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Hmm u think most gearbox shops would have a scan tool these days ?

Was on my way back to the Gold Coast this morning after spending the night at my girlfriends place in Brisbane. Got to about where the old ikea is on the hwy and I noticed that the car felt like into shifted into neutral. Revs lifted and speed was going down. I pulled over on the side of the hwy to find that I had no gears at all. Put the car into park and it made a bit of a grinding noise. Park dosent seem to work as the car would roll back without the hand break on. Any gear that the car is put in feels like neutral with no movement. Before this happened the car had been running fine, no problems downshifting or going into reverse. There was no unusual noises or vibrations when the incident happened Car is the 5 speed auto not the 8 speed cvt The car runs a seperiate tranny cooler rather than going through the radiator I had the trans fluid changed at 65k and topped up with Nissan trans fluid when I had the cooler fitted at about 80k car now has 110k on the clock Any ideas ?

Didn't look that had did you http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/topic/335579-open-diff-be-gone/page__p__5558228__hl__quaife__fromsearch__1#entry5558228 http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/topic/346100-f*king-diff/page__p__5576886__hl__quaife__fromsearch__1#entry5576886

I usually get between 500-600ks from a tank depending on how much hwy driving I do

what brakes are on the car?

Well I not sure why your having that problem, Im thinking that I might pay a visit to Gavin wood in the not too distant future as he has all the fancy scan tools to work out what exactly is going on Im thinking that you might have to do the same or go to a willing Nissan dealer and have them plug in whatever their tool is "consolt" I think is what its called

Might swap the sensors around and see if it makes any difference

Well guys as some of you may have read from another post I created I have been having issued with my cars ABS SLIP VDC lights coming on the dash The problem is intermittent in that sometimes "rarely" I could do a whole drive to Brisbane from the Gold Coast without the lights coming on. Where as other times when the ABS dose its self check usually once the car has been turned on and gotten up to 10kph it will then start pumping the pedal and make lots of noises from the front drivers side whilst at the same time the speedo wont be moving or is not displaying the proper speed. The problem has become progressively worse over time I was told by the local brake shop who hooked up a scan tool to the car that the front drivers side ABS speed sensor was throwing a fault code. So I got a 2nd hand one off a 350Z from a wrecking yard posted up to me, I switched the sensor over last night and took the car for a 400M drive around the block and everything seemed to be going perfect, ABS was working and no funny noises Anyhow in the morning when I went to work I got no further than the end of the street "100m" before the lights came back on as the pedal started making its funny noises I noticed when I changed the sensor last night that it might read the speed of the wheel by magnetic fields or something as there was no COG/gear just a flat bit of metal that sits close to the inside of the wheel hub/baring I also noticed it looked rather rusty/dirty where the wheel hub/thing was spinning near the sensor so I am going to pull it off again in the next day or to and try and scrape/clean some of the crap off and see if that fixes the problem I was so pissed off after having switched the parts and thinking that everything was going to be FINALLY sorted particularly after the drive around the block. If I didint install the sensor properly one would think that the warning lights would come on straight away when the car was turned on/driven around the block

Your going to want to put a LSD in the car if your going to have that sort of power, unless you enjoying frying one wheel when you hammer it on take off

Sounds like a very good price! as far as the install goes it may be as simple as swapping out the old center and putting in the new one. The diff ratio may be different however meaning that that you may end up reeving higher or lower at a given speed/gear than you were with the stock diff I could not find a 2nd hand 350Z LSD at a decent price "couple of wreckers wanted $1200....." So I ordered a brand new Quaife center from the UK and had it installed. Lovely LSD, drives like stock when your puttering around but will throw down 2 black lines on the road when you want it to also puts down more power to the wheel with the most traction which = quicker lap times. Stock 350z is vicious which is ok but given time and kms it will start to behave like an open diff. You can allays shim it however

Pretty sure im running 19 x 10" front and back

Any chance I can get a ABS speed sensor front right side for a 2003 coupe ?

Where did you end up getting your new sensor from? ebay/US or somewhere local?

