Olly350z

Nice to see someone as bonkers as me when it comes to detailing! Shame that black is such a notorious colour to look after as they definitely look the best. Be careful with the machine polisher, nissan paint is woefully thin and it wont take much to burn through!

Check my build out, got competition on the detailing

Posting this here in the hope someone can show where im going wrong before I finally snap and set fire to my Z happily singing

So this evening we decided to install my new Hel Braided clutch line which ive had sat in the spare room for the last 6 month's. No real reason other than the OEM flexi line was leaking at the Banjo end. Clutch appeared to work fine, semi high biting point with the common Z dead zone

Everything went fine, line on and locked in place with new banjo bolt. Topped the reservior up, pumped pedal 15 times and cracked open bleed nipple on the slave cylinder, fluid coming out and reservior slowly emptying with the smallest amount of pressure in the pedal. Nothing. Pedal limp as a fella in a nun house, normal we thought. Repeated this process 5 times increasing pumps to 25. Nothing

At this point we suspect blockage, undo banjo bolt and leave to gravity bleed. Fluid pours nicely out so doubt that. Connect everything back up and we try pressure bleeding back through the system as air will always find the highest point. Nothing.

Every bout of pumping the pedal builds the slightest amount of pressure, once bleed nipple released that pressure drops (obviously) and the pedal shoots to the floor and WILL NOT return. I mustve pumped close 400 times tonight. Had to limp the car home with just enough pressure that it does engage and disengage the clutch but driving is difficult as the pedal will not return to its natural position

One thing to note is that we tried this clutch adjustment rod behind the pedal, didnt seem to make any difference apart from the fsct my biting point is now right at the bottom.

Help please

I came from a B18'd SiR EK pal that like yours, was modified to the nuts. Might've not had the most horsepower but it ran rings around so many things on a twisty B road. It was glued down

As been already said they are completely different driving experiences. I never feel truly relaxed driving my Z compared to the civic as I find the Z a real handful because I dont trust it in the corners. I dont know if it's slightly worn bushes or just me (It is my first RWD but ive had it over a year now) but I'm always conscious about it biting me

Dont think for a second though that means I dont like driving it. I LOVE it. The sounds these cars make, the looks they get and the comments. Personally Id recommend you try and test drive one before you take the plunge. I miss the Honda, definitel. But would I go back? Not a chance ☺

Whats end float play?

As far as ive seen all Zs have some kind of rattle from the clutch when switching off, and from what ive read its to do with the duel mass clutch. Mine rattles so I just depress the clutch everytime

Do 03-05 VQ35DE engines have these oil gallery gaskets?

Mine plugged in just fine too ðŸ˜

Ill be taking mine offroad for winter. Japanese cars love to rust, destroyed my rebuilt Honda even after getting extensive welding done

But then I have a 400 quid banger prelude to rock around in, that can rust all it likes

I didnt realise Chris sold though B pillar trims? I may have to look into them as my carbon onesare peeling!

Let me know how you get on with the springs pal, looking tasty

If its oil leaking into the spark plug chambers its a common 350z issue pal. Despite what many people say you can actually buy just the seals separately and a competent garage can do them

It is easier to just buy new covers though, but definitely not the cheapest option

So a big shout out to Jim for selling his facelift rear lights. Step one in facelifting the Z, complete

Managed to burn quite a bit of oil while having a play with an R35 last night Been booked back in for the valve covers and chain and tensioner, wish my wallet luck!

Following. Mine sounds like this after a real good run. Tuning shop recently hqd it was fine as they are noisy engines, but they did suggest injector tick

I'm getting absolutely nowhere with it and almost everything has been examined. I'm told the engine is in excellent condition and the symptoms/inspections don't point to any major internal damage, but we can't find the source of the noise. The only remaining things to check are the VVT solenoids.

 

I'm not sure I can tolerate the uncertainty over the condition of the engine/car personally.

I too changed my fuel dampers to no avail. The tuning shop listened to it and did say that it sounds like any other Z, they even brought out a customers Z and it too sounded the same

Talking to the garage they did mention valves, however they said that they are a shim type design and a bastard to change. I do have a rattle on start up as well so ive literally just gotten off the phone and booked it in for its timing chain and tensioner 😢

I know that feeling very, very well my friend. Its awful not trusting the engine

Noticed on mine last night that the voltage was the same as yours, with radio, lights, heating and seats on etc. Obviously load on the alternator will create varience. Is mine dying too?

Following. Mine sounds like this after a real good run. Tuning shop recently hqd it was fine as they are noisy engines, but they did suggest injector tick

Was at a tuning shop recently because my engine has a similar tick / rattle but not that pronounced. The guys at the shop swore completely that the engines were strong and I shouldn't worry

He suggested that its more than possible its injector tick. Have you any update to this?

Is there anyone on here who would offer there services to do this? Really not electrical or small and fiddly savie (fat fingers)

Would love one

1.buster 350z Ferndown/Bournemouth

2.W8BGS 370z Parkstone/Poole

3.Zeezeebaba 350z Basingstoke

4. Humpy 370z Winchester

5. SherlockH 350z Lee-on-Solent/Chichester

6.andy James 350z Christchurch/Bournemouth

7. Olly - West Sussex / Worthing

SOLD

Seats you slag....... Ive always fancied tan leathers for my GM

hahaha I'd definitely recommend them pal, was really sceptical at first to how they'd look but im fully in love with them now. Made me love the car

New seats? Colour combo looks great.

Yeah buddy! Match the breaks lol

So I did a thing on Thursday, who can spot what it is?

Still waiting on a reply haha

Sorry guys, waiting on Jim to get back to me and when he does if they havent sold already I will be 100%. Monies waiting Jim its burning a hole in my pocket haha!

Consider these sold. Please PM details over and ill pay tonight

Thanks Graham

 

1) Payco, Lunch

2) Zippypooz, Lunch

3) Nismoandy Lunch

4) paul_b

5) Col + Alfie lunch

6) chippychip123- Lunch

7) hiddenwomble +1 for lunch

8) Paul K +1 for Lunch

9) Andy_Muxlow +1 Lunch

10) Olly + Possibly James and his 350. lunch too

Just confirming James is now coming in his 350 too dude. Will be PMing you about meet up later this afternoon

Looking great bud, the refreshed headlights look fantastic, I had mine professionally polished by RSV graphics in Dudley and the transformation was stunning. Enough for me NOT to invest in the face-lifted headlights. I just fitted LED 6000K sidebulbs and upgraded the main bulbs to 6000k and the difference was amazing.

Having the lights refurbished definitely made a difference to light output but it's still far from brilliant IMO. I'd say my retrofitted lights on my old civic were better lol. I upgraded to from 6K to 8k and its as good as its going to get, so will be getting facelift headlights at some point