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One wire at a time is definitely the best way, unless you can read those wiring diagrams that look like a map of the tokyo underground You can also use masking tape. Put a loop around the wire with a label looking part you can write on. Write A and A, B and B etc so you never forget where a...

Looks like the kind of road you might see on topgear/the grand tour Nothing like that here, very jealous

I understand, just nostalgia for a simpler time I guess where your steering wheel didn't need a computer on it and a password. They could be built in such a way that they could be swapped out for scrap parts so that people can repair their own cars when they break but they aren't for money...

I've been reading the thread and I was thinking this the entire time The whole thing seems very contrived, especially Nissan not having the ability to repair their own car because of using a 3rd party company who aren't sharing their intellectual property - it means they have plausible...

Can't sleep so i made this also you should know they banned methanol in screenwash in May 2018, if you bought yours before then you might want to swap it for the new kind plain water used in summer has been linked to legionnaires disease with professional drivers using plain water in...

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The connectors under the seats are weight sensors that detect if someone is sitting in the passenger seat so the car knows whether or not to deploy the passenger airbags in the event of a crash. There shouldn't be any issue unplugging them while the car is off, other than them being difficult...

it could be either, ignition switches are a known issue on the k11, not sure about the k12 Worst comes to worst you can fit a new starter motor for around £70. Ignition switch can be a bit more tricky, depending if it's the barrel or the electronics that's causing the sticking - there are some...

Give it a poke with the end of a broom handle and see if that sorts it, a bit of percussive maintenance this is how one looks inside:

Looking like it's going to be a cold one I'm curious what screenwash everyone uses in their cars, any that you buy every time and have been happy with? Which ones are just colourful water? What temperature do you reckon it needs to protect down to? It was -2 yesterday

always better to be in higher revs in 2nd than lower revs in 3rd in high load situations, it might cost a bit more on fuel but being in too high of a gear bogs down your engine because the engine is running at a gearing disadvantage. I'd rather spend a bit more at the petrol pump than...

You can adjust when the clutch bites on most cars by adjusting the cable length if it really bothers you, it won't cost much for a garage to do it because there are no new parts involved Now that I am used to it I actually prefer a high biting point and a pedal that doesn't give much resistance...

not having a tachometer I think of it in terms of speed but yes, the longer it takes you to accelerate to the speed limit the better fuel economy you'll get, and then you just balance that against how much you're willing to piss the person behind you off or how quick you need to get to where...

Redline is around 6800rpm 1 litre micra in 1st gear it ends up being around 26-28mph when it hits the limiter I've never hit the limiter in any other gear than 1st or neutral, because I'm trying to avoid doing any damage - my car doesn't have a tachometer though so I couldn't even begin to...

Interestingly I had the exact same issue with my micra when I first bought it, originally I thought the clutch was worn or the clutch cable needed adjustment. Would get frustrated because I kept stalling it even though on my lessons I hadn't stalled for weeks. Turns out that micras just have...

This has been an issue in my car when I'm not using it regularly or taking it for longer drives. Because it sits outside the interior of the car tends to absorb humidity on the seats and carpets and roof liner, so when you first get in it the heater is heating up the fabrics and releasing that...

Flushes for oil remove any sludge from the part of the engine where the oil flows through, there is unlikely to be much built up sludge unless you go a long time between oil/filter changes. Sometimes sludged up oil is sealing an old engine and it may begin to leak afterwards but this is a...

so to clarify, as long as the second number is the same as recommended for operating temperature, a lower w number is actually going to be better for the car? Why do they even make oils with a higher w number then? Is this just left over from before they were synthetic?

the nissan k11 haynes manual says 15w/40 but the garage put 5w/40 in the last time it was changed I don't really understand how oil works

I have one of these that I worked out from a few years ago. did 549.2 miles on 63.35 litres equivalent MPG is 39.41 miles per gallon, at the time costing an average of 12 pence per mile, mostly motorways, dual carriageways and A-roads and I was going fast Best mpg I ever got (in the same...