Recent content by Liam

Yeah it does sound like a Fiesta! Thanks for your replies so far. It's done 73k.

I want to give my 1987 D reg 1.0 Auto a good service. Can anyone detail anything else other than air filter, fuel filter, transmission oil, engine oil, oil filter, dizzy cap, rotor arm, ht leads, aux drive belt (I think that's it) that needs doing? Do valve clearances need setting (like on...

Bad earth/not connected to charging system properly.

Yeah, just seems to automatically change gears at different points now so I think the autochoke thing on the automatic parts of the carb aren't set up right. It's a bxxch to get going at first too which I suspect is due to the two inline fuel filters I'm now running!

Hi mate, Thanks for the reply. Ended up being towed home today. RAC guy said to change the carb instead of messing about with cleaning it. Luckily my local scrappers had one in so I've put a carb from a manual K reg into my D reg auto - swapping the bits off the original onto the newer...

Sorry to drag up old posts but does anyone still meet in Chesterfield?

Hi, I am new to Micra's but not to cars. I have got an 87 D 1.0 GLS Auto for the missus and soon after buying it, it started behaving like it was starved of fuel. I noticed that a hole has formed in the filler pipe and that there is bits of rusty metal in the fuel filter. I've changed the...