I did pour a kettle of water down it, all it did was freeze the door shut, lol, I’ll shoot some cleaner in it, it did it once before but siuddenly let go on it’s own..

After my Hanook battery suddenly with no warning died on me, I stuck a new one in, I haven’t used the car for 4 days so thought as it’s covered in ice I’ll fire it up, it’s midnight , I opened the door and it fired straight away, went to shut the door and the frigging lock must be frozen, it won’t latch, I presume it’s full of crap,
Has anyone else encountered this ? If so do I remove the latch and clean, or just shoot a can of brake cleaner into it, I’ve ratchet strapped the front doors together, so it’s secure till later when it’s light.

Hopefully marks missus is driving it round, I think he had the badge made if I remember correctly.

Sounds good, 3 coats is most probably more than the base coat needs, I suspect they know how rare this car is and want to make sure it’s a pukka job, clear coat, 3 is enough, you can put 1 to infinity, 3 will give good protection and a nice finish when then flat and polish.

I’m up for that

I wish karma on the scum bags, nothing of worth to them, but a head ache to you.
I’ll also see what I can find..

I’ve squeezed 88 litres in mine, I always thought expansion was 10% of tank ?
So I presumed I had a 100ltr tank, must admit it was only once I got that amount in, most probably a dodgy pump.

For the Linley ?. Aren’t they piano black, just get yours resprayed, at least they’d be matching and like new, I think OB sprayed some with plasticoat and they looked terrific.

Stimpsons rules are they’re not allowed to cut third party keys, luckily enough the guy in mine doesn’t agree with them,, a must is the file down and mark which way round, the blanks are near, but not that near,, they didn’t use anything special, so many keys are like ours nowadays

I actually managed to get a spare blade cut at stimpsons, I got a blank key on eBay, filed it to the correct width, let them loose on the blade, it’s not perfect, but I know if I lock mine in I can open it, glad you got in.

Excellent Paul, something for the taste buds in the future.
How were the mirrors controlled in the disco ?
Maybe something worth doing as a swap out kit !
I’d certainly be interested..
I park 2 wheels on the pavement as mine get whacked quite often.

RutlandRover wrote:

Surprised that it didn't get an advisory for split ball joint boots. I noticed them when I replaced my brakes earlier in the year and bought the parts. I mentioned it to them and said I've put the parts in the car in case it needs them. Nothing mentioned on the advisory list though.

If the Balljoints are anything but top and bottom there ok, but I certainly wouldn’t strip down to change a dust cover, new ball joints would be going in.

I’m with Brian, 12 tonne is more than enough to do most jobs, there so cheap now adays it’s crazy, your build up a selection of steel parts to use as packers ect,,

Mine has had a replacement OEM hose, it’s quite flexible, I have man handled it more than once.

If he couldn’t be bothered to clean it, I wonder if he even replaced any of the supposed parts, this is always a gamble if you don’t know them personally.
Inside of the plenum is the classic slipped liner, the last one I had with a slipped liner was obvious as it had a builders bucket full of oil mix water before I’d even stripped it.
It’s weird to go in such a short time, any way of knowing what gaskets were used ?, any red lines on the gasket ?

Have you checked connections at back of radio

They should be able to build it up with putty primer, might take a few coats, but certainly possible

I’d nip down the local breakers with a pair of wire cutters in your pocket 😇

If the inlet is different then it’s a gems , all the Thor are the same, I don’t think you’ve got a problem other than a crossed wire or lead mixed.
As mentioned before I had exactly the same, threw me a bit to be honest, was happy to find loose connector on coil pack, mine was left hand side, and left hand connector ( on the right facing engine bay, passenger side )
At least it’s not to bad getting a Thor apart, much easier than a gems, 10 minutes and your be at coil packs ect,
Remember when facing the engine, rh bank is odd, lh bank even.

Don’t go getting any ideas lmao