Smugdukes

Yeah Half Day at work, always add to the Loudness on the way home :-)

Hello all, Quick gauge of people in the know, if I could - Clutch pedal was wrongly adjusted by garage, and through driving normally (ie cruising round town, not too fast) and not quite being able to tell what was wrong with the car exactly, I was driving with it for 2 weeks - broken! burning out the clutch. How much would this of damaged my clutch??? as they think I might now need a new one! and could the garage be liable? Thanks

Hello, I did recieve some very useful help on this last week, but it appears my garage has changed mechanics from the one who used to do all my work and the new one is nowhere near as good! Basically the clutch pedal went and they mended it, but didnt adjust the pedal properly so once i worked out what was wrong (via the site & its helpful fellows) i took it back and they mended it again using notes off this site as guidelines, (for free). I have now got it back and the problem still seems to be there but in the higher gears only. Now this could be due to the more powerful accerlaration in the lower gears making it harder to tell, but the higher gears seem to be slipping as before. The garage said they tested it twice (to check for loss of pressure) but may not have been able to realise that the higher gears where still slipping. Before I go in and have it out with them - as i imagine this has ruined my clutch quite a lot now!, would somebody be able to let me know if I am indeed in the right area? Thanks (again....)

Thanks, its sod law it had only had its service/mot a week or so before the pedal went...I will have a look, cheers.

That might be a better way to put it - when putting my foot down the revs go up but the car doesnt pull away. The wheels arent actually spinning - i phrased that badly. It sounds more like the "clutch slip". Thanks

Hi I was just wondering if anyone else had experienced problems when accelarating. My clutch peddle went last week, and i got it replaced & i dont know if its coincedence or not but now when i accelarate it feels like the power isnt going down properly as if the car is wheelspinning, or the clutch was still depressed? Could it be that they tweaked something on the clutch when changing it or is it related to something else? As always any advice would be brilliant as it usually saves alot of money when mending it :-) Thanks

Hello, just wondering if anyone could help. I got a problem with the bottom of my door coming loose which is making it hard to pull shut when getting in. The car has had lambo door hinges on it for a while and whilst i have enderverd to maintain these the doors are not suited for them in the long term, which is where i think this problem has arisen from. I have had a look to see if i can spot a simple method of tightening it back to the door but cant seem to locate where/how this can be done, as the bits i can see seem to already be tight. I would be grateful if anyone has any ideas, as if / when i have to change the doors back to normal hinges i would like to have this problem resolved.

Hello, U went pass with a whilte bonnet on a black body. I was worried i was going to go the whole way from eastbourne to southampton and back without seeing another Zed...On such a sunny day that would of been a shame.

Typically the one day I dont take my zed and I see another one going the smae way I am... Liked your exhausts. I was blue civic trying to get a closer look.

Yeah well thats what I thought, im not too keen on just covering it all over, I hadnt considered spraying it. The carbon Fibre sounds like could be a nice touch but would that involve a lot of $?

Hello all, just wondered if anyone had had any nice finds when looking to update there interiors? I currently have cream and black leather for my interior but am looking to upgrade the centre console etc to bring it all to life a bit more. I saw this on ebay but im not convinced - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=110304071084&Category=72213null&_trksid=p3907.m29 I was thinking of trying to update the lighting following on from a link i saw with LED's, any inspiration would be gratefully recieved. Thanks Dunk

Might seem a silly question this one - but i was checking my spare tire the other day and realised it was only 15" and wondered is that actually going to work if i put it on my car when all the wheels are 18"'s? it has body kit etc and i can just c it damaging the car if used.

Hi, Im just wondering if anyone has any good recommendations for bodywork garages in the brighton and surrounding areas that would be able to fit replacement, and touch up, body kit parts? Thanks

I was saying to uno, that i cant this weekend as am going to bournemouth with the lads for a bit of a breather, but would def be up for meeting up at some point in future.

Have you got ur zed with u? i didnt see one but i was in kitchen so cant everything.My sis is at uni is southapton so im the other way round lol.

How about some for brighton?!?:smash:

Yeah pretty much right on the info there, I live just outside brighton. Its funny i was down in southampton last week are you local to here or there nutter? uno are you chris who i meet with the spares? My car aced its mot thankfully, but what parts did u have again?

Duncan (Smugdukes), Brighton, N/A SWB manual, anywhere that is easy enough/a good drive to get to.

Thanks guys quick and helpful as always!

Hi, I have been looking through the old threads and i have found a similiar query to this except for a couple of bits which makes me think it might be something else. The A/C has never worked well in the 3 years i have had the car, but recently it has started to leak into the footwells and when the tempreture is turned up smoke appears in the car. It does however stop again when turned down but there does seem to be a constant leaking into both footwells. If anyone could provide some assistence as to any causes for this or what work i might need doing and its likely cost, i would be grateful. Cheers

sounds good, Thanks

Hi, I was wondering if anyone had any good tips or products relating to touching up paintwork? I got a couple of little chips and a scratch mark or two that i wanted to try and remove myself & thought id see what was good. The cars black 1990 if that makes any difference.

Sounds good, prob just the brighton part thou.

I had a converter put in so it reads MPH, does this mean the problem is likely to just be the speed limmiter? If so do i just need to get it remapped or taken off? I would say im not going anywhere near 112mph more like 80 - 90 ish (on the private road I use) will have to take it out and check.

Hi, i have been searching through previous posts but couldnt see a full answer for this (although I apologies if this is because of my ignorance). I seem to be hitting a "wall" when accelarting through the gears. I am still getting used to the car's full capabilities and have taken my time in easing it in (since having a recoditioned engine put in). I have done all the recommended mileage about 4000 miles of it with the upmost care and have spent another thousand opening it up slowly. 1 for the fear of damaging it and 2 for the fact that it has an awful lot of power anyway. But now I am trying to gauge it's full capabilities it stops at 3rd gear - 6200rpm and 4th 5500rpm. In second I have only gone upto about 7000rpm, and obviously 5th is a bit hard to examine. (The car is a 1990, manual, Non turbo) I have read previous bits on speed limiters but they dont seem to link in. Is this just a case of getting it Dyno'd and having the engine remapped out??? If so does anyone have any recommandations of somewhere in the region of Brighton where I could get this done, as not being able to drop down gears is proving very frustrating! :headvswal Your help is appreicated