what did you do to your micra today ?
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Enuo
Glorified Electrician
Get your mind out of the gutter, sir!Behave yourselves
Like..........Yeah!!!!!!!
snapped my rear axle. Bugger. Oddly on the outside of the coil.
....that camber though
....that camber though
snapped my rear axle. Bugger. Oddly on the outside of the coil.
....that camber though
Dat camber... How'd you manage to snap it?
I have no idea, just very lucky it went as I pulled up not at 60 down the dual carriage way. It is to the point it would need lifting on to a tow truck, so she remains at my friends (where thankfully, she can also be fixed)
Magpie42
Actual Magpie.
Lucky escape homepony....
Probably rusted through eh?
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Probably, recovery guy said he'd never seen one snap there. Might see if i can wangle some new shorted springs on while i'm at it. Only got to pay part cost to get it fixed luckily
Fujiwara-Ben
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I finally got round to changing my diff oil seal (i did it yesterday) it was a bit of a pain to do and access was a little restrictive, but so far my leak has gone! (fingers crossed, touch wood and all that) Although probably the more important bit of that job was putting the right amount of oil in, cause when i drained the old stuff there was only 1.5L in there! Thinking about it i should of got some piccy's but i forgot, but i do however have a new tool for getting diff oil seals out! I'll post a pic of it tomorrow when i find it and your all going to be rather jealous of it
Enuo
Glorified Electrician
Check for water ingress behond the dash from the scuttle. Might be getting at the wiring.
pollyp
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water getting in via leaking plastic clips above the cabin fan inlet, along the vents and down onto the NATS ecu which shorts it
http://micra.org.uk/threads/pollymobiles-rebuild.35251/#post-381119
water getting in via leaking plastic clips above the cabin fan inlet, along the vents and down onto the NATS ecu which shorts it
http://micra.org.uk/threads/pollymobiles-rebuild.35251/#post-381119
Sh*teeeeeee... Thanks
no way of me taking the ECU out at the moment unfortunately... ArghThe day that I put locking nuts on my wheels is the same day that I have to leave my car in a different street. Maybe if I take the nuts off it will start?
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snapped my rear axle. Bugger. Oddly on the outside of the coil.
Glad you're okay, that's some scary stuff.
Thank you
I have a habit of my cars breaking in very dangerous ways, but no one being hurt. Between driveshafts popping out to wheels falling off... I think its me hehe
Fujiwara-Ben
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I finally got round to changing my diff oil seal (i did it yesterday) it was a bit of a pain to do and access was a little restrictive, but so far my leak has gone! (fingers crossed, touch wood and all that) Although probably the more important bit of that job was putting the right amount of oil in, cause when i drained the old stuff there was only 1.5L in there! Thinking about it i should of got some piccy's but i forgot, but i do however have a new tool for getting diff oil seals out! I'll post a pic of it tomorrow when i find it and your all going to be rather jealous of it
As promised here is my amazing new diff oil seal puller tool. Oh by the way its for sale £20+p+p
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Yeah but if they've got the cash why not? They're safe wee cars...
Because they're handed everything an put an "ohsofresh" sticker on the window and all of a sudden they're top modders. I work for SEAT which is VW group, I love them! But I just can't stand wee rich kids driving brand new golfs and polos and take it for granted
Taking it for granted peeves me of, but not as much as some lad I know getting a new Audi A3 for his birthday....
So irritating that I work so hard for what I have, and will probably never own a brand new car, and then there's 17 year old kids just being handed a set of keys
now I must be honest my mum did give me the cash to buy the micra
Enuo
Glorified Electrician
Come say hi?
I was going to message you that I want to say hi and also want to see your car.
I am going to paulton, Bristol to pick up my cousin's golf wheels. Is it close to you or too far to you?
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True, mine was more a "you havent visited in 9 months because your cars knackered" so i took the offer.
Today I went to royal mail depot place to see if they were holdibg my stuff and they werent which is annoying cause now no one knows where they are one aint so bad cause they said they'll send some more, only jubilee clips so not a lot to it
But the other is the bargain camshafts I won and even if they compensate me the £15 then im not gonna get another set for that price, well highly doubtful anyway.
Anyway messaged both the sellers to confirm that they were sent with royal mail and try and get some more info to claim for compensation as thats where the automated phone stopped giving me options lol
one aint so bad cause they said they'll send some more, only jubilee clips so not a lot to itBut the other is the bargain camshafts I won
and even if they compensate me the £15 then im not gonna get another set for that price, well highly doubtful anyway. Anyway messaged both the sellers to confirm that they were sent with royal mail and try and get some more info to claim for compensation as thats where the automated phone stopped giving me options lol
Magpie42
Actual Magpie.
Post rage....
My postie once signed for a delivery himself, didn't bother sticking a card through my door and left my £50 motocross goggles in my recycle bin...the day before bin day...I only found them when I went to put the bin out...ffs....
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My postie once signed for a delivery himself, didn't bother sticking a card through my door and left my £50 motocross goggles in my recycle bin...the day before bin day...I only found them when I went to put the bin out...ffs....
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Fixed that for ya
Magpie42
Actual Magpie.
That's when you need to shout "I say! Unruly youths! You may well mock my vehicle but your mothers seemed rather impressed by the room inside and how comfortable the bonnet was. Think on. Toodle pip!"
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thats not true, my mates had 2 brand new polos and hes driven mine and tommys cars and he says he prefers driving them to his own car because theres more effort into driving and handles better and can feel the road more haha, even says he wishes he could of got an older car because its more fun to drive!
I can sum it up "Small Car, Big Heart"
Totally agree. I drove my Dad's 06 Astra and it felt weird, like it was too comfortable and easy to drive. The steering was way too light and the pedals were spongy. Not to mention the gear change was numb. It basically felt like there was little connection between me and the car.
Got back in my Micra, with all its mechanical goodness and it felt more natural. You can feel the position of the steering, vibrations and feedback through the pedals etc.
