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Yes he had plenty of suggestions afterwards. With regard to the steering rack... some play must be inevitable if for example the wheels are on the ground and you are trying to turn the wheel. The theoretical maximum grip the rubber bushes can have is "zero slip" ... under these conditions the...

My K10 just failed its MoT. The guy was really severe.. I mean for £35 I expect them to top up the wash bottle for a loyal customer. Anyhoo... one failure item was "insecure steering rack" !!! He reckons I should undo the support mounts and put electricians tape around the rack to make the...

Thanks for the offer. I have been forced to reconsider. My smoking K10 has been whisked away by a banger racer and my wife's overheating problems were down to her running the poor thing without oil. So... it looks like there is life in it yet. £50 is a good price though. Hopefully when I...

Hmm yes ... I did try the "FBH" treatment... it looked pretty solid and not keen to budge. I see a task coming up plus.. I have two new effectively useless dampers.

Aye yes.. I do have that diagram.. but it doesn't give any information about disassembly.. I mean the spring holder could be part of a sleeve affair that the damper slides into... I took a look hard look at my old one and it looks as if the spring holder is welded to the outside of the...

I read the other threads for this task.. and expected it to go OK. I bought two new shocks from the nissan guy... er I was a little surprised to see they were so small and narrow... and wondered where the spring would sit. I imagined that the assembly would come apart when i removed it and...

Sheffield here... I think Poole could be a challenge.. as I will be picking up in my other venerable K10. Thanks P

Looking for a nice sound engine to replace mine.. it blows blue smoke and must go!

Actually I don't tend to get that opinionated myself. It isn't really a high pressure joint - probably a few psi in normal operation. Not a lot compared to say the cylinders. Also I was just taking guidance from another pump related article from micra.org <--- Have you tried mating it up...

The gasket was gone at one point. I stuck the new pump on anyway and used that blue sealant stuff rather than the provided cardboard. As usual I felt uncomfortable doing up the pump retaining bolts. They don't seem to get to a point where they are "tight as can be" In the sense that with a 12...

Actually I am wondering now if I didn't overtighten one of the pump retaining bolts all that time ago. They are only threaded allow holes I guess. I have some faint memory... or is just the vague recollection of an anxiety that I would strip one?? aghhhh I will find out tonight.

Clifton Autos near Meadowhall. Nissan specialists... though they are getting low on k10s

Yes.. oil warning light is something of a misnomer. It is more of a "stop right now" light. <harry palmer> not many people know that </harry palmer>

Just a note... it might be worth gently tapping two 3 or 4 inch bits of tapered broompole into the drive shaft holes to lock them while fooling about with the box. I didn't do this and accidentally turned the differential assembly allowing the gears to drop out into the box. That WAS a nuisance.

I taken my thermostat out but the fan isn't on all the time... the engine just runs cooler than normal. Maybe you were referring to the fan switch?

My wife's K10 is losing water again... the hoses are OK.. but when up to pressure I can see a trickle from what looks like the area of the water pump near the fan belt pulley. I fitted a new pump just over a year ago so rather than the pump seal could this be simply due to the gasket...

MOT is due and I need two suspension arms. Today i bit the bullet and got on with the job. Well... the new arm!!! It doesn't fit. The threaded shaft has too big a diameter to go into the wheel hub!!! The shop must have sold me the wrong part. In all other respects it matches the old arm...

Thanks for that. It sounds like it would be cheaper than doing the rings. My only problem is that my own k10 is out of MOT at the moment.. I am permitted to repair my wife's but am not allowed to drive it... I was also wondering whether I could rip up the motorway with a loose engine in the...

Hi all, The new gasket did the job nicely! The car runs great. I think there is still a slight water leak somewhere as the level slowly falls below the temp sensor for the fan and I can get overheating again if I don't pay attention. I kept the same head bolts. As a follow-up...

Hi all, I picked up an almost mint B reg K10 at the weekend. The bodywork is almost perfect with no evident rust. I figured it might do if one of mine fails the MOT. Couple of problems.. 1. he had no pressure in the brake system and it needed topping up with fluid. Possible leak...