that’s pretty much how mine was only the patches were three or four layers thick :/ Rich

Thanks for the reply. I had seen that one on google image search, and another of a new panel for the boot side which seems to have a different curve, but it’s more how the different panels come together with the crossmember which I am confused about. It seems as if the boot side sits above the...

Hi All, Hoping someone with experience of late classics can tell me something, or better still show me, how this section of the boot floor should look. Both sides of mine are rusted and patched beyond recognition and I can't really tell what it should have looked like. I feel as if my rear...

Well the other bits that I've done. I've already mentioned that I had to rebuild one of the front swivels due to a CV Cage escaping through the swivel seal. This was the bits of the offending CV that I found... Other distractions included fixing a stop solenoid on my other half's 306 which...

Oh Dear. I've not updated this for soo long I'd forgotten I even started the thread :/ Still, I've been making steady progress over the past year and while it's not so much a 'rolling resto', I'm steadily getting closer to it being MOT worthy again. Been catching up on @dieseldog69's 3dr...

Yes, I never did see my set again, fortunately Grrr was willing to lend me his when I inevitably needed them again. I suspect I was just unlucky as my experience with forum communities is usually that most are honest to their word. That’s life eh! At least it was only a £100 eBay special kit not...

I’m still on here occasionally and still regularly up in Northants. Living in Bristol most of the time though.

Shock horror, an actual update and with photos! I’ve been fiddling with this and that now and then but not really making any particular progress on anything. Air suspension is now all refitted but I can’t seem to get a connection with the diagnostics to it and it’s in a fault mode so not...

Second update to where I am today: Got myself a copy of rovergauge and a wire - managed to diagnose my running issue as a dead throttle position sensor. Obtained a new one from CW4x4 at as reasonable price as a working 14CUX TPS can be had for it seems. Runs a lot better now but I think I need...

Couple of updates, one from about a month ago which was waiting for photos. Second to come in a bit. First steps along the way taken over the last couple of weeks. The alarm unit has come out and gone to Ian at RemoteKey who has disarmed it and programmed it up with new fobs. Should get...

Hi all, been on here a while now for advice fiddling with a P38 DSE that belongs to my mother. Constant trouble but when it’s working it’s great. Needed to get away from depreciating BMW on 29% APR finance and that I can extract about £4500 from and realised that for that money I could make...

Hi all, Hope someone might be able to help. HillHunter (Jon) borrowed my timing chain and fuel injection pump tools for the M51 engines a while back in order to work on his car. Unfortunately he’s now not been online in a while and it’s been a month since I messaged him asking for an...

It's the little bits that make the difference isn't it. Turns a car most people think is fine into one that you can be proud of when the details are right.

haha oops! I might be inclined to agree with that though - like most home mechanics I should think, I have a distrust for those who do it for a living, as for the most part I don't think that they can often afford to spend the time to do jobs as properly as we might like.

Sorry, as usual fora allow the most benign comments to be misinterpreted. I was not trying to suggest that anything had been done wrong. Fire seals do get damaged sometimes through age, or reuse, and I've even seen new ones fail before. My comment was intended to give an idea of what might be...

My guess would be the fire seal may have seen better days, and therefore the injector is jammed in with carbon maybe? Not got any tricks for dealing with the problem unfortunately though. Is it possible that any chemical might be able to be applied around the threads which might wick through by...

Had mine done, guy who did it has done several of these before with good results, but only very small amounts. TLR CarCom Engineering in daventry. Regardless of whether you take the risk like me or not, definitely have the replacement very carefully assessed by someone who knows what they're...

As above. Do the chains and tensioners as you have to take the head off to do them. I'm located in Northants near daventry and would be willing to lend the specialist tools if required as I don't intend to have any use for them in the near future! Discussion with someone who's done the job...

I've had a No.4 Injector Fault on a different EDC engine (VP44 not VE-EDC but the injector function is effectively the same). Gave wildly varying injection timing signals as the needle was sticking. Remember that the needle lift sensor tells the EDC when No.4 injector fires, not when it's...

Nice plans - personally I like the EAS too (I would say that after putting a few hours into sorting ours out) but I can sort of understand why you want to stay with coils if you're planning on using it off road a lot. Maybe a good coil set up with the right rates might no more expensive than...