what did you do to your micra today ?

davyboy said:
Hello Frank. I don't really know what they are, do you mean the ones that slide on a rail toward you ???? if so, no.
Mine are fixed behind me.
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a "google" will reveal all mate :) if you have airbag wires under the carpet but no connections to the seat, then they are usually the wires to the belt pre-tensioners
 
davyboy said:
Well, bit the bullet and cleaned the inside of the car, PHEW!!!! Jens fault for showing how clean hers was:p shamed me into it, first time since last October (true) I found the spray thing that's missing from the bonnet, so worthwhile just for that.
Anyway, still could not find the airbag wire, so took the dogs out for a couple hours. When I got home my daughter and her hubby were here visiting before they go to USA next week for a holiday, told the story of the airbag light. BANG, he was all over my car like a Rottweiler, couldn't find it either !!! So we/he had a look at the missus's micra, nope could not find it!!!
He then had the brainwave to look at their car (Nissan Note) Yup there it was, gave us the position of the wire in the micra's.
Found it, a little cut out in the middle of the floor covered with carpet, pushed his finger through and we have it. Strange thing though, in the Note it had a cable going up to the seat, in both micra's no cable connecting to the seat, how the hell does that work then ????
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try the seatbelt retractor behind the plastic at the bottom of the c pillar :)
 
davyboy said:
Right , I'm on the case, thank you Frank.
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Right, done that, now I know what they are. I would say that I have them Frank, they're behind the rear internal panel. So seatbelt off, pillar panel off and then the rear panel off, the fault reader showed the problem on the passenger side, a disconnected plug every-one says, so back to my fitter tomorrow to hopefully resolve the problem and get my MOT.
Thank-you Frank, you are the font of all knowledge known to micra's, when down in Cornwall let me know, we'll have a day on the bevvy - my treat, thanks again.
Same offer to you belly - not five bellies Gardiner I hope. that would be expensive:p
 
davyboy said:
Right, done that, now I know what they are. I would say that I have them Frank, they're behind the rear internal panel. So seatbelt off, pillar panel off and then the rear panel off, the fault reader showed the problem on the passenger side, a disconnected plug every-one says, so back to my fitter tomorrow to hopefully resolve the problem and get my MOT.
Thank-you Frank, you are the font of all knowledge known to micra's, when down in Cornwall let me know, we'll have a day on the bevvy - my treat, thanks again.
Same offer to you belly - not five bellies Gardiner I hope. that would be expensive:p
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i found them by accident lol
 
Well yesterday, i took a trip to Nissan Dealers and saw this (picture below) it was a test car, i had to ask for a test drive which the geexer was like "yeah man go for it" so he came with me and F--K me it was rapidly fast so i had to post the pix!!! TODAY i changed my old 14" nissan wheels for a set of 15" spiders, see before and after!!

Notice The Number Plate !!!!!!!!!!!!





My New Wheels!!

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After!!


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painted my centre console black today :) looking smart.
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WDID at the weekend.....

Nothing much apart from check the fluids on the rally car.

Sorted through the large asortment of wheels and tyres and matched them and planned the next few events and tyre needs, also won another set of Ren 5 GT wheels and tyres which i am collecting tonight, suspect that will take us near 40+ mark of wheels and tyres for the Micra, quite a few need removing off rims as they are knackered and of course then a load fitting, which will be good as i need the space in the tyre shed !

Also got cracking on the new CGA3 build, stripped the head off the CGA3 engine, and looks like it has done very little mileage, no sign of wear to the cams, and all the bores have all the honing marks which is very good. Had to clear out a LOT of limescale crud from the water jackets (oddly not the water pump housing) but it cleaned out better than i thought it would. I will flush the cooling system out when the new engine is fitted. A great advert for using anti-freeze!!!!

Also i cleaned the block up using oven cleaner and then painted it red, with the coolant pipe and water pump in black.

I now had a long list of parts to list on ebay, which i will try and do tonight.
 
And a couple of pic, as i know how you lot like pics ;)

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Block with its first coat of red.

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With no budget for a proper engine stand, i had to improvise..... the V2 model made good use of a jack handle to improve access :)
 
Luckily our current house came with two sheds in the back garden, one is full of the spares kit, and the other bigger one is full of wheels and tyres, just stacked up, in the dark. The best ones well out of the light and kept in the coolest place.
 
Found that pre-tension thing, looks like that's the problem, so off to scrappy tomorrow. If not, there's a few on Ebay, hope to get my MOT by the end of the week.
 
