report back where I can.

I will get a battery over the weekend and give this a go. I think that lights etc...did come on just nothing happened in the engine department when you turned the key. Stu - Yeah any help/time would be much appreciated. I will PM you my number. No rush as its been sitting for years anyway! - Ian

I can probably get access to a charger or new battery but from memory it doesn't even turn over i.e. there is no movement or noise at all when you turn the key. This is what first prompted someone to suggest it might be something like the immobiliser.

Thanks for the replies. I am not mechanically minded at all so would not even know what I was looking for anyway! I have no special "tools" to be able to do any kind of diagnostics and to be honest have no previous experience so have nothing to compare it to. I will try and take pictures at the weekend and post. I am based in Hailsham in East Sussex. - Ian

Hi All, This is my first post and looking for some advice on what to do with my 300zx. The car is a red 1990 (H Reg) UK targa top twin turbo. I've had the car for about 12 years but it has been sitting in my garage for about 6 years. Knowing nothing about cars/mechanics etc...it has not had any special storage treatment (i.e. blocks or anything else that you are meant to do when storing a car!). The reason it has been sitting is that a few months before I lent it to a (sensible) friend so they could get to work one day. He was driving and it just cut out, originally we thought it had ran out of petrol but this was not the case. He said there was no noise or bangs and just cut out? We had the car towed back and its been sitting ever since. Over the years talking to people they said it could be this or that and I remember checking the belts shortly after which were all intact. Another possible explanation is that the immobilizer had kicked in but I have not had the time or knowledge to check this or anything else for that matter. I now would like to do "something" with it and this is why I joined the forum hoping for some advice. I think the possibilities are: Sell it - Sell it as it is for someone else to break it or take it on as a project. Scrap it - Take it to the scrap yard which I imagine I would get maybe £100-£200 for. Break it - Look at what parts people are requiring and break it, selling the parts on ebay. Fix it - Get someone in to investigate the condition and let me know the cost in fixing up. All these options require a certain amount of knowledge and time both of which I am lacking. I also have no idea if there is any value in doing any of the projects and was hoping someone could point me in the right direction? Thanks - Ian