Hey Scotty whats up? I recently bought a Nissan Micra k10 (1992) with 75k miles and a manual transmission. I am going to change the engine oil and do all the maintenance an old car probably requires. Have you ever worked on cars like this one? Is there something i should pay attention to? Would you suggest that i change the transmission oil? Thanks for your videos!
Assuming you're outside of North America; I've never heard of a car like that. I would change the transmission fluid, drain and refill.
I would do a basic tune up on the vehicle. I would also keep a spare part like the fuel pump in the trunk because your car is 30 years old something like that might break.
I believe those were sold in Canada. (Canada got a quite a few cars not sold in the U.S. On a trip to Canada in the early 1980s I stopped at a Skoda dealership out of curiosity.)
The low mileage is a plus if accurate though as you say maintenance and keeping some spare parts on hand is the key to driving a vehicle that old. If in Canada or other place with salted winter roads, keeping the tinworm at bay is a top priority.
we had them in Canada but they stopped selling them since it was out of place and not a lot of people bought them in later years. They used to race the Micras in the Canada exclusive Micra Cup but now they use 2020-2021 Nissan Sentras with manual transmissions and race them as part of the new Sentra Cup only in Canada. That's also one of the reasons why we still get the 2021 Sentra with the manual in Canada and the USA doesn't.
I recommend you get a Haynes workshop manual and buying as much spare parts as possible.
The engine itself should be good - if you take care of the timing belt (not sure if your exact one has it but many do)
hell, the 0.9L turbocharged one can even be fun, 110 horsepower at 0.6 tons (170hp/ton) is actually very similar to the eight generation Honda (08~11) Civic type R (175hp/ton)
and they’re simple cars, you can probably mod em.
Stock up on spare parts (engine, transmissions, belts, gaskets, bearings, anything you can find) and you’re good to go
But beware that unlike modern ones (K14) weighting 3 times more then the old ones, with safety systems, some even with with a Mercedes turbo engine, 5 star EuroNcap scores and more - the old ones are total deathtraps.
But yep, chafing the fluids is a good idea.