Recent content by Simbles

The answer is probably yes, if you are experienced in the work and have the necessary equipment. On the other hand if you do not even know what the compressor looks like it would be very difficult indeed. The likely reason a compressor would need changing would be a catastrophic failure which...

The compressor is the thing other than the water pump or alternator which the alternator belt drives. It is small and mounted low at the front. Most likely fault is loss of gas. This happens eventually anyway, but is more likely if the system is not run regularly in the winter as the seals do...

This is a potential problem for all K12's, and any attempt by Nissan dealers to deny this is nonsense. The way it works is that the release switch grounds a fairly sensitive input to the Body Control Module. When the switch is released and if the hatch is not locked, the actuator is operated...

If you are saying that the compressor runs but there is no cooling, I would suspect that there is insufficient gas in the system. There must be something in there, or the low pressure safety switch would stop it running. Are you sure that whoever re-gassed the system knew what they were doing...

Are you sure you have not blown a fuse and that the gears are in neutral? If it is any more than that you will need a circuit diagram and some basic electrical knowledge.

Thanks, I had assumed those holes were something to do with child-seat fixings. It's a hell of a lot of cloth to cover such a small gap.

The resistor block should be behind the glove box, according to the manual I have. I've not done it, but it looks like the glove box is held in by 4 screws near the front edge, 2 top, 2 bottom. You can get at them once you've unclipped the door.

I've just bought a 2006 5-door K12 which has a cloth apron attached to the rear parcel shelf. The apron is obviously supposed to clip on to something. Can anyone tell me what this is for? I know it was there from new, but I suspect that it does not belong on the 5-door model. Mind you, the...