GeorgeB wrote:

Whatever happened to, "Download RAVE"? :-)

You're expected to have already done that... ;-)

Yes indeed, don't be a lurker - and post more links to your marine engine videos!

How many keys could they have in total? Three? Four? That might explain some Really Odd Shit in the BECM.

Have various ignition probs here in Spain which seem heat related although temp gauge stays in safe area.

Crankshaft position sensor?

Good to see you on :-)

If it's just a "parts car" why not saw it in half and ship it as "machine tools" or "failed part for analysis"?

You've given me an inclination to go and look for a Mini Metro now, so I can spray it 602 Oxford Blue and mount it on a roof rack. That way when Goth Truck does develop issues I can winch it down on its davits like a lifeboat...

I need to do the headlining in both my P38 and the CX ;-)

That's because Britpart buys huge loads of air springs from Dunlop, so you don't have to. They just box them up and ship them out.

Apparently polybushes only last a couple of months and give pretty horrible handling.

Sounds like a good idea. I'm going to shift this topic to Opening Time because it's probably a bit more appropriate there, and set up a Classifieds forum.

... how important are they? I've got a set of manifolds with burst flexis (driver's side way worse than passenger side) and I was thinking about just cutting them out, bolting the manifolds to a scrap head, and welding in a straight bit of tube.

How much do they actually need to flex? If I use hex bolts to hold them on it's a damn sight easier to get to the one behind the steering column shaft.

Congratulations!

that was on the way to mymysteri's house

Did you get her sorted?

Fixed now.

Another thing I've forgotten to automate ;-)

I've had wrong bits from "name brand" aftermarket suppliers. I can't in all honesty say that Britpart are all that bad.

I haven't done anything to it yet...

Backups are done at 3am every morning and archived to a cloud storage provider. I'll dig into it in the morning!

We did try using the head bolts but then the eyes stuck out too far to let us get it out of the car boot. There's not a lot of weight in the engine and we only really needed to lift it up a little to get it over the lip of the boot, and lower it to the ground.

Nice work! I've seen people pay good money to have worse welding than that ;-)

On mine the box is just a box with the amp on the side, and the speakers are screwed and glued. Bishop Sound do a nice 6.5" woofer that fits, although the magnet is a little smaller - the ones in mine look like the door woofers.