New member with 2003 Terrano

[Liam.fisher28]

Hi everyone

I am a new member with a 2003 Terrano (2.7) which was a very recent purchase.

This is to be used mainly for boat towing and a bit of off roading.

Everything seems fine although the clutch fluid needs replacing and a aux belt is a bit noisy.

Does anyone know of a Nissan specialist or recommended garage in the Wirral, Cheshire and Wrexham area. I'd like to have these little bits sorted before any real use and abuse.

Many thanks

[SPARKIEDOO]

1st welcome to the club

why do you need a garage when you have this forum most of he things you need to fix ......everything can be found HERE :

all the other idiots will along soon to help you out .

pay your tenner .....sit back and enjoy the ride ?

[Liam.fisher28]

Hi, thanks for the welcome.

As a current user of both Saab and BMW forums such things are invaluable. I only hope this one is a bit less fascist that the BMW forum.

The hints and advice are very helpful. My need for a trusted garage is time. I use a local Saab specialist and it's brilliant.

[jims-terrano]

Welcome aboard, no facists here just loads of nutters now where is Zippy and Briggie

As you can tell theres a lot of banter, advice and workshop downloads.

So why do you need the clutch fluid changing?
Most of the belts are noisy, mine gets worse in the cold weather.

[davenclaire]

welcome im one of the other idiots lol you really dont want a garage these are simple to work on and help is always here sometime members on hete are willing to lend a helping hand had my clutch done ny the great rick n swifty

[Liam.fisher28]

Hi, thanks for the replies. The clutch is very stiff to operate and the fluid looks in poor condition - very dark in colour. I'm hoping that the clutch itself isn't on the way out and or something else is wrong.

If anyone is local and can give me a wise opinion on this please let me know.

[jims-terrano]

Have to say my clutch fluid was also black. I'd be giving the slave and master cylinders a quick dose of looking at. Theres a flexi hose on the slave cylinder, check it's condition. Also fastened on to the flexi there is a pipe that goes to the rear just above the rear axle that can rot out, this also has a bleed nipple on the end above rear axle. This is called a damper pipe but most of us on here remove this pipe.

[96terrano]

Hello, welcome, I'm another weirdo you'll find a lit of good advice here

[davenclaire]

i had the same thing tried everything else first then rick fitted a new clutch for me

[Dynamics]

Welcome.

[Liam.fisher28]

Hi everyone

My 2003 Terrano has just gone through its major service at 83K and with new battery, change of clutch fluid, fuel flush, oil change etc all seems to be fine.

I bought a full high strength steel dog luggage guard - I'm going to moving compressed air diving cylinders.

I am going to have the underside cleaned and sealed.

Any other top tips for things to have done. I am going to mainly using it for launching and recovering a boat - someone suggested a front facing tow hitch but unlike landrover without a metal from bumber its a bit difficult to attach.

Has anyone worked out how to set these up with day light running lights?

Many thanks all, Liam

[stinka]

Are you launching into salt water ? If so be aware that these can suffer extreme rot in a short period and your first thing should be some serious under sealing