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<blockquote data-quote="Sterling" data-source="post: 428988" data-attributes="member: 7852"><p>Well, today I had a few hours spare, so I thought I'd tackle some of the niggling little problems the Micras got.</p><p></p><p>1. <u><strong>Rear heater panel lights</strong></u></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb72/rover-800-co-uk/Lord%20Sterling/Micra/Image036.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Not been working for while, didnt bother me before, but then again the car has been parked up in the garage for about a year. Now I'm using it more in this dark winter, having a large black space in the middle of the dash and not being able to find the heater controls when driving sort of made me realise I need to do something about.</p><p></p><p>Got some advice from this site, I didnt realise how easy it was to change, pulled off the surrounds and buttons, then carefully pulled off the face of the heater panel to reveal 2 small bulbs, I pulled the old bulbs out and replaced them with some spares I had lying around, tried them out before replacing everything and hey presto, lights again! Not tried it out in the dark yet, but wont have long to wait.</p><p></p><p>2. <u><strong>Pollon Filter?</strong></u></p><p></p><p>For as long as I care to remember, the heater has never really been powerful enough, I was sure it was once pretty good. It blows out air, but very weakly, after changing the panel lights I though I may aswell have a go at this.</p><p></p><p>Someone here mentioned there being a panel behind the glovebox, all I could see were a few bolt-screws, I undid them to see what the game was. I finally managed to find where the filter was, although, it wasnt in the easily accessible place I knew it there. A few more undoing of screws, alot of pushing and pulling, some new-found swear words and few small broken pieces of plastic I finally pulled the whole damned airbox out from underneath the glovebox. My hands were as black sut and said filter didnt look too good either.</p><p></p><p>Took the filter into the house to give the thing a good hoover, hoover then decided to detonate itself before use, so it was down to the good old brush to try and brush/dust off probably a good 12 years worth of crap and dust.</p><p></p><p>Airbox itself had a collection of tiny leaves and stuff, I emptied that out onto the grass and then it was time to put the bloody thing back together, not something I was releshing. Thankfully though it took less time putting it back than pulling the box out and cost a little less broken plastic to than first time around.</p><p></p><p>Just for courtesy I thought I'd take a few pics:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb72/rover-800-co-uk/Lord%20Sterling/Micra/Image019.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb72/rover-800-co-uk/Lord%20Sterling/Micra/Image018.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb72/rover-800-co-uk/Lord%20Sterling/Micra/Image020.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The filter slides into above airbox, a bit like a draw in a desk. But when box is put back, filter cannot actually be taken out as there is an useless piece of plastic panel behind the glovebox (forming part of the dash) preventing it being easily pulled out, so not exactly a straight forward job, particularly if your a bit of a stocky chap like me. I spent alot of timw upside down, I havent worked out how to take the glovebox out yet.</p><p></p><p>The heater seems a little more powerful than before, or at least it sounds it, though there is some air being lost behind the dash from the box, I will probably look into that sometime later.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sterling, post: 428988, member: 7852"] Well, today I had a few hours spare, so I thought I'd tackle some of the niggling little problems the Micras got. 1. [u][B]Rear heater panel lights[/B][/u] [IMG]http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb72/rover-800-co-uk/Lord%20Sterling/Micra/Image036.jpg[/IMG] Not been working for while, didnt bother me before, but then again the car has been parked up in the garage for about a year. Now I'm using it more in this dark winter, having a large black space in the middle of the dash and not being able to find the heater controls when driving sort of made me realise I need to do something about. Got some advice from this site, I didnt realise how easy it was to change, pulled off the surrounds and buttons, then carefully pulled off the face of the heater panel to reveal 2 small bulbs, I pulled the old bulbs out and replaced them with some spares I had lying around, tried them out before replacing everything and hey presto, lights again! Not tried it out in the dark yet, but wont have long to wait. 2. [u][B]Pollon Filter?[/B][/u] For as long as I care to remember, the heater has never really been powerful enough, I was sure it was once pretty good. It blows out air, but very weakly, after changing the panel lights I though I may aswell have a go at this. Someone here mentioned there being a panel behind the glovebox, all I could see were a few bolt-screws, I undid them to see what the game was. I finally managed to find where the filter was, although, it wasnt in the easily accessible place I knew it there. A few more undoing of screws, alot of pushing and pulling, some new-found swear words and few small broken pieces of plastic I finally pulled the whole damned airbox out from underneath the glovebox. My hands were as black sut and said filter didnt look too good either. Took the filter into the house to give the thing a good hoover, hoover then decided to detonate itself before use, so it was down to the good old brush to try and brush/dust off probably a good 12 years worth of crap and dust. Airbox itself had a collection of tiny leaves and stuff, I emptied that out onto the grass and then it was time to put the bloody thing back together, not something I was releshing. Thankfully though it took less time putting it back than pulling the box out and cost a little less broken plastic to than first time around. Just for courtesy I thought I'd take a few pics: [IMG]http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb72/rover-800-co-uk/Lord%20Sterling/Micra/Image019.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb72/rover-800-co-uk/Lord%20Sterling/Micra/Image018.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb72/rover-800-co-uk/Lord%20Sterling/Micra/Image020.jpg[/IMG] The filter slides into above airbox, a bit like a draw in a desk. But when box is put back, filter cannot actually be taken out as there is an useless piece of plastic panel behind the glovebox (forming part of the dash) preventing it being easily pulled out, so not exactly a straight forward job, particularly if your a bit of a stocky chap like me. I spent alot of timw upside down, I havent worked out how to take the glovebox out yet. The heater seems a little more powerful than before, or at least it sounds it, though there is some air being lost behind the dash from the box, I will probably look into that sometime later. [/QUOTE]
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