Just to follow up, have just received an mot pass with a few advisories that will be sorted in due course. Gave the catalytic convertor removal and replacement to a guy recommended to me locally and he did the job with no fuss or problems by removing the two bottom bolts and the manifold from...
Looking to renew the cat on her 2006 1.2 next month and wondering if anybody has any done this? Seems fairly straight forward involving 6 bolts connecting to the manifold and 2 bolts with springs connecting to the front pipe flange... but I'm sure there will be some difficulties with it and...
Looks like an input shaft bearing problem on the wifes 1.2 b32 2006 5 door micra. Not sure which way to go with this until I get it to a mechanic for a professional opinion.
Would appreciate advice from anybody with any experience with this issue, car is on 95k miles... thanks in advance.
Hi all, wondering if anybody knows where I could get a rear n/s door to replace the one damaged on the wifes pride and joy. Been looking locally and through ebay and breakerlink but no joy. Silly price to be resprayed, ideally one good enough to swap over with no paint correction required...
If...
Hi John,
Disconnected the battery to replace the rear door harness from the rear pillar back as it had broken wires at the hinge where a previous owner had bodged a repair... forgot about the radio code that we don't have for my wifes 2006 1.2S.
Really would appreciate your expertise with this...
Thanks for the reply John, I assume thats the seller you got it from too.
Hard to believe you can get a fault code reader for around 12 quid! I had seen the icarsoft ones but was reluctant to shell out 100 pound for it. first Nissan I've had anything to do with (wifes first car) and may not get...
Thanks for the reply Batfink, that was the video I watched before tackling the job to familiarise myself with the task in hand. All went as per the video til I tried to remove the filter which wasn't there! The duct was solid with no insert at the passenger or drivers side... a real headscratcher.
Hi Maxim, my wifes 2006 micra is the same... went to change the pollen filter and had no filter to remove.
Does not seem the most active owners forum - assuming that most owners are not very hands on with their cars.
Hi all, Newbie so not sure if in the right part of the forum... had a look for anybody giving details of experience with specific tools but not able to find any posts.
The car is a 2006 1.2 micra and would like to be able to do any maintenance needed myself where possible.
Thanks in advance...