Ali's K10 Micra Blog

[micrah220]

Hi,
Thought id start a blog of my K10. Ive done a bit of work on the car so far but there is still alot more work to be done!

I got the car for my first car off of my dads mate, it was either me have it or it would be scrapped so I said yes
When I got it was completely standard and i did some painting, bought some wheel trims and added a few bits and bobs and this is how it looked:






I then got my hands on a Foah kit from Moddedmicra and some new wheels to replace the the trims lol. This is how she looks now:

 

[andy88]

nice(Y)

good to see another red, 4 door k10 being done up.

what happened to the boot spoiler?

 

[micrah220]

cheers, ive put the spoiler back on, ill try and put some updated pics on later

 

[joesouthgate]

As I said yesterday, looks great. Good to see the kit gone to such a good home (Y)

 

[micrah220]

cheers joe,
just finished making a mounting plate to stick my K&N onto my new carb and should have the carb on soon :grinning::grinning:

 

[joesouthgate]

Good it arrived then (Y)

 

[micrah220]

yh its good, thanks. when im fitting it on, what do i do about the fuel cut of solenoid?

 

[joesouthgate]

umm im not sure mate, i never got round to fitting it, try asking Speedle he had one on his.

 

[micrah220]

alright ill ask him, cheers mate

 

[Speedle]

yh its good, thanks. when im fitting it on, what do i do about the fuel cut of solenoid?

no you wont need that mate its basically a fit and go carb all it needs is a fuel feed connection to the vac on the dissy and that should be about it.

nice to see my kits is making the rounds looks like a cracking k10 btw!

 

[joesouthgate]

it has got about a bit hasn't it matt! I just hope it keeps on going from car to car

 

[micrah220]

no you wont need that mate its basically a fit and go carb all it needs is a fuel feed connection to the vac on the dissy and that should be about it.

nice to see my kits is making the rounds looks like a cracking k10 btw!

Ok thanks, that sounds alright. Im hoping I should have it in today if everything goes to plan

Cheers, glad you like the car (Y)

 

[micrah220]

Finished putting on my new carb and with the K&N on there it looks alright just need to tune it properly to see how good it is







new carb(Y):

 

[joesouthgate]

nice one mate (Y)

 

[micrah220]

cheers :grinning:

 

[micrah220]

just had someone try to tune the new carb and he could not do it. found out its badly worn and cannot be tuned so ill have to put the old one back on

 

[joesouthgate]

did you rebuild it with the carb kit?

 

[micrah220]

yh i did that but he said he thinks theres a problem with the internals as the mixture screw was not adjusting the mixture

 

[joesouthgate]

the only thing I can think of is that something didnt go back in right when it got rebuilt?

 

[micrah220]

it might be that, ill try stripping it down and checking the jets and float etc. and see if i can find out whats wrong with it

 

[micrah220]

Had a slight problem today, I was driving down a dual carriageway and the wheels just locked, had the AA out and the gearbox or diff has seized
Think this might be the end of my K10

 

[nexussteve]

Holy crap!

Better not be! You're local to me!!

 

[joesouthgate]

Damn! Bad luck mate! Flat spots on the tires i bet!? How quick were u going?

 

[micrah220]

it wasnt really that bad as i was only doing 15 - 20 mph but there are slight flatspots on the tyres

 

[Speedle]

only a gearbox change mate very easy to do should cost you about £50 for a second hand box from a scrappies dont go scrapping it beacuse of that

 

[frank]

only a gearbox change mate very easy to do should cost you about £50 for a second hand box from a scrappies dont go scrapping it beacuse of that

i agree , and a pre 98 1.0 k11 one might be easier to find, and are maybe stronger ?

 

[curtis]

i agree , and a pre 98 1.0 k11 one might be easier to find, and are maybe stronger ?

Are you saying that the early k11 gearbox will fit ??

Bad luck man!

Dont go scrapping it tho!!

Ill even do the change if need be! lol

 

[frank]

curtis

mine has the smaller k10 size clutch, and the smaller spline driveshafts, and the rs5f41a is listed for both models..... so it "should" fit

 

[curtis]

Ill go to the scrappies next payday and wack one out and see whats what

 

[frank]

curtis

grab the clutch pressure plate too, because my 1.0 clutch and g/box has sustained 90 odd hp for 6+ months, no probs

 

[micrah220]

only a gearbox change mate very easy to do should cost you about £50 for a second hand box from a scrappies dont go scrapping it beacuse of that

I know, I did consider fixing it but there are just so many things wrong with it, its become a bit like a drain of all my money and would cost too much to sort everything out, the steering, calipers seized, front shock problems, rust etc. I have stripped most things off of it. If anybody wants anything off of it or wants the car then just ask but I think its time for me to move on :down:

I will be selling most parts off of it and will list them up soon

 

[joesouthgate]

any idea what u moving onto?

 

[nexussteve]

This sucks a$$

 

[Speedle]

I did consider fixing it but there are just so many things wrong with it, its become a bit like a drain of all my money

i know what you mean mate sometimes it just gets ridiculous! sometimes you have to take a step back and remind yourself its an 18 year old car and its going to suck you dry of cash....

 

[Arnold]

Lovely wheels (used to be Speedles too!) Bummer your car is having problems though