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cheers folks :-)
kieran, next time you can come......maybe ;-) lol!
dave, you have to pester leigh a lot to get stuff done, but when its finally done.....well see above ;-)
i'm still at odds with selling my old rims, i loved the white, but looks meaner on the black, so still undecided, wish i'd kept them!lol!
dave......yes...yes you did ;-) lmao!
Finally grabbed a proper spin out between rain showers, so went and knocked on for dan and went for some twin turbo action, 1 per car ;-)
spotted an old fuel stop and decided to hammer on the anchors and grab a few snaps :-)
enough blether...... lets rock the pictures...
cheers folks, not bad for a phone camera :-)
matty, its not my hobby car its the daily hack so it unfortunately doesnt get the love i lavish on the mk 1! it will see a jetwash and a scrub at some point in next few months however, pinky promise ;-)
Ran over the cat to the parents place and took a few snaps over the weekend, then decided to have a play with photoshop!
no everyone cuppa but i like contrasty and colour enhanced images so these are my paltry efforts after taking the photos on my samsung 8002.................cough wave...
looking at getting our lass new cam for her birthday as her old kodak is shot.
any favourites out there? looking at around the 100 quid margin tops but less is better as more cash for dinner out then ;-)
cheers
Ben
couple of quickies about my phase 1 172
spark plugs probably been covered a million times, hence a nightmare to search or in the search tab! but is it really a £60 parts job?!!! either way wheres best for plugs?
secondly, my headlights are atrocious, simply shocking, make the mark 1 clio's...
Well had it on road for few weeks now and other week got to stretch her legs for the first time, trip to girlfriends fatherland, Norfolk
good trip and car performed faultlessly and returned 47mpg average as well so more than happy on the long runs, and that was mostly A and B roads, no...
two niggles on my 2000 x plate 172 phase 1
boot light doesnt come on when you open the boot, but if you open door it does so presuming switch is gone, is this part of the boot lock? can it be earth issue or new latch assembly required?
rear washer doesnt work, when i press the switch it...
figured it out, seems the early phase 2 172's came with speedo in the gearbox and someones fitted a later abs type gearbox to this car.
never realised the phase 2's came with the geaerbox speedo drives at all however, thought they all had abs setups apart from the cups??
Right, random issue on a phase 2 172 full fat, so ABS pickup for the speedo.
the speedo needle is not working at all, doesnt move no matter what
ABS has been checked and is fine, working no problems and light comes on and goes out as it should also
have also done diagnostic check on the...
ai keeping the williams for weekend isnt an option really as i have the turbo for fun and thats not going anywhere yet!lol!!
as people have said,williams as daily has been great for last year but i fancy a change!
phase 1 is on just over 90k,engines on 81k :-)
cheers for comments folks!
Old girl shines up okay still, gave her a clean to pop up for sale and found a decent spot for a couple of snaps 8)
and the controversial replacement, dun der derrrrrrrrr :lol:
Coops
right i have an idle issue on my phase 1 172, engines from a different car and i used the engine/sensors on engine and loom off the donor car but everything else off the original car, ecu etc etc
it runs perfectly when cold, idles at 800-900rpm or whatever they idle at!lol!
runs fine all...