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Black micra (re)build

January 17 2019-THE START OF AN ADDICTION

So, back in 2019 I was offered a 2 door k11 with a 1L engine and 89k miles, base spec from 95 that had no clutch and with a uk licence plate and made no sense for me to resister it in Portugal. So I began to take it apart, sold some parts and in general just kept myself busy. My plan was to buy one with engine problems or something and then switch the engines but it turned out to be quite hard.

Ps: I hope that you guys like to see the process of my first car build and I could have done it along time ago instead of writing it all at once. Sorry if you find some errors but English isn’t my native language.
 

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June 23 2019- ANOTHER MICRA

I bought a black 4 door micra in pretty bad shape from a old man for quite cheep. And again almost no clutch. The interior what’s gross, the tires were on the wire and all different, and the steering wheel felt like a vibrator on the highway. Not to mention the paint witch the previous owner began to sand to prep it for paint, or so he though.
 

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September 14 2019- COLOUR CHANGE PART 1

After it sat for a wile because I didn’t was my licence yet I decided to change the seats even though they didn’t match the doors and the hood and the fenders from the silver one and I then wrapped them in black. Even the floor mat had to come out because it was so stained.
 

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September 25 2019- ROCKER COVER

I had nothing to do so I painted one rocker cover black and sanded down the letters, it turned out quite good.
 

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October 11 2019- INSTRUMENT CLUSTER

Then I couldn’t stand the fact that it has no rev counter so I bought a instrument cluster with one for 30€ and after some surgery to change the speed gauge unit so that I didn’t have to mess with the kms and the clock module that wasn’t working it was plug and play fortunately.
 

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November 4 2019- EXHAUST MANIFOLD AND NEW CLUTCH

Once again I had nothing better to do so I took the exhaust manifold from the uk car and gave it a good scrub to get rid of the surface rust almost to a polished state and it just sat on the shelf for months together with a new clutch that I bought.
 

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February 4 2019- THE PAINT ISN’T DOOMED + NEW STEERING WHEEL

After once again not touching the car for months I tried to polish the paint to see if the“prep work” of the previous owner was reversible and turns out that I think that most of it is. Also got a used steering wheel wrapped in leather for just 15€.
 

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February 6 2019- Drivers licence

Finally after more than a year I finally got my drivers licence and started that same night driving the micra. Turns out that a car with almost no clutch left, dry and mismatched tires with no alignment and almost no interior trim and no carpet isn’t a good start but who cares? It’s a micra.
 
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February 13 2019- COLOUR CHANGE PART 2

The silver door was fun and people always let me go first in the intersections but I dont love different coloured panels, so I wrapped it. Turns out that it is pretty close to the factory colour and only took me one hour.
 

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March 7 2020- MORE POLISH

A quick polish in that little area to get rid of most scratches. At this rate it will take me a decade to polish the entire car.
 

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March 12 2020- INTERIOR

I finally cleaned out the carpet and installed it. The car is so silent now. Turns out that takes quite a bit of time to put the interior back together. I also got a thermometer and installed it.
 

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March 13- HOW TINY!!!

Look how tiny it seems compared to my dad’s Volvo 940 GLE, The micra almost fits in the boot.
 

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March 18 2020- NEW TIRES

New tires just arrived, it wasn’t safe to drive in the old ones anymore.
 

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March 19 2020- WHEELS AND GEAR BOX REMOVAL

Wheels are getting ready for paint.
Got the gear box out of the uk micra to change since the other one isn’t in that great, reverse is a nightmare to engage and makes a bit of noise. The gear box was filthy and so much clutch dust. Nothing that a good scrub doesn’t solve. Also fitted the new release bearing to the gear box and the painted rocker cover.
 

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March 23 2020-SECOND GEAR BOX OUT + NEW CLUTCH AND GEAR BOX

Took apart the black micra’s suspension, axles and gear box, along with a million other parts that had to come out. Also painted the wishbones and changed the front bearings. Took the old clutch out and it was in terrible shape, new clutch in and aligned with a wrench extension, so it must be right. Putting the gear box back was a bit harder than thanking it out but it now looks much better.
 

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March 25 2020- COOLING SYSTEM AND FLUIDS

Since the car hadn’t a drop of coolant in the cooling system and it was only water it corroded the thermostat housing tubes and the metal tube that goes from the water pump to the radiator, which turns out to be a pain in the @ss to change. New motor and gear oil arrived today, along with the oil filter and the paint for the wheels. Also drained the oil from the engine, I think that this oil is older than me. I’m also adding some Teflon additive to the oil to reduce friction and to make up for the wear.
 

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March 26 2020- BEGINNING REASSEMBLY

New grease on the now clean bearings and now starts the hard part, putting everything back together. Also painted the front crash bar and bumper mounts because they were starting to get a little rusty. New radiator also in the place.
 

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March 27 2020- ELECTRICAL NIGHTMARE

The previous owner had a alarm on the car, which once made the car turn the blinkers randomly on when it was parked and I had to remove the fuse. I already took the movement sensors or what they were from the inside, now I only needed to sort the mess that the person who installed it made. I don’t know why some one would tangle the cables this way. Also don’t know how my car is so rusty inside.
 

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March 28 2020- OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEWish

Took the exhaust manifold out to put the one from the other engine that I had cleaned out. As the hi temp varnish was drying I began to take the old one out from the engine, which took some persuasion. The engine was full of carbon deposits and I had to clean them as best as I could with a ice cream stick. Turns out that the engine makes quite a bit of noise without the o2 sensor and it’s so satisfactory.
 

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March 29 2020- REAR HUBS AND LIGHTS

The bearings from the rear axle were completely trash, the amount of play was insane and they made loads of noise on the highway. Thankfully I have a hole car for spares and the hubs here ok. The indicator bulbs were peeling so I replaced them and also changed the connector from the main bulb.
 

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