what did you do to your micra today ?

[Huggy444]

haha sorry guys, i was getting really impatient!

merry christmas broskis!

after driving my car for 2 days ive decided i hate it and need power steering or power assisted really bad, my arms hurt and its horrible to drive about but getting the old gal new shoes tomorrow with my crimbo money, wooooo

Or a gym membership new wheels with wider tyres will give it even heavier steering...

 

[Clodo]

haha sorry guys, i was getting really impatient!

merry christmas broskis!

after driving my car for 2 days ive decided i hate it and need power steering or power assisted really bad, my arms hurt and its horrible to drive about but getting the old gal new shoes tomorrow with my crimbo money, wooooo

If I can drive without power steering and I'm smaller than my 11 year old sister I'm sure you can power steering is just another thing to go wrong :L x

 

[Chris Huzzey]

Or a gym membership new wheels with wider tyres will give it even heavier steering...

i got nerve damage from when i snapped my arm still and im as weak as a stick, its effort not having power steering! dont think ill need a gym membership with this car haha

 

[Huggy444]

i got nerve damage from when i snapped my arm still and im as weak as a stick, its effort not having power steering! dont think ill need a gym membership with this car haha

I broke and dislocated my wrist and snapped all the tendons... Still undergoing physio two years later for it, power steering is lovely
In all seriousness though, it really can't be that heavy

 

[Clodo]

My wrists are the size of pencils :L I've had a micra with power steering and one with out the only difference I found is obviously it's a little harder to dry steer but I personally don't think it's worth the effort of installing it x

 

[davyboy]

If I can drive without power steering and I'm smaller than my 11 year old sister I'm sure you can power steering is just another thing to go wrong :L x

More biscuits

 

[McMicra]

Try not to dry steer then chris

 

[Clodo]

More biscuits

Sounds far easier than installing power steering x

 

[Shamalam]

If I can drive without power steering and I'm smaller than my 11 year old sister I'm sure you can power steering is just another thing to go wrong :L x

Not to mention the power drain on the engine, small but still.

 

[Huggy444]

Not to mention the power drain on the engine, small but still.

I have power steering, drain is maybe 2hp at tops but the lower turn to turn ratio is worth it on tighter courses

 

[Chris Huzzey]

apparently dads been saying for the past half a year that ive had my car that after half a year or so we're gonna look for a 1.3 with more gadgets on it haha, shows how much i listen -.-

 

[Huggy444]

apparently dads been saying for the past half a year that ive had my car that after half a year or so we're gonna look for a 1.3 with more gadgets on it haha, shows how much i listen -.-

Go for a 1.4 coil pack
Insurance is only a 100 more for me than a 1.0

 

[davyboy]

apparently dads been saying for the past half a year that ive had my car that after half a year or so we're gonna look for a 1.3 with more gadgets on it haha, shows how much i listen -.-

Good advice from an OLD geezer - we have some good points. LOL. Dads know best

 

[davyboy]

@ chris - my selfie.

You too will look like this - one day.

 

[Jordan27]

Parcel shelf with speakers and suspension for Christmas!
Oh, and a new guitar

 

[MaxK11C]

Sounds far easier than installing power steering x

More fun, too


'Sent from my bed using paper planes'

 

[Chris Huzzey]

@ chris - my selfie.

You too will look like this - one day.

corr i bloody hope not!

wouldnt mind a 1.4 coilpack actually, my uncle has a purple one of them haha, as long as i can just chuck all the coilovers and whatever ive done to this 1L onto it, its all good!

 

[Huggy444]

corr i bloody hope not!

wouldnt mind a 1.4 coilpack actually, my uncle has a purple one of them haha, as long as i can just chuck all the coilovers and whatever ive done to this 1L onto it, its all good!

Same suspension on the cars

 

[frank]

100 miles later and the tyremould flashings are still there look !

View attachment 26683

and 2 weeks later they,re still visible on the front ! i dont think these M+S/winter tyres will have any wear-rate problems

 

[McMicra]

WDID?

Drove to scrappies to look for foglights, was shut ehehe, trip to u-pull-it tomorrow

Bought a bottle of rum instead :L

 

[Jordan27]

Car is now 40mm lower!
Before:

After:

 

[Enuo]

Car is now 40mm lower!
Before:
View attachment 26820
After:
View attachment 26818

Tidy motor there fella, hopefully those springs will settle a tiny bit lower too

 

[Jordan27]

Tidy motor there fella, hopefully those springs will settle a tiny bit lower too

Thank you Enuo! Yeah hopefully a little bit, still a bit too much gap.

 

[Enuo]

40mm isn't a big drop eh. Does make it look like just a stock height car rather than the offroader they normally look haha

 

[davyboy]

Adjusted my new clutch cable, I can select gear now - yippee. Clutch seems very stiff though - release bearing failing maybe ?????

 

[h701micra]

Might need greasing up?

