Since I got it I've mostly been fixing all the annoying problems. The boost has been turned right down and I'm taking it really easy on the old girl until I get a few more things done. I had moved into a new house with an epic garage in February, pretty much as soon as I got the car my landlord decided he wanted to live there and gave me 28 days notice. Gutted. So now I'm in a tiny flat with no garage, it's going to slow things down massively, and I don't think my new neighbours are super impressed with me pulling this thing apart every couple of days....
I pulled this out of the headlights, now they work.
The fuel gauge was stuck on full, turned out to be the sender unit floating around in the tank. That was an unpleasant job, mostly because my guesses at fuel usage were WILDLY conservative and the tank was mostly full. Facepalm.
The belts were all humped, they've been changed but I discovered the source of my squealing on start. The locking bolt for the tensioner on the alternator is snapped. The local Nissan dealership found one, but managed to send it to Dunfermline, then it disappeared.... so still waiting.
The TechTom that came with the car wasn't working, I took it apart and fixed it, which is great because the speedo doesn't work. I'll post up the symptoms in the tech section, because there's some really weird **** going on in there....
All the usual service stuff; plugs (old ones were in really good shape), oil and filter, and it's just been to a garage to get it up on the ramps and have a good once-over. Actually, it's still sitting there waiting on the elusive alternator bolt, because **** trying to change that from above. I've changed the brake pads, and I've got a full rebuild kit including pistons and braided lines all around, but that will have to wait without the garage.
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