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I assume this is long gone ;-)

Thank you

OK! Who for the love of god came up with the idea to position the fuel filter in such a ridiculous place? How the hell do you get to it without dropping the tank?

Topless today

:-( How do I move it ? Today in the Sun

Now to sort:- STRUT TOP MOUNT Engine Mount Gear linkage Alloys Then cosmetic bits when the weather gets better.

Now I can use the truck I will get the Alloys sorted

MOT PASSED !!!!

All jobs sorted for MOT :-) I will replace the sill cover tomorrow and wash the car (pre MOT clean) Booked in for Saturday morning at 10.00 Fingers crossed :-)

Easy ! ;-( Aghhhhhh, Why oh why were they riveted? What a pain to get the are off and on again in a gravel car park with fading light. Done. Now just to put the sill cover back and change all the bulbs the MOT tester didn't like.

Sills are welded :-) Thank you so much Mel. Today she is back in her favorite position 'up in the air'. Now to tackle the ' excessive play in lower suspension ball-joint'. Old ball joint is riveted in place, always handy when they need changing, new ones are supplied to bolt on, so off with the whole arm Aghhhh. Did I swear? YES. Did it come off easy, NO. Remember in a Haynes manual the little spanners showing how difficult a job is ? Well I am not a mechanic, so all those little spanners mean nothing at all. Every job is a big job. Removed, got wet, cold and to be honest a bit fed up, so will carry on after work this week.

Update. Thanks to Hairymel from Retro rides for his help with the welding. Coming on slowly but surely. As always it looked better with the sill covers on :-) After a little rust removal. He has been working hard and O/S is done N/S started. The biggest problem is that the whole N/S rear wing panel is flapping around ;-( But it will be done. I have also brought some spacers for the Alloys :-)

Just dropped truck off for a Retro rides member to perform his magic with his MIG. Fingers crossed

Hi what is the rear section of both sills like? Would you be willing to cut both sides off outer and inner. the rear 15cm . I'm sure you know what I mean, the bit that crumbles away on a felicia :-) Also does it have power steering? if so I am after the metal pipe that runs along the front under the radiator. My mail is [email protected]

:-) nice to know I am not alone.

I will Just ordered some from Amazon that was the cheapest I could find

I really dread trying to get the sill covers off :-(

Put her in for an MOT today so I know where I stand:- :-( Failed ! To be honest they would have been a pretty rubbish test centre if it had passed, and they the my local 'friendly' centre. Failed on headlight bulbs the wrong colour (yellow bulbs) (£4.24 a pair delivered) Indicator bulbs incorrect colour (x 3) (£2.95 for pack of 10 delivered) Offside front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint. (£9.00 + Vat from local motor factors) The one I was waiting for :-) Offside and nearside (rear part of inner sill) suspension component mounting excessively corroded.

Lost my job :-( Found another :-) Needed a car for work :-( Fun now has tax insurance but no MOT :-( Fun has to go :-( Put it in Retro rides, swapz and Gumtree Plenty of idiots wasting my time and really Pi**ing me off. Needs welding on rear jacking point. Maybe a cylinder head, maybe a CV joint or engine/gearbox mount by the odd clunk. Wheels need a refurb or changing. Aghhhhh May also need a chip on windscreen fixing for an MOT. I have now got fed up with the time wasters! New year resolution get of my lazy arse and get the Fun sorted. So here are a couple of pictures where she looks nice.

:think: This was clean before a 15 mile drive

Poor running under-powered despite new leads plugs rotor cap and filters. White smoke and gunk on the filler cap after a run also bubbles in the expansion tank when running :-( All points to Head gasket :-(

Wheels now on the back burner :-( Head gasket needs doing Aghhhh. I have never changed one, this should be fun :-)

I need to find a friendly engineer with a big lathe :think:

Mmmm that's the problem, I have googled this and as you say spigot rings would be OK if the bore was too big :-( machining the wheels would be the way to go but aghhhhhh! way out of my price range.

Aghhhhh! They don't fit :-( the hole in the middle is a couple of mm too small. next question can I simply use my trusty Dremmel? it is a couple of mm about 5mm in???