VQ boys......parts, problems, upgrades, swaps, boost

cacasplat3 · Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 1:39 pm Post subject:

^^^^u'll be impressed until about at 100,000km u find the car gets boring to drive.......

that happened to me, the car needs a full service and i think it mainly has a lot to do with the intake, prob a lot of gunk on the inside of it........and its restricting my power.......i not sure how i'm going to sort that out, but i have to get a good mech to start with.........

and i think i should clean/replace my fuel filter.......talking bout that......ah going to do that now......

~˜VëgÅ²˜~ · Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 2:42 pm Post subject:

^^well that mark is still a good 70+k away so should be excited for a while yet........lol

~˜VëgÅ²˜~ · Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 1:19 am Post subject:

btw, any progress/info on J31 workshop manual???? Looking at engine and suspension specs in particular.........

cheese pie · Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 8:35 am Post subject:

likie the seal between the top plastic part of my radiator and the bottom aluminium one gone. i seeing some coolant seeping out when the engine is hot Mad

any one knows if this can be replaced or i hadda get a new radiator made ?

cacasplat3 · Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:56 pm Post subject:

pie i had to replace the top end tank, it was about $500 with labour........a guy in Clarke Road, Penal did it for me. hasn't given problems yet, and thats over a year now i think.

~˜VëgÅ²˜~,i looked around but i not finding it, if u join maxima.org and pm a mod he could prob help u out, those guys tend to know a lot about the jdm cuz they want them badly Laughing

cheese pie · Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 8:43 pm Post subject:

aye splat i ended up buying a pre fabricated one for 1500 dual core

this place in california (greens) brings down ones from japan

they just had to mod the fan brackets on the rad for the fans to fit , whole thing from pulling the hood to starting the car took about 1 hour

and i got a warranty for 6 months

~˜VëgÅ²˜~ · Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 12:26 am Post subject:

cacasplat3 · Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 5:45 pm Post subject:

cool scene pie.........is it entirely metal? post ah pic, doh stick Laughing

~˜VëgÅ²˜~, any luck?

~˜VëgÅ²˜~ · Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 12:01 am Post subject:

^^^^yeah, check the thread 6th Gen-J31 Cefiro/Maxima (2005) Workshop Manual

Got it from Maximas and Cefiro owners down under......... www.maximasdownunder.org

A33_VQ35 · Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 8:48 am Post subject:

real good stuff there dead...

cacasplat3 · Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:28 pm Post subject:

~˜VëgÅ²˜~, niceness Mr. Green

ah think meh car get a boost of power for some reason, yesterday i drove it for the first time in about 2 weeks, and when i pulled off from stop the tires will slip a bit........going around a bend, on a straight line......rolling.........is either i get a good tank of gas, or sumthing wrong with the tires or drivetrain Confused

and the tires about 5000km old

cheese pie · Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 8:24 pm Post subject:

^^^^^align and camber ?

cacasplat3 · Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:29 pm Post subject:

ah doubt......but i'll try that too........

heard a humming while going home, when turning, and off throttle..........was thinking a bad wheel bearing Confused

A33_VQ35 · Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 8:51 am Post subject:

cheese pie · Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:30 pm Post subject:

ah find one of my rad fans not comming on , what might be the problem ? is the one to the right

when it comes on on high speed for a few seconds and then comes off
it used to run all the time when the ac on on low speed and come on on the high speed for a few seconds

now it does not come on on the low speed at all when the ac on

i checked the connections and they look entact. could it be when i changed the rad and they were messing with the harness it might of broken the wire inside ? or might it be a relay bad ? when the rad had cracked and coolant sprayed all over the front of the engine bay it corroded the contacts on a relay ?

the ran relay box not far from the rad

is there a sensor near the condenser for the temp that may of become unplugged ?

