Nissan Y34 Cedric - Introduction

[Midnight x]

what the general FOB for one? cos i know those ones we bidded on were up near the 1M yen mark, can you get them around 800,000 yen?

[Midnight x]

Mine is still sitting on the hoist

My donor car is arriving 12th may! Then its out with the engine and dash and swap over with the donor's engine ECU, loom, tranny, driveshaft, diff and anything else i see needs swapping.

Stupid freakin CVT's!!!

what happened to it?

you complied one for a guy here in bunbury with over 100,00km, i wonder if his will last long...

so you swapping in a standar auto box?

Edited April 30, 2009 by Midnight x

[sbyder]

the long story cut short is that i was driving the cedric for about a week. Noticed the box starting to play up at cold start, slipping and surging etc...

Called CVT NZ and they recon it was the box fluid, ordered new fluid at $1750 then dropped the sump off and found heaps of metal on the magnets and very dirty brown fluid. Called CVT NZ and they recon its normal to find some metal. Put new bright blue fluid in, attempted to drive car for a a couple of hours and it was making some terrible scraping noises. Put it on the hoist and called CVT NZ. They wanted 11K to rebuild, i told them that i could buy another car for that and proceeded to pull the box apart for my own interest. Found out what was wrong and no tranny specialist in australia would fix it without costing less then 11K.

So i thought screw it, i'll find another box in japan and bring it over. 2 months of searching and countless people helping me look i found nothing. Then i thought i'll buy an accident damaged CVT car and swap the boxes over. Thought about it some more and realised that im probly going to get into the same situation again.

Kristian being the kind and considerate man found me a cheap ass gloria with a regular tranny that checked out well and its arriving on the 12th.

Then i'll be swapping everything over from one to the other, selling the spare engine and dismantling the rest of the car. Kristian has dibs on the shocks and CD stacker already

Moral of the story, DONT BUY A CVT Cedric/Gloria!

The CVT car we complied for a guy in WA had red fluid leaking out of the box. I called and told him that he MUST drop the fluid immediately and replace with some new fluid no matter the cost otherwise he'll be up for a 11K rebuild or donor car.

I thought about going manual as i have access to a 5sp manual Z32 300zx, but with no clutch, brake, accelerator and ECU to put in, it would turn out to be more costly then bringing over a donor car.

The donor car will cost me approx. $5500 landed but hopefully i can make some of that back in selling stuff out of it.

Ben

Edited May 1, 2009 by sbyder

[Midnight x]

wow that sucks, looks like i will be retrimming in leather then, not buying a late model one later down the track.

i hope that the guy took your advice and swapped the fluid.

im glad i chose one with the standard auto... good work Kristian

[Iron Chef]

Glad I could help lol - actually I try and avoid those Extroid CVTs wherever possible, in the V35 too, because they were a bit of an orphan, not many models used them, and they were dropped.

[Midnight x]

good news, my car will be delivered to my house tomorrow, unfortunately i cant rego it till monday but at least it will be here. i will clean it up and take some more pics.

the rims are for sale if anyone is interested.

the chrome cedric boot garnish will be arriving shortly along with the lowering springs (how hard are they to install Kristian?). it will also be getting 20% tint all round

this is the bit that makes the waiting all worth it, when it finally arrives

[Iron Chef]

Ummm....I think my white one may be sold already lol...

[sbyder]

if anyone wants a whole car to use for parts let me know. Otherwise i'll be sending the whole thing to the wrecker.

Doors, bonnet, boot lid, interior, dash, diff, tailshaft, engine, radiator, etc.... will all be up for sale for cheap dollars!

[sbyder]

I also have most of the japanese writing on the display screen translated into a 23 page word document and for $20 i'll send you a copy.

It contains information on how to auto adjust the windows, A/C, stereo and some of the buttons on the dash that are in japanese that are useful.

Email me if you want a copy.

[email protected]

Looks like this:

[Midnight x]

good work Kristian,

Ben, i sent you an email about the document

my car was supposed to be delivered on thursday so i stayed home from uni and waited all day... and it never came. friday morning i got a call from seaways asking if the car had been delivered, nope, so the lovely lady at seaways rang the transport company and asked them what was going on and asked why i didnt get a call saying it wouldnt be delivered. She rang me back saying that it was being picked up from the depot that day and if it wasnt at my house by 2 to call her back so she could chase it up.

