mcauleyj

Aye I think the forum went through a massive tidy up and upgrade. I've lost some threads too, but no biggie Aye thats the way it goes I suppose. J

Hi all, Whilst my Zed is long gone, replaced with a more suitable baby-carrying machine - a forum member asked me if I still had the BCM repair guide for fixing the interior dome light auto-dim feature. I cannot seem to attach files any longer, Low-res pdf available here: http://www.dmcauley...._2004_lores.pdf Higher res pdf (though the lowres is probably adequate) here: http://www.dmcauley....50z_UK_2004.pdf Hope this helps - what happened to all the old posts? John

Ricey - I know, some wierd posts I have put up here recently, not at all 350z related - but I know there is a wide range of people on here so thought it might be worth a shot. My Z is ticking along nicely, due a good clean & DA polish very soon & maybe a gearbox & diff fluid change too. BTW in additon to the passat - I'm now considering the A6 as well - I actually went to see an A6 3.0tdi quattro avant (2005, 93000 miles) yesterday. Nice car, but it didnt have the high range MMI.. only the basic & after seeing the high version it would be hard to accept the basic. Max - thanks for the heads up, I was looking at humax direct which have good prices indeed, but as usual the postage is double to N.I. I eventually got a Freesat HDR from gumtree, so thats me (well the mother in law) sorted for the moment. She lives in a part of Donegal with no terrestrial coverage, so relies on analogue terrestrial coming from a community based relay station to beam RTE & BBC etc into their area. Come Oct when the analogue switch off happens, the relay station will be no-more and the digital terestrial coverage from RTE (Saorview) will not reach their area. That leaves satellite - so sky or freesat. Originally she was just going to plump for sky - but RTE are broadcasting FTA on 9e Ka band (not Ku as per sky on 28.2E), their service called Saorsat. So this changes things & we thought we would try and get a multi-sat setup going, worst case if its not reliable she can get sky. So after a bit of reading around we got an 88cm dish, Ka band LNB, mult-lnb arm and normal Ku band quad & have a setup that can get both services (RTE and Sky) from the one dish. Now enter the Humax... freesat appeals as we shoule be able to set it up and leave it - channel lineups & rescans are taken care of. RTE I dont think will jump around as the feeds from 28.2 do... so the humax is one box that will control a multi-sat setup with diseqc & with a patch will allow freesat and non-freesat channels on the EPG list without having to flick between freesat and non-freesat modes. Rant over

Grand job, thanks.

Thanks Kyle, I had seen the 1st two, but not the one on nicarfinder. Its an SE but I'll keep an eye on there too - thanks for the heads up. Wilson auctions - I was looking at their website a week or two back, had a browse through some of the NI site lists. - whats the best way to keep track of whats available here, just keep browsing or can you sign up to get a list emailed? John

Slight update! - extended my search to include the B6 Audi A4 1.9 TDI Avant Quattro (Sport) too, interested in model years 2003-2005. So, currently I'm interested in: Passat 4motion 1.9 TDI (2004) A4 1.9 TDI Quattro Avant / Estate (2003 - 2005) If anyone has one they are considering selling, or knows of a good one available please give me a shout Thanks, John

After a Humax Freesat HDR box, anyone got one for sale? John

Hi Ricey, Yep, thats what I thought it, depends on the car & dealer. I've seen some dealers advertise their used car trade ins through autotrader but I figure some of the dealers in N.Ireland source cars from auctions in England. Thanks for the reply & info - I wasnt sure if there are local classifieds/ car trading websites in various parts of the UK the way there are over here. I'll keep hunting, never know what might turn up! Cheers, John

Still have the Zed, but am considering a change on my other car (would classify as a shed I suppose, 98 passt tdi sport with 223000 miles :-) ) Anyway, I have a notion for the following: - VW Passat B5.5 1.9 TDI Sport 4motion, - saloon (preferably but might consider an estate) - 2004 model (indicators on wing mirrors) - preferably 100K miles, but flexible here & willing to consider higher. - extras such as Cruise control (on steering wheel) and front fogs would be a bonus :-) Pretty specific, but if anyone knows of one for sale let me know! Since spying a nice black one with leather & ~74K miles on Autotrader (via Broadstone Cars, Much wenlock, which was sold by the time I got interested) - I've been keeping an eye out on Autotrader, Pistonheads, Ebay & Gumtree as well as a couple of the local Northern Ireland sites (usedcarsni & utv drive). Are there any other local car sites you guys use elsewhere in the UK? I'm also guessing that some may come up via main-dealer trade-ins - do these main dealers have contacts that they sell the trade-ins to, or do they put them up for auction? Cheers! John

I went for some Aero style silicone wipers for my 350z, they weren't cheap either though, see here: http://www.xopc.co.uk They seem good enough - certainly they have lasted well (I installed on 12/03/2011 & they are still 100%). Couple of minor gripes: 1. I expected them to be totally silent in operation & was surprised after installing that there were a few squeaks during light mist. This was only temporary though - after they have bedded in, they are fine & silent. 2. Due to the curvature of the 350z windscreen at the edge near the pillar - on the passenger side wiper only, the wiper blades do not make good contact with the screen. It is as if the XOPC wipers would need more 'spring' in their spine to keep the pressure/contact of the blade to the screen. This ONLY effects the lower LHS of the screen near the dash - as soon as the wiper moves about an inch or so, the blade makes contact, so it does not affect any normal viewable location. The spring in the XOPC wipers didnt seem as much as a pair of (Bosch I think) ones I noticed when washing the wifes previous car (2004 VW passat) - from memory they nearly doubled over when taken away from the windscreen, well certainly a well pronounced U shape anyhow! Would I buy them again? Honest answer, I dont know - they work well - but I'm in two minds as to whether the original slim style Nissan ones might look a bit neater, so maybe they PIAA silicone ones would be the better option. I dont know how the cheaper Aero - style wipers from Ebay that some of the other forum members have tried compare performance & durability wise. Couple of screenshots attached - these were pics I had taken at the time of install. John

Hi, As title, am after a Linux based sat box for a mess around. Either something fairly basic like the DM500s, or possibly something a bit fancier like the Vu+ boxes. Anyone got anything up for sale? Thanks, John

OK - thanks! I wasn't sure as I didn't see any non-car related posts in there. J

Hi, Just wondering if there is a section on here to post a non-Zed related wanted post? Is the 'Wanted' section in the Trading Post only for Zed/ car related stuff? John

I'm pretty sure my rear hangers all have gaps in the middle (must check them)... So anyone know where to get a few new ones?? John

I cant see anything wrong with the hanger or rubber mount in the pic...... do you mean the gap in the middle of the rubber mount, is that not normal? John