Keyser

Well I'm still working but as 70% of my companies have 75% of the staff furloughed and I can't do any site work I have a lot more free time, just need to keep answering calls and sorting problems as the arise. However Boredom is not a problem cause I have the Zed Shed II in the back garden Always something to do - See my thread (update coming today)

We3ll that's annoying, get the CPS looked at, I'd like to be more help but its akward just now! Good luck.

@ATTAK Z at your behest I look so cool

Nope on a diet - lost 1.5 Stone since January OK Send the doughnuts anyway

Hi, @ZMANALEX is reffering to me as the guy up the coast, so you owe him a beer for taking the time to PM me - you'll have to post it as he is in Scotland In different times I'd come take a look at the car with you but I had almost the exact same issue with a Zed a few years back, the fault turned out to be a poor engine earth if yoy take off the front black plastic top engine covert on the left hand side you will see a 10mm bolt holding down an earth lug, that is the earth pont for the injectors and the coil packs, if that has corrosion under it (an it will) the car will turn over throw no fault codes and not start - we tested it on a working Zed if you disconnect it the Zed won't start but will turn over until the battery dies. So whip it off and give it a clean, you can also try putting a jump lead from the engine block ddirect to the battery negative to make sure you have a good engine earth, but that may not be required. Yes it could be that simple mine was but took ages to find! Good luck, I'm in Bournemouth and happy to help if I can

Gooooood Morning - Hope you lot are keeping well??? So some more from the Zed Shed II - this time it's current I was on this yesterday I decided that I would investigate what was causing "The Bug" to not go forwards and backwards - well it does but it clunks and grinds and ocasionally locks the back axle so ...................... On the ramp - it's not wide enough for both Start stripping the back end down one bearing fell apart Not terminal it can be re-assembled and greased up Next challenge was to get the "reverse assembly" out - I have no idea what muppet came up with the design but you can't slide the assembly far enough right to clear the drive shaft, it took me an hour to work out how to do. Check the drive shaft Had to get this off by moving to the right Good game good game - But I did it Drained the oil and took it apart Found the problem Just need to find a replacment, thats fun as the factory that makes them closed 8 years ago More soon Keyser - The Hermit.

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Welcome back @glrnet long time no speak mate I've been waiting for you to mentioned the war but I had to wait for @The G Man to make a passing reference and use that as an excuse! Which leads me nicely on to todays caption competition after @ATTAK Z superb entry yesterday Meanwhile back at the "Shed" I have some very poor pics of the repair I did on the Go-Kart seat Bit tatty and a hole in the bottom so add some fibre glass I relined the inside as it had loads of holes from mounting and was cracked in one place Applied the resin Let it dry and sanded it down. The end result Just need a bit of foam padding and then get Mrs Keyser to make me a new cover and it will be good to go I know I posted somewhere else, the work in this update was done a while ago just not had time to bore you lot with it, however at around the same time 2 new toys arrived Firstly - @Beb found this on FB Market place at a silly low price as it was no longer a runner the previous owner had only had it a few days, the V5 hadn't come back in his name yet anyway it broke and he just wanted to move it on - we obliged and went halves on it as a new project/toy, it is waiting to get into the Zed Shed for a strip down to see what has broken, it's something in the back axle My new toy was also delivered - Beb decided not to go halves on that though I have only done one mod on it so far, I'll post pics soon. BE SAFE! Keyser - One Man Alone in his shed!!!!! (Some say he didnt have friends before social distancing )

It's only funny cause it is so true I just get to look at my toy at the moment Might wash her again, just for fun though

Hi all, thought I'd try and break up the monotony with a little update, On a completely different note, after reading what @The G Man posted on another thread it reminded me of some pictures I found while tidying my desk draws a few days back – Ahh it seems like a lifetime ago – I still remember the sales speech in the recruitment office “Join the Army, travel to strange exotic lands and meet strange and exotic people” Yeah didn’t mention that these exotic people would be shooting at me did yah!!!!! Anyway up next we have - Its a junior go-kart chassis that the Mad Scientist ( @Beb) found for us on FB Market place - best bit was we got lost on the industrial estate when we went to collect it, knocked on the door of the wrong unit and and met some guy detailing his Lambo So that made us anothe 30 mins late as we made a new friend However we got the Go-Kart and I took it apart then cut some bits out that I won't be needing Then I took another perfectly good full size Go-Kart chassis that Beb and I bought from the bay last year and cut that up Now to Frankenstein the two together This gives me twin bearings on each side so now I should be able to either cut the old axle in half or make 2 new ones, the idea being that with twin motors I can drive each rear wheel independently and not worry about a diff. It also means I can modify the Go-Kart cornering that lifts one rear wheel to corner into a system that keeps all 4 wheels down on corners hopefully that will improve road holding That's the plan - more soon as well as some other completley unrelated things happening in the Zed Shed II, including but not limited to a fibre glass seat rebuild and a 40 year old table refurb All the best guys n girls stay safe Keyser (The crew is social distancing so it's just me, myself and I )

