Snapped top hat of fuel basket

DatsunFTW · 05-26-2016, 04:04 PM

Alrighty. So I have tried to read up on this but no one seems to have posted about it yet.

***i know everyone is going to start forcing the CJM return argument on me.. But I don't have that much money!**

I was driving at the FIRM in Starke a couple of months ago and through turn 2 I felt like my fuel starvation might have worsened.. No idea how but I noticed my fuel meter wasn't working at all..

One month later I'm at VIR. Got some hot laps in and boom. Even worse.. Drive out into the pits and had to do hard left turn circles to correct myself. Now Zdayz comes around this past week and I fuel starve on the Dragon with moderate driving on fairly worn tires. Try to correct but nothing. Waited a couple of hours for someone to rescue me and we tried to diagnose it. Uh oh. I don't hear my fuel pump. Bummer. We stuck it on a trailer at 10pm and drove back to the village. Spoke to Z1 in the morning and they brought a Walbro with them. Few hours later I got fuel pump access.. Oh no what's this? The bottom of the basket was dangling by the wires and the power was yanked off. Floater and spring from one of the posts flew out somewhere in the tank. Car was put back on the trailer and driven home 9 hours away

Today I got my new basket assembly from a 2016 on ebay and put the Walbro in it.

Here we go into dilemma #2. Nissan has the decency to change the connector. What the heII is wrong with these people? Can we just save the changes to the exterior and not important connections? So now since this is my only car and I've been borrowing a friend's car for the last few days I cut the connector out of the old one and JB welded that ish into the new one. There is no load on this part of the top hat so I have no worries of it coming undone.

I have a half tank that I will be putting into the car in a couple of weeks and I will buy a CJM pump into this car as soon as I could... But I haven't seen this yet at all on the forum... So whether I'm the first or not... Here's my story

New plugs vs. Old crimp lock connectors

phunk · 05-26-2016, 04:59 PM

I have heard of them breaking before. They really are a crummy design.

The newer ones have the spring on each side which should hopefully prevent breaking again.

DatsunFTW · 05-26-2016, 05:04 PM

I see now.. I thought I lost that tension spring in the tank. Guess they learned a little bit but regardless this thing is fragile. Awful design

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phunk · 05-26-2016, 05:20 PM

Heads up, normal JB Weld isnt fuel safe technically. It will get soft, eventually peel away. You can probably get some time out of it though.

DatsunFTW · 05-26-2016, 05:21 PM

I noticed that after applying it on the rods temporarily. I plastic welded the seams from the inside

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zguynate · 05-26-2016, 05:42 PM

Just FYI you can actually order those connectors through Nissan. I have a friend at a Nissan dealer and he can get me those connectors for free. He even let me borrow the pin disconnect tool. I know it's a little late for that information, but just in case you need it next time.

visconti · 05-26-2016, 10:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dragonbreath

Just FYI you can actually order those connectors through Nissan. I have a friend at a Nissan dealer and he can get me those connectors for free. He even let me borrow the pin disconnect tool. I know it's a little late for that information, but just in case you need it next time.

Do you have the part numbers ?

zguynate · 05-26-2016, 10:40 PM

Sure do. All you have to do is look through here and figure out what matches your connector. It has all of the newer model connectors. They come in pairs if you order them individually.

https://srs20assets.service-solution...-48817_HRK.pdf

visconti · 05-26-2016, 10:40 PM

Thanks

zguynate · 05-26-2016, 10:43 PM

https://techmate.service-solutions.c...ages/Home.aspx

This is the website you can order it from. I'm not sure if you have to be a "tech" but I was told I could order them from here.

Jgilley91 · 06-05-2016, 06:59 AM

I have the same first problem as you....the rods broke in the assembly so now its just floating and dangling by the wires. Is there any other fix for this besides buying a new assembly?

Elmo370z · 06-08-2016, 10:00 PM

Seems like this is beginning to become an issues among z35.

Justice97 · 06-08-2016, 10:16 PM

Yep I think this happened to me today as well.

Elmo370z · 06-08-2016, 10:22 PM

Sorry to hear that man.

Justice97 · 06-08-2016, 10:30 PM

Sucks but i'll get over it.
Gonna see if there can be a fix rather than buy new. I am thinking there is a washer mod somewhere in there.

05-26-2016, 04:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
DatsunFTW A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Gainesville, FL Posts: 1,234 Drives: 12 370z A54 M6 Rep Power: 379	Snapped top hat of fuel basket Alrighty. So I have tried to read up on this but no one seems to have posted about it yet. *i know everyone is going to start forcing the CJM return argument on me.. But I don't have that much money! I was driving at the FIRM in Starke a couple of months ago and through turn 2 I felt like my fuel starvation might have worsened.. No idea how but I noticed my fuel meter wasn't working at all.. One month later I'm at VIR. Got some hot laps in and boom. Even worse.. Drive out into the pits and had to do hard left turn circles to correct myself. Now Zdayz comes around this past week and I fuel starve on the Dragon with moderate driving on fairly worn tires. Try to correct but nothing. Waited a couple of hours for someone to rescue me and we tried to diagnose it. Uh oh. I don't hear my fuel pump. Bummer. We stuck it on a trailer at 10pm and drove back to the village. Spoke to Z1 in the morning and they brought a Walbro with them. Few hours later I got fuel pump access.. Oh no what's this? The bottom of the basket was dangling by the wires and the power was yanked off. Floater and spring from one of the posts flew out somewhere in the tank. Car was put back on the trailer and driven home 9 hours away Today I got my new basket assembly from a 2016 on ebay and put the Walbro in it. Here we go into dilemma #2. Nissan has the decency to change the connector. What the heII is wrong with these people? Can we just save the changes to the exterior and not important connections? So now since this is my only car and I've been borrowing a friend's car for the last few days I cut the connector out of the old one and JB welded that ish into the new one. There is no load on this part of the top hat so I have no worries of it coming undone. I have a half tank that I will be putting into the car in a couple of weeks and I will buy a CJM pump into this car as soon as I could... But I haven't seen this yet at all on the forum... So whether I'm the first or not... Here's my story New plugs vs. Old crimp lock connectors __________________ The Build Last edited by DatsunFTW; 05-26-2016 at 04:18 PM.

