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Old 09-24-2012, 11:22 AM
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New owner of 85 300zx turbo, Any Advice

Hello as the title says i'm a new owner of 300zx turbo and was wondering if yal had any general advice when it comes to owning one. I a little bit mechanically profecient but never owned a turbo car and was wondering if there is anything different from these car or is it the same any other car when it comes to routine maintance like; oil change, spark plug change and things like that. Any information or comments would be greatly appreciated.
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Old 09-24-2012, 03:08 PM
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this is a great website to learn some things as well as z31performance. Just keep up with maintenance. Depending on how many miles on your z depends on what you should be looking into. Throw some pics up and specs of her.
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Old 09-24-2012, 07:49 PM
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Cool Thank you, I will try to put some pictures up this week, and as far as specs I'm assuming she is all stock and has 154xxx original miles, pics soon to come
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Old 09-24-2012, 07:52 PM
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Quick question the rpm gauge doesn't work, it's not a digital gauge, any idea where to start with the problem?
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You can download a Factory Service Manual for you car, might help troubleshoot your Tachometer problem. http://www.xenonz31.com/reference.html

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Old 09-25-2012, 09:16 AM
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wow Thanks! great website and awesome information!
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Old 09-25-2012, 01:08 PM
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Order and install a timing belt kit if there is no receipt for it being done in the past 70k miles or past 7 years.
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