what did you do to your micra today ?
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Went for my first drive today since i passed alonewasnt too scary now to start the mods
Your friendly local mechanic in training -Sploshua
Get them mods done soon bro
Cheers Kieran
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Ok after checking today i got under 5volts on the battery with cranking it up, so it was a brand new battery but it's gone flat, I also got the starter switch into a live battery and still wouldn't crank fast, so now I know the ign switch is fine, the battery died after few cranks but why ? So means the alternater isn't charging my battery to hold the charge. So I checked the live wire on the altarnator and it's going into the battery live which is ok, but from what I need it will need to go from starter motor live to altarnator so it's instant power instead of thin wires traveling into the battery, now gona try this a new battery and do the wires again and then crank it up and see if it holds over 14v @pollyp @frank
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You'll need to check the regulators etc in the alternator are functioning... If not, you'll be constantly changing and discharging the battery causing it to die
Just checked altarnator before that's fine , it's the battery wat died out coz the altarnator wasn't charging the battery, so need to add a live wire into the starter to altarnator
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I want them clear brake lights
Where'd you get them ?
Itll only clear temporarily, you need to keep clearing every x amount of time, pain in d a**
I want them clear brake lights
davyboy ahoy. these ones from grumtree. 50 years back
Your joking?????davyboy ahoy. these ones from grumtree. 50 years back
Maybe your seatbelt inertia reel, where its fitted to the floor....common fault for airbag lights. You will need to change it to find out.
If not, just put black tape over it, that's what I did. taking the airbag out will not work.
You can't clear the airbag light with the normal code readers.
Took my new mirrors to the body shop for a nice coating of Z11 metallic black. £30. You can't go wrong with that. Pop in to your local body shop, they do great deals.
Collect them on Tuesday. Oooooo
Well i was supposed to go pickup my k11krew cap from the print shop but they had shut early and not done my cap yet so i will have to go back on wednesday to pick it up
Your friendly local mechanic in training -Sploshua
Di they do hoodies? I'd be up for one of them
Cheers Kieran
yes still. They pop up now and again.here and there keep an eye out.
EVERYONE! keep your eyes peeled for davyboy.
I can get you a hoodie with a big k11krew across the back if you wanna pay for it keirenDi they do hoodies? I'd be up for one of them
Cheers Kieran
Your friendly local mechanic in training -Sploshua
I'd speak to @MicraPRO about that, as he's doing the official MSC clothing. Maybe you two could throw some ideas around together.I can get you a hoodie with a big k11krew across the back if you wanna pay for it keiren
Your friendly local mechanic in training -Sploshua
Today I went about breaking my daily even more.. Not quite intentional but heyhoe, Also went about Tinkering with Wilbur, new lights fitted, Steels given another coat of matt black paint, looked into the driver window not working, after I finally got the damned window winder off, some W****r bonded it on as they had lost the lil clip , one winder handle down, had to use side cutters to get it off, Found out that the whole regulator is caput, lucky I have some spare complete doors!, also managed to get just over half way T-cutting, I could swear this thing has not been washed in years, never seen a t-cut bottle.
, one winder handle down, had to use side cutters to get it off, Found out that the whole regulator is caput, lucky I have some spare complete doors!, also managed to get just over half way T-cutting, I could swear this thing has not been washed in years, never seen a t-cut bottle. 
Not so much today, but generally this week. It went in for an MOT on Monday, failed on having a +40mm crack within the swept area, clear flashing light to the front (forgot to disconnect the driving lights from the indicators), head light alignment low and front suspension arm bush housing damaged (worn through from contact with the ground). The head lights and flashing clears were an easy fix, a few wires disconnected and a twizzle of the adjuster. I got a bit more inventive with the windscreen crack. I made a straight wiper arm, by cutting off the cranked end of the oem centre arm, and welding on the straight end of an oem rear arm. then fitted this with a longer blade to form a make shift single wiper conversion - with the off side wiper blanked off. Of course this parks just shy of the crack which is now outside the swept area.
The lower arms were replaced with ebay specials, getting the O/S arm off involved a tickle with the angle grinder as the bold was seized in the bush. Before fitting the new arms I welded a couple of bits of flat bar to the bush housing, to beef it up and make it take longer to wear away.
It went back in for the retest this morning and all is good - screen crack is advisoried, as is the broken headlight, and there's a corroded brake pipe to sort in the near future.
which is now outside the swept area.The lower arms were replaced with ebay specials, getting the O/S arm off involved a tickle with the angle grinder as the bold was seized in the bush. Before fitting the new arms I welded a couple of bits of flat bar to the bush housing, to beef it up and make it take longer to wear away.
It went back in for the retest this morning and all is good - screen crack is advisoried, as is the broken headlight, and there's a corroded brake pipe to sort in the near future.
Have I got the wrong end of the stick here or are you guys actually using washers as wheel spacers?
Not wheel spacers. To space the brake carrier from the Hub I think
When you use Almera,100nx calipers etc, you need the 1mm spacers in between the hub and carrier else the caliper is not centralised to the brake disc.
I shall look forward to when I fit my new brakes then, I knew I needed washers of some sort.
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