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Sorry Frank! I had noticed your post, and it is an obvious thing I should check. I was hoping to take a look last weekend but I have another car I'm trying to get back on the road too... Does anyone have an opinion on cleaning up the clutch plate using clutch cleaner and reusing it? The clutch...

What do you think might have happened? The smoke was more grey than white. I'll admit I've not checked the coolant tank, but there was no evidence of overheating so I don't think the HG's gone through... Plus the car is stinks of gear oil and it's all over the underside and exhaust! The smoke...

Gearbox input seal: £6 from Nissan. Part number 32113-M8000. At that price, I'm happy to order speculatively! I'll still have to take the gearbox out to properly diagnose, but we'll see. If I can get the 'box back together and the car on the road for £6 plus a ball-joint splitter and a clutch...

More great advice! Thanks Pollyp! Hmmm.... Had a quote for £500+ vat to rebuild and install the gearbox today - they refused to give me a quote without installation as they'd had too many people try to make a warranty claim after installing the gearbox badly themselves. Looks like I'll be...

Has anyone replaced the bearings and seals themselves? I've followed pollyp's link (thanks!) so at least I have some idea what's inside the case, but he doesn't go as far as picking out the seals or replacing the bearings (although I may not have to...) Once the case is open, is replacing the...

Still looking!

Thanks for the tip, I'll keep some brake cleaner handy when doing the job! I've been wondering about the possibility of rebuilding the gearbox. As far as I know, the 'box is in good nick, with no whirring or crunching, so it's more of a known quantity than a s/h or breaker gearbox... Rebuild...

Cheers Agent_Sm1th - thanks for the reassuring advice!

Hello, Following on from my borked gearbox thread, I'm looking for a gearbox for a 1.0l 5-speed 1998 K11B (with the coil still in the distributor). Looking for something with some life still in it, hopefully based in Kent - I'm usually shuttling between Maidstone, Tunbridge Wells and Ashford...

Pity, that would've been perfect! Thanks for the offer though. I probably ought to stick something up in the buy/sell section. Does anyone have any recommendations about what to with the flywheel during a clutch change? I don't have runout tools or anything to measure deflection. Should I take...

Hello Mike, My car's a '98 (coil in dizzy) 1.0l (manual gearbox, just to be sure!) What mileage is your car? Tunbridge Wells would be very convenient if possible! Cheers, Neil

Well, the engine's still full of clean oil... so I guess the oil can only have come from the gearbox. I didn't have the time at the weekend to pull out the speedo drive and check, but I guess I'm in the market for a s/h gearbox... Anyone know any available in Kent? Many thanks, Neil

Hello Pollyp, that's great advice - we're pretty sure it's gearbox oil, but it does make sense to actually check! I've not had a chance to look at the car since parking it last week, so I'll check all the levels when I get the chance. Like you say, I really need to get the box off to check where...

Hello, I really could do with a bit of help on this one! Can anyone confirm if you need to disassemble the gearbox to replace the laygear bearing? (I think that's the one between the 'box and the clutch!) If so, I'll probably stick on a s/h gearbox… any offers on that in the Kent area would...

Hello, apologies for the thread duplication - I realised that perhaps this was a better place for this thread than general discussion! Diving home from work on Thursday, I smoothly double-de-clutched into third to overtake a slow-moving truck on a country lane when I heard a sudden, brief...

Hello! Diving home from work tonight, I smoothly double-de-clutched into third to overtake a slow-moving truck on a country lane when I heard a sudden, brief hiss... Thought nothing of it until a mile further down the road when I noticed I was leaving a trail of thin, white smoke behind me...

Well, after a month parked in a barn and doing bits to it when I got the chance, I managed to get my K11 through its MOT. Thanks for all the help! This thread particularly was really useful: http://www.micra.org.uk/threads/front-crossmember.59630/ As for bolting it in place, we did a couple of...

Well, after much drilling and metal cutting and swearing we've got the cross member off - and it really was rotten as a pear. Unfortunately the bottom radiator support brackets are also looking pretty rotten - they're soaking in penetrating oil and hopefully I'll be able to reuse them...

Terrific - thanks very much. I'll know better what to do when I get the car stripped down... fingers crossed!

Thanks for the input - does that go for just the lower cross member?