MikeW

You don't list your time frame here but from the looks of it I'd say you had a relatively easy job. Hopefully you'll never have to mess with it again.

My only complaint is FWD but I think that's not nearly as important as some traditionalists believe. Unless you plan on sliding it around corners I don't think the difference is noticeable. Perhaps maintenance down the road would be more including different tire wear than RWD. I might even consider the coupe and, horrors, the 2.5 for even better mileage. For me it would just be a daily driver going to and from work.

Here's a higher resolution shot of the Frisselle car taken at roughly the same instant as Chris's shot above.

It seems to me that getting in and out of the car is what would wear the seats the most. Maybe the car was used for a bunch of really short trips.

I see your entries in the Google spreadsheet. Perhaps you're confused by the fact that I switched over to a different spreadsheet that allows public edits without me having to individually give people access rights. The new spreadsheet is here: http://www.editgrid.com/user/mlwilliams/Z_Car_Registry

Perhaps you can describe the symptoms in more detail. Does the whole car shake, does it happen in 3rd gear as well as 4th, do you hear any noises, does it come on gradually, etc.? With more information I'll bet that some of the experts here can give you a better diagnosis.

It looks like several people have made changes. As you can see I added the link to my signature; strangely enough that signature change seems to affect all of my previous posts.

You're probably not interested but I've got a spare with a broken plastic face plate.

I'd temporarily swap the front and rear wheels to see if that changes the vibration. It could be a tire balance issue.

I started to mention the 0-100-0 tests. I recall seeing one such test where the bike was back down to 0 before any of the supercars even hit 100. On the other hand I also just read where an F1 race car managed 0-100-0 in 5.9 seconds. It all comes down to Newton's second law of motion: Force = Mass * Acceleration Take a sport bike with very little mass and give it some power and you've got a lot of acceleration. For typical street cars/bikes it's simply no contest.

Someone just bought it using the buy it now price ...

Presumably due to the resurgence lately of this old thread several people have PM'd me recently asking for permission to edit this spreadsheet. Since it's a lot of work to make people ask me for permission, add them to the list, and then have them go login I decided to look for an alternative. I found something called EditGrid that seems to allow public read/write access without logging in. I created a login for myself and uploaded the current spreadsheet here: http://www.editgrid.com/user/mlwilliams/Z_Car_Registry Can some of you try to enter some new data and see if the collaboration part works?

Also note the huge hole in the roof ...

I was also wondering if a thicker head gasket would help but if it truly requires 109 octane I'm not sure if that would be enough to get it down to even premium gas. In other words, the compression ratio might go from something like 14:1 down to 12.5:1 which is still quite high.

In your original post you state that you saw one in exactly the same condition sell on eBay for $500. Are you hoping that people here will give a higher number? It's worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it. That number will obviously vary depending on who's looking and when. If you're trying to maximize the selling price then your best bet is to put it on eBay and hope that people get into an irrational bidding war over it. If you're worried about not getting enough for it then put a high reserve price or high starting price on it.

In addition to Arne's list the heater control panel is lighted on 73's.

I don't recall having any problems with my installation. To help clarify what Enrique is describing I've attached a picture of my setup.

I only remember them blowing up the cement mixer that way but I haven't been watching it lately. Here's a site that lists all of the results: http://mythbustersresults.com/

Since it's highly unlikely that the transmission shop decided to adjust your floats I'd by inclined to think that the problem is a result of the car sitting for so long. One possibility is a cracked hose that is causing the fuel pump to suck air. I'd start by adding a clear fuel filter such as this: http://performanceparts.com/part.php?partID=38377 It allows you to see that fuel is actually flowing from the pump and has the added benefit of letting you see if the filter is starting to get clogged from debris in the tank. If you find that you're not getting fuel into the filter then my next step would be to run a fuel hose from the suction side of the pump directly into a can of fuel.

I agree with Arne. Before assuming the worst I'd clean the engine up using a de-greaser or take it to the local coin operated car wash. After running the engine a bit the source of the leak should become more obvious. It could be something simple like the oil pan gasket.

If you've got any air blowing at all the problem is in the passenger compartment. Each of the sliding controls simply actuates a damper at the other end of a cable. They should be easy for you to follow. It's possible that one of them came loose at the far end.

That's interesting. On the warranty card the 903 is obviously the paint code. Any idea what the 807 represents?

It's quite disturbing to me that someone belonging to this club can be so xenophobic and ignorant of history. I'm sorry that our members residing in France have to read such nonsense. Those of us who wish Nissan success in the future should be happy that Carlos Ghosn helped turn the company around. For a short history refresher some of you might recall the time that the French saved the US pansy asses: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Yorktown_%281781%29

Those two statements taken together give me little confidence in the seller.

I wish I could take credit for it but I don't even know who it belongs to or where I took the picture. I think it was at a local club meeting.