Hi all,
Here in NZ my wife hannah and I are looking to buy our first Micra (all NZ ones are jdm imports and badged as Marches as you'll know). Hannah's brother in the UK has a Micra and we became quite fond of them there.
Our ultimate Micra would be a 2 door 1.3 pre-facelift manual with the S bits like rev counter etc - ideally in yellow.
Dreams.
We are going to look at a '96 pre-facelift 1.3 manual 4 door today. It has a rev counter and a few other bits that according to wiki might suggest its an S ? Its cheap so if all good then worth buying even though ultimately we want a 2 door. Its also a bland light blue/silver colour.
There is a facelift 2000 2 door manual 1.0 that we looked at on Sunday. Still non-coilpack. Nice condition and in a nicer aqua green sort of colour.
My idea is this. Buy both. Over time (when our workshop is quiet- we run a small at home engineering company) we would strip both cars and swap over bits. But I have questions. I have btw used the search feature but not found exact answers though...
Will the wiring be much the same on the two engines? The engines are both dizzy equipped.
Will the instrument cluster from the '96 fit into the pod on the 2000? Do cars not equipped with rev counters have an unused plug in the dash or are the plugs the same between both pods but internally different clusters etc.
Or is it more involved- perhaps the '96 has a speedo cable and the later car is digital?
If its too involved to fit the cluster (possibly the whole dash assembly with wiring too) from the early car into the newer one then we can just keep a look out for a cheap pre-facelift 2 door car. As I said - most are auto. Then swap over the pedal boxes etc. Are the wiring looms the same between autos and manuals, just unused plugs tied back where relevant. Do autos have a hole located for the clutch master cylinder blanked off? (I've not even checked but presume the clutch is hydraulic on Micras? )
That's enough of a wall of text for now... more questions later
Cheers
alex
Here in NZ my wife hannah and I are looking to buy our first Micra (all NZ ones are jdm imports and badged as Marches as you'll know). Hannah's brother in the UK has a Micra and we became quite fond of them there.
Our ultimate Micra would be a 2 door 1.3 pre-facelift manual with the S bits like rev counter etc - ideally in yellow.
Dreams.
We are going to look at a '96 pre-facelift 1.3 manual 4 door today. It has a rev counter and a few other bits that according to wiki might suggest its an S ? Its cheap so if all good then worth buying even though ultimately we want a 2 door. Its also a bland light blue/silver colour.
There is a facelift 2000 2 door manual 1.0 that we looked at on Sunday. Still non-coilpack. Nice condition and in a nicer aqua green sort of colour.
My idea is this. Buy both. Over time (when our workshop is quiet- we run a small at home engineering company) we would strip both cars and swap over bits. But I have questions. I have btw used the search feature but not found exact answers though...
Will the wiring be much the same on the two engines? The engines are both dizzy equipped.
Will the instrument cluster from the '96 fit into the pod on the 2000? Do cars not equipped with rev counters have an unused plug in the dash or are the plugs the same between both pods but internally different clusters etc.
Or is it more involved- perhaps the '96 has a speedo cable and the later car is digital?
If its too involved to fit the cluster (possibly the whole dash assembly with wiring too) from the early car into the newer one then we can just keep a look out for a cheap pre-facelift 2 door car. As I said - most are auto. Then swap over the pedal boxes etc. Are the wiring looms the same between autos and manuals, just unused plugs tied back where relevant. Do autos have a hole located for the clutch master cylinder blanked off? (I've not even checked but presume the clutch is hydraulic on Micras? )
That's enough of a wall of text for now... more questions later
Cheers
alex
