ElectroDan
Ex. Club Member
Well nothing ever goes to plan with cars does it?!
I needed a near rear silencer section, as I did have an MOT booked for today and my one had a large crack in it.
I phoned Nissan at the weekend, and they've stopped selling them. The local garage wanted £71 fitted, but EuroCarParts do them for £29. Bargain I thought, I'll save myself £40 fitting it myself, and gives me a chance to try my ramps out.
Getting it off last night was a pig. I didn't buy new rubbers, and the hangers were seriously rusty. Eventually I did though, and put the new backbox on the rubbers. I then went to get the bolts out of the old pipe so I could attached the backbox to the centre pipe, and this was were the fun continued! They were so badly rusted together than even a lot of 3-in-1 and a hammer couldn't budge them.
So, I couldn't connect the pipes, it was 8pm so nowhere open and I didn't have any spare nuts and bolts big enough
I picked some up at lunchtime though and rebooked the MOT, so fingers crossed I'll get it finished tonight!
Anyone else had this much fun replacing their backbox?
I needed a near rear silencer section, as I did have an MOT booked for today and my one had a large crack in it.
I phoned Nissan at the weekend, and they've stopped selling them. The local garage wanted £71 fitted, but EuroCarParts do them for £29. Bargain I thought, I'll save myself £40 fitting it myself, and gives me a chance to try my ramps out.
Getting it off last night was a pig. I didn't buy new rubbers, and the hangers were seriously rusty. Eventually I did though, and put the new backbox on the rubbers. I then went to get the bolts out of the old pipe so I could attached the backbox to the centre pipe, and this was were the fun continued! They were so badly rusted together than even a lot of 3-in-1 and a hammer couldn't budge them.
So, I couldn't connect the pipes, it was 8pm so nowhere open and I didn't have any spare nuts and bolts big enough
I picked some up at lunchtime though and rebooked the MOT, so fingers crossed I'll get it finished tonight!
Anyone else had this much fun replacing their backbox?