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02 January 2007, 08:05 PM
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Wild Shot ....
Anyone on here know of a Micra 5-Speed Gearbox laying around, unloved?
From a 1.0Litre Micra older than a 1998 car.
Wifey's Micra will go into gear fine, clutch seems to work, bring it up to biting point and its as if the brakes are on
Looks like a Transmission fault 
49,000mile 1997 Micra worth about £1000? Not sure what to spend before it becomes uneconomical to repair?
From a 1.0Litre Micra older than a 1998 car.
Wifey's Micra will go into gear fine, clutch seems to work, bring it up to biting point and its as if the brakes are on
Looks like a Transmission fault 49,000mile 1997 Micra worth about £1000? Not sure what to spend before it becomes uneconomical to repair?
02 January 2007, 08:13 PM
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Originally Posted by bootsy
i would say uneconomical to repair unless you put it in your self
1. Buy another 1997 1.0Litre Micra and have 2 - one for spares = about £900.
2. Buy a Gearbox from Scrappie, unknown quality, about £100 and have fitted for £150. = £250 + Oil + £40 Clutch Kit = £300.
3. Buy 6 month old Micra and run into ground - £6000.
4. Get Gearbox re-conditioned at a cost of £500 all in.
Wifey does about 1500miles a year - nothing more.
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02 January 2007, 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by mart360
your the so called engineer Lewis, drop the box and fix it yourself
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02 January 2007, 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by pslewis
I have a few options:-
1. Buy another 1997 1.0Litre Micra and have 2 - one for spares = about £900.
2. Buy a Gearbox from Scrappie, unknown quality, about £100 and have fitted for £150. = £250 + Oil + £40 Clutch Kit = £300.
3. Buy 6 month old Micra and run into ground - £6000.
4. Get Gearbox re-conditioned at a cost of £500 all in.
Wifey does about 1500miles a year - nothing more.
1. Buy another 1997 1.0Litre Micra and have 2 - one for spares = about £900.
2. Buy a Gearbox from Scrappie, unknown quality, about £100 and have fitted for £150. = £250 + Oil + £40 Clutch Kit = £300.
3. Buy 6 month old Micra and run into ground - £6000.
4. Get Gearbox re-conditioned at a cost of £500 all in.
Wifey does about 1500miles a year - nothing more.
i would go for a £100 run around for those sort of miles and not **** around putting a gearbox in a 10 year old micra.
04 January 2007, 05:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Leslie
What makes you think he is an engineer?
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Come on peeps ......... look under your beds and in your sheds - got a good Micra 1.0Litre Gearbox there??
04 January 2007, 05:14 PM
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Originally Posted by pslewis
Cheeky bugger ..... I sorted out that Dopler Effect problem you had, didn't I?
Come on peeps ......... look under your beds and in your sheds - got a good Micra 1.0Litre Gearbox there??
Come on peeps ......... look under your beds and in your sheds - got a good Micra 1.0Litre Gearbox there??
now its up to YOU!!!!!!
your the engineer. go fix
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04 January 2007, 05:43 PM
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Must admit when I had my first car (an old Chevette, quite a while ago !),
I got my local garage to fit a gearbox from a scrappy (the g/box was £30 !).
It didn't work, so I did the same thing again. The second box was crap as well !!
I got my local garage to fit a gearbox from a scrappy (the g/box was £30 !).
It didn't work, so I did the same thing again. The second box was crap as well !!
04 January 2007, 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by pslewis
I'm NOT the grease monkey ..... I deal in brain-power and paper
A pen pusher, no idea of the real mechanics involved then
the other word would be Geek
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05 January 2007, 12:48 PM
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It really confuses me how you claim such a high income and wealth, plus advanced years yet are p1ssing about with old Nissan Micra's ?
Its just not worth the aggro (unless you enjoy doing it), been there and done that in the past, different drive flanges, revised selectors etc.
So if you are as wealthy as you claim buy your wife a decent, working modern, safe and reliable car and leave the old sheddy Micra's to the student population where they belong, i.e. with those who cannot afford anything better.
It gets to a point where the time spent organising isnt worth bothering with, I am by no means a high roller but would advertise the Micra for spares and repairs and buy something decent !
Its just not worth the aggro (unless you enjoy doing it), been there and done that in the past, different drive flanges, revised selectors etc.
So if you are as wealthy as you claim buy your wife a decent, working modern, safe and reliable car and leave the old sheddy Micra's to the student population where they belong, i.e. with those who cannot afford anything better.
It gets to a point where the time spent organising isnt worth bothering with, I am by no means a high roller but would advertise the Micra for spares and repairs and buy something decent !
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