Bleeding nissan

Sat Mar 12, 2011 9:54 pm

did a fairly routine job today for flojoe
went to leave and noticed i had a puncture
thought " aha the nissan toolkit and bottlejack"

took me 25 minutes to get the jack undone,45 minutes to get the spare off ,10 seconds to break the frankly worthless wheelbrace
and 5 minutes to work out the bottle jack was a jack in name only
then went to get the puncture repaired at kwikfit to be told "we dont do commercial vehicles"
so i parked down the road and walked back with the spare, and said "this is off my car"
and they repaired it

nissan's failure to supply a brace and jack that work added 3 and a half hours to the wrong end of my day and cost me Â£50 too
why big firms penny pinch like this is beyond me
LLL

Sat Mar 12, 2011 10:34 pm

i keep a 1/2" socket set and strong arm in my navara after having a puncture and forgetting i'd put the wheels on with the air impact driver, the nissan brace disliked 18 stone jumping on it to try and get the nuts undone. least we get a full size spare unlike those space savers in some cars.

Post: # 60596Post **Dave_L** Sun Mar 13, 2011 7:41 am

I don't even have a friggin spare in my car, runs on those bloody rock-hard runflat tyres

Sun Mar 13, 2011 9:22 am

Haha in your pimping Beemer pretty cool 007 type stuff though

haggistini · Post: # 60599Post **haggistini** Sun Mar 13, 2011 9:36 am

i always carry a 2T trolly jack and power bar socket behind the seat in my truck for just those days LLL

haggistini · Post: # 60600Post **haggistini** Sun Mar 13, 2011 9:37 am

and clutch fluid and an 8mm ring spanner as my clutch needs a quick bleed every week

flowjoe · Post: # 60601Post **flowjoe** Sun Mar 13, 2011 11:26 am

Its a poor workman that blames his tools :;):

Edited By flowjoe on 1300015593

Sun Mar 13, 2011 1:17 pm

a poor excuse is better than none davy :;):
LLL

haggistini · Post: # 60626Post **haggistini** Sun Mar 13, 2011 8:49 pm

:laugh:

Post: # 60628Post **Dave_L** Sun Mar 13, 2011 9:23 pm

GB_Groundworks wrote:Haha in your pimping Beemer pretty cool 007 type stuff though

Not when it's time to replace the bloody things

dig dug dan · Post: # 60630Post **dig dug dan** Sun Mar 13, 2011 9:30 pm

dave, brace yourself if you do get a puncture. you are looking at Â£300 for a new tyre fitted!

Post: # 60641Post **Dave_L** Sun Mar 13, 2011 11:01 pm

Nope, had two and have a local tyre shop who is happy to repair them!

Tue Mar 15, 2011 2:14 am

went to the local tyre place today and it took 2 of them to get the spare back in the holder
he gave me his number for future punctures
what a palaver!
LLL

dig dug dan · Post: # 60678Post **dig dug dan** Tue Mar 15, 2011 5:43 pm

Nope, had two and have a local tyre shop who is happy to repair them!

are they not nitrogen filled? my mate as a 10 reg 1 series, and thats what he just paid!!