Well as they say .
After spending a small fortune on
Discs and pads
Full exhaust ( including £40 for the middle section hanger )
Two new engine mountings
CV boots
The auto box decided to die on the first run after fitting all the new bits , the cost of a replacement gearbox would have...
I have had a nightmare this week with my Auto box .
I was having major problems with selecting gears on the car and put it down to the badly worn engine mountings , two days ago the passenger side mounting tore away and rendered the car unmovable ( wont select gear ) .
So I have replaced...
Ex road rally car ? that would explain the dents in every panel ( even the roof )
The reverse light has beeen removed since the picturewas took ( my son jetwashed it and it started to look like a fish bowl )
Steve
Ive not updated this thread for ages so its about time I did .
Getting used to driving a CVT was very quick and now I don't think I want to go back to another manual . ( I am quite lazy )
40 mpg is bloody fantastic , I do most of my driving n the M60 so a constant speed at as low a revs as...
The problem is not just a fast idle .
It is fine from cold and most times when warm it just is a lot faster after a run on the motorway , it settles down after a short while straight after though .
Driving me bloody mad .
Steve
Six months I have been living with my Micra and to be honest I love the little thing .
After a few teething problems getting the old girl sorted from a life of neglect , the one problem that is bugging me the most is this .
After a run down the motorway ( 40 miles ) I am faced with an engine...
Where can I get a new one ?
I prefer new to breaker parts .
Main stealer has quoted me £ 98 for a top engine mounting drivers side K11 1.0 16v .
I would rather get a pattern part for half that but . Who does them ?
Steve
Cheers Frank .
I will be outside later once it stops bloody raining , its odd that all the fuse boxes corrode in the same way . My fusebox looks exactly like yours does , except someone has had a go at fixing it before and butchered all the plastic surround .
Steve
Ive got the common problem of a corroded headlight fuseholder so I intend to remove the link and replace it with an inline fuse .
How easy is it to dismantle the fuse box ?
Steve
M O T was passed with flying colours .
Time to start saving money . Its going to be strange buying petrol , been driving diesels for the past twelve years .
Steve
Wow ! has it been three months since I was last here ?.
Yesterday I managed to sell the gas guzzling van , the Micra goes in for its MOT in the morning so hopefully i will be buying less fuel than I was before .
I managed to sort out the rough running issues and the smoky exhaust so fingers...
It would be very wobbly without the centre bracket .
I changed the rear bench in my micra a few weeks ago get to your nearest breakers and remove one from a scrapped car , the bolt holes in your car will be covered with a black sticker so you can just bolt the bracket straight in using the...