My 2nd K11

[mahesket]

Hi all,

Thought I would start a thread about my second Micra. This is my last one bought for £175, rusty as and with a knackered clutch. Sorted it all out cleaned it up and it was a good fun little car. Sold it on after a while as it wasn't getting used.

So I picked this up yesterday. 1 months tax and test £200 1.3 LX it goes well mutch better than the 1.0. Needs a good service and welding as they all do. Only to the rear sills as they haven't been touched before and one hell of a good clean and polish. Anyway some photos.

A few areas that need attention. Laquer peel on the n/s rear quarter, dint in boot lip and the usual door handles locks windows etc that need a bit of fettling.

Oh yeah and this.

Lovely cracked manifold.

Plans are to tidy it up get a new ticket and either use and abuse it or move it on. I enjoy working on these little motors and I'm actually looking forward to breaking out the welds stick again.

 

[Enuo]

Same year 5 door as mine, but that looks like a March interior? Same as @mas12555's G# march, never seen that interior on a UKDM car before

 

[mahesket]

Same year 5 door as mine, but that looks like a March interior? Same as @mas12555's G# march, never seen that interior on a UKDM car before

Cool if it is it's probably worth more than the car haha

 

[Enuo]

Nah, Scott had trouble giving them away haha

 

[mahesket]

Fair enough lol.

Really could do with tracking down an exhaust manifold due to the crack in this one. Where's the best place to source one you reckon?

 

[Enuo]

Maybe scrappy's, but I'd consider a 4 branch. I'd have some new studs handy for the ones that snap/wind off because the nuts won't budge

 

[mahesket]

Good point. But a 4 branch would cost as much as the car. New studs will be to hand. There are a couple on eBay at the minute. Thought about trying JB weld not sure how it will hold up.

 

[Enuo]

Good point. But a 4 branch would cost as much as the car. New studs will be to hand. There are a couple on eBay at the minute. Thought about trying JB weld not sure how it will hold up.

@Azzydot lives near you and has a Tig welder, you could tig that up quite easily i think, might be worth dropping him a pm

 

[mahesket]

Cheers man. Will do.

 

[mahesket]

Right first problems tackled this morning. The brake warning light was on so I checked and adjusted the handbrake and cleaned the switch, this didn't cure it so I bled the brakes through with ATE super blue racing fluid (all I had to hand) and it's cured the problem.

So then I moved on to flushing and replacing the coolant which I have done, will probably have to have another go at bleeding the system as I didn't have time to wait for the fan to kick in, but it will be better than before.

How long should the fan take to kick in?

Topped up the oil as this was pretty empty, not registering on the dip. Will get a full change when I have the filters.

Didn't manage to start on the manifold as I didn't have a deep enough 6 sided 12mm socket and want to give the nuts and studs there best chance at coming off.

Bit of welding some new exhaust bits and a couple of part worn tyres should see it through another year or two!

 

[Clodo]

Same year 5 door as mine, but that looks like a March interior? Same as @mas12555's G# march, never seen that interior on a UKDM car before

Same pattern as mine x

 

[Clodo]

Lovely little car looks in good condition my fan takes a good 5 minutes easily to kick in x

 

[mahesket]

Yeah it was running for longer than that! i may have to disconnect the battery for a while to reset the ECU to see if that works?

Actually i should check the fan works first lol

 

[mahesket]

Small update, today I received a new exhaust manifold for the micra, when we have moved house in a couple of weeks i will get back on with getting this thing MOT'd might just need a few more bit of exhaust, tyres and weld up the sills.