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I remember seeing this car & Nick at a meet I went to at a now closed car museum, he had a load of old police uniform in the boot to complete the illusion.

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Hi and Welcome, got any photos of your car ?

Well another years MOT achieved yesterday after some trials & tribulations & also with some advisories, But sadly that means it has to be put up for sale now as I can no longer drive to work in it without having to pay the ULEZ charge. Anybody interested ?

As the gear box has been changed I'd start with the earth strap & see if it's been put back properly.

I was asking because I thought I could get some SRI springs to hopefully lower the rear a little, but still remain factory looking & not have to harsh a ride.

I managed to tap on an imperial spanner but when I put pressure on it to try & undo the nut it started to slip off & deform the nut, so admitted defeat & went & bought a small set of 4 flare nut spanners. Low and behold the 10mm one fits perfectly, only problem is it slipped off the ...

Robsey did you write something about the displays for these radios being coded to the unit I seem to remember but can't find ?

Does anyone know the correct spanner size I need to fit the 4 flare nuts that hold the solid brake pipes into the master cylinder as out of all the spanners I possess metric or imperial none fit properly 10mm is to sloppy & 9mm does not fit ? There's a set Machine Mart have but the sizes are 8,1...

Just relooked up in the handbook and you're right, 5.5j or 5j, my mistake. Ill have to bolt the rims on and check for clearance. I ran some 6J alloys on the SRI for a few years can't remember what offset they were though, they were OK but if I had any weight in the back or passengers the tyre would...

The J is the width in inches. 7 = 178mm wide - suitable for 185 and wider tyres. 7.5 = 190.5mm wide - suitable for 195 and wider tyres. So not as wide as they look. Robsey is right the J is measured where the tyre seats between the edges of the rim, so if you measure the outside edge to edge the ri...

To close the chapter on the MG / VP digital dash - After a long discussion with the missus and after doing a bit of financial reshuffling... She finally reported that she was more than happy enough with the 'boggo standard' analogue instruments. So I finally put the digital cluster back up for sale...

ilovedmymantas wrote: ↑Wed Aug 11, 2021 2:06 am Congratulations again
You seem to be making a habit of this, what's the secret

Thanks, I wish I knew the secret just got lucky I suppose.

Does anyone know what the difference is in the standard vauxhall springs.
My Motorsport has standard springs on that are marked as FG 243.
Catcar.info lists 2 types :
FG & GA which have different part numbers
FR & FJ which also have different part numbers

But no other information.

Well I managed to get another years MOT this morning with no advisories 🥳. I was quite surprised as I used my regular place but it's under new management and the new owner is the tester, when he told me that it had passed his words to me were "I didn't expect it to be so clean" going to sh...

In the past I've poured boiling water over terminals of batteries to remove the verdigris from them in big back up power systems. I think we need to put that in context - I assume that power had been cut from the bus-bars. Otherwise you may end up with a rather smart looking 80's "shaggy dog&q...

In the last picture it looks like it's taken the tinning off of the crimp terminal exposing the copper which is more prone to corrosion.
In the past I've poured boiling water over terminals of batteries to remove the verdigris from them in big back up power systems.

I think it was a black Viva sports hatch.

Robsey wrote: ↑Sat Jul 24, 2021 9:26 am By "North England", is that anywhere north of Watford?

Normally, if you are outside of the M25, then you may as well be on another planet.

Oops!! - I am off on one of my cynical trips

The definition of North for me is the wrong side of the river Thames

In my experience they usually come as part of the HT lead, they are heat shield for the lead as the plugs are down in-between the exhaust manifold.

Well the best laid plans, as it turned out there was no early arrivals carpark this year so we couldn't meet as planned to park together but as I drove in the silverfox spotted me & there was a convenient gap next to his car so we got the only 2 GSI's there parked together in the main arena. I c...

You said that the fuel line got punctured has this been repaired ? because the fuel could of drained back out of the system causing an airlock passed the hole & it could be sucking in air as well as fuel.

Joner1983 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 12, 2021 9:48 pm Going to be leaving my place about 8.00 so I'll aim to be there for 9.30

OK I'll aim for a similar time I believe the entrance to the early arrivals car park is in the wooded bit as you drive into the venue, I'll be in my silver GSI all being well.

Keep at it your be driving it again soon.

Joner1983 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 11, 2021 6:36 pm I'll be heading down in the morning so won't be there super early but would be nice to to turn up with a bit of a convoy and put a few faces to names

What time are you thinking of I'm flexible ?
Gates open at 9.30 for participants and 10.00 for the public.