andy's latest activity

Ordered a pair of NTN 4T-30208 bearings for the LSD diff and a SKF 6305/C3 to fix the rattling old input shaft bearing Visited Jack...

Gave Jack a lift down to Whitby today where he's buying another Micra 😁 Kassandra drives alot smoother now without the old annoying...

2024-03-27 Replace Rear Speakers For the past few months the rear right exposed speaker must have got some debris stuck inside the coil...

Removed the old single gas-strut The old ball-joint sat too low at 15mm, making the strut rub against the chassis top. It needed...

2024-03-26 Lathe Ball-Turning Jig I wanted to fit a 2nd bonnet gas-strut but thought I didn't have any spare ball-joints, so decided to...

printed this simple bracket for mounting the wideband gauge under the dash neater rather than screwed to the bottom corner

today only had enough juice to polish the exhaust tip and begin removing stickers off the boot for a cleaner look

2024-03-23 Flat Bottom Drill Bit The next tool to make in prep for machining the LSD cover plate is a 6mm - 12mm flat bottom drill bit...

today went for a brief cars & coffee meet up with some m8s back at home I cleaned up the white oxide off the dizzy cap, hopefully...

2024-03-19 Machine New Cover Plate for Gripper LSD The Gripper LSD had a broken cover plate 5yrs ago...

2024-03-17 Window Glass Clips Recently noticed one of the window clips had come off 🫣 Ever since I replaced the electric window motor...

2024-03-16 Inside a Fuel Tank Curious to look inside the old tank since I'll be binning it, took awhile to cut through cos it's made...

2024-03-14 Insurance Drama, Mental Illness I rang Adrian Flux for a renewal quote and was jaw dropped when quoted over £750 fully comp...

2024-03-15 Inspecting Fuel Tank Components While feeling sad I decided to dismantle some old parts to see how they work. Pre-face fuel...

2024-03-09 Swap Pre-face Fuel Tank with Face-lift Fuel Tank Since 2012 I've been running a Walbro 255lph pump in a pre-face fuel tank...