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No but as the light is fading here I've noticed this, one half of the clock display is faintly lit so I'm certain it must be that

I'll start by disconnecting the radio and autochanger see what that does

Yeah 20 amp, I think it's the fuse for interior lights, radio and electric wingmirrors. Its marked as F29 I believe

Yep, in a weird way I was well pleased though, nothing like finding out youvevmade a mountain out of a mole hill. While I was out there I diagnosed which circuit I'd draining my battery so win win. 0.100 Amps until I pulled a 20 amp fuse in the passenger side

@JamesBryan, you can laugh I nearly cried😂

I've carried out a battery drain test to try and find my problem circuit, found it quite quickly. Is this the hazard switch?

Right, I'm a massive idiot! This morning I had a closer look, gearbox oil everywhere so I had a big mop up thinking I'd whack a bit more in to see where it was coming from. The filler hole! I genuinely didn't see it coming back out as I filled up and as I knew I had a leak from the selector...

Believe me its crossed my mind but I cant accept defeat, except the belts it's only cost me in parts as I'm determined to do everything else myself. It's as much a project to get it up to a good standard as it is a car to drive.

Get both and have the best of both worlds. In my experience there is a lot less to go wrong on a bike which is a bonus and the ride is more of an occasion that driving a car will ever be

Some days I think you're right, today was one of those days

More after todays discovery! Why is it my clio cant keep the wet out or the oil in?

It's not made any loud noises in tha last year nor has is sounded like it was low on oil....yet! I need a winter project like a hole in the head

I hope you are both right, I'll have a better look in the morning. It was rapid though!

Well it's not a drip anymore! Topped up the box with rather more oil than I was hoping for only to be met by it lapping at my feet. It's too dark and cold for me to be bothered investigating further but it must be pretty bad. I thought it was coming from the selector bush but surely it cant...

Excellent, I'll collect it one day in 2020😆

I was thinking about this today, if you've still got the condenser I'll still have it mate

Oil?

Yeah maybe

All of them when they realise I'm still spending money on it with its dings and faded panels

What method do you use to deep clean the interior Ant?

I bought the correct size peel rivets from a member on here but ended up using stainless button head bolts with nylock nuts so I can annually remove, check and clean behind the skirts

The 12A fuse had blown, dont know why as I had it set on the highest range. Ordered some new glass fuses

The first paragraph, which fuse do you mean me to take out?

Dont think I did actually, another idea for tomorrow

Tried that too then gave up in a bit of a strop, not even getting a flicker on the readings. Just cant believe two meters can be faulty, I really scratched the probes into the post and terminal too to make sure I han a clean contact.

Yeah I didn't overly cheap out on it, about £20 rather than a £4.99 thing

That's a good shout, try it tomorrow. Could it be that the drain is lower than my meter tests and I dont have as much of a problem as I thought?

I might just drive it more often so the battery doesnt get a chance to drain! Not liking the hours going by by the second on the clock now, I know time seems to go by faster as you age but this takes the p!ss

Yeah still connected, I cant have blown the fuse in both meters surely, set them both to highest settings first.