 

[McMicra]

May just be me right, but that doesn't look like a 40mm drop

Mines is 30mm and looks lower than that =/

Or mabey im mental


Ye olde photo incoming

 

[Enuo]

Jordans looks lower imo
Edit: at front anyway

 

[h701micra]

Because mcmicra is on 15s and Jordans looks to be on 14s

 

[Jordan27]

May just be me right, but that doesn't look like a 40mm drop

Mines is 30mm and looks lower than that =/

Or mabey im mental

Yours does look lower. Maybe mine will settle over the next day or two, hopefully.

Ye olde photo incoming

 

[McMicra]

Jordan can I have some of that snow please?

 

[Jordan27]

Because mcmicra is on 15s and Jordans looks to be on 14s

Mine is on 13's, maybe that explains it. Haha!

 

[davyboy]

Might need greasing up?

Grease where ????

 

[Enuo]

Grease where ????

In the release bearing

 

[davyboy]

In the release bearing

How ? grease nipple ?

 

[h701micra]

How ? grease nipple ?

Gearbox off... and you can grease up the shaft the bearing slides on and the bearing itself

 

[Enuo]

No grease nipple, just pack it in around the rollers/bb's

 

[frank]

the thrust bearing wont make the pedal heavy tho eh, more likely a dry cable or dry clutch-arm/fork pivot shaft

 

[davyboy]

the thrust bearing wont make the pedal heavy tho eh, more likely a dry cable or dry clutch-arm/fork pivot shaft

new cable (old one snapped) WD 40 on the shaft coming out of the top of the gear box ?

 

[frank]

new cable (old one snapped) WD 40 on the shaft coming out of the top of the gear box ?

there is an oil seal on the top davy, so you cant get any lube in there tbh

 

[davyboy]

there is an oil seal on the top davy, so you cant get any lube in there tbh

Thanks Frank, gearbox out to free it ? new clutch will fix it ? Can the seal be removed in situ ?
Change gearbox oil, or maybe low ?

 

[frank]

Thanks Frank, gearbox out to free it ? new clutch will fix it ? Can the seal be removed in situ ?
Change gearbox oil, or maybe low ?

yes you would have to remove the g/box to withdraw the fork shaft mate, so no access to the seal i,m afraid
and the thrust bearing inner collar is a very slack fit over the input shaft housing (so i cant see any possibility of seizure there) the only snug fitment area,s are the clutch splines and the arm pivot
you could drill a small diagonal hole towards the pivot shaft for lubing maybe ? (if the shaft is dry) then plug the hole afterwards

 

[davyboy]

yes you would have to remove the g/box to withdraw the fork shaft mate, so no access to the seal i,m afraid
and the thrust bearing inner collar is a very slack fit over the input shaft housing (so i cant see any possibility of seizure there) the only snug fitment area,s are the clutch splines and the arm pivot
you could drill a small diagonal hole towards the pivot shaft for lubing maybe ? (if the shaft is dry) then plug the hole afterwards

Thanks Frank,what about a new clutch, fix or not ? Gearboxes on ebay £75 to £175 not bad, don't mind either.
Although she's perfectly driveable as is.

 

[frank]

a tight/seized clutch spline would only cause the clutch to drag mate (ie, not disengage properly)
and the coilpack g/boxes tend to fetch silly money

 

[davyboy]

a tight/seized clutch spline would only cause the clutch to drag mate (ie, not disengage properly)
and the coilpack g/boxes tend to fetch silly money

That's interesting Frank, that is more of what my clutch feels like. I adjusted the cable to bring the clutch of the floor, I'll bring it up more to the top, as the stiffness is when the pedal is on the floor. I think that might do the trick - thanks Frank for your time ... now go and have a beer on me - cheers bud.

 

[Belly93]

Thanks Frank,what about a new clutch, fix or not ? Gearboxes on ebay £75 to £175 not bad, don't mind either.
Although she's perfectly driveable as is.

i have a 1L coilpack box lying about davy

 

[davyboy]

i have a 1L coilpack box lying about davy

Thanks belly, but she drives ok, I'm going to adjust my clutch up a bit more to take away the stiffness and that will do it I'm sure. Think I'll have my gearbox oil checked and changed as well.
Many thanks for your offer.

 

[Chris Huzzey]

got £25 from 2 days of lifts and filled her up in swindon because its loads 10p cheaper than devizes!! full to the brim now hahah, should last a few days!

oh yeah got my superlites aswell just need to order smaller nuts so i can actually get the socket around it and they'll be on!

 

[MaxK11C]

got £25 from 2 days of lifts and filled her up in swindon because its loads 10p cheaper than devizes!! full to the brim now hahah, should last a few days!

oh yeah got my superlites aswell just need to order smaller nuts so i can actually get the socket around it and they'll be on!

So you decided on them. gonna run spacers or not?


'Sent from my bed using paper planes'

 

[frank]

WDIDT ? made a shelf that clips into the glovebox surround (quick-fit) and a cam-mount for recording the data on the fly (different camera)
you can see that the ecu has advanced the timing to increase the idle while cold (20.5 deg) then it drops the timing to 5 deg when hot, (when you have no idle control valve fitted)