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$500ono

If anyone is interested In the wagon and can pick it up this weekend I will sell for $800ono, The car should start and drive with a bit of charge in the battery and I can add rego at buyers cost.

Hey everyone, At the risk of a few "WTF?!"s i am look for a cheap K11 Micra yes i know its not really the right forum but its the most active one i am part of. Im not to fussed as far as trans, colour, doors or anything like that, i just want something i can drive everyday and mess around with. i would spend up 2k for a good condition coupe in white. If you know of anything let me know. Cheers! PM | or Call/TXT 0431055117

its seems that the general fix for faulty HICAS is to fit a HICAS lock bar and disable it completely, its the cheapest and easiest option, but i believe its illigal.

Location?

id be pretty keen depending on the date

PM SENT

what are you planning on doing with the front seats when you take them out?

same here! i feel left out

DO WANT!

Were are you located?

Wow.. that's a beautiful car mate.. if i lived closer i would be so tempted.

Thanks for the quick reply guys, i ended up borrowing one from mik.

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I changed the alternator and fully recharged the battery yesterday and everything seems to be working as it should now... thanks everyone for your help with this i really appreciate it!

Hey everyone. I am trying to find a mechanical boost gauge that i can borrow for a few day while i set up my boost controller.. if anyone has one laying around that i can borrow it would be much appreciated.. preferably in north Canberra. Thanks.

So i fully charged the battery and started up the car with a multi meter hooked up to the battery; started out at about 12.8 volts and dropped down to 12.2 as the car reached operating temperature.. when i reved the engine the reading went up to 13.2, so the alternator seems to be charging the battery. i turned on the headlights ac and radio and the volts dropped to 11.65.. i took the car for a drive and re tested the battery and nothing changed.

My battery ran flat again so its on charge now and ill test to see if the atlernnator is charging the battery this arvo. Mik, is it easy to explain how to test the diodes?

lol... Well after charging the battery the car starts fine.. so tomorrow ill hook the multimeter up while the cars running and see if the volts are going up or down.

Yea i tried that and had no notable change.. I went and got a battery print out this afternoon and it said "charge system failure" so looks like an alternator.. im told that they can collapse and the internals can touch together which could be causing the drop in voltage..

I put a new battery in about 3 month ago.. but this one may be rooted because i know my amp was killing the battery (i took that out a few weeks back) i just thought if the battery was gone it would have had more trouble starting when i first noticed the issues with the headlights and power steering... And there seem to be something drawing way to much current anyway coz it drops 10v when i hook it up... but ill see if i can borrow a healthy battery from one of my mates and see what happens

So yesterday i tested the battery and found that when its disconnected it has approx 12.04v then when i hook it up it drops right down to 2.01v... i tried disconnecting the HIDs, audio system and coil packs one at a time with no change in voltage (they are the only aftermarket electrics in the car) so my thoughts are there may be a short somewhere?

All good man, thanks for your help!

Yea unless there is one under the valley cover i forgot about the only earth i would have touched would be the one on the ignition pack, which seems fine... but i just went and double checked it and the car has lost all power now, the battery is still nice and tight and reasonabley new, so i guess ill have to pull the multi meter out tomorrow.

Hey guys i decided to go for a drive in my 32 last night, i hadn't driven it for a week and it has developed some strange issues; the HIDs were flickering on and off, and the power steering was cutting out and there was a high pitch buzz coming through the speakers. the only thing i have done to the car recently was put new coil packs in and re gapped the spark plugs, but that was 3 weeks ago and it was running fine until now... I know its hard with electrical fault but i was just wondering if any of you have come across this before or you have any suggestions for me?