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Undercover MI6 vehicle! :)

James Bond has to maintain standards afterall.

Also, if you buy second hand the vendor must supply the full printed instructions which nowadays are usually in a dedicated compartment on the seat. And, yes - read them. There can be some wrinkles that make a real difference between makes/models of seats.

That's what we had: https://www.jane-uk.com/en/Jane-Trider--Matrix-Travel-System-Red-and-Jet-Black/m-3216.aspx
But a previous model (Slalom Pro). We lived in the countryside so 3 wheels was a better choice for us, they do a four wheel version for smoother surfaces which is a bit cheaper. (It also comes with keywords like "Urban" and "Cosmopolitan" lol)

Like you, I researched the hell out of this 9 years ago and that's what I came up with - but I guess there will be other options by now.

Can you turn the pass airbag off in a P38? Maybe a nanocom/dealer setting?

Yes, they're great. They also save space as you don't need to take a carrycot AND a child seat. They have a rounded base so you can rock them on the floor, too.
My son is 8 now so I'm way off on pricing, but we managed to get the pram, the lie-flat carrycot, and the rear-facing child seat for about £350 off eBay. One user, super clean, etc etc.

The carrycot and the child seat both clipped to the pram (obviously not at once!) so you could transfer his sleeping Lordship from the car to the pram without waking him up. Or at least, not incurring his tiny wrath.
The child seat came in handy later for short trips and when he was old enough to sit up and wanted to see where he was going in the pram.

Once he grew out of those two, we just re-attached the standard cloth and straps to the pram so he could sit in it direct and we got the car seats we still have today.

Congratulations!!

We used a Jane lie down carrycot thing which had clips to work with seatbelts and a wide velcro'd strap to keep the little bugger in place. A full lie down option is great as it's not good idea to have a really small baby sitting in a car seat for very long as they slide down and can't get back up. This way you don't need to stop every 45 minutes, which is a real PITA if you've just got the little screamer to sleep and you're making progress.

Later on, the P38 doesn't have isofix so it's just a case of using the belts. I've got a couple of sit up seats for older kids here we don't use anymore...they have isofix and seatbelt attachments.
Do you want them? Never crashed!

https://www.kiddies-kingdom.com/group-0-car-seats/24705-jane-transporter-2-carrycotcar-seat-teal-s46.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjw6PD3BRDPARIsAN8pHuGu0_borSOD1IAwirGvEANWWtoQQC0gwXnMI_G8neHvJJa3tHxRGJMaAoXTEALw_wcB

One of those (we got it second hand with the matching pram)

As Gilbertd said, you don't need the dash out for the blend motors but when Marty took mine out the ducts were completely disconnected so I was glad we'd gone the long route. Otherwise, I'd have had perfect blend motors but the air would only have reached the back of the instruments!

Coils replaced, misfire gone - no codes.
Hurrah!

Maybe ;) :)

And poly bushes are crap.

I'm nervous under cars too, so I put the suspension on wading height and axle stands under the chassis rails near to where I'm working with one on each side. They don't need to be touching, and I can get mine within an inch or so of the chassis by adjusting the height and then sliding them in from the side. I'm very unlikely to shove them out of the way without knowing about it and the car physically can't drop more than the gap.

I can quite understand why Richard isn't worried - he has the build of a racing ferret where I'm built on more generous lines :)

Careful! I might just have to do that next time I venture Dahn Sarf ;)

Wow! Nicely done :)

Disco rust is why I have a P38!

errr...

Ask him about the airline in the boot!

Don't cut the new headliner material flush with the front of the shell, you want to tuck that back up over the front or it'll be untidy at the top of the screen.
Or so I heard ;)

Grrr, now the misfire has migrated to the other side :/ 8 and 2
I'll replace both coilpacks and go again - Hope that fixes it.

Thanks Brian, that's good info - good enough for me to take it to the local indy :)
They're fine with me bringing my own parts so I'll stump up for an hour or two of labour. I'll print out the wiring chart for them too, it seems only fair.

I had a wiggle of the wires to make sure it wasn't just a loose connection and there's possibly enough room to undo the screws holding the coils to the bracket, but you'd need a stubby screwdriver or a screwdriver on a ratchet handle. I think they're flat screws too, not cross-head, just to make it that tiny bit more annoying.

Ack, initial search reveals Britpart for ~£14 or.. not much else. Does anyone know of any decent coils out there?

Ahh original LR https://tinyurl.com/y9rropuz for... quite a bit more. £65/£78 depending on VAT.
Bollocks to Britpart, it's payday on Friday.

Should I do both?

RightO, thanks Richard!
I'm guessing there will be some really convenient bolts to find... the wires on their own were "interesting" for my shovel hands.