The usual disconnect/reconnect interest wires
Hope mine is that simple, think issue’s in here somewhere. Got til Oct to sort it out
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View attachment 179028 phase one of the gearbox oil change... A bit darker than I'd of liked, but she's done 30.000 in the last two years and a run to Spain on Thursday, (bank holiday for us over here) then Ill drop the oil again along with the filter and hopefully another 30.000mls..... it's dark in the jar but when on white paper very little debris ....View attachment 179028 View attachment 179029

Does look dark but it will take a few flushes to get it all out.
 
I think its the wee magnet on the bottom cover which tells you the most.
If its 'furry' then that's a worry.:eek: ,if its just a bit grey then there's not too much ground up metal being made!;)
On the final fill up I would put some Lucas Transmission Fix in too. good stuff. I swear it made mine change more smoothly.
 
View attachment 179028 phase one of the gearbox oil change... A bit darker than I'd of liked, but she's done 30.000 in the last two years and a run to Spain on Thursday, (bank holiday for us over here) then Ill drop the oil again along with the filter and hopefully another 30.000mls..... it's dark in the jar but when on white paper very little debris ....View attachment 179028 View attachment 179029

Does it smell at all ?

Once had one that smelt like burnt plastic, a bit darker than that tho ...
 
Had the passenger side interior door handle fall off. Wife tried to get out and as she pulled the handle the hinge snapped clean off. So now I have the joys of trying to source one on a bank holiday weekend. Yay.
 
Need to see this. One of mine is pretty crabby. Did you take it off or mask around it.?

Uhh TBH i did neither ;)

Photo's speak for themselves

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Masked up :eek: thsi is also after 3 coats of colour no lacquer at this stage
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After sanding it down to primer with 1000 - 2000 grit, some paint prep and 3 coats of colour and 4 coats of lacquer this is the result..
polished up ok..

I wetsanded inbetween all coats to give a Glass type smoothness o_O

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2 coats of wax too.
 
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Think it was you that pointed out to me it was in wrong place some time ago?;)
May stick the one I took out before the filter can you take a pic of yours for me?

Running the airlock out without lift will be fun :rolleyes: Hope don’t fry FIP

Made sure it is not too tight as the plastic would restrict easily with those powerful little clips. If i wobbled the NRV it would fill up with bubbles so xtra precaution. Clear Pipe is always clammy with diesel but too expensive to replace. Will try fuse I thought it was just a relay
Hi, yes I will when I get home. Currently in France for a week. I don't have a clear pipe on mine, just get heavy duty fuel pipe. I'm sure that your fuel pipes shouldn't be sweating fuel.
However after reading the earlier post re no gravity feed that would explain why I got an airlock at just above the yellow light stage on the fuel gauge! Disconcerting at 70mph on the motorway - cough cough revs up and down... silence...... then glide into the hard shoulder :eek::cool:
 
Uhh TBH i did neither ;)

Photo's speak for themselves

B4

cS6okB9l.jpg


Masked up :eek: thsi is also after 3 coats of colour no lacquer at this stage
KUxOJlxl.jpg


After sanding it down to primer with 1000 - 2000 grit, some paint prep and 3 coats of colour and 4 coats of lacquer this is the result..
polished up ok..

I wetsanded inbetween all coats to give a Glass type smoothness o_O

p4QamHgl.jpg


2UESNpdl.jpg

1OH793Xl.jpg

CUMAD6tl.jpg

1OH793Xl.jpg



2 coats of wax too.
This is where I start from..
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Plenty of eBay suppliers can sell spray cans made up from paint codes/ colour name/ years.

Wetsand it down to the plastic.

1 Use plastic prep primer

2 High build primer

3 sand smooth

4 Colour 3 coats sanding inbetween, be careful to apply thin coats to avoid too much orange peel if you supply your code i can tell you what colour, unless you know it already of course

5 Lacquer 2-4 coats

6 After 24hrs wetsand the lacquer smooth

7 After then using a polish of your choice remove the sanding marks..

8 seal/wax

etc etc
 
Don't you need to flatten the colour again before you lacquer? Last time I sprayed metallic was 10 years ago but i remember it looking terrible and completely the wrong colour until the lacquer went on then it all looked perfect
 

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