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The only place for a coil spring is up Zebedee's arse
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Hi Gilbertd, thank you for your reply (impressive listing, btw)
About the EAS : it was just not working and because of the amount of work that had to be done on the car I reluctantly opted for a coil spring conversion. The EAS ECU and the pump were working (I think) but the actual suspension hoses were very leaky. Sometimes it would just stay stuck. Since I often commute with this car I did not want to take any more chances. I kept all the bits and I hope i'll be able to go back to EAS sometime in the future, those now now-functioning luxury EAS buttons on the dashboard are a daily reminder.
About the seat ECU : that's exactly where I am. The usual happened ; the battery leaked and the acid fried the board. I considered having it repaired but since the most common options easily accessible here would have been a mod that also removes the battery, the memory functions would have been cancelled anyway. The next step is indeed to find mirrors from a car without the memory ECU. I have not changed the mirrors settings in months so I guess that was the right choice to put this mod into the "not urgent" list. I'll do it eventually !

New Member here !
Many thanks to Gordon who helped me with the registration.
I own a 1993 RRC Vogue SE for a while now. I did not know much about mechanics but this had always been my dream car. It's my only car, we usually drive around 15000km per year. (it was 130000 tkm when I bought it). The car had no structural rust but some works needed to be done. A local club is helping me a lot (as in, doing the real work while I try to figure out what's going on).

What has been done so far :

  • New head gasket,
  • Deep maintenance ( block joints, carter, filters, plugs, some hoses, all belts, transfer box fluid change, new battery, etc)
  • New steering column.
  • Removed EAS and converted to coil spring.
  • Removed the fried seat ECU and wired the commands directly to the seat motors, replaced some missing knobs.
  • New brakes.
  • New cruise control air pump.
  • New Idle air control valve.
  • New tyres.
  • New exhaust.
  • New H/L transfer box knob.
  • New tailgate handle.
  • New windscreen washer pump.
  • Fixed a leak on one A/C segment.

I have yet to start all the cosmetic works, but I'd rather have everything related to the car operations working perfectly first.
Thanks !