My hero!!! I had 240 rounds of 5.56 for my SA80 and 9 rounds in my Browning my thoughts for when the hoards came over the hill was "That's 248 for them and one for me" feck the bayonet I'm not that brave 5 minutes is a bit optomistic an SA80 on full auto including mag changes= I'm out in 3 mins tops Work from home - I have been for the last 10 years So no change there. I work in IT Support the work load has doubled apparently someone has to setup all this remote working and get some old laptop that has been laying around the house for years probably with Windows XP setup for remote access We are doing 90% remotley but still covering sites for Server outages and major issues, just keep my distance, I have basic PPE and wash my hands a lot. Obvoiusly site work has dropped off and all installs/upgrades are on hold. Huge thanks to all the supermarket workers keeping us in food despite all the muppets bulk buying, and hats off to all the NHS / care workers along with the police and prison gaurds still doing what it takes! A sincere thanks from me!!! Speacial mention to sewage workers cause that's a s**t job Sorry @andybp couldn't resist Hang in there guys - My thread will be updated soon to give you something other than daytime TV to keep you amused

Thanks for looking mate that is the build thread but it was over 70 pages it's now 8 - O well not the end of the world. Thanks for looking

I can't find my old build thread for the 350Z "The Bitch" my links are not working, tried a google search - its probably just me but can anyone save me some time and give me a link? Thanks in advance. Keyser

Well hello, I’m back by popular demand, Well not that popular and no demand but I’m back anyway Loads been happening in my life with work (my actual job that pays for these silly hobbies), My hobbies, new projects with the mad scientist aka @Beb, The long-suffering Mrs Keyser’s kitchen refurb and even a new car. A few updates to get you up to speed on the latest shenanigans. Apologies if I already posted any of this but with so much going on you need the background so ………………… Previously in “Zed Shed antics – Something Will Happen” @beb got me into “race night” it’s a bit like fight club except everyone talks about it and pretty much anyone can get an invite This is basically a bunch of nutters with various Go-karts, scooters quads etc that are small, fast and dangerous (brakes are a very optional extra)! Every few months we all meet up and at a secret location we run these things round a Go-Kart track – it’s mental and great fun!!!! Beb and I are building Electric versions of these mini racers, Beb is perfecting the art of electro therapy while building our battery packs - well he keeps shouting "Ouch" and his hair stands on end, I assume thats what he is doing He is now striping out motors and adding sensors and other strange things ??? So we built a test rig, based on an old Go-Kart from the bay Here it is with a test battery pack and one of our motors, we have been through about 5 motors to see what will actually get us moving and how much power they draw. Motors are scourced from anywhere Beb got the lower 2 I found the top one on a scrap fork lift Mine was awesome but is so heavy the Go-Kart does not actually steer anymore O we didn't add brakes it makes testing more exciting! close up of the temp drive shaft - went big after we snapped a couple. I also invested in what I hope to be the "Daddy" of elctric motors after I found a couple of refurbished ones for half the new price abou 9-10HP so that should be intresting. We then rebuilt the E-Quad from scratch, new chassis new battery pack, new seat and even powder coated it. Battery pack- Designed to fit in an estate car. Downside was we snapped both the drive shafts so that is back for an "upgrade" I also made a spacer and some extended axles That allows the quck chnge from short to long and then you can have dualy rear wheels - More soon Keyser and the Zed Shed Crew

I'm just waiting for the mad scientist to hook up the car battery to my chest and we are good to go

Bit of as loaded question that, it’s certainly different and yes I would say better but lets quantify that in the interest of fairness, there is nearly a decade of technology advances between the two so it would be disappointing if it wasn’t better, I think it fair to say a newer R35 would probably be better to drive. I’ve only had the R8 since Wednesday and had to sort the paper work, insurance Tax etc and it’s been raining all day today not to mention work, so only had a couple of drives in it, one with the wife – she really likes it - so it will no doubt go missing on occasion. First impressions are that there is less drama about the R8 over the R35, put your foot down and it calmly gets on with it when the GTR kicks you in the back and launches towards the horizon. However some of that is actually me The problem with a V10 naturally aspirated engine behind your left ear is its LOUD so I was changing up way to early it revs to eight and a half and they do say you need to keep the revs high to get the best out of them, I’m changing up at 6,500 then when I went in a bit hotter kept her above 5K through the corner and floored it the R8 kicks you in the back, so maybe as much drama if you know how to drive it properly It then gains an horrendous amount of speed in very little time and distance and you ease off again as you panic In other words, I need to get used to her and take her on a track or over to Europe to see what she can really do! I got the post 2016 upgrade version which is a different car to the pre 2016 version or so the reviews say. Not driven a pre 16 one long enough to give a fair comparison, this means I get loads of nice things like the newer chassis , Audi Virtual dash, driver select, push button start etc so it is a very, VERY nice place to be and nicer than the R35 but again it’s a decade newer! The new R35 has a newer dash and layout inside. The drive is so different it’s light, nimble the brakes are amazing and it’s a pleasure to corner, none of this is an insult to the R35 that is an amazing car as well but different. R35 – Like driving a bigger more powerful 370z - I loved it!!!!!! R8 – Like driving a slightly bigger more powerful MR2 - I'm loving it!!!!!! That sort of different ones more like a Go Kart the other a rally car both amazing in their own way. I did not get the Plus version in case you were wondering, the plus has more power and a fixed wing a couple of extra driving modes but less refinements, however a remap gets you 600HP or a remap and a new zorst gets the same power as the plus – for £10K less and you keep the refinements guess what I'm doing when the warranty runs out I’ll be able to tell you more after I’ve owned it a bit longer Keyser

