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I think the 1.0 K11 is group 7 insurance, and the 1.3 group 9 which is pretty high. You'd think the 1.0 would be a 2 or 3! My fiancee's MX-5 is only group 12. It's all a rip-off mind.

I have my MOT due this Thursday, and am a little worried my K11 might fail on the crossmember. I know it's not strictly a failure as 30cm from any load bearing points, however the bottom end of the bonnet catch bracket has rusted away from the crossmember so although the bonnet shuts, it moves...

When I bought mine back in October, there weren't very many within 60 miles of me that were being sold privately. Most were from dealers, who I avoided after the first 3 I looked at from different dealers were rubbish and nothing like their adverts.

My car does have a petrol flap release level next to the drivers seat already, just the cap itself is a bit naff and I was after a sturdy one that screws then clicks into place, ideally with a key lock as well. If you can't get locking ones, then I'll go for the one waj1234 has linked to, which...

My K11 Inspiration has a flimsy plastic fuel cap. It doesn't even screw in tight, you just push it and give it a little turn. The reason I ask is that it doesn't seem very secure. Looking on eBay the only locking caps are for K10's. Anyone managed to source a locking cap?

Thanks, found it. Will give it a clean tonight with WD40 although it looks okay. Whereabouts is the wiper relay? I may swap that if cleaning the plug doesn't cure it.

Did anyone attempt this? I have a petrol release catch but not the boot. I also have a live wire running to the boot from an old CD changer install.

Is this connector easy to access? I might have a look lunchtime as my wipers don't complete on intermittent, they stop half way then restart again, then stop, then start, never properly completing a full cycle.

Great, thanks. I tried for a while to get it to fit under/inside the spare, good to know where it should be put :grinning:

When I bought my K11, the spare wheel wasn't sitting level in the boot as it's resting on the jack and tool bag. How do they all fit together neatly in the boot so the carpet lays down flat? Oh, and if anyone has a decent boot carpet please let me know. On eBay they are over 20 quid!

Hey Polly, I went to my local Nissan dealer this lunchtime to find out the price of the bush on the universal joint. They told me it only comes with the whole rod and costs £74+VAT. In the pic below it's part 34103. To get the bush at the gear stick end it's £32+VAT as would need to buy parts...

Okay, is this located at the gearbox end, under the engine?

Thanks for confirming this. I ordered a spring off ebay for £6 this morning. I'd rather put that on than mess around with the old one!

Okay thanks for the advice so far. I did some testing driving home tonight. I've now found that when trying to change down and it's stiff, if I wiggle the gearstick (rather than just pull hard), it's slots into gear. It feels as if something isn't quite aligned, and wiggling the stick either...

The other problem I have with the gearstick is that in neutral although it springs back to between 3rd and 4th if you let go of it between 5th and reverse, it doesn't if you let go between 1st and 2nd. It stays where it is. Could this be part of the same problem?

Changing up through the gears on my K11 1.3 is smooth and easy :grinning: However, changing down from 4th to 3rd, and 3rd to 2nd is incredibly hard. Sometimes it just won't go unless I lift the clutch in neutral, blip the throttle and try again. Is this common with Micra's (I'm on my...

Well, I bought a nice 1.3 Inspiration, like in The Inbetweeners but in blue! I couldn't find a private seller with a 1.4.

I'm not sure if the cross member can be patched, I've not familiar with welding and what's possible :down: I guess if it can though, that'll be cheaper :grinning: Will take a look at the rear gearbox mount when I've got my Haynes manual and know exactly where to find it! Will it need...

After looking for a couple of months for a decent or cheap K11 1.3 or 1.4, I finally found a private seller. It has done 72k and was up for £1200, but I knocked him down to £1000 due to the following issues I found, which I'm hoping some kind folks can give me some pointers on? 1. The front...

I've been looking for a month or so now for a well maintained K11, but have not had much luck so far. Most of the ones within 60 miles of where I live are being sold by traders (the 6 traders I phoned all spoke English as a 2nd language, as were the 3 private sellers). Most either had no or only...