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Car is up and running fine again, the smaller earth connected onto the back of the bell-housing, just wasnt looking hard enough! Thanks for your help on this one frank, really saved my skin!

The other one is a small rectangular black plug, thin wire, really not sure where it came off. The fat earth comes of the starter bolt then, my boss reckoned it wouldnt be on there, which one does it go through? Cheers for quick reply mate

Just taken my car aprt to fit a new clutch, its all back together apart from two wires and I dont know where they go, im sure one is an earth strap. The first cable is the one connected to the battery negative terminal, dont knw where its supposed to join back on. The second joins onto the...

How much did the discs and pads set you back? just out of interest? Also im not sure the vibrations would have been caused by your alignment, usually its a balancing issue if you get vibrations, has it gone away now though?

I went past one of the sids recently (the ones with the angry face if your speeding!) and while it showed i was doin 30mph my speedo was roughly at about 33, ive been wondering if there was a way to recalibrate the speedo but its prob not worth it, if i get pulled ill use the speedo as an excuse...

Only tyre size that came up with all of those codes was the 205/45/14-80v and only dunlop make them as far as i can see.

If you think thats bad i passed my test at 21, got a 1.1 metro 94, cost me just under a grand to insure third party, bought the car for £150 and had to have £150 compulsory excess! might aswell have been driving round with no insurance! As soon as i got my micra it dropped to £400 for my second...

Id have said pads and discs too (if the scoring noise has been happenin for a little while now!) and mayb the piston is sticking slightly or everything is binding which is why its still making a noise when you lift your foot off, get it into a garage as soon as you can nd get em checked out, of...

Legendary, thanks for the info! Ive got a new dizzy and spark plugs coming to me today so ill see if that cures the problem, if not ill have to look at doin the T/Bs. Its fairly straightforward to get to the side of the t/b in situ then? I know a friend whos a dab hand at soldering so can get...

My sunroof was leakin quite badly, silicone sealed on the inner edge of the black seal (on top of the car as opposed to in the car) and this sorted the prob, other than that i had the sills welded up just before i bought the car, and the welds were right next to the seat belt anchorage on both...

Spark plugs have just been done, apart from looking rusty (which i thought quite strange) they were in fairly good nick apart from blatently needing to be done as they were at the end of their life. My local mechanic who always gets tyres from us suggested the HT leads so i might get a new set...

Just wanted to bring this thread back to life, see if you guys have any other ideas, although changing the filter and using an additive worked for a while the lurching has come back with a vengeance. To be a bit more specific its always at low revs, around or just sbove the 2k range, its almost...

buy a power pipe to replace the exhaust! I put one on mine and the acceleration after puttin just that on was instantly noticeable! But the noise was incredible, it sounded like a wasp bein raped in a biscuit tin played over a megaphone, i wasnt very popular in my street!

How badly rusted is it? If you know anyone who can weld it can be possible to clean the rust off and get a patch welded over, save you having to mess around too much, but it obviously depends on how bad it is, ive got the same problem starting to appear on mine but im getting my boss to weld a...

Its quite tough trying to pick a fave song! Doesnt make it easier cos i like a few differnt genres! Top tunes would prob be Metallica - Enter sandman and Unforgiven U2 - Elevation Divine inspiration - The way (great summer tune!) DJ Quicksilver - Bellissima And anything hardcore as a...

usually locking nut removers would come as a set, so id be surprised if there wasnt a thin reach socket that would be able to fit inside the gap, if they cant do that theyll jus drill them out and retap the threads, shouldnt be too hard a job as i know of tooo many people who have lost theyre...

most garages (not tyre depots like ats etc) will have a locking nut remover, try asking at your local mot place or mechanical garage, theyll prob charge you £15 or something like that to do it but at least youll have the security that they wont damage the wheels, and if they do theyll have to...

possibly ball joints or maybe wheel bearings?

I wouldnt charge a penny for just looking at an exhaust for someone, would be like ripping someone off, but its fairly easy to do it urself if you want to, the rag in the end of the pipe is a good one, but if its bad you can usually tell just by getting down next to the car and having a listen

Antony is that true for all blueprint parts? Or mainly just the clutches? Ive had a quote for the clutch on mine but i cant remember if it was blueprint or not. I was surprised at the price though, £30 for the micra clutch kit but my bag of w*nk metro cost me £70! Good old rover eh