Gav240z

For a while I've noticed a sound comming from the rear left hand side of my Z. It's started out small and it's very hard to hear due to the loud exhaust on my car. The first noise I noticed was a scraping rubbing sound like a worn out bearing. I thought Wheel bearings but have not been driving the car last 2 weeks. Now when I get to about 50miles + and I let go of the accelerator I notice alot of vibration. I thought driveshaft with the speed and all but it seems to have become worse and if a driveshaft was unbalanced I think it would only stay the same. It seems to be constant anywhere over 50miles roughly 90km/h for the Aussies ;-). Anyway here's my thoughts on what it could possibly be. 1.)Uni Joints either in driveshaft or halfshafts - This is an absolute pain of a job to replace unless you do the whole shaft but am not sure if these would cause excessive vibration. I noticed when I replaced my CV joints in my FWD Corolla a while back it eliminated some vibration. 2.) Wheel bearings - Not sure if these would cause vibrations but definately would cause that grinding bearing noise. 3.) The Diff - I have not checked the oil in it in a while and am uncertain as to if this would cause vibration. I will check it's level within the next day.. 4.) Diff mount - Have to check it's condition but seemed fine when I checked it 2 or so months ago. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Gav,

You've got it all wrong I meant not disrespect. I thank Alfa for pointing out and interpreting what I was trying to say as his mostly correct. Maybe it seemed a little harsh and I apologise for that it comes with inexperience and rushing to write a response while I should be doing work not typing on a forum. I realise I had never asked the question about the Gnose variances. So I apologise I just felt that you had written two things that conflicted with each other. You said that so much history of these cars is misunderstood and misinterpreted etc.. Then you said you thought you were the only person outside japan who knew about the 2 different Gnose's. To me it was saying that you'd never shared this with anyone else and I couldn't see why you wouldn't if you are like me and believe these cars were underated underestimated and definately of a historic importance which I'm sure you agree with on all 3. I do realise now that yes I never did ask the question and sometimes over the internet text that can be written in a sarcastic manner may not be interpreted that way later. I tried to emphasise that with the use of the smilies. I'm glad you respect me Alan because i have alot of respect for someone like you. Who has obviously taken it upon themselves to understand and know everything possible about these cars and put in the hard effort and deal with the f&^% heads out there who will do anything to belittle you. I too have had my Z vandalised many of times. I've had a stone thrown at it when I took it to high school by a jealous sod. I've had my Mirror bent door keyed. Windows smashed from road rage which i suspect was a result of jealousy. I've had my 240z my new one reveresed into while I was at work had to replace entire bonnet. Then within a month the bumper is damaged. So yes I understand what it would be like to have others do that to your baby especially from other Z owners who should know better. I couldn't imagine contemplating doing that to a car like yours. I hope we can try put this behind us as I value your contributions as well as friendship and lengthy well informed responses. Sorry you took it this way. Gav,

First off Alan I found out about 2 different styles of Gnose through Kats. :classic: I'm puzzled though u say that so much of these cars history is misunderstood and ill informed yet you hold back information on the 2 variations??? Not having a go just find it a bit strange. (Yes it cool to know something others don't). But I don't see a need to keep it stiched up from other Z enthusiasts :classic: . As I understand the differences between the two are that one has air ducts to improve air flow. If you look in Kats gallery the red Zg has these. You may also wanna check my gallery as I have a picture of a gold Zg that has been fitted with the gnose and I have noticed that the intake area is larger in area. Is this something that's been changed as an after market or custom proceedure or is it the other difference between the gnose's? Yeah Alfa those Nakee people are funny but I have a few old car magazines and it seems that they were half porno. Well it's the 70's I guess (Sex , Drugs , Rockn'Roll). Oh and Zed's of course. Zedrally - I think the Gnose will aid the look of the 2+2 it will even out the length of the car as the rear gained a bit of length it will look good if the front does aswell and yes it will be long but it would fit in my garage. I often wonder how my 240z will be parking with a gnose between two cars. I would hate to damage one. That's it I guess once again not having a poke Alan just a bit confused. :ermm: :classic:

Ok I went over the rest of the forum and realised your Z was the white 240z. Sorry my mistake, but at least I didn't call Alfadog Alpha . hahaahahaha .

Um Hawkwind did u say that it's a 71mdl???? I'm almost convinced it's a 260z not a 240z. This is why unless I've read wrong. 2.6ltr engine L26 came in 260z. The Dash is the 260z style dash. The bonnet is a 260z fluted bonnet. Your proxy setting for MSN and ICQ should be the same as it is for Internet Explorer/Netscape. Copy and paste it from there. At my Uni they tried to stop us using it by installing a program called PROGKILL. It's easy enough to remove from the system tray using cntrl alt delete to select and end task. I suspect if my Uni has used it maybe yours will do the same. I'll go over all the posts to see if I'm wrong.

