Irwin bolt extractors, I've used mine no end of times, absolutely brilliant things. I had to use them on some of the hub bolts on mine when I did the oil seals, the little 8mm ones are great for getting the flanged bolts that hold the dust shields on too. There's a few jobs I've done that I don't think I would have been able to do without them.

+1 for the Irwin extractors.

Most important thing in my experience is not to delay bringing them into play. If you think you might need them don't bother with normal sockets or spanners, just go straight to the extractors. Especially if it's a 12 point head. The more head you have left the better they grab.

Guess what dinklebrain got rush-headed and forgot that lumbering himself with couple of tricky "weld a nut onto the mullered head" tasks on round two of a job!

Clive

We are in West Wales enjoying the lat spring heat wave but avoiding the extreme temperatures in the east of the UK (35C by day & 20C at night). It's fun negotiating the narrow lanes in the P38 although the fuel consumption takes a bit of a knock with constant low gear. Yesterday morning as we were about to set off for the beach I switched on to find Beep! AIRBAG FAULT.

I pulled the Nanocom out of the glove box & it reported that the right side airbag was open circuit. I looked under the driver's (right hand) seat to find the usual culprit which is the dinky connector with wires sheathed in a yellow sleeve. I plugged & unplugged a couple of times then switched on & the fault had gone. I followed up with a squirt of contact cleaner just to make certain it stayed fixed.

Driving around in the heatwave with temps up to 26C in West Wales I was grateful that the A/C was effective. Not as good as when freshly recharged last year but enough to keep us cool. The good thing is that I seem to have fixed the problem with condensation from the A/C exchanger dripping down & soaking the passenger (left) footwell. I think that the left hand rubber drain hose had got twisted so restricting the flow of the condensate. Now that it's untwisted & secured with a fine cable tie it's draining OK.