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Think your right - I should've had the box! even though it is too large for my bonnet badge.
Yours looks good!

Alan

New badges look great Ian!

Well I sorted out my running problems by replacing the HT leads, I didn't think it was them as I had replaced them when I bought the car, but it turns out that was nearly 9 years ago

Great news, glad it hear it was a simple fix in the end.

James McGrath wrote:Great news, glad it hear it was a simple fix in the end.

Yes James a simple fix when I spend some time on it instead of just driving it running rough.

On another note got another years ticket on this one yesterday as well, couple of little things to sort but nothing major. One bad thing is the MOT place I’ve been using for the last 25 years the owner has decided to sell up so need to find an older car friendly place now.

Congrats on a simple fix and a new 12 month's ticket.

It is hard enough keeping one roadworthy...

Having multiple cavaliers would bankrupt me or send me to the funny-farm.
Or both.

Well the lacquer peel got so bad that I finally had to do something about it, bought some carbon fibre effect textured vinyl wrap stuff, I took a paint scraper to remove all the loose stuff & started on the roof which could of been a mistake the back half went on OK but from the sunroof hole not so much a few bubbles & creases I going to attempt the bonnet & boot lid tomorrow & see how it goes I may be ordering some more vinyl very soon to busy to take pics I'll get some of the finished article.

Oh eck - I worry about starting jobs like that.

I hope it all looks much better than it sounds when it is all done.

It's a 2 person job really the wife's not much help.

Well when I went out to the car the sun was out the roof was almost too hot to touch but the upside was most of the problems had sorted themselves out must of been the heat, so all in all I'm quite happy with it not bad for a diy job Now just got to finish it.

I presume the vinyl will have "shrink-wrapped" in the heat.
Pulling out any wrinkles or bubbles.

On another note I finally got around to sourcing an engine temperature sender for my dash gauge that stopped working a while ago for the princely sum of £1.95 from vaux-world on ebay as opposed to the £25 + vat that vauxhall quoted me, just got to wait for delivery now so probably going to be a job for next weekend. I'd say it's not going to be a genuine part at that price but as long as it works.

£25?
Wow that is expensive...
My last OE sensor was only about £11.

Hopefully yours will be cheap and cheerful

At £1.95 well worth a punt.
You could buy a load for £30 quid and make it part of the annual service

ilovedmymantas wrote:At £1.95 well worth a punt.
You could buy a load for £30 quid and make it part of the annual service

Unfortunately after I posted that I got an email on Monday saying that he cancelled my order as he only had 1 left, when I asked about future stock the answer was no. So my search goes on.

Well I sourced another temp sender for my dash gauge, I fitted it while I did my pre MOT checks & it works OK & success another years ticket with no advisories

Excellent news...
You are on a bit of a roll with all these passes.

Robsey wrote:Excellent news...
You are on a bit of a roll with all these passes.

I know 2 in a week ! could of been a busy boy if they both failed, probably bad planning having them so close together.

cavaliers sail through the mot until they get hit with the dreaded rot!

btcctroy wrote:cavaliers sail through the mot until they get hit with the dreaded rot!

Or emissions due to worn injectors (C18NZ), leaky exhaust manifold (any family 2 8 valve) or a tatered catalytic converter.

Robsey wrote:

btcctroy wrote:cavaliers sail through the mot until they get hit with the dreaded rot!

Or emissions due to worn injectors (C18NZ), leaky exhaust manifold (any family 2 8 valve) or a tatered catalytic converter.

I'm sure there is more going on than meets the eyes with yours though. i have never had a cavalier fail the emmisions ever!

mines has been dodgy the last 6 years, despite fault finding it to the nth degree! Some alternative "Adjustments" at play to get a pass!

Congratulations again

Robsey wrote:Excellent news...
You are on a bit of a roll with all these passes.

iangsi wrote: I know 2 in a week ! could of been a busy boy if they both failed, probably bad planning having them so close together.

Every other car I've had, I used the 13 month mot allowance until I could advance it to summer months, It allowed me to work on the car in warmer weather. I missed pre-mot's

With this car, now that I have to pay people, I've dialled it back to the original mot date. Gotta have something to aim for

I finally fitted the Bosal middle exhaust box I bought at Vauxfest 2019 & have been carrying around in the boot ever since. The old box was not to rusty & didn't leak it just rattled as though it had marbles in it. It was a bit of a faff splitting the old box & my stainless rear box, as the ramps I use never seem to get the car high enough.