kools

-------------------- Sorry, I don't understand your reasoning there, as the steering box feels good the rest of the time. It steers well, has only a minor leak, and if I didn't already make it clear, the steering wheel shimmy's with the wheels when they do it. I'm in Wheelers Hill Melb. Thanks for your idea though, but any other ideas/suggestions? kools

Gidday, the front end decides to shake like hell where and when it wants to. Under braking, it intensifies if up at a decent speed such as 60km/h or more. It started to happen after I replaced the front shockers in the struts. I've checked the shockers are tight in the strut case, the springs are mounted right, the brakes are tightly bolted up against the struts again, the strut bottoms mounted tightly, the sway bar is mounted correctly and the leading arms bolted up correctly. All I've changed is the tyre pressures up to 32 psi, and the shockers to Pedders. Could it be the alignment is out because I've had the complete package apart? Could it be the tyres causing the shimmying [shaking]? cheers Kools

Gidday, Is the fuel pump in the tank, [car described above] or external to it, as it don't work, and I have to find out why? It stopped when I ran it dry one time about a year ago. I've been running on gas ever since. Any tips on testing where the root cause of the fault is? cheers, Kools

Gidday, The R30 we have is a 2.4L and has an idle of about 700rpm. Once driving, the idle sits at about 1400rpm during driving [most annoyingly] until you brake. It then drops again to about 700rpm, AFTER you release the brake. A pain in the right cheek when coasting or pulling up. I thought it could be a master brake cylinder problem but are very unsure? Me' mechanic isn't any wiser on this one either, and the Nissan garage in Glen Waverley I've seen, won't give away a tip for free the tightarses! Any tips lads? cheers, kools

Da missus' car is a R30 sedan. We picked it up as a recoverable wreck, cost about 550, and sunk about 1200 inta' her to get her rollin! All in all a good economic car, but small things that don't always work on it annoy the crap outta me!! The door lock on the drivers door has an intermittent mechanical jam, that has plagued us since we had the car. Yesterday it finnaly stuck locked for good. Last time that happened, I pulled the skin to find it unjammed itself somewhere during the process, thus not finding the source of the jam. Any tips always welcome. cheers, kools