I suspect my gearbox is leaking from some form of seal and maybe the differential aswell. I recently topped up the gearbox and plan on checking the diff aswell when I get the change to work on her next. I would like to use good oil in engine, diff, and gearbox. But am not sure if we even get Redline here in AUS. Something I will try in future, but for the moment I don't see any point in buying good oils if it's gonna leak out or burn up in my engine. By the way 2manyZ's is it most likely that the rear seal on my gearbox is what's causing the gearbox to leak? If so do I just remove the drive shaft and replace the seal that way???? Thanks,

You wouldn't happen to be the same person who owns the car at www.darius.com are you? If so I've seen your videos as probably most of us have. However I'm not in a financial or global position to buy your car :classic: . Good luck.

Yeah I understand alright. I tried to read about the Holden Statesmen cause it's so damn ugly (seen on front cover below 260z 2+2 Gnose). I felt that they were being harsh on the little Z there was a number of critisisms about it. So I thought I'd see what they thought of that ugly unit and couldn't find much bad about it and we all know here in AUS how bad those old holdens are :classic: . But got sick of the article really quick and the other problem is that the articles skip heaps of pages and then continue at the end of the mag????.... The write up on the 432 is cool and the read about the celica's is funny cause I hate those celica's I see them as the Z's rival and can't see why anyone would pick such a car over a Z back then. But yeah the mag is a bit ordinary if not for the Z's I wouldn't read it.

Nathan I'm interested in the Bre Rear wing, The bonnet (non vented) and possibly front spoiler let me know. You still have to show me what the wheels look like as I haven't seen them up close if there good maybe we could swap my panasport look a likes (superlites) and pay you the difference. Should probably PM this... Zya Soon, :classic: I also ordered the front bumper chromed up aswell expensive huh? $350 just for the front ones :stupid: .

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Here's a picture of the 2/2 badge. I have that exact same magazine alfa it's not a great article but the 432 article is what I like about it :classic: . Hey ZedRally do you have the original 5 piece Gnose or a fibreglass copy?? I'm trying to get my grubby hands on an original one :classic: .

I think my name speaks for itself, although I've always been called Doolan by my friends it's my last name and yes it annoys me too Kmack :classic: . My sister has the same problem as me her friends call her doolan also. Anyway I had the nick 240z at Zdriver.com but here it was taken. So I decided Gav240z as it's good for people to know you by name and it's something I can use at zcar.com and hybridz etc.. even though I mainly use this forum. Carl your bambi killer story has got me thinking I could do something similar my 260z managed to kill 3 cars in it's accident. Some WRX "AKA boy racer" pulled out infront of me from stopped traffic and I tried to avoid him and the parked cars but alas no space and ran into him then hit a parked car which in turn went into the car in front. The good news the 2 parked cars were ticket inspectors cars. The WRX had more than 4k worth of damage and my 260z was written off. I managed to Salvage it's L28 P90 head a rarity of an engine here in AUS.:classic: But my new car the red 240z in the gallery can't really claim to what the 260z did. I wanna call it something like Eleanor in gone in sixty seconds but not sure what to call it yet??? Any suggestions???

Yes it is a common problem that the sender unit on the Z screws up but it could also be one of the bearings for the crankshaft. Replace the sender and if no luck try a good guage aswell. If this does not help get it checked with an external tester otherwise you could end up screwing the head on the engine. Gav,

If you like visit :- http://www.project240z.0catch.com/nicezeds.htm it's part of a website which I have discontinued for the moment. It's got a collection of some nice Z's. I actually have alot more now but I'm learning a bit of flash and hope to have a nicer website at a later date and base it on my 240z.

No idea on the color mate it is nice. The front of the car is completely different though.

Why mess with perfection

The Z above has R32 Rear lights I believe. The R33 are closer together and the R34 are different again. I have included a picture of what I'm on about. I still prefer the original rear lights but I would however not mind the look of these either. I do like the R33 GTR wheels on the one above very sexy indeed. :classic: Still can't stand the one above no matter how many times I see it. It's up there with the rear hatch cut out treatment in the ugly department.

Sorry if it seems I've come across slurring you Graeme. I just love the way the 240z looks without body modification. I especially dislike wild body mods that make it look like a 80's retro rocket. The original post was asking what we thought of it. I did just that told him what I thought. I agree your car do what you like no problems there. As you can tell I luv my 240z the way it is . It's only because I feel the car is the artists impression I wouldn't take a picasso(think that'show it's spelt) and scribble on it cause I thought it looked ok that's just wrong :classic: . Anyway not trying to preach just giving my 2Cents. From the pictures I've seen your car looks like it will be very nice keep up the good work.

I absolutely hate it, looks repulsive the 240z rear lights are classic and look awesome. I don't mind the skyline round lights but I hate that.

It's important to note that in AUS we got points distributors with all 240z's and 260z's up to 77 I believe. We never got the 280z with fuel injection. So our Z's had the points dizzy(distributor) and boat anchor carbs till 77. When the ZX appeared we got the electronic one. THanks.

Ain't nothing dirty about anything I seen here so far .

I put my money on the points. If not the points it's probably a capacitor of some sort . The points is inside the distributor u can move them with your finger apart and let go and they snap back together. Newer distributors on fuel injected Z's were electronic and did not need points. They have two circular tips on arms. Refer to the Haynes manual on setting the gap. I bet they fused together from what he's explained. Gav,