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Hi Ben, glad your still cracking on with this project. Just had a quick look at the car and the one at the back of the take manufold goes to the carbon canister

I love that lift. :)

I have a 1.3 Micra with 75hp and 76ft-lb of torque I also have a Seat Arosa 1.4tdi with 75hp but 144ft-lb or torque The Arosa will whoop the Micra in every situation despite the same hp. It's just such a better and nicer car to drive because of the torque it produces

It's all stock Matt, except for a Frank Mani. The clutch has been well cared for. Im a 44 year old git with a lot of mechanical sympathy. I never hammer my cars as I like them to last.

10/10 mate. Yep the spring housing had cracked and released on me of the springs which jammed behind the pressure plate springs. You can also see arrowed where the housing is starting to crack on one of the other areas I'm a bit bummed over this as I went for a LUK clutch kit as I thought they...

Definitely something clutch related mate. First thing I checked was the cable. Cable is still operating the clutch arm as usual. The clutch pedal has become really stiff so prob pressure plate or the mechanism that pushes the release bearing. I am all clutched out at the moment. The Arosa...

Spent the last week faffing around changing a gearbox and clutch in my Seat Arosa. Horrible job :( Was driving along in the Micra today, approached a roundabout, changed into 2nd and the effing clutch went pop. Kinda weird as its only 1 year old. Time to take it apart and see what's up.

Passed another Mot yesterday. That's 3 straight passes in 3 years :)

You don't need anything special on a 1.0L Just go for the cheapest

i have many jobbies coming up to do on the cars soon and would quite like to invest in an impact wrench. I have had a look around and they vary in price hugely. I don't want to spend the earth in one but don't want a crap one. Does anyone have any experience and can recommend a goodun? Ideally...

I disagree. The chain will be fine at this low mileage. Because you are only driving a couple of times a week it's taking a while for the oil pressure to increase the tension in the tensioner. As long as it doesn't rattle when all the time then you don't have a problem.

Did you remember to put some oil in it Ben?

Your showing your age lol My first car was a Cortina :)

Rust is the main thing to look out for. Lower cross member and rear sills are the places to look. Rattly timing chain on high milers also worth checking for. If these are ok and and it runs and drives fine then go for it

A Matiz spring on a Micra Shock is pretty stiff imo

What happened to the K11 that you were originally fitting it into??

Just drive Kasandra Paul, it's the best option. At the end of the day it's a Micra and no one really wants to steal it. Real criminals want high end cars. Pikeys and chavs might want it for a bit of joy riding but that's the worst case scenario. Fit a hidden fuel cut off switch somewhere In the...

Absolutely!!

That's a very informative post lol.

I'm intrigued........care to enlighten me :)