Hi Mate The only reason I changed it and I did change it a little earlier than I expected/planned was because it went in for MOT last week and while there I noticed a bad bubble on the passenger side door at the bottom Passed the MOT no issues no advisory but I went round the car and had a real good look at the paint, bottom of the drivers door will go next you can start to see the bubbles coming up and I took it over to Kustom Colour - well respected local body shop @andy james uses him (a lot ) he had a look round, quoted a price for the work including the front bumper for stone chips, the rear arches will go you can just feel but not see the unevenness in the paint probably another year or so before they "need" attention and all these are known issues on earlier GTR's add to that the rear subframe issue which Kaizer Motor's made me aware of and you start to realise that at 72K miles on an 11 years old (2009 plate) you have 2 choices. sell it or spend some money! This car has a perfect service history - every 6 months from new! All litchfield and Kaizer I switched to 12 moth service (Kaizer) when I got her but thats because i do sub 5,000 miles a year . I did a bit of soul searching (checked my bank balance) a large ammount of complex Man Maths and decided that if I was going to keep the GTR I could easiliy spend £5k - £6k getting her absolutley tip top again - the car would be worth very little more, just more desirable against a similar priced GTR of the same year and spec. So do I take the money and trade up instead of of keeping her, if I keep her I WOULD spend the money but I also wanted something a little more modern as a 2009 the interior is a little dated the seats show some signs of wear and the sat nav / ICE are definetly dated! I looked at some post 2017 GTR's with the more modern dash and more power out of the box and to her credit my wife stepped in to say "why get another GTR you have had one now try something else!?" She even sent me an autotrader link to a certain car that I have had a soft spot for since it was released! That snowballed very quickly and after some more very dodgy man maths I enlisted the assistance of @Beb for a road trip up north on Saturday to be the voice of reason and talk me out of spending obscene amounts of money on something "newer" - That went badly I think he caved when I blipped the throttle pre test drive, To be fair he lasted longer than me I caved when he pulled the car round the front of the show room More on that in a moment. If you haven't driven a GTR-R35 get a drive, if you have the budget to buy and run one then have one! They are awesome, the performance is mind warping the grip is amazing they are reasonably practical, comfortable and just all round great fun! If that's your thing they are not for everyone it is a BIG and heavy car but personally I loved the way it drives and if I could afford to keep it and a newer car I would! Just remember that in that price bracket there are a lot of fast cars to choose from! I know you want to know what could possibly have drawn me away from the GTR so here it is ............... A little work needed but I'm sure it will be every bit as exciting as the GTR and if not this arrived on Wednesday - Keyser

Lots of worse cars to look at mate I nearly went for a Jaguar F-Type, the SVR I was in sounded sooooo nice but decided I could manage a few more years getting in and out of semi bucket seats

As the prevouis owner I may be biased but she still looks amazing GLWTS Definitely priced to sell!

Never tracked it, I have a track toy for that I never tracked the 370 - unless you count the road trip to the Nurburgring ring, but that's a toll road really Did a few shows, meets and events along with a few road trips - no driving holidays to europe which would heve been nice, very happy I got to own one and see what they are like - impresssive machine, don't get me wrong they are very quick and great fun but I think it was @coldel who mentioned the comfort and features of modern cars and at my age I wanted something with the more modern interior and features (as well as the performance) so time for a change. Don't know if I'd have another GTR or 350/370 for that matter, lots of cars out there and I think I'd rather keep trying different ones but each to thier own!

Nice Congrats.

The GTR I had for about 18 months or so, not as long as the 350 or 370.

I don't have a Nissan any more as of yesterday the GTR-R35 has gone, just the wife's Qashqai left so that's my excuse for staying on here - well that and the abuse, gotta have some banta O I went German if you were wondering

along Hicksi - you'll never get 4 quads in the back of a Zed