blazemaguire

Hi all, Since kicking this off I've since sold my 350z... (I think the young lad who brought it might be on the forum) I won't be checking in as often now, so will miss any PMs. I can potentially make these still if people want, though I only actually sold a handful through the forum - if this appears in later searches and someone is desperate for one, I've got them up on ebay and etsy for a while before I condemn it with the rest of my failed 'get out of teaching' schemes! Otherwise, so long and thanks for all the advice over the years. Rob

If you've replaced all pumps etc, try an airline through the hoses combined with a sewing needle in the jet nozzles, as even if it's pumping it can be clogged to the point where it don't function. Mine has pulled a load of crap through the lines {tbf it was probably me not rinsing out the old water can I used to fill it last time!) Just fair warning, if you do airline it.. Take the little 3 way rubber connector off the passenger side wiper (you'll see what I mean when you disassemble)... I didn't and the air line blew it across the drive. Took forever to find the bastard on a tarmaced drive lol!

I assume the fault your chasing is beyond a normal Obd2 readers capabilities?

Yeah.. Or them. But you're right.. The looks. Still. They've grown on me. I think they're going to look pretty good in a few years time when everything else on the road is am electric euro box.

Feel your pain... just put mine up for sale today as well. In my case it was having 3 kids that killed it... been using it as my daily while the wife ferrys the sprogs around in the smax up until now. Trouble is, now they're getting older, they all need to be in different places at different times and having more than 1 spare seat has become important. Just brought an absolute S**Tbox of a Renault Megane for 300 quid to drive while I sell the 350... It's gold, with a beige interior. It's the motoring equivalent of how old men dress... What to replace the 350z with though? I need 5 seats, Fast, reliable and semi-decent on fuel (but not a diesel as I do 16 miles a day and that'll kill the DPF) - Basically, it's a Golf GTI or a Focus ST isnt it!

PM sent Mikey

Another trick I learned, is you won't always feel play in a knackered wheel bearing by grabbing it, but with the wheel off the ground, put you hand on the rear spring... On the good side first and spin the wheel.. and then on the suspected bad side. If its knackered, you'll feel the graunching through the suspension spring.. Weird but it's true.. Well, in my case anyhow. Can't remember where I read that

Yeah thanks, and apologies not sure if it's the same person but an admin contacted me via PM. My mistake. I'm looking at paying the fee, just wanted to see if I had any come backs first, otherwise I'm out of pocket before I've even started on an idea that might have no teeth.

Ok All. The first 5 to PM me (and pay) I will do for £10 all in (inc postage).. just to get the idea out there and get people talking. Thanks all for the feedback everyone - might be able to make something out of this on the side.

I am. PM sent. Let me know if that suits

Ok. Well, I'm gonna make a few and send them out as cheap early orders PM me if you want one - Will do a hefty discount for first 5 to place orders. Admin - please move this if it's now become a for Sale thread. Was going to start a new post but would be nice to see if I get any come back via PMs. If I do, I'll set it up legitimately. - Please let me know what I should be doing.

Thanks for the feedback - All useful. It's easy to tweak it to have a lean left or right, but I found dead ahead was fully visible from a drivers point of view. If someone near me (Aldershot) owns a HR and fancies me taking a measurement, I might make you a freebie as a thanks!

Price I've no real idea. Hence the asking! When you factor in it's a 7 hour print, electricity, tweaking the CAD model each time, assembly, postage etc - hard to know. You can buy a normal stick to the windscreen phone holder for about £10-15, so I was thinking in the £20 ball park. That would make it worth the time, but to some, that's a lot of money for a bit of plastic! Who knows!

Just putting it out there, Apologies if I'm breaking a rule here, but it's not really 'for sale' yet... just seeing if its worth selling! Designed and Knocked this up on my 3D printer for the Z, then got a bit carried away. Would anyone be willing to pay for this as product if I were to make more? if so, how much would you deem fair? Currently It fits a Huwawei P30 Pro, but I've designed it in such a way that I just need to tweek 3 dimensions in the CAD model to fit any smart phone (length, width height) As you can see it slides onto the cubby hole, without any fixings (rubber mounts to stop it marking the surface) - Stll opens with the cubby hole etc - Simply slides in. All feedback, positive and negative welcome. I'm well happy with it on a personal level, but wondered if others would like. I'm aware I could give this away as a free CAD/3D print design on thingiverse.com as well.... but you know, gotta keep that fuel tank full of 98RON, so a few extra pennies don't hurt if there's a market! If it's something people did want, I might branch out to other vehicles.

Also, the pumps can pack up. Behind the front wheel arch liner on drivers side front wheel. Eaiser to get at with bumper off. Can you hear the pump wiring when someone pulls the stalk? The pumps I belive are generic Nissan as per the micra and others so are about 12 quid on ebay.