Had to go to uni and got a call at 11... it was Patricia again saying that the dickheads had run the car out of fuel and couldnt get it on the truck for delivery and that i have to wait till monday for it to be delivered by a tilt bed truck. she was very apologetic and i know it was out of her hands so i didnt say anything.

I know there wasnt much fuel in there, but how far do they really have to drive it, and how hard is it to put a few litres in to get it on the truck.

anyways, rant over, these things happen. hopefully it arrives tomorrow (better bloody arrive tomorrow ha ha)

i have decided to do some power mods first so that i can truly smash some trevs. heres what my list looks like:

VIP list:

Lowering - springs on their way for now, coilovers later down the track

Rims - 350z 17's for now, 19's around same time as coilovers, gonna do it right the first time

Tint - dad has contacts so i can get it cheap, around 14-20% on all windows

Bling - Cedric chrome rear number plate garnish will be here soon, will order tinted indicators soon

Performance list:

Exhaust - will get a Blitz Nur spec R and modify the tip for a more 'VIP' look

Boost controller - wont run too much, probably 13psi as the highest to save the turbo

Trans cooler - seen one on yahoo that looks pretty good, ideas?

Intercooler - not quite sure but will see what i have to do to fit one

if i can beat my mates SS then i will be happy and leave it at that

[32 4whore]

Ummm....I think my white one may be sold already lol...

You sure have sold it champ.

19 x 9.5 and 19 x 10.5 will be put on this bad boy.

Looking at some different headlight/ tail light options and coilovers and a kit right now.

LOL so much for keeping it simple.

Call me when your free kristian. Got organise delivery of automobile

[Midnight x]

well, she got delivered this morning

they look so much better is person than in pictures and its a lot smaller than what i was expecting. i had to go get some fuel so i could actually start it and move it around the driveway.

am about to go give it a good clean

the car is immaculate, with only one tiny scratch on the rear bar. should look good after a good wash and polish.

the japanese lady keeps talking to me so i will be getting the document off Ben to understand what is going on.

will get a thread going when i have it rego'd and some good pics

[Iron Chef]

Make sure you have the park brake off, or she will keep talking

[Midnight x]

that explains it lol, i was just mucking around inside having a look at all the weird and wonderful things with the accessories on.

alarm goes in tomorrow or wednesday then its off to get rego on wednesday or thursday depending on when the alarm is installed.

tomorrow will be spent trying to get the tint off and taking the writing off the windows, then it will be ready to pass inspection.

anyone got any idea how much oil these cars take and what oil filter. the VQ30DE is listed for the maxima, i was wondering if they use the same...

[Iron Chef]

You sure have sold it champ.

19 x 9.5 and 19 x 10.5 will be put on this bad boy.

Looking at some different headlight/ tail light options and coilovers and a kit right now.

LOL so much for keeping it simple.

Call me when your free kristian. Got organise delivery of automobile

Haha, I was wondering if you'd lurk around in here at some point!

[Iron Chef]

Midnight X, you got that tint off the rear windows yet? haha

[Midnight x]

haha pretty funny, good thing i didnt hack at it with a knife

cant wait to get it rego'd and drive it for the first time, been driving an '87 corolla and mum's '00 lancer wagon around... finally got a real car to drive

might see about getting the ETC out too, its hidden in the little compartment to the right of the steering wheel.

also getting a price on some tinted side indicators because the orange sticks out like dogs balls and ruins the executive look

Edited May 12, 2009 by Midnight x

[Midnight x]

so... i was wondering if we should approach the powers that be about getting a Y34 section like the V35 guys have.

since there is no other site with info regarding the whole car (not just the engine), thought it would be an idea to get our own section where we can post information as we find out so that people who need tech info can just go there, instead of wading through SFA on the net.

would be easier than creating a whole site dedicated to just the Y34 since there is only a handful of us

anyone else think that this is a good idea?

[Iron Chef]

I agree! Powers-that-be, give us a section!!

[Midnight x]

passed pits no problem, he didnt even mention the 20% privacy glass.

was done by about 8:30 this morning, all registered and everything.

will put in the lowering springs tomorrow, and get the 350z rims back off a mate on saturday.

the car is so smooth to drive, floats around a bit because of the soft suspension but the lowered springs will fix that a bit till i get coilovers

I'm surprised with the power and the amount of torque, definately brings a smile to my face.

when driving it doesnt feel like a huge car, the steering is very light and the brakes are very good.

will put some pics up on the weekend lowered with the 19's on and the other rims.