OccySport

Welcome aboard Hardy1812.

I would definately choose the Toyota over a Skoda 👍

Seen the oil filter band wrench in Lidl this evening so might pick one up tomorrow 👍

Did that include painting or can you order the panels in colour?

Try mixing some fairy liquid with hot water & use a tooth brush to scrub the window channels.

Bet you wish you kept it now

Such a cool looking little car & its a Honda so got to be good 👍

My thoughts exactly until I went somewhere local that I know has good reception & re-tuned the stations, its since been faultless.

I would re-use the original bolts if they clean up ok & the threads are good. The repair manual would probably tell you that they should be renewed after removal because thats what Skoda want the technicians to do. It covers them if the new part fails & by charging ridiculous amounts for cheap bolts earns them more kerching! If an independent garage was doing the work for you, they would probably clean the bolts on a wire wheel & re-use them.

Can you not get the part number from that?

@Andyroo! I'm following your restoration with interest 👍

Check all doors & tailgate close properly without slamming shut & look for even panel gaps & colour match. Check for leaking shock absorbers. Pay for a HPI check.

Welcome 👍

Does the thermostat work.

Correct, the car was not fit for purpose since day one of your owneship. So, if they try & make you pay for new brakes just tell them NO! They will probably try it on though because they pay Rylan Clark & he has teeth to pay for you know 🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭

Great explanation of how this is done 👍

The spring wouldn't have gone anywhere because the strut would still have been built & fixed to the car by the top mounts. Could of hurt one of us though & wouldn't want any fingers squashed if a strap snapped because it was a hell of a lot of pressure hence the trolley jack to let it down really slowly.

I wouldn't use E10 because it absorbs moisture & causes corrosion from what Ive been told. I personally think it's a tactic being used to get petrol cars off the road & the same for diesel. Goverments wanting everyone in electric vehicles is another scam me thinks 🤣

So was it the oil pressure switch that was changed that fixed the error & you put in fresh oil & changed the filter? I don't understand how an oil filter can be wrong.

The springs aren't loose because they compressed slightly as the top strut nut was tightened, just enough thread to get started without spring compressors & any future removal should be easier. I didn't use ratchet straps because my mate said that he wouldn't help me do the job if I did 😆 I took note of what you said about the bearings though & raised the suspension with a scissor jack under the brake disc & then used a trolley jack with the wood method to hold the tension before letting the scissor jack back down. Drivers side took some persuading with a mallet & was the more awkward side, passenger side literally fell out when the scissor jack was wound down. Thanks for the heads up about the bearings & that is exactly why I joined this forum, so we can learn from each other 👍 Photo showing the knuckle dropping out when tension is released from the scissor jack on passenger side

The drive shaft bolts to be able to remove the hub carriers are what I was referring to. The new front struts & all four new springs were fitted in the 7 hours but still need to fit the new rear shocks, couldn't do them in the rain & was getting too late to wait around until it stopped raining. Still not fitted them yet. When I was rebuilding the front struts & didn't need the spring compressors, I thought that I had been sent the wrong springs & was umming and ahing before I actually went ahead with them. The car isn’t as low as I thought it was going to be & looks like it could go a bit lower. Photo of both front Eibach pro springs fitted & the standard height at the rear

I fitted my front shocks today along with all four pro kit springs & it took two of us 7 hours to do. The top mounts & bearings were all good on mine, car is only on 21k but still rusty on a few bolts & I wire brushed them off in a drill & reused them because I had no choice to get the job done as alignment is booked in for Friday. I done the front struts without removing the axle bolts & think they would need to be slackened off in a garage anyway because they looked very rusty. I have a full list of PR codes for my car & one of those codes are saying that it has sports supension fitted & I was very shocked of the size difference from those original sport springs against the Eibach springs. I didn't need to use spring compressors on the new springs & the strut went together really easy. I will hopefully be fitting the B4 shocks tomorrow evening if the weather is nice. Had some rain today but got it done in the end. Photo of the front springs side by side.

I wouldn't of minded if it happened to one of my £1000 or under out of the local paper in my younger days though 🤣

Fair comment & yes that is a very similar situation where I done it myself & I never actually thought of it that way. I wouldn't of been so annoyed in that situation though because I have always taken care of my cars & actually got a bit upset that it happened but it is what it is & I don't feel so bad about it now.

Well obviously I'm not right 🤣 Never have I had anything like this happen in 31 years of motoring. Its very annoying innit right after I paid £58 to that pump.