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Take the battery negative lead off. Leave for 20 mins.

Believe it or not, the car went in for a service, came back, did circa 15,000 miles before I decided to give it another service myself, opened the filter housing and there was no filter... Also, ran the racecar with no filter, hungry carb got lots of air fed to it :)

Drive around with a fat girl in the car. Move her from seat to seat, in the boot and on the bonnet. You'll learn a lot.

Why go to all the trouble of seeing if they'll fit. Just get a decent set instead.

Cheers James, i'll grab two new ones from Renault :)

Where do I get one from? :)

Thanks, I'm aware of the problems with bearings and torque - I used to own an XR2 ;) How vital is the spacer? Looks like whoever fitted the other side last time didn't put one back.

So I went to change the rear disc / wheel bearing assembly on the offside, was a right b*****d to get off but it eventually came off with my crappy puller. The inside bearing had shat itself and ended up all over the floor, but annoyingly the inner race is stuck fast to the stub. I was gonna...

As above, clean it all out, give it a long run to get the oil temp up and it'll all disappear - only to re-appear again in six months :)

Monday, fingers crossed. Depends when my springs arrive and if I have any more problems changing rear brakes :)

Jack under rear beam, handbrake on, one will turn one wont :)

As in no filter whatsoever.

Not if your rear end is sliding. Doesn't matter how much front grip you've got.

That's a great shout from above.. the paint markings match (missed your post Tony). So I've replaced the cup spring with a non-cup spring. Brilliant. Just as well I've got an uprated set on the way :)

The back road from Helmsley up to Great Broughton is a stunner as well. Planning a new year trip out up there if the weather isn't too bad.

Put the new ones on the rear (for better grip in the wet).

I wouldn't have thought you'd see any improvement. I ran my 1.2 without a filter for a while and saw no improvement.

I don't really like the sound of "removable harness bar". I'd like to think it would be solid since I'm entrusting my life to it. Edit: also, you can get a full bolt-in cage for not a lot more than that. Worth considering.

This. I cleared at least a kilo of s**t out of each side over the weekend.

IF you work there I'm probably thinking of you lol.

Try Fred at BTM.

Unless the previous owner generously covered the nuts in copper grease :rolleyes:

How's the battery condition?

You only need a socket set (around £80 from Halfords for a decent one) and Spring compressors (£20 off ebay). Once you've got the tools you'll be able to do loads of other simple jobs and save yourself a stash.

There was a chap on here who works/worked there, could be his.

The finish looks awesome, but has to be an original Beetle, not this shoe.

Could be the slider mechanism. Worth taking the seat out to have a good look.

Just read this for the first time start to finish. Some amazing fab work. Looking forward to seeing it finished :)

Yep, just don't mix profiles on axles and put the better tyres on the rear.

Lol.