Recent content by Downsy

Still have my J reg 1.0 Super and yes it did come with nuts bright green and black seats (door cards have a green pinstripe) still going well although starting to go downhill.

My first engine did 124k but it was costing to get it through the MOTs as there was a problem with the carb. Bought a new engine with 45k on the clock from the scrappy for £100, so that one's now got about 80k on it. Mileometer is showing 160k

This happened to me over the weekend. From talking to a friend of mine today it is apparently the engine flooding. It happened to me when the night before, Istarted the car, moved 6 foot to let another car into the gap and turned off the engine. Next morning it took a while to start. My friend...

I'm about to go through my second melted headlamp connector, those things are always melting. Usually all I have to do is pop the bonnet and give the connections on the back of the lamp a wiggle.

Which side of Brighton are you? Could be very tempted

I'm after a few bits and pieces for a K11 (brake discs and possibly a rear light), do you fancy cutting a deal for some parts? I'm in St Leonards so pretty close.

Groovy, cheers for the extra info, should make things a bit easier. I wasn't ready for the circlip but I'm sure I'll get it sussed :)

Going to do my outer CV boots tomorrow, from what I can make out from here and the haynes manual is to get the wheel and disk off, take off the nut in the middle of the hub, ball joint and there's another bolt at the bottom. This should allow me to pull the hub and its carrier away from the...

Picture of the Super, not had the new one long enough to get a picture of it yet. No plans really, just keep them running Apologies for the ugly fella weighing down one side.

Hello All, Thought I'd come in here and say hello. Long time Micra driver. 1992 K10 1.0 Super, owned from new, done 150k still running well 1999 K11 1.3 Inspiration, owned for a couple of weeks now, enjoying 50% increase in power