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2024-09-08 Tighten Gear Selector Mechanism Next issue to fix is the gear selector mechanism which has a noticable amount of side-side play when in-gear, which contributes to some sloppy feeling engagement & rattling gear-stick You can see in the footage the 1mm of play in the whole thing as...

2024-09-07 Remove Gearbox & Rebuild LSD While disconnecting the gearbox I noticed, ohh some of the gearbox bolts were loose :unsure: might explain the oil leak & brief cold start rough bearing noise ? Removed shafts Removed the box Check the clutch soon. gotta clean the gear oil...

The old air filter shield kept slipping off the ducting and the chassis lip was denting the top edited & printed a new one after 12hrs ? replace old with new curved top now clears the chassis and the added lip around the ducting helps keep the heat shield locked on 2mths...

yup grey primer & laquer spray cans from halford and base coat from local motorfactor shop. the arch lips are starting to rust again 2yrs later so gotta either respray or replace it soon.

here in 2021 I've stripped all the panels off and had it sprayed by a m8s compressor (it didn't go well) https://micra.org.uk/threads/pollymobiles-rebuild.35251/page-194#post-793601 I tried again myself but this time with rattle cans & better result...

2024-09-04 Replace Broken Radiator Fan Yesterday I spotted the radiator fan support was broken ? No idea how it happened, maybe something on the engine hit it, probably from the hard two launches recently at Santapod? So I visited Jack for a spare fan and saw the later facelift fans appear...

I didn't like how far back the steering rack sat which makes the inner tie-rod lean forward alot and this limits the angle of the rod to the inside hub during full steering lock before it binds Redesigned the mount inserts to seat the rack at the original distance from the bulkhead The...

removed the strut brace containing the PAS hoses bit more room without all that plumbing removed the tie-rods disconnect the column joint removing the bulky PAS rack required lots of wriggling power steering rack vs manually converted rack fitted the manual rack but...

began removing the PAS system to fit the manually converted steering rack. drained 800ml of PAS fluid

2024-08-25 Unity Car Show 6am left to meet up with the convoy in Thirsk arrived at a sunny NY500 cafe. compared to previous years, this one was rescheduled from a wet March & with other shows happening elsewhere it was really quiet, not as many ppl turned up

the adjustable gear stick mount kept shaking loose so I redesign it rather than making a split adjustable ball-joint case, I match the original design but tailor the size of the insert to match the ball size mounted the new casing over the ball-joint insert for a snug solid fitment

checking the car over before the Unity Car Show, I noticed the throttle cable was slightly loose & didn't open WOT fully therefore during the recent datalog footage the TPS wasn't reaching 4.2kOhms, which might have affected the recent dyno results at santapod :unsure: the drivers door kept...

Stripping apart the spare power steering rack, which I converted into a manual rack yrs ago, to reattach a missing part This rotary valve sleeve needed to be attached to keep the pinion in place (when it was previously missing, the pinion would jump off the bearing during right turns)...

hehe it's a tasty dining table :p

Brought this HG kit from Haidhur on fb for £50, handy for when I rebuild the spare engine for the turbo setup Along with new head bolts

While cleaning the house, I gave these old BBS wheels a little jet wash, really need to sell these off to make room :sneaky::sneaky: I measured the spare driveshafts and damn it Nissan, why did they have to use soo many different splines? ? Inner CV = 24T, 23.30 - 25.60mm Driveshafts =...

The next thing to fix for the Porsche Spyder were some bushings for the gear selector shaft there was surprisingly only 1 bushing per tube (one near the gear stick and the other underneath the engine) and they were seriously worn out there's 2mm gap from the 18mm selector shaft! :unsure...

Removed the used shaft Trying to insert the inner CV joint into the gearbox was a PITA, unable to push it in. Turns out they use this short kinked clip which pokes outside the spline too much and jamming the insertion. Swapped it with the regular round C-clip instead Installed & working...

Mainly scattered within this blog. The shifter mount still needs refining imo cos the fasteners keep loosening up ?

2024-08-08 New Driveshaft & Evri Scam When I returned from Santapod and wasn't sure I was able to find another 1.3 nearside shaft, I ordered a brand new shaft from EuroCarParts for £104. They offered free delivery and estimated to arrive by Wednesday before a car meet, so that would've save me...