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<blockquote data-quote="flyboypuoi" data-source="post: 782579" data-attributes="member: 25768"><p>Some neat photos to start with. A friend took a snap of me when I arrived at his place.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]67607[/ATTACH]</p><p>Showing off my cool foggies.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]67608[/ATTACH]</p><p>So then! Here we are again...</p><p>The task was to replace what was left of the exhaust system with my spares. The old manifold was quite buggered. One of the nuts somehow managed to make its way through the stud hole in the manifold. The bolts at the bottom snapped off too, so that one's only really good for recycling now.</p><p>We also got to work on the cam cover. Turns out that the gasket was quite destroyed on the one I was using, so I'm borrowing a good one until I buy a new one (when I paint the cover some time).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]67609[/ATTACH]</p><p>I got a look at my differential from my old gearbox... Apparently this was jammed, which is why the car was locked in place.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]67610[/ATTACH]</p><p>While I had the exhaust off, I removed the heat shield from below the gear linkage. As expected, the gearstick spring was missing, and luckily enough I had a spare lying around. So I fitted it, and the gearstick behaves like it's supposed to. Neat!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]67611[/ATTACH]</p><p>Also, we made an adjustment to the new exhaust. That being removing the resonator. This should allow gas to flow better (I hope), and has made a very nice subtle exhaust note. Without the backbox, it sounds very rumbly. But for now I've got a regular backbox on the end.</p><p>It sounds nice. No more blowing from the manifold, and the exhaust isn't dangling along scraping the floor anymore.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]67612[/ATTACH]</p><p>As for the cam cover, I had them tidied up. Using an old coilpack cover for parts.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]67613[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]67614[/ATTACH]</p><p>Looks good! Very happy with this, no more oil escaping from holes, and no more coilpack trying to escape! The existing holes had to be covered up of course. Apparently there may be more of these made in the future.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]67615[/ATTACH]</p><p>On the way home, being in Wales, there were a lot of flooded roads. I actually drove right into one (only seeing it at the last moment in the dark), and it seemed to be way too deep. So I stopped and reversed out. Doing that actually pulled the splashguard/aero-thing nearly off. So I'll have to re-attach that when I get a moment. Luckily the freshly-cleaned foglights didn't seem to fill with muddy water. I hope.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]67616[/ATTACH]</p><p>I left my OBD2 reader monitoring on the journey home. It gave some random fault codes that I couldn't identify. Thought it was interesting to see the min/max values for a usual journey.</p><p>Only noticed just now when I was uploading, that some gauges show weird negative results, and the rev gauge doesn't even show a minimum.</p><p>Could be related to a bad battery. On that note, I think there's a small problem with my ignition barrel. As sometimes when moving from ON to ACC, it'll disconnect for a tiny amount of time, enough to make the radio restart. I thought that was a bad battery but I'm now thinking the ignition barrel needs some attention. Well, it needs aligning properly anyway, so I'll look into it.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]67617[/ATTACH]</p><p>New brake pads fitted, finally. I've been hanging on to those for years. They were an advisory on last year's MOT. I've adapted to hardly use the brakes anyway. The ol' lift-and-shift is better. </p><p>And to finish off, 4-doors are weird. I feel like I have to squeeze to get into them because the door is so much shorter. Then when you're in there, the B-pillar is just there covering up the side view.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]67618[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]67619[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Sent from my F8331 using <a href="http://r.tapatalk.com/byo?rid=73708" target="_blank">Micra Sports Club mobile app</a></p><p></p><p>Oh yeah and I tightened the smaller engine belt as it was squeaking when cold, and making the power steering judder. Seems to be tightened just like the alternator, but on the power steering pump, from underneath.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flyboypuoi, post: 782579, member: 25768"] Some neat photos to start with. A friend took a snap of me when I arrived at his place. [ATTACH type="full" alt="received_719762985094823.jpeg"]67607[/ATTACH] Showing off my cool foggies. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_0796.JPG"]67608[/ATTACH] So then! Here we are again... The task was to replace what was left of the exhaust system with my spares. The old manifold was quite buggered. One of the nuts somehow managed to make its way through the stud hole in the manifold. The bolts at the bottom snapped off too, so that one's only really good for recycling now. We also got to work on the cam cover. Turns out that the gasket was quite destroyed on the one I was using, so I'm borrowing a good one until I buy a new one (when I paint the cover some time). [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_0797.JPG"]67609[/ATTACH] I got a look at my differential from my old gearbox... Apparently this was jammed, which is why the car was locked in place. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_0798.JPG"]67610[/ATTACH] While I had the exhaust off, I removed the heat shield from below the gear linkage. As expected, the gearstick spring was missing, and luckily enough I had a spare lying around. So I fitted it, and the gearstick behaves like it's supposed to. Neat! [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_0801.JPG"]67611[/ATTACH] Also, we made an adjustment to the new exhaust. That being removing the resonator. This should allow gas to flow better (I hope), and has made a very nice subtle exhaust note. Without the backbox, it sounds very rumbly. But for now I've got a regular backbox on the end. It sounds nice. No more blowing from the manifold, and the exhaust isn't dangling along scraping the floor anymore. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_0802.JPG"]67612[/ATTACH] As for the cam cover, I had them tidied up. Using an old coilpack cover for parts. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_0803.JPG"]67613[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_0804.JPG"]67614[/ATTACH] Looks good! Very happy with this, no more oil escaping from holes, and no more coilpack trying to escape! The existing holes had to be covered up of course. Apparently there may be more of these made in the future. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_0805.JPG"]67615[/ATTACH] On the way home, being in Wales, there were a lot of flooded roads. I actually drove right into one (only seeing it at the last moment in the dark), and it seemed to be way too deep. So I stopped and reversed out. Doing that actually pulled the splashguard/aero-thing nearly off. So I'll have to re-attach that when I get a moment. Luckily the freshly-cleaned foglights didn't seem to fill with muddy water. I hope. [ATTACH type="full" alt="_20200301_122755.JPG"]67616[/ATTACH] I left my OBD2 reader monitoring on the journey home. It gave some random fault codes that I couldn't identify. Thought it was interesting to see the min/max values for a usual journey. Only noticed just now when I was uploading, that some gauges show weird negative results, and the rev gauge doesn't even show a minimum. Could be related to a bad battery. On that note, I think there's a small problem with my ignition barrel. As sometimes when moving from ON to ACC, it'll disconnect for a tiny amount of time, enough to make the radio restart. I thought that was a bad battery but I'm now thinking the ignition barrel needs some attention. Well, it needs aligning properly anyway, so I'll look into it. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot_20200229-221838.jpeg"]67617[/ATTACH] New brake pads fitted, finally. I've been hanging on to those for years. They were an advisory on last year's MOT. I've adapted to hardly use the brakes anyway. The ol' lift-and-shift is better. And to finish off, 4-doors are weird. I feel like I have to squeeze to get into them because the door is so much shorter. Then when you're in there, the B-pillar is just there covering up the side view. [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_0809.JPG"]67618[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC_0810.JPG"]67619[/ATTACH] Sent from my F8331 using [URL='http://r.tapatalk.com/byo?rid=73708']Micra Sports Club mobile app[/URL] Oh yeah and I tightened the smaller engine belt as it was squeaking when cold, and making the power steering judder. Seems to be tightened just like the alternator, but on the power steering pump, from underneath. [/QUOTE]
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