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;)Micra passed the MOT today. What a relief! Lol

Hi everyone just an update I finally got round to taking the gearbox off again and I have fitted the nissan rear oil seal it doesn't leak lol. Looked at the oil gallery plug and it's dry. Took me most of the weekend in between showers.the Micra will be going in for MOT next week one of the...

I will have a look at that tommorow. Thanks for your help Frank. Once I've got this sorted out and MOT'd I can get on with the other Micra 1.3 project car I've got sitting here lol

Cheers frank. So is it the up and down movement of the crank you look at 12 o'clock to 6 o'clock almost like checking for play in a balljoint What's the best thing to lever it with long Phillips screwdriver or pry bar?

Frank I've just ordered a new rear oil seal from Nissan so hopefully this will do the trick. Would I need to take the sump off to have a good look at the crank or can you juat measure the endfloat with the sump attached? Thanks Marco

Well to be honest I didn't measure that frank and I couldn't tell you how much play is in it as the gearbox went back on last night. I have a dial guage at home is that probably what you use to measure the play in it? When I did the clutch I did use the run out gauge on the flywheel and it was ok.

Thanks Frank Just looked at the picture my crank is in very good condition there was a small mark where the seal sat which I cleaned up with some very fine Emery paper as best I could sat under the car. So does the O ring go behind the seal where the spring sits? On you tube I've seen people use...

Didn't think of that Frank . Is it easy to check not had to do that before? Do you have to take the sump off to have a look? If you could give me a point in the right direction it would be appreciated Frank as my patience with this car is wearing a bit thin now. Lol I did spend quite a bit of...

Bad news after all that work it's still leaking!! Might be time to buy the nissan part. When I put the new seal in it was flush at the end of the housing. The new seal was 8.4mm width and the old one was 11mm width so there was a small gap behind the seal and I'm wondering if the amount of...

Good morning just going to finish off as the weather took a turn for the worse last night. The main seal I took out was a nissan part looks practically the same as the Elring part its a brown colour and it's a silicone elastomer the width is 11mm and seal I put in is 8.4 over the years the part...

Hi everyone I'm on the home straight now. New rear main seal and new copper washer fitted on oil gallery plug. The plug didn't look to bad I could see traces of red loctite on the threads so I'm thinking it's the original. I managed to get it done up nice and tight. Didn't strip the thread on...

Update just took the rear main seal out and I can see the oil has got past the seal at the bottom on the outside edge nearest to the sump. When I put it in about a month ago now I tapped it in using the old oil seal until it was flush I used a smear of engine oil on the inner lip. The original...

Hi everyone I've had a really good look at the oil leak there was a small bit of oil sitting in the recess below the rear main seal slap bang in the middle. The oil gallery plug is fine so I'm glad not to have to touch that tbh. I have got a new rear main oil seal here so I might just bite the...

I will bear that in mind. I'm going to have a look at the rear main seal as well tommorow Just had a quick look at the gearbox and there's a fine line of engine oil right at the edge in line with where the flywheel sits. Luckily the clutch/ pressure looks intact no oil contamination after 600...

Thanks for that guys .So no loctite then. I have a brand new washer here too. Just took the gearbox off this afternoon. Ran out of time and daylight but I will get the clutch and flywheel off tnite and see what's happening. It was pita getting that gearbox off put up a bit of a fight. I will let...

Thanks for that bit of info. Is it worth putting a bit of blue loctite on the threads as well? Thanks Marco

Morning everyone any ideas what torque the oil gallery plug would need to be tightened up to as I can't find anything in my workshop manual. I'm taking the gearbox off at the weekend. If anyone could help I'd appreciate it. Thanks Marco

Hi everyone I've had another look underneath the Micra last night first chance I've had with the endoscope thats just arrived in the post after a week.The leak is definitely coming from the transmission end on the sump side where the half moon is and oil trickles slowly down the tin plate on...

The glass came out of the plastic runners in the door again. Cleaned it all up and used JB weld on the glass and plastic clips. In the past I've used some of that epoxy putty stuff on my other micra which works pretty good. Sprayed silicone spray in the runners and greased the bits inside up...

Looks like I spoke too soon it's leaking again! Same place on the transmission end hard to see exactly I put my hand on the tin plate in the gap and it's dripping onto it not as much as before though. I don't usually get annoyed with things but this is starting to piss me off a bit. I have a...