Good to hear it sounds like its sorted One of mine failed, but I changed both. Sometimes a sensor can work fine when cold, but as the engine warms up, the wires/breaks or cracks open up with expansion due to heat and it craps out. Often without error code. I also buggered up the connector on bank 1 doing it.. Horrible, stiff brittle things, even worse in the cold. Sourced a new one from China eBay for about 6 quid. Haven't got round to splicing it in yet... Don't fancy it in this weather with no garage. Anyhow, the glue gun bodge seems to be holding strong a month on so...

Probably stating the obvious, but have you changed both cam sensors or just the one indicated by the fault code. One might not have been that far behind the other in failing terms and just enough on the edge to give issues but not give a fault code.

The are there 2 washer pumps I believe, both on the washer fluid bottle (gotta go in through the offside front wheel arch) that supplies the rear and the front washers seperatley. they do fail, but are cheap on eBay. If both have gone at the same time might be a fuse?

Replacing my cam sensor today, managed to snap one of the vacuum tubes on this thing. Not sure if it's a sensor or an actuator. Bodged it for now by plastic welding it with a soldering iron... Seems to be holding but I'd like to order another. It's situated directly above the bank 1 cam sensor at the top back left of the engine bay if looking from in front of the car.

Yeah. I'll give that a go at some point... but had to fit an exhaust to my mates Mazda 3 today as well... owed him a favour. I am done with doing exhausts on a driveway! what a ball ache. still, saved me some money at least. The 350 will stay for a while longer!

OK. Just finished fitting. The box materials and welding/finish are ace, but the exhaust hangers are not lined up very well. I had to remove the plastic cover on the diff as it was fouling it, and I can only get two of the 3 back box hangers to go on and have the exhaust peices still Bolt together. Good product but whoever welds the hangers on is useless. Sounds OK to my ears as well. Not been out yet though, as currently it doesn't have an MOT. I think all in, for the money, it's good. But not a nice fit. And mating to the existing y pipe is a pig as the OEM pipe has studs welded into it rather than through bolts. These were rusted and had to be cut off with a grinder and drilled out. This is what took most of the time. Also fit is a bit skewed when viewed from the back. It'll keep me on the road, but not the best. Was well packaged though. A shame. 10 mins of quality control checking on the mounting brackets and it would be a top bargain. If it had an acetylene torch I'd have a go at bending the brackets... But I don't.

Cheers Andy. That's sounds like a solid reccomendation then (for a cheapskate like me at least)

That was my logic... Well I've bitten the bullet and ordered it anyway (Wife was strangley supportive of it.... I think that's bad news) Would still love to hear if anyone has a long term opinion on it, as I'm going to have a go at fitting Sunday.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BRAND-NEW-STAINLESS-STEEL-NISSAN-350Z-INFINTY-G35-EXHAUST-SYSTEM/310236555977?fits=Model%3A350+Z&epid=1745957046&hash=item483b8a2ac9:g:U6QAAOxy~iJQ9rth Ok, before I get flamed for being Cheap. I'm a teacher with 2 kids under 5, who's barely hanging onto his 350z (Wife would love me to sell it and fund another sprog) so leave off on the expensive recomendations. My Backbox failed about 3 years back in the normal place, I patched and repaired it, and it's failed on it's MOT this year (as a 'major fail' apparently..) I need to replace it to keep me on the road, as it's a daily driver and can barely afford the above at the moment. I know it's cheap, but has anyone brought one? can anyone reccomend? I'm not fussed about how it sounds as such, though would be happier if it was quieter, rather than crazy loud (god I'm getting old...) Other than that, there's a guy selling a complete, used Japspeed K4 system for similar money on ebay right now. (I know these don't get a great rep either, but I also had advisories on the 'flexy pipes' being corroded, so thought doing the whole system might be better. Any advice for a poor man (and don't say sell the 350z... That's not an option)

From what i remember one fails earlier but you rarley notice. I.e one fan does the ac and the other the engine temp if it gets too hot. If like me, you run with ac on most of the time then your ac fan is doing the job of the main cooling fan. Only when they both fail do you notice. Also the cooling is pretty good on these cars and normal air flow is enough to keep it cool in standard British weather. Its only getting stuck in traffic in weather like today that it pushes it over the edge. Mine went about 5 years back. I too thought at the time it was odd theyd both failed but when i diagnosed it i could tell one fan had been dud all along. 2nd went in hot weather with the ac working overtime.Being handy. I Pulled fan assembley out without draining rad. Dismantled motors, filed the motor brushes down and been good ever since (another 30k) .