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Not been a massive update for the last few weeks, Been plodding away when i get an hour here and there on days off! Its back on its wheels, everything's wired in, just got the fuel lines to swap, exhaust to fit and a final top up of the fluids and it should run!
Waiting on an autodoc...
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I know times are tough but you joined a forum to make £1.99 minus eBay fees trying to sell radio codes to members,
last time i done mine it got head and shoulders, scrubbed with a paint brush and rinsed in the shower, just make sure its proper dry before you put it back together lol
as above, mine have usually had one or more plugs that don't work and never notice until the weather gets proper cold, but they still start ok so I usually just leave them lol
Its not a bad job if you have experience doing similar types of jobs, as said above, just work thought it a step at a time, remember drain the gearbox oil before you remove the passengers side drive shaft as it will empty its self!!
If your doing it on the deck in your garage, give yourself 2...
This used to be the case and I would assume they probably still use the "library" of maps for older stuff but for new stuff they are just modifying a tom tom map of turkey and flashing that on.
Flat out today, I start a new job tomorrow which is going to write off most of my free time so I set out this morning to get torn into this and get it to a point where I can do an hour here and there when I get time. Not many photos as I was just working away all day but finally the 1.6 is in...
All the parts were here so i got some time on this today. New manifold without a cat (or any cracks!!) good upgrade!
Fitted the bargain £25 clutch!
Got the block all cleaned up and painted, cambelt, water pump and aux belt changed, and everything got a good degrease and clean with a wire...
My gates one failed within 6 months on my 197, i fitted a genuine one from RPD last week but i see they are now showing out of stock, have you contacted them for an estimated date?
Worth noting that for the last 18 months they have done a £100 off deal, so they are probably one of the cheapest remaps about, so while they may not be the company they used to, they are cheap!
I've used them on 5 of my cars, and always had a great experience. They used to get a model in, do all the development on their rolling road then offer the map out, tried and tested. I've had a few cars custom mapped before on a rolling road and never been happy with the end result (apart from...
I just keep getting deeper and deeper on this thing!! - When I done the rear brakes I found that the rear brake pipes on the beam had been cut and joined at some point, assume due to an MOT failure which is odd as the rest of the pipes are like new! - Luckily they are still available from...
I found to be fair they sometimes come up on ebay for about £40 delivered each, find a good condition one, buy it, then sell your damaged one for £40 delivered and it ends up costing you about £15-£20 to swap to a good condition wheel, i done that on my 1.2 runabout and now have a full set of...
Good work on the paint on the bonnet! - Always liked that colour on a mk2.
Not a fan of the headlights, i think if you just restored the lights so they were back to being nice and clear that would look good, smaller front plate too always tidys them up, this was only slightly smaller, pretty...
Mine has a faulty rear sensor and does this. When you look at the live data, rear left is a couple mph lower than the rest, above 5-10mph this doesn't matter as it's within tolerance, but under 5mph it can be 50% lower so triggers it