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All sorted now... cheers.

Cheers Yom - that's Saturday sorted then! Appreciate the reply.

The securing nut on the front belt tensioner in my 97 March (1.0) seems to have left the building! Although the tensioner pulley can't come off, its now running against the inner wing making a hell of a racket. It seems to be an... umm... interesting layout - I cant get my fat fingers to the...

1997 Collet with 81k on the clock, in good nick. I'm doing 140km a day to work and back and with two fat buggers up front, its battling on the harbour bridge! Nowt wrong with it though, its just a little underpowered for what I need it for. It has PAS, aircon, central locking, auto box, WOF and...

Sorry Yom, just got back on and seen that... gave me a good laugh :)

Is there any safety issue if I whip the belt off?

I'd imagine he means that both doors lock if he locks the drivers side door but only the passenger door locks if he locks the passenger door and only the boot locks if he locks the boot. You could lean over and lock the passenger door before you get out ;)

Thanks for the info everyone - going to keep an eye on TradeMe, then! A mate owns a garage here so I'll have a chat with him about whether removing the pas would make it through a WOF... thanks aj.

The old one was a manual... far better drive I reckon. Although the aircon stays off, will it still affect the performance? Can I revert to standard steering in any way? Hmmm... perhaps I should just find one with a straight-forward manual box, no PAS and no AC and just do a swop :)

Hey everyone... In the UK I had a 1994 1.0 Micra that was bloody brilliant - I did 70k in it over 3 years, it cruised happily at 80mph on the motorway, ran on the smell of a mechanic's armpit and cost me about £30 for each service. It was a bog standard manual. So, I get across to NZ and go...