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Hi all, My daily Micra is still piling on the miles getting me to work but one of my front brake calipers has started to bind on. Looking to replace with a refurbished caliper for not much money. Question: Has anyone used a Gunsons Eezibleed on a K11 and do the supplied attachments fit the K11...

Hi all, Well... 18 months later and I'm still in the Micra and... I still haven't fitted the tacho... I have acquired some piggy back fuse connectors though and will attempt to finally sort it out this weekend! Can anyone advise me on which fuses to piggy back off for power and illumination...

Splendid. Thanks mate

Thanks again. Yeah that would be great if it's not too much trouble. I'm planning on using speaker wire to power it too. Will this be OK or should I buy a spool of 1mm wire? Unsure if speaker wire is in any way different? The wires on the tacho are tiny so can't be taking much current. Thanks

Thanks for the reply RYB. I'm intending on using scotchlocks just for ease and quickness (and the lack of a soldering iron) do you think speaker wire of the same diameter would be OK to use? Thanks again

Hi all, Am hoping to get a quick bit of advice. I've got a cheap ebay Tacho knocking about and I want to fit it to my Micra. Its a 99 Facelift with dizzy. I've looked through a few threads but dont really want to go down the route of tapping directly off the coil in the engine bay. Instead I...

Many thanks for the reply. Mine is a 99 first facelift. I know scotchloks are far from ideal but was thinking they would be OK given the dry environment. I'm going to take the feed either from the ECU or from behind the clocks once I've had a look. I wouldn't want a scotchlok in the engine bay...

Evening all. My car doesn't come with a cigarette lighter but has the wiring in place and a blanking plug In the dash. I'll be fitting an aftermarket tacho in the coming days and was wondering if I could use the lighter wiring for the power and earth? Is it only live with the ignition switched...

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Thanks for the reply. I'll grab some half decent 10w30 next week then

Hi all, After a 3 year break, via a Ka and a Honda Accord I'm back in a Micra. I'd forgotten how much fun they are to drive. Admittedly the Ka had a lot more grip and less body roll and the Accord was comfortable enough, but was mindnumbingly boring to drive and drank fuel considering its...

Cheers for the reply. I searched another thread and saw that pattern thermostats might not have a oneway valve on them for refilling the system. Do you know if this is the case? Would I be better off just getting a genuine one from Nissan? Thanks again

Hi all. I will be needing to change the thermostat on my 1.0 K11 as I believe it has stuck open causing the car to run a little on the cool side. Can anybody tell me how much coolant I can expect to drain out? Just wondering if the washing up bowl will be big enough?:) Thankyou in advance