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Yep, that'll be happening for sure, we've done it plenty of times before and it's always been great. Pop along to the Par meet, there's a few of us going down from Plymouth way :)
I think I may have a slightly oversized battery. That or the Ph.1 has a bracket that is closer to the battery than is in the ph2 (Not sure on that one though)
I'm buggered if I'm changing the battery, I'll just neatly cut the bracket to suit. It doesn't do anything on my car anyway.
That usually happens because the motors have moved off the minimum stop while the needles are off, and when you reattach them you reattach them in the minimum position - so when you power them up the motors reset to their minimum position, which is now lower. Hence why I said attach them halfway...
marking the pins?
When you take the clear plastic off, move the dials gently to their minimum positions. Then stick a bit of tape to the dial face behind the needle.
Draw a line on the tape at the end of the needle, so it essentially extends the needle as a pin mark.
When you put the needles...
Yes fella, see post #2, although I'm happy to pick up with you on your side of the bridge.
Can I just remind people to use the RSVP system at the top of the page please as it shows the total numbers :)
Don't do green. Do white. All other colours look s**t and/or chavtastic.
Soldering the dials wasn't too hard when I did it. Just mark the minimum positions of the dials with pen lines on tape stuck to the dash.
In all fairness that's an estimate from an insurance assessor, which usually takes the piss a bit. They quoted me £1.5k for a repair which actually only cost £500.
Nowhere near 4k but you'd probably just squeeze it into 4 figures.
Oh well. Looks like I'll be losing traffic light GPs left right and centre.
(I'll probably be running the setup in this thread for driving around and just stick the CDA on for static display)
he's alright with scoobies but when it comes to other cars it's a bit of a minefield. I know of several cases where cars have had to be fixed elsewhere because they've either died or come close to it after going there. I have heard of a car coming out with a standard turbo when it went in with...