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Lots of progress. :D Pepe, my car used to leak everywhere but new seals and a bit of sealants and taking off and refitting has basically stopped almost all of them. Where water does still come in, eg rear hatch frame, I created a path of sealant on the rear ‘bulkhead’ on the inside to take the water...

Agreed, take care.

Blimey.

Lots of short runs ? Leaving unburnt fuel on the plug ?

List of things to do post Le Mans Fix horn Realign front bumper Flush mount bolts on rear bumper Repair Webasto wooden frame Look at electrical fault in rev counter (orange indicator light glows and rev counter backlight dims, intermittently when headlights are on) Fix minor blow in RH exhaust unde...

Clever stuff

I will be there, donuts in the car park

Have you disabled the passenger door lock to stop your dad getting out.

I'm pretty certain the rhs rear, upper trailing arm, forward bush is failing. Its wallowing and when I pull away promptly, eg sprinting, she squats on that side. She's going in the garage, on a lift this Friday to check but if it is , do i poly bush them or replace with the rubber (metallistic ?) ty...

Good luck and welcome. I've had my 5a for a few years now and probably the most enjoyable / rewarding car I 've ever owned.

Maroon ? Might be Highland Purple, appropriate !

Stephen, I ended up making afresh due to rust and being bent. They're so old and normally suffered a bit of abuse, but you might be lucky

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Sun Jul 15, 2018 10:03 pm

I had all the rear end body work all bolted up with the mandatory inconsistent & large panel gaps.

reminds me of my austin rover montego...

I fitted a decent wide band sensor and electronic gauge. Not cheap, but really pleased. Its permanently fitted and tells me constantly lean / rich under power etc.

I had tried narrow band in each exhaust bank and twin gauges but a complete waste of time.

Blimey. I’ll stick with lpg anyways sounding promising

I’m out and about in the 5a now so