Nice pics of hands and arms:D

Thanks, another one to add to my obviously lack of internet vocabulary.

I have already had the rear pipes done. As I have a back problem I am unable to do the work myself. I asked for identification of individual pipes so that I can save a day on fixing it by my local independent garage by getting the pipe myself which they don't mind. In the meantime I'm going to...

Is there such a thing as a schematic or diagram for this?

I have a bad leak in one of the front ACE pipes (lower one I think). