Looking good!
I'd forgotten how small normal batteries look compared with the yuasa monster :)

Welcome, Nick!
Forgive OB - he gets a little enthusiastic sometimes :)

Haha, well there are definitely some guys on here who have spares - whether you can persuade them to sell or not... perhaps you should be asking their wives? :)

(sorry to hear about your misfortune, I hope the insurance saw you right)

I've used Kwik fit for aircon before. Fix or free. It worked fine, and I like the fact that they actually pull vacuum and get rid if all the old stuff.

There nothing wrong with Halfords kits but it didn't work out much cheaper last time I checkef.

It seems pretty unanimous that EBC Ultimax are pants, then. I like the Greens.
I've had mintex on lots of other cars and they're good pads too. Also Pagid.

Orangebean, were they Greenstuff or Ultimax? (or some other colour?)

Ash
I thought you were trying to separate the lens from the reflector.

I've heard of people doing this by heating the whole lot up in an oven until the glue melts. I don't know if it works for P38 unit but it's worth a Google for gas mark, minutes per pound etc 😁

I've got EBC green and their slotted/dimpled discs on the front.excellent so far (must be nearly 10k) with no squeal.
Nowhere near the cheapest, but you knew that.

The steering pump has arrived! complete with chinese lettering :(

Regalia, eh?
Hmmmmmmm 😁

I'm still chuffed to bits with mine. The wrinkles in the handle recesses sorted themselves out and it looks great!

and I zapped a thread too, so I guess we've managed to confuse the db a bit.

Yep, it ran like a top all the way home - as long as I could mentally tune out the horrible noise from the PAS pump. Just the short commute today, but the gas kicked in at the expected times and ran really smoothly. I topped her up on the way back so I can see what to expect from a full tank of gas.

When I get a chance I'll have a look at the earth strap from the engine, I suspect I'll find it in a pretty dodgy state. I hope it's that rather then chasing the wiring for the MAP sensor, I hate chasing wires especially when they've all been taped over a zillion times :/

I hope you've warmed up again! I was getting pretty cold after the first couple of hours :)

lol, bad man. :)
I got a little tipsy last year and before I knew it I'd bought a 7.5m tent with 4 double bedrooms. I'm not quite sure why.
One of these https://www.blacks.co.uk/equipment/162660-eurohike-buckingham-elite-8-man-family-tent-green.html
but for £140 :)

Sounds like fun, although I need to check the events programme at work before I could commit.
I do have a huge tent though :)

How about a silhouette of a P38 on the bumpstops with the bonnet up? :)

On the upside, the valve block isn't hard to refurb and the kit is cheap... if you haven't done it, you probably should.

I honestly can't imagine anything that would command a premium simply because David Beckham had a hand in it and that includes posh spice.