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In defense of my wife's driving, which is actually very good, she's only been driving the car just under a year (2800 miles). The clutch pedal was very high when we bought the car and had I known how bad things were I would have passed on the deal or haggled over the price a bit more. But, too...

Sir, I've a '93 Super S that I like to tinker around with. I haven't got around to the bushes yet but at 140,000 plus miles I's bet that most of them need replacing to tighten up the ride, which really isn't that bad. The question is, which to do first? Surely the rubber in all four motor...

First, Fejoa, how many miles does the car have on it? Has the clutch ever been replaced, do you know? What sort of driver owned the car before you. Would he/she've been inclined to slip the clutch a lot? Could be it's just worn out and needs replacing. First, however, make sure the pedal is...

Okay, I've got it now. More photos of the dead clutch. The pressure plate actually had a recess in it where the clutch plate was biting into it and the thrust bearing was bone dry. Wonder it worked at all. The new clutch is feather light, just right for my lady. It still has around two...

What a dunce. Not even sure how I did this!

A couple of months ago I bought a Ferodo clutch kit on eBay for a good price. The idea was for me to replace the clutch in the Super S myself. Although the car was running well and clutch wasn't giving me any problems, there was over 140,000 miles on the clock and nothing in the receipts that...

We've two Micras and both of them had to have work done on the lower crossmember to pass the MOT. The Super S needed three plates welded on to the cost of about £50. The lX was even worse, but as I had a little more time, and the tools, I took it on myself. It was an all day job for me (but I...

Go back to the Machine Mart website (there's an outlet in Altrincham, near you?) and search CAT93. It's a small air sander which should do the job. Although I've never used one, an air tool called a needle scaler (CAT51) looks as though it might be useful for dealing with rust. It is my...

One last thing on cutting sheet metal, Goldstar. go to www.machinemart.co.uk and look up CAT95, air hammer and chisel set. Just what you need (if you don't already have one) for cutting out the old sill. And a little friendly advice, which probably seems obvious: If you don't already do so...

WWW.bba-reman.com, a useful site? There's a Good Garage guide, although most have yet to be reviewed. s

At the scrapyard, what Nissan, and what year, would I source the 1.6 brakes from? S

I've heard of this being done. Big improvement? What about the front and rear bias? What Nissan are the 1.6 brakes off of? Thanks. S

Regarding your question on cutting sheet metal: In the Frost catalogue(www.frost.co.uk) I've used G120, G115, G175, and G240/G241. The pencut (G120) worked pretty good with an electric drill, until I ran into an unseen weld and snapped the blade. The pencut would be good for cutting that area...

I've used one of these on my mig welder, Goldstar. (On mine) you unscrew the regular nozzle and replace it with the spot welder nozzle. The idea is to press the nozzle up against the panels to be welded, the tabs keeping the nozzle the correct distance from the metal, and weld away (the panels...

Sorry, I got the listing out of the catalogue. Try stock numbers Y698, Y701, and Y706. Get the catalogue, good stuff in there. S

One mm equals 20 gauge. Mild steel is 1449-CR4 grade. Frost, www.frost.co.uk, has three thicknesses in 600 x 900 sheets. S

The June 2006 issue of Car Mechanics has a pretty good article on replacing sills. Although done on a Peugeot 206, it gives a pretty good idea of what's involved. I'm coming to JAE tomorrow with my son and can bring the issue if anyone wants to have a look. Or, your local library might have a...

Rear disc brakes? I'd be interested in the callipers (only). S

Haynes does say negative ground. Nevertheless, I installed the Sony CDX-GT200 in my car this morning and secured the ground wire in one of the old Blaupunkt mounting screw holes. Everything else was just plug and play using the adaptor. I'm really pleased with this unit. It really makes the...

Thanks for that, Philzee, you're a gent. Can't understand why the person that installed the player in my wife's Micra didn't ground that wire. (Probably didn't know any more than I did.) Incidentally, I did the search thing but that particular thread didn't come up. S