WDIDT?

spent 40 minutes on the phone sorting out my insurance...
not in a bad way though :p
...just got chatting the the charming guy on the line ^_^ ....Sad huh LOL...never done that before :oops:
...he was just confirming that my car was a 2005 Micra dci sport+...and then said he used to have a micra "Passion", that he wished he'd never got rid of.
now he has a Clio which he'd be surprised if it got through another MOT....so is now looking out for another Micra...I may have told him about the MSC :p
Lovely bloke it seems...

anyway £305...instead of £350 ain't too bad...and I'll get a Meerkat in a few weeks :D

oh and yesterday, I cleaned the Almera...with a bit of "help" from dad and Brother... :rolleyes:


Before: http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z110/Sai_art/Car/DSC00019_zps78f28ea2.jpg ... http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z110/Sai_art/Car/DSC00015_zpsb647c472.jpg
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After: http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z110/Sai_art/Car/DSC00025_zps7543f738.jpg ... http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z110/Sai_art/Car/DSC00024_zpsb511cd85.jpg
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z110/Sai_art/Car/DSC00023_zps8c7bc23b.jpg ... http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z110/Sai_art/Car/DSC00022_zps59e296d5.jpg
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z110/Sai_art/Car/DSC00021_zps9f29821c.jpg ...

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Huggy444 said:
First road car, cheap(ish) insurance if I can get classic cover on one....maybe 2k for a car and 1k for insurance....Cheap ;)
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Eww, mini. Get a herald or a spitfire, much more tinker friendly the herald is fairly spacious, equal parts availability, you can drop a 2l/2.5l 6cylinder in them later on and above all... rwd! Get a drift on in the wet...
 
Enuo said:
Eww, mini. Get a herald or a spitfire, much more tinker friendly the herald is fairly spacious, equal parts availability, you can drop a 2l/2.5l 6cylinder in them later on and above all... rwd! Get a drift on in the wet...
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Spitfire would be good, just would be more expensive too insure....Herlad, uhm, not my cup of tea ;)
 
h701micra said:
There's a TR6/7 for sale a few miles from here. Absolutely mint. Was up for £2k about 18months ago. Still for sale now
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TR6's and 7's are very different, if you can't tell the difference you're going to make an optician somewhere a VERY rich person. At £2k it will be a TR7, they're too civilised to be a true TR, and proper TR's start at £8k for a us spec TR6. Small chassis triumphs are where you get most bang for your buck, more so even than Minis and *shudders* MG's. You can get a rough but running Herald or Spitfire for £1800, and you'll get noticed more.
 
SuperUno said:
Luckily our current house came with two sheds in the back garden, one is full of the spares kit, and the other bigger one is full of wheels and tyres, just stacked up, in the dark. The best ones well out of the light and kept in the coolest place.
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Noticed you're using Renault GT wheels...Have you done anything to the CB or just left them as seeing as they're similar?
 
Enuo said:
MGB GT V8, the MGC had a straight 6 from a morris oxford, compromised handling and a horrible bonnet bulge.
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My first car was an Oxford, blue and white, built like tank. 1.5 lt, don't recall them having 6's, mine was a straight 4 and they were good for a 1/4 million miles +. Production moved to India after they stopped them here and were made for many years, a luxury car in its day. Crash gearbox took a bit of getting used to, double de-clutch and all that, only on 1st iirc.
 
davyboy said:
My first car was an Oxford, blue and white, built like tank. 1.5 lt, don't recall them having 6's, mine was a straight 4 and they were good for a 1/4 million miles +. Production moved to India after they stopped them here and were made for many years, a luxury car in its day. Crash gearbox took a bit of getting used to, double de-clutch and all that, only on 1st iirc.
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They're still going in India, mostly on lpg conversions. Went in a few while I was over there
 
Enuo said:
TR6's and 7's are very different, if you can't tell the difference you're going to make an optician somewhere a VERY rich person. At £2k it will be a TR7, they're too civilised to be a true TR, and proper TR's start at £8k for a us spec TR6. Small chassis triumphs are where you get most bang for your buck, more so even than Minis and *shudders* MG's. You can get a rough but running Herald or Spitfire for £1800, and you'll get noticed more.
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Did a Google... its definitely a 7
The tr6 is that beautiful car I saw the other day. Wide superlites and it was showroom clean.... I thought that was a 5 :p
I dont know these triumphs well
 
h701micra said:
Did a Google... its definitely a 7
The tr6 is that beautiful car I saw the other day. Wide superlites and it was showroom clean.... I thought that was a 5 :p
I dont know these triumphs well
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5's have the bulge in the bonnet to clear the intake
 
Huggy444 said:
Noticed you're using Renault GT wheels...Have you done anything to the CB or just left them as seeing as they're similar?
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Nothing, i think the CB is the same, or so close that you don't need to worry. In my experience they are the cheapest 13" alloys you can get, I got the latest set for £47 for four alloys including tyres, two of which are borderline legal (still useful for some events) and two which are like new. They need a bloody good clean and then ready to go. Some may get used on Saturday when we are doing passenger rides at a Asda Charity day at Bruntingthorpe. This set will make up for the one i bent a few events back......

See....

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One cut too many......
 

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