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    sun roof lubrication

    I have a factory fitted sun roof on both of my micra's , the tilt works fine , but the slide has got a bit juddery and sticky ... is there a way to lubricate the sun roof ? I have tried some grease on the parts I can see but its not done the job thanks
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    Unpick and weld Crossmember to another car

    this bit .. the bumper hangers are separate and are put on after the cross member .. hope the picture gives people a idea of the job involved
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    battery disconnection

    thanks .. car is still running fine ..
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    battery disconnection

    Can anybody explain this ... the battery earth lead came off the battery when I went to start the car ... the car starter just clicked and all the lights went out .. the radio went off ( and lost its settings ) ... I put the earth clamp back on the battery and started the car ... but then found...
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    Any idea what this pipe is?

    just checked my car ... its the same setup ...its ok
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    painting steel wheels

    Ta I was thinking of going for a matt black wheel with a narrow white rim on a silver car .. I know I have no colour sense ..unless anyone has any other ideas ?
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    painting steel wheels

    can I ask for some idea's on how to paint steel wheels . the Nissan Black is a bit dull !! I want to ditch the tacky plastic wheels trims ,
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    Water pump

    may be worth flushing the water lines .. clean the water bottle first , and fill it , disconnect the lines from the jets and run some clean water throu them by operating the pump , reconnect them ..
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    MAF faultcode, but can anything else trigger?

    I had some rf interferance from a mobile phone placed in the passenger footwell that caused my fault light to come on . given the car is doing 47mpg . the fault bulb now lives in the ashtray
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    Re-soldering throttle body

    that PCB looks quite cheap and nasty , single sided copper with no thru plating on the component holes ? .. had a similar case with a car radio , the solder on the component legs cracks with age , if you used a 3 to 4X magnifying glass , would you see a very fine black circular crack around...
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    mobile phone turns on engine check light

    wondering what the car will do in a thunderstorm !!!!!
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    mobile phone turns on engine check light

    just had the engine check light come on again , I had just gone on a short trip when the car entered some heavy woods and then we heard the chatter of a mobile on the car stereo ...and the engine check light came on !!! then I noticed the wifes handbag next to the center tunnel by the bulkhead...
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    better mpg

    just found the petrol filler pipe and guard under the rear wheel arch is good for holding a fair weight of farmers field , prob worth checking out ....
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    better mpg

    has anyone tuned a micra for max mpg ? I know its the opposite end of the scale to going faster ,but someone must of found something that Nissan did not do for that few extra few miles a gallon ? the price of fuel forever increasing !!!
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    throttle body

    I had mine a short while before noticing the harness to the maf was not connected ... and the engine check light did not work !!! so I replaced the bulb and it "lit up " ...reconnected the maf and the car ran very poorly .... 2 faults or co incidence ???
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    Mass airflow sensor issue

    and disconnect the maf . it may make the engine run better , the limp home mode will ignore the maf input . its the black lump on the offside side of the throttle body ... only had my car a few months and I have already got the T-shirt :-)
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    Why do you own/like/keep your Micra.

    I was a Volvo 240 owner !!!!! so the old tank suffered a unavailable part malfunction and I bought 2 micra's to replace it .. and the fuel consumption :_)
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    leaky front passenger

    just done this repair myself , the rubber under the green clip had perished , and the water drops into the heater air inlet !! and if you look carefully , the shape of the metal means the water drains over the clip
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    resistor card for fan.

    am I right in thinking that a failed card gives 2 speeds ... "stop" and "flat out"... if so * ,I get the impression that the tracks on the card can be replaced by some high wattage bulbs ...just a question of trying some different wattage bulbs ???? * the fan motor and the resistor card must...
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    fault light reading

    HI Is there a way of reading a fault code on a K11c by getting the engine fault light to flash . the throttle pedal method does not work on my car . wondering if the k11c had a similar method . ta
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