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    The £120 project micra.

    Cheers arnold:laugh:
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    The £120 project micra.

    no there actually sitting against the car, you will see the steel wheels threw them there off of this... The build is down by £2.10 found change in the red one when i was swaping the seats over, also got which i forgot to mention, its fuel cap, horn, parcel shelft, middle seat belt and rear...
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    The £120 project micra.

    Well my sister is doing her lessons just now and i started to look for a cheap car for her. Well the security guard at work owned the white micra, which broke down outside the site a few weeks ago, its mot was just about to run out that week and he was going to scrap it anyway, i got it for...
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    Idling problem + gearbox oil.

    Its now alive and kicking got its mot today!! I'm getting £80 for the doner car fingers crossed So grand total for the car with a new cross member and wheel bearing and a years mot £120 :D :D
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    Idling problem + gearbox oil.

    Yeah i've scrapped alot of cars in the past usually for free, but now scrap has rocketed in price, get £80 for a car but this ones been crashed. So hopefully £60. Its annoying having to buy the wheel bearing for £20 as i thought id get that off the other one but it was knackered too, so thats...
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    Idling problem + gearbox oil.

    excellent i can scrap it then without one cat and then sell the other so a scrappy and get more back on the scrap shell :wasntme: :wasntme: Yeah i'll change that then and the o2 sensor then fingers crossed. Whats sells okay off the micra without afftecting the scrap price, i was thinking...
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    Idling problem + gearbox oil.

    Thats a great reply thank you!! I changed the throttle body and the idel control valve, i dont know anout the canister bottom hose so i will have a look tommorrow. I put it in for its mot today but it failed on fast idle on the lamda reading does this mean the cat is goosed? Do micras...
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    Idling problem + gearbox oil.

    Hi guys, I've just swaped a good running engine into the white shell last night. Its not idling now, it hunts all the time, revs up to maybe 2000 then down to 1000 and up to 2000 and so on. Its got me stumped! Could somebody suggest whats wrong with it! I have the pipe on going to the...
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    Timing chain snapped?

    The car was only £20 really clean car, working on it is no bother to me, just dont know what would be more cost effective a chain ( heard these are a nissan part only) Or another engine. Swiper very kind mate, but i'm mid scotland :doh: Thanks butta thats what i thought, just wanted to confirm...
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    Timing chain snapped?

    Hello folks i was wandering if you could help me please, just got a micra for my sister for when she passes her test. Keeping it nissan! i've got a sunny GTiR I bought the 1L 16valve n reg as a non runner with a suspected timing chain snap. It spins over very freely. I opened the oil cap and...
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