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neat I'll see ya there ;) I heard from my neighbour that all the public & car stand tickets are sold out so it's gonna be a packed show 🫣

Hi Scott Aye I'll be on the MicraMafia stand (y) feel free to wave hello if u see me there with sunglasses 😎😁 You on a stand too or visiting?

2024-03-22 Insurance Drama part 2 Last week I spoke to AXA who said they would close the case, clear it off the database and send me a confirmation letter as evidence when getting new quotes. I didn't receive any letter/email from AXA yet and as further stress, a recent letter from broker...

2024-03-19 Machine New Cover Plate for Gripper LSD The Gripper LSD had a broken cover plate 5yrs ago https://micra.org.uk/threads/pollymobiles-rebuild.35251/post-778518 But since Gripper no longer cover my diff under any warranty and quoted me over £270 to replace a simple cracked cover 2yrs...

2024-03-17 Window Glass Clips Recently noticed one of the window clips had come off 🫣 Ever since I replaced the electric window motor last yr, I thought the mechanism seemed to struggle with too much binding, which probably caused it to come apart here. Later on I soon discovered the...

2024-03-16 Inside a Fuel Tank Curious to look inside the old tank since I'll be binning it, took awhile to cut through cos it's made with at least 5-7mm thick plastic 🤏 here you can see the bottom portion of the tank has the smallest area/volume and the mid-section sweeps over the exhaust...

2024-03-14 Insurance Drama, Mental Illness I rang Adrian Flux for a renewal quote and was jaw dropped when quoted over £750 fully comp, £600 TPFT ! what the hell? that's almost doubled of the £410 I've been paying for last few yrs :eek: Called afew more insurers and not many will insure her or...

2024-03-15 Inspecting Fuel Tank Components While feeling sad I decided to dismantle some old parts to see how they work. Pre-face fuel pump vs face-lift pump: so here's a preface pump which is larger and has a slightly different inlet port the facelift pump is slimmer the pump itself are...

2024-03-09 Swap Pre-face Fuel Tank with Face-lift Fuel Tank Since 2012 I've been running a Walbro 255lph pump in a pre-face fuel tank. https://micra.org.uk/threads/pollymobiles-rebuild.35251/page-36#post-482610 The prefacelift pump motor/housing are larger than the Walbro pump, which was meant...

2024-03-09 Measure Fuel Level vs Fuel Gauge During the process of swapping from a preface fuel tank to a facelift tank, I was curious to compare the fuel gauge accuracy to the actual fuel level. I ran the car till the gauge was empty and drained the tank Removed the walbro pump out the...

yes you can simply replace the filter if the oil is still new. tiny bit of oil will trickle out so have a tray ready underneath.

down the front of inlet manifold

2024-03-01 Lathe Cutting Tool Sharpener Modelled the cutting tool angles I'm aiming for Designed this jig for the bench grinder. First I sharpen the side cutting edge, held at 10deg Followed by the front cutting edge, held 90deg to the side cutting edge The final step is grinding the...

2024-03-01 Pipe Chamfering Tool For chamfering the pipes when welding up my exhaust manifold, I designed this jig for the bench grinder printed the tool it holds the pipe at the correct angle/distance while I spin the pipe across the grinding wheel giving a smooth consistant bevel

The preface speedo pinion is leaking a tiny bit of oil past the shaft, plus curious what's inside compared to the electronic pickup easy enough to punch out the roll-pin and take apart. can see the shaft/seal area is quite worn the seal is deep inside the casing and hard to remove so I'll...

pretty much, least it's all organised now & I know what I have in stock before building stuff 😅

Engine bay is abit filthy & needs cleaning for Japfest coming soon, I printed these little covers for the spark plug holes then jet wash all the dirt & oil stains off wipe dry & reassembled added the labels onto the new catchcan lids the rear caliper dust boot was recently damaged...

I agree. Yeah it makes wheel swap on trackdays soo much better whizzing em on off. Used to take forever to hand screw all the wheel nuts in the early days 😅

yup for the odd light wrenching on/off they're fantastic value & really handy/speedy

2024-02-17 Replace Handbrake Cable The old handbrake cables are now getting old, hard, sticky, not fully releasing therefore making the rear brakes drag slightly Jack sold me a pair of spare LH cables for disc brakes Comparing the old cables with the 2x LH cables, I'll need to mod one of...