{"id":25113,"date":"2024-12-01T11:41:52","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T11:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=25113"},"modified":"2024-12-03T09:10:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T09:10:02","slug":"misc-motoring-fixing-two-little-faults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=25113","title":{"rendered":"MiSC\/MOTORiNG: Fixing Two Little Faults"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Having just spent \u00a31K on a new clutch, it\u2019s always nice when one can effect repairs for free!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have a number of issues with Flo\u2019 at present. Two of which I just fixed. the first was the headlight adjustment rotary dial. I was testing different positions, and the whole switch\/dial mechanism just popped through the fascia, lost in the innards of the dash!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have been driving around delivering in the dark a fair bit, this Autumn\/Winter, and needed to have the head lamps adjusted for max\u2019 light projection. Luckily it was very easy to pry open a sub-assembly on the dash and clip the dial switch back into its proper place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A quick examination suggests the clip parts <em>aren\u2019t<\/em> damaged, which is good news. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, whilst out delivering last night, the boot latch stopped working. It was cold, dark, late, and I was nearing the end of my shift. So I bodged it till I got home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This morning, after watching a few videos on the theme of \u2018Nissan Qashqai boot won\u2019t lock\u2019, or similar, I went and investigated. Fortunately it\u2019s proven to be a ridiculously simple fix. Some of the vids I saw (but didn\u2019t watch in full) were diagnosing much more complex\/costly faults. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luckily for me (fingers crossed!?) I just needed to tighten two large Phillips head screws &#8211; the lower part of the latch (not the tailgate door electro-mechanical portion, thankfully) &#8211; was so loose the upper mechanism was failing to \u2018catch\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/si_JQBslZ8E?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Several days later, I watched the above. Now that\u2019s what I call <em>really<\/em> fixing vehicles! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having just spent \u00a31K on a new clutch, it\u2019s always nice when one can effect repairs for free! I have a number of issues with Flo\u2019 at present. Two of which I just fixed. the first was the headlight adjustment rotary dial. I was testing different positions, and the whole switch\/dial mechanism just popped through &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=25113\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;MiSC\/MOTORiNG: Fixing Two Little Faults&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paGwUa-6x3","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25113"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25113"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25124,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25113\/revisions\/25124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}