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Thanks Alex. That would be fantastic if you do know of anything worth going for ☺ Darren mentioned your R35 when I was in there and I've heard your zed is a beast too, so it would be great to come up to Knockhill to see them and say hi. Unfortunately, without the car on the road, I don't even get home from work till around 7:30 at the moment, so it will need to be another time. Thanks again for your help ☺

Trying to size up my current options now. I have seen a few cheap kits online but really have to question the quality of them. Does anyone know of a decent timing chain kit that is going to work out less expensive than Nissan's own?

Good news - Darren and Nobles were helpful . Bad news - they got it running for 30 secs before it cut out again and they decided it now needs a new timing chain which is parts & 20hrs labour ~ £3k

One of the mechanics they used to have working there did some outside work on an MR2 I had a few years back. Unfortunately he couldn't fix it properly and instead decided to hotwired it. Next time I started it up all I got was white smoke, a lovely burning smell and another more expensive bill. Not Nobles fault but just didn't instill confidence in the level of their mechanics. Another time I took a bulb for the zed that was missing the base with me to get a replacement and they couldn't work out what it was so tried to sell me one for £280. Ended up getting one from Halfors for a tenner. Again it didn't instill confidence. I'll give them another go and let you know how I get on. Many thanks Richard.

Cheers Alex. Unfortunately no trailer at present so will prob have to go with the Nobles option as it's only about a mile away. I was actually hoping to avoid them if possible as I've had a couple of poor experiences with them in the past, but needs must and long bus commutes are not as much fun as environmentalists would have you believe. Missing having the zed on the road.

Hi Alex. I am just outside Edinburgh.

Hi I've just had to replace the throttle body too but cannot get the car working again. Car went in to limp mode and the AA and a mechanic said it was the throttle body causing the problem. I checked the codes and they concurred with it being a throttle body problem. Now after getting another throttle body fitted as well as a new battery, I still cannot get it to start. I've done the Accelerator Pedal Release Position Learning followed by Throttle Valve Closed Position Learning and then started trying to do the Idle Air Volume Learning (Throttle Position Learning) procedure a few times but when I get to the point of starting the engine it just turns over but won't catch. Does anyone have any suggestions I could try?