05-26-2016, 04:59 PM	#2 (permalink)
phunk A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chicago Posts: 3,668 Drives: 370 Rep Power: 974723	I have heard of them breaking before. They really are a crummy design. The newer ones have the spring on each side which should hopefully prevent breaking again. __________________ Charles @ CJ Motorsports : Website \| Facebook \| Instagram \| YouTube Home of the 9 second, stock longblock, stock drivetrain 6MT 370z. 9.91 @ 142mph

05-26-2016, 05:04 PM	#3 (permalink)
DatsunFTW A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Gainesville, FL Posts: 1,234 Drives: 12 370z A54 M6 Rep Power: 379	I see now.. I thought I lost that tension spring in the tank. Guess they learned a little bit but regardless this thing is fragile. Awful design Sent from my LG-H900 using Tapatalk __________________ The Build

05-26-2016, 05:20 PM	#4 (permalink)
phunk A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chicago Posts: 3,668 Drives: 370 Rep Power: 974723	Heads up, normal JB Weld isnt fuel safe technically. It will get soft, eventually peel away. You can probably get some time out of it though. __________________ Charles @ CJ Motorsports : Website \| Facebook \| Instagram \| YouTube Home of the 9 second, stock longblock, stock drivetrain 6MT 370z. 9.91 @ 142mph

05-26-2016, 05:21 PM	#5 (permalink)
DatsunFTW A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Gainesville, FL Posts: 1,234 Drives: 12 370z A54 M6 Rep Power: 379	I noticed that after applying it on the rods temporarily. I plastic welded the seams from the inside Sent from my LG-H900 using Tapatalk __________________ The Build

05-26-2016, 05:42 PM	#6 (permalink)
zguynate A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Strangeland Posts: 1,054 Drives: 09 370z Rep Power: 73	Just FYI you can actually order those connectors through Nissan. I have a friend at a Nissan dealer and he can get me those connectors for free. He even let me borrow the pin disconnect tool. I know it's a little late for that information, but just in case you need it next time. DatsunFTW, Memphis370Z and labrador like this. __________________ 2009 370z touring w/sports package

05-26-2016, 10:40 PM	#8 (permalink)
zguynate A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Strangeland Posts: 1,054 Drives: 09 370z Rep Power: 73	Sure do. All you have to do is look through here and figure out what matches your connector. It has all of the newer model connectors. They come in pairs if you order them individually. https://srs20assets.service-solution...-48817_HRK.pdf Memphis370Z likes this. __________________ 2009 370z touring w/sports package

05-26-2016, 10:40 PM	#9 (permalink)
visconti Enthusiast Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Norwalk, CT Posts: 455 Drives: Sub WRX STi Rep Power: 13	Thanks zguynate likes this. __________________ John@vTune.us EcuTek Master Pro Tuner Visconti Tuning Webstore \| Support Documents & Downloads

05-26-2016, 10:43 PM	#10 (permalink)
zguynate A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Strangeland Posts: 1,054 Drives: 09 370z Rep Power: 73	https://techmate.service-solutions.c...ages/Home.aspx This is the website you can order it from. I'm not sure if you have to be a "tech" but I was told I could order them from here. DatsunFTW and Memphis370Z like this. __________________ 2009 370z touring w/sports package

06-05-2016, 06:59 AM	#11 (permalink)
Jgilley91 Base Member Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Alabama Posts: 9 Drives: Miata Rep Power: 10	I have the same first problem as you....the rods broke in the assembly so now its just floating and dangling by the wires. Is there any other fix for this besides buying a new assembly?

06-08-2016, 10:00 PM	#12 (permalink)
Elmo370z A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: st. petersburg Posts: 5,709 Drives: 09 nissan 370z Sp M6 Rep Power: 295378	Seems like this is beginning to become an issues among z35.

06-08-2016, 10:16 PM	#13 (permalink)
Justice97 Enthusiast Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: San Antonio Posts: 387 Drives: 11 370Z MB M6 Rep Power: 16	Yep I think this happened to me today as well.

06-08-2016, 10:22 PM	#14 (permalink)
Elmo370z A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: st. petersburg Posts: 5,709 Drives: 09 nissan 370z Sp M6 Rep Power: 295378	Sorry to hear that man.

06-08-2016, 10:30 PM	#15 (permalink)
Justice97 Enthusiast Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: San Antonio Posts: 387 Drives: 11 370Z MB M6 Rep Power: 16	Sucks but i'll get over it. Gonna see if there can be a fix rather than buy new. I am thinking there is a washer mod somewhere in there. Elmo370z likes this.

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