It's late June, so you know what that means!
That's right, It's the season of the Bath Oliver biscuit!!
Oh, It's also MOT and service time for the LS.
Time for an unnecessarily large amount of pictures!!
First of all, she passed the 195,000 mile mark last month, so well done there:
I bought pretty much the same service kit as I did for the CD manual, apart from the oil and Distributer cap which I haven't fitted yet. I decided to stick with magnetic. Also got my hands on a colour matched magnetic sump plug
:
Old plugs show lots of oil deposits from it's cam cover leak, but otherwise no nasty surprises:
New plugs in using a dab or two of copper ease on the new plugs:
New GM air filter in:
Found out something that I never knew before while I was changing the air filter. Clever little flap which feeds the engine with warm air from the exhaust manifold on start-up...
...and cooler air when the engine has warmed up!
Old oil wasn't too bad. I've only done 5000 miles in her this year now that I'm using the Diplomat as my main car:
New sump plug:
I did the same with the CD and replaced the oil twice. I had this 5w-30 oil lying around so used that up:
Time for a drive....
Oil darkened up a bit but nowhere near as bad as the CD and nothing on the sump plug:
Old Crosland filter off...
And new GM one on:
Good oil in:
New Bosch HT leads:
Also needed a new sun visor clip:
Oh, that's a rare sight, original paint!
Basking in the sunshine together after a good days work:
Finally, today was MOT TIME!!
First time with no advisories, Well done!! First time in about 10 years I think! Whole thing only cost about £80 this year including the MOT and all the servicing, unlike the unholy £900 last year!
Old girl deserved a wash after that!
Needs a wax before Billing in two weeks time, but other than that, she's ready for the shows!!
Part numbers:
Sun visor clip: 90332334
Air filter (1.6, 1.8, 2.0 8v injection): 25062418
Oil filter: 95509857
Fuel filter: 25164435
Distributer cap (1.6, 1.8 8v injection): 90442011
Bosch HT leads (1.6, 1.8 8v injection): B801
Bosch super 4 plugs (1.6, 1.8, 2.0 8v injection): WR91X