A job and a half then🤯

Is the key hole in the middle of the dashboard or beside the gear selector?

I'd go straight for the connection on the back of the ignition switch. There is a black plug section with copper contacts similar to relay connections. These corrode and blacken with carbon. We had one at the garage that start only in the...

Next step is to check for power and ground at the engine ecu. What diag are you using?

Paint them orange they’ll be fine 😇

The spring looks bent and what's inside of it?

What is going on there🤯

4,2mm x 19 mm?

As long as it will mix with what is in there without turning to jelly. I'd just top up with distilled water until the problem is sorted then drain ad refill with any antifreeze approved for alloy engines which is almost all. Anti freeze should...

Use WATER until you find the leak ... There is a leak, because that's where all the coolant went ...

Standard self tapping screws do the job, stainless are best. A dab of black paint after fitting if you are fussy.

Add like for like or add water. If you don't add the same as what's in then you can potentially causes problems with blockages. As it's gone totally empty there is potential that you've now got air in the system. Keep an eye on that. Find the leak.

Where abouts are you, country wise?

Spray bottle with water + loads of soap. Really soapy, switch it on and start spraying. Bags can conceal the leak when they fold but the bubbles will show. be systematic

Thanks romanrob. Sadly the grill wasn't off, although it will be next time I need to adjust it. I did get there in the end with a long screwdriver and prodding various catches until it released. Got there in the end. Thanks for the input. 👍

My two 1998 GEMS have different exhaust system. Green on has the usual dual tail pipe. Blue one has single tail pipe & sounds throatier. The only real physical difference is the section after the centre silencer box. Both are as I bought them.

You forgot the plastic toothbrush.

As RRDT suggested they may have been trying to get a later / earlier sensor to work. Other option is that they had Arnot 3 springs and longer shocks at some stage for greater articulation and had to extend all the sensor wires.

Ebay :)

+ 1 That explains why Gen Z drivers look puzzled when I tell them my 'daily' BM is 27 years old, their technology oriented brains can't grasp the concept o_O

Depends on the battery and the retailer i think. Some sit on the shelf, some are back out the next day. Either way you don't know until you charge it yourself

Many thanks brianp37dse, after a bit of searching found what I wanted. Sadly seems only to run very old version of Acrobat Reader - but all info currently needed is there!!! Cheers Andi

They never do, may have been sat in the stock room for some time. A 24 hour charge with a 4 amp smart charger is usually needed to bring the battery up to a fully charged state.

Ordered a new cable and connector to solder into the RL side. Will use glue and heatshrink as suggested. The RH side is ok, just needs a clean solder join and glue/heatshrink again. Update one done.

It'll depend on their mark up scale and the hub they are supplying. I've bought blueprint hub assemblies and had one fail after 3yr...ill rebuild this one myself 😕

That corrosion is going to cause no end crap with the signals.. That's a bodge if ever I saw one 😱