What did you do with your Z today

BeemaaZ · 12-06-2011, 11:08 PM

Cleaned MAF sensor. Felt the extra 5 whp

SPOHN · 12-07-2011, 10:20 AM

Setting up a appointment for some powder coating. Woot!

kenchan · 12-07-2011, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by onzedge

Yep -- it is 30 here in beautiful Loomis, CA.

pretty chilly out there!

was 23F this am. i think 15F by tomorrow night.

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Originally Posted by SPOHN

Setting up a appointment for some powder coating. Woot!

woooah, details pls.

onzedge · 12-07-2011, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

pretty chilly out there!

was 23F this am. i think 15F by tomorrow night.

woooah, details pls.

Greetings, Mr. Kenchan.

kenchan · 12-07-2011, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by onzedge

Greetings, Mr. Kenchan.

so my backup steering lock device is on its way to me.

will be the first thing i replace when spring comes around.

onzedge · 12-07-2011, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

so my backup steering lock device is on its way to me.

will be the first thing i replace when spring comes around.

Have you benn having troubles with it or are you just getting it for insurance?

SPOHN · 12-07-2011, 10:29 AM

Strut bar and G3's going wrinkle red

Alchemy · 12-07-2011, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by SPOHN

Strut bar and G3's going wrinkle red

kenchan · 12-07-2011, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by SPOHN

Strut bar and G3's going wrinkle red

nice~ hey did you see Baer's nismo strut-bar style mod?

onzedge · 12-07-2011, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by SPOHN

Strut bar and G3's going wrinkle red

pedZ · 12-07-2011, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

courtesyparts for me.

there's another site mwagner listed below in the interior/exterior section.
from my guess all Z's built before Sep2009 are affected. mine is Jun09 build so using the previous version lock JF00B.
JF00C onward appears to be working well.

my spare is a JF00D. <= looks like j-food

Maybe I missed the thread on this but what's the issue with the steering lock device?

kenchan · 12-07-2011, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by pedZ

Maybe I missed the thread on this but what's the issue with the backup steering lock device?

the steering lock device, if it fails to unlock, will prevent you from starting your car. the BCM gets an error message and your intelligent key light comes on your cluster. there's been many cases of this happening randomly to 2009 owners.

root cause is unknown, other then the lock appears to seize. but if this happens to someone, first try unplugging your battery. leave it off for a few min. low battery charge might be the first contributer to the problem. even try charging your battery for a few min if available.

if that doesnt work, do the edmunds trick of unlocking steering column and just bang the hell out of it moving it up and own. it could release the lock from its seized state. they had this problem on their tester GTR and this worked for them.

if that doesnt work you're out of luck. you need to replace the lock.
and that lock is wat's coming to me.

(btw, my car has not had this problem, just me being proactive).

sfearl1 · 12-07-2011, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

the steering lock device, if it fails to unlock, will prevent you from starting your car. the BCM gets an error message and your intelligent key light comes on your cluster. there's been many cases of this happening randomly to 2009 owners.

root cause is unknown, other then the lock appears to seize. but if this happens to someone, first try unplugging your battery. leave it off for a few min. low battery charge might be the first contributer to the problem. even try charging your battery for a few min if available.

if that doesnt work, do the edmunds trick of unlocking steering column and just bang the hell out of it moving it up and own. it could release the lock from its seized state. they had this problem on their tester GTR and this worked for them.

if that doesnt work you're out of luck. you need to replace the lock.
and that lock is wat's coming to me.

(btw, my car has not had this problem, just me being proactive).

Is it fairly inexpensive and easy to access? Can you fix this in the parking lot outside of work if it ever seizes? Wouldn't be a bad part to keep in your glove compartment.

OR, just fix it with the updated unit as soon as you get it lol

pedZ · 12-07-2011, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

the steering lock device, if it fails to unlock, will prevent you from starting your car. the BCM gets an error message and your intelligent key light comes on your cluster. there's been many cases of this happening randomly to 2009 owners.

root cause is unknown, other then the lock appears to seize. but if this happens to someone, first try unplugging your battery. leave it off for a few min. low battery charge might be the first contributer to the problem. even try charging your battery for a few min if available.

if that doesnt work, do the edmunds trick of unlocking steering column and just bang the hell out of it moving it up and own. it could release the lock from its seized state. they had this problem on their tester GTR and this worked for them.

if that doesnt work you're out of luck. you need to replace the lock.
and that lock is wat's coming to me.

(btw, my car has not had this problem, just me being proactive).

Thanks for explaining Kenchan.

kenchan · 12-07-2011, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by sfearl1

Is it fairly inexpensive and easy to access? Can you fix this in the parking lot outside of work if it ever seizes? Wouldn't be a bad part to keep in your glove compartment.

OR, just fix it with the updated unit as soon as you get it lol

the unit cost about $500. it would be a pretty clumsy repair to do in the field as you will need to remove the bottom cover under the steering column, most-likely remove the bottom bracket, remove 2 security bolts... but doable i thinks. since i know now that mine has the affected 'bad' revision lock im going to just replace it in my garage.

im going to be using different screws on mine though as i dont want to use the security bolts (need 2 sold separately) where the hex breaks off after it's torqued. be too much of a hassle to redo in the field if the new one fails.

Im going to keep a little kit in my Z with the 'old' lock as backup and some tools to use to do the work.

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Originally Posted by pedZ

Thanks for explaining Kenchan.

np!

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