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I have used the crow bar/pry bar method in the past to push the caliper back in but I prefer to push it in from the center of the piston rather than from the edge, although that's not always possible... Believe it or not I did a few things that I forgot to include, I did clean up the face of the...

Hi guys, Here is how I do it: Get a good jack and some jack stands, on a small car like this an easy way to jack up the car is to jack it up from the pinch welds, be careful if you're going up quite high because the weight of the vehicle can disfigure the pinch welds against the jack. About...

I usually buy brembo or pagid discs from EurocarParts and the brembos I bought last month cost me 28 pound for the pair with their standard 36% off but if you're willing to wait a bit or buy them a bit in advance you can get them for half price the ripoff retail price, free delivery. I've never...

But being made in the same place doesn't mean they are made of the same material, some being softer some being harder metals etc and different manufacturing processes... or are they? Not trying to be facetious I'm just going on own limited experience and I'm curious if you mean they are...

Pagid and brembo discs are good quality from experience. Cheap discs can be a false economy because they wear out so much faster. And yes solid (unvented) front discs that are 10mm when new can wear down to 8mm or one mm from each face combined with a minimum pad thickness of 2mm. Discs can be...

Car rates vary wildly up and down the country due to local economic restraints, e.g wages... where I'm from in Swindon a k11 52 plate 1.0l is worth about 400 quid with 80-100k but in pembrokeshire where my sister lives it's easily 700-1000 pounds

If it has a button on the top you must press it and it will pope off otherwise it usually will come off with a pry bar. Be careful though mate

Wow I don't know how I missed that haha

Good man

Make sure you can get the fill plug out before you take out the drain plug......... ask me how I know that lol

Let us know how you get on Tomlee

My micra has 53mm of play before the brakes bite and I also have brand new discs and pads. Brakes feel solid, they work effectively so I'm not fussed about the pedal free play. My accelerator pedal also has about 25mm off free play. If the brake operation is fine then the issue is likely to be...

Sounds like you've got shares John_D haha

My k11 is supposed to have semi synthetic oil but I put fully synthetic in anyway and it runs much better... of course it's different for everybody 10w40 is the right viscosity and starting temperature

Change the brake fluid. New brakes as I'm sure you're aware have a usual 500 mile bedding process under gentle driving. This can also cause poor brake pedal feel for a while. When you fitted the brakes, did you remove the master brake cylinder reservoir cap before you depressed the piston in the...

You will need to remove engine mounts so sure

So all sorted in the end?

I haven't used a guide before. What you essentially need to do is remove anything around the bell housing in order to remove the gearbox. This usually includes various cables and cold air intakes. Be careful with the rubber boot on the slave, last thing you need is to pour brake fluid all over...

Gearboxes are seriously tough so unless your girlfriend has sledge hammer gear changes I'd still assume another, simpler problem until proven otherwise. Bit hard for you to check it yourself, but how is the gear linkage? Does the gearstick have a lot of slop when in neutral or is it firm? The...

When the engine and gearbox is cold the parts are tighter, once they warm up and expand they can start to slip, specifically the bearing. Tried adjusting the cable?