Hi guys took my car to the local brake shop to try and fix a problem that has been getting progressively worse over the last few months Basically what happens is 80% of the time I drive my car the ABS/SLIP/VDC light will come on within 100m of driving. The ABS self check will kick in as per usual however it will keep pumping the pedal and make extra noise for a few seconds before the waring lights come up on the dash I suspected that my drivers side front speed sensor was playing up as it seemed from the noises that the ABS control unit was trying to pump that brake and there was a clicking sound coming from it under hard braking or a low speed turn using 3/4 or more steering lock at low speeds with no brakes applied. Iv also noticed my speedo drop down from 110 to 50kph and then kick back up to 110kph after a few seconds. The brake shop plugged in a tool that reads fault codes and a code came up saying that the front passenger speed sensor was faulting. Anyhow they pulled out all the speed sensors and cleaned them only to have the the same dash lights come on however no fault code was registered. Im thinking the drivers side front speed sensor is fubared and needs to be replaced Anyone else had the same problem? Im busting to hit the track again but I wont until I can get this issue sorted as I don't care for VDC or traction control however I do like to have ABS when Im running semi slicks at the track

Dust was pretty bad.... but I was more interested in them working when they were hot

I have gone through a few sets of pads Completely destroyed some oem grade ones that were only 10k old in 1 track day, I drove home with almost no brakes at all the slots in my rotors will filled with pad warning lights galore on the dash "ABS, Brake warning light, slip, VDC" 2nd set was Ferodo DS2500 which I would rate as my favorite pad so far, work just as well as OEMs when cold but keep on keeping on when your at the track on your 5th hot lap. But like Grae35 said I allmost chewed through a rotor because of VDC constantly grabbing the front right brake whilst going around the sweepers - I stopped using VDC at the track after that, it was only holding me back anyway 3rd set is the QFM A1RM which iv done one track day on, I was a bit disappointed with them however my rotors got machined at the same time they went in which may be a reason why they didint feel as good. The front left rotor cracked that day anyway so iv replaced them with some RDA slotted as a band aid till I can sort something out like a set of Brembos. I'll see how they go on the fresh rotors next track day I go to however at the moment Im not sure when that will be as my cars having some issue with the ABS/VDC cutting out. I suspect a speed sensor is playing up as iv noticed the speedo drop down from 100 to 80 and then pick back up as iv been on the hwy

Brake fluid is all good front pads are fresh same with rotors, might check back pads

A couple of times in the past my car has randomly had the VDC, slip and ABS light come on the dash. Simply turning the car off and then back on would fix the problem Now this never bothered me because it would only happen once every 4 to 6 months but recently its started to happen frequently I have noticed that as the lights come on my speedo needle will drop about 10kph and then pick back up to the normal speed which is why I am thinking I might have a speed sensor issue This only seems to happen when I am on the HWY doing 100ish kph I have also noticed that when the lights are on and I pull over into the stopping bay on the side of the HWY to restart the car I can hear a clicking sound when Im braking hardish... ABS sensor?

My rides got stock suspension for the moment but what I think makes it pick up all the little bumps in the road is the low profile tyres I run on my 19" rims 40 on the front 35 on the back

That sucks! id be pissed I have to park in a shopping center for work however I start early enough that im able to grab a park where no other cars can park side by side of mine so what happens to you doesn't happen to me Before that at the last place I worked I would park between 2 other staff members cars so if I got a ding I would know exactly who did it

They buttons do what they say they are for Snow makes the car very docile and from what iv read take off in 2nd gear. This is what you want when your in a snowy/icy road so your not wheel spinning at the slightest tap off the accelerator Power holds the gears longer before it changes

Yeah I had to chop one of the stub axels down a bit nothing major I didint mind a 2 way in my 180sx but the V35 deserves something a little less harsh and quiet

Yes you can Good luck finding one at a wrecker and when you do be prepared to pay through the nose for a used part. Also note that 2nd hand units with more than 80k can start to open wheel more than you would want to as the silicon gel in the vicious centre degrades with age/use Might be better off buying a brand new quaife centre like I did

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