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Personal Update: So since July I've joined a fitness program & Gym with the aim to improve my health, my body fitness, my mindset, my confidence & self esteem, escape this **** delivery job & restart my design/engineering career. And that's exactly whats happened, I changed into a healthy...

2023-10-11 New Horn The old original horn was getting all rusty and sounded like an asthmatic goat lol so ordered a cheap dual horn off ebay old micra horn vs bigger new horn added a grounding lead not as deep note as original but does the job

2023-10-09 Lower Bonnet Latch Bracket The bonnet latch was sitting too high & forward, even at the lowest available position So decided to chop this section out to refabricate a new bracket new bracket welded on now I can sit the mechanism lower & further back on the bonnet latch

yeah soo many annoying obsticles working on this french turd lol sorry I havent been on here for awhile, replied

2023-10-07 Replace Peugeot Rear Suspension Bushing For many yrs the rear bushing on the old daily Peugeot was perished and needs replacing, plus the chassis underneath is all rusty & needs repainting. After gathering tools/parts & dry weather, I began removing the rear axle which was a real...

2023-10-05 TIG Torch SuperFlex Hose A feature I hate about my R-tech TIG welder, which hinders my comfort & learning, is just how rigid & stiff the rubber hose is on the small WP9 torch. This makes it difficult to hold it steady while trying to twist against the heavy hose. So I need a more...

2023-10-03 Socket Set Holder Finding a loose socket in my messy toolbox is like a needle in hay sack, so I printed this to hold em all together

2023-10-01 Replace Electric Window Mechanism Another rattle source are the old drivers power window mechanism, which I used every day and is worn loose & cracked. Jack gave me a spare set of manual window mechs, which looks kinda similar and hopefully I can swap the motor over with little mod...

2023-09-30 Trying to locate an annoying rattle around the drivers A-pillar, I noticed the drivers door frame always sat further inwards than the passenger (maybe it's been bent before) so I tried slamming the door with few rags at the top to bend the frame back out to sit better & stop rubbing

2023-09-17 Gizfab BBQ Meet Eden was putting on the annual BBQ meet at Gizfab so I popped down on the weekend. It was a big turn out, great weather, great builds and met few familiar m8s like Andy, Dawn, Jack, Eden & Andrew :cool:

A better look at the velour roof in daytime printed this 45deg collector to complete the exhaust manifold mockup brought more oil off ebay 🙈

2023-09-10 Velour Roof Lining On a quiet warm weekend I'm finally able to finish covering up the bare metal roof. I only have a limited amount of this velour cloth which a car m8 donated to me, so I measured & planned the cuts Doing this sort of upholstery with spray adhesive for first...

2023-09-09 Print Adjustable Bends for Planning Exhaust Manifold In order to better visualise & plan my equal length manifold, I designed some simple 22.5deg bends (same radius as the U-bends I prev brought) which can each be swivelled and the groove markings show the relative angles...

2023-09-02 Welding Peugeots sills I was about to try replace the old daily Peugeots rear suspension bush but after hearing the sills crumble on the axle stands, I soon found the sills are rotten & needs welding first :rolleyes: Chopped & welded the left sill and the drivers side too...

2023-08-30 Repair old jet wash Had a look at a m8s old broken jetwash. It buzzes but doesn't spin up :unsure: Interesting to find it uses an axial piston pump rather than a centrifugal pump cleaned up the valves It still buzzes stationary so gotta dig deeper into the motor, had to...

closer look at the old release bearing. the bearing itself is fine, spins freely and no play but the plastic inner collar is damaged from the last time the clutch fork snapped and broke it wirebrushed all the old glue & leftover rubber from the roof in prep for the new roof lining

2023-09-02 Rigid Radiator Return Pipe Since this years trackdays, I noticed the old long soft radiator return hose sometimes collapse overnight especially if she was driven hard. I suspect the HG or head bolts might be slightly loose and only during high loads a tiny amount of exhaust would...

few yrs ago I tried to find a quicker ratio PAS rack. https://micra.org.uk/threads/pollymobiles-rebuild.35251/page-177#post-769501 compared a preface rack to a facelift rack and both had the same gearing ratio :cautious: only difference was the facelift had this green collar insert which...

JUN flywheel cleaned & installed New Blueprint clutch disc fitted to the old Helix heavy duty PP New clutch bolted on Replaced the release bearing Gearbox installed Everything hooked up, filled with fresh oil Fired it up, No major vibrations so it's still balanced, No more...

2023-08-26 Replace Helix 200mm Clutch Time to replace the old Helix clutch, oil is dark brown with a few shavings on the plug disconnecting the gearbox gearbox hoisted out Release bearing is quite worn removing the old clutch Previously thought the rear main seal was leaking, but...