Hi to all

[Hammerman]

Hello everybody.My name is neil,36yrs old from Bristol.I work as a digger driver in quarrys around the country with my 35ton Hitachi,hence "Hammerman".I drive a 2003 Pug 406 tuned diesel.My wife has a 1998 K11 1.3 Sri.We`ve had it for 3 yrs,& its only let us down once when the distributor failed.Only cost £10 for a new one from the scrappy.I`ve just replaced the front crossmember for the mot,but it failed on the handbrake,hence joining the forum.At 6ft3",i find the Micra a bit cramped for me,but its ideal for my wife & baby.It has all the extras except a/c.
I like to do most of the work & repairs on cars myself.The only thing i dont do is cambelts.Anything else i cant do i get our plant workshop to do.My alternator failed on my 406 before xmas.I could`nt get it repaired or replaced for less than £150.But our workshop had it repaired for £84 inc labour,taken out of my wages over 2 weeks:grinning:
Cheers everybody

 

[Scott]

Hello everybody.My name is neil,36yrs old from Bristol.I work as a digger driver in quarrys around the country with my 35ton Hitachi,hence "Hammerman".I drive a 2003 Pug 406 tuned diesel.My wife has a 1998 K11 1.3 Sri.We`ve had it for 3 yrs,& its only let us down once when the distributor failed.Only cost £10 for a new one from the scrappy.I`ve just replaced the front crossmember for the mot,but it failed on the handbrake,hence joining the forum.At 6ft3",i find the Micra a bit cramped for me,but its ideal for my wife & baby.It has all the extras except a/c.
I like to do most of the work & repairs on cars myself.The only thing i dont do is cambelts.Anything else i cant do i get our plant workshop to do.My alternator failed on my 406 before xmas.I could`nt get it repaired or replaced for less than £150.But our workshop had it repaired for £84 inc labour,taken out of my wages over 2 weeks:grinning:
Cheers everybody

Welcome, Your lucky then cause your Micra hasnt got a cambelt but a cam chain, therefore if looked after it should never need replaced(Y)

 

[weestar84]

Hi and welcome to the forum Don't forget the pic's

 

[solarice]

Welcome

Handbrake should be easy enough to sort out.

 

[Seb_]

Welcome Over-the-top man

 

[Hammerman]

The cam chain was one of the reasons for buying it.Its only got 86k miles now,so should be good for a while.The sills are starting to rust now,but the rest of the body is clean for its age.
I`ve done a bit of searching on here & it looks like i need a new handbrake cable.It works on the right hand side,but not on the l/h/side.I`ve striped the rear brakes,heatshield underneath & everything looks good,its just that when applied,the left cable does`nt seem to work.Will take it off & try to free it,if not hopefully i can get a new one tomorrow.Then hopefully a wash n wax,then i`ll post some pics of it.