i will not drive the car untill i get this sorted out on saturday

ah doh ever drive with out ac nah Embarassed

A33_VQ35 · Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 9:23 pm Post subject:

cheese pie · Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 10:59 pm Post subject:

well i passed by the auto eletrician right after i made that post , he knocked it with a pliers and it started working he said boss your fan gone

now i went by motorist and they said its 1493 for the motor alone Evil or Very Mad

i just spend 1500 for a radiator Mad

so i thinking it might be some coolant got in it from when the rad was leaking , sprayed it with some WD40 and i it working, went out tonight and it worked well

so i will monitor it but if it gives trouble i going and buy ah new one , dunno if i could get ah universal motor

cheese pie · Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:01 pm Post subject:

btw A33_VQ35, your car wucking hoss

cacasplat3 · Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 11:51 am Post subject:

cheese pie, so ah lil WD40 save yuh ah next 1500????? WD40 FTW!!!!
BTW change electricians Laughing

prob just ah lil rust form on the magnets and seized it up......shouldn't be a problem now........

oh and i still cyah get time to solve the sticking throttle problem

cheese pie · Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 1:31 pm Post subject:

^^^^^^^my concern is if the problem will re surface and if the fans could be opend and serviced like how those old school auto electricians used to open up power window motors and service them , make back brushes and stuff

not like these now ah days take out and put back auto eletricans , yea it bad by one in the bamboo and i go put it on for ya Mad

cacasplat3 · Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 1:44 pm Post subject:

i doubt it will come back......my concern is that the WD40 dosent short out the electronics........buy a can of CRC electrical contact cleaner and spray both motors.........that should help free up things. Exclamation

~˜VëgÅ²˜~ · Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 7:38 pm Post subject:

cacasplat3 · Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:19 pm Post subject:

i would say bent tire or rim........

sometimes it could be a combination of bad suspension and steering parts that gives a steering shimmer.........

i still have the slight humming, still have to raise the car and check to see if its the bearing......i looking to get a good floor jack......i fed up of this damn scissor jacks........does make me break ah sweat......kixx

i have a few problems to sort out on the car generally.....
1) radio antenna is tight in one notch, so it goes up about 2 inches Neutral

2) right side door mirror was hit by an idiot driver, now it dosent fold out on its own, it needs some help Neutral

3) i think my front and rear crank seals gone, cuz i seeing some engine oil around the area by the pulley.......and i seeing some around the bellhousing.......the front one simple to change, is the back one i worried bout. i not loosing oil so i eh too busy to see about it.
4) brakes kind ah spongy.......have to bleed them, and i have to rebuild my rear calipers cuz the bushing around the piston on one is bad.
5) handbrake light stays on even though its dis-engaged. this started about 3 days ago, still didnt get time to try to sort it out.
6) throttle body sticking in closed position (i real sticking to see about this)

ah feel i'l bleed the brakes tomorrow, and try to solve the handbrake light issue......

cheese pie · Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 10:29 am Post subject:

~˜VëgÅ²˜~ · Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 8:29 pm Post subject:

wowz dey cacasplat3, real issues there jed..........I intend to do that swap dey cheese........ hopefully tomorrow I'll get serious and do it. If tyre is bent then dat go force meh hand to buy some 18's or 19's.........problem is to select something that'll be strong, lightweight and still go with the look of the car.......

cacasplat3 · Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 8:46 pm Post subject:

^^^yup real issues, i kind ah stop driving the car, mom's using it.....and since i working i doh get time to see about it, work 6 days a week, lime sunday.......and then i have to leave the country soon Confused

~˜VëgÅ²˜~ try enkei wheels.........some of the sportish designs really compliment the VIP look of the cefiro's........i always hated big heavy nasty looking chromes on any car, so i never recommend them Laughing

~˜VëgÅ²˜~ · Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:19 am Post subject:

enkei? ok, whey I getting them locally? I really don't have time to be running around looking.........just want to go straight to a few places and buy.........actually was more looking at rims like this......

~˜VëgÅ²˜~ · Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:22 am Post subject:

or this.......

~˜VëgÅ²˜~ · Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:33 am Post subject:

I real like this set..........but is too much spokes to clean.......

Click for full-size.

~˜VëgÅ²˜~ · Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:48 am Post subject:

even this too.........

but I like the first one the best.........I believe its a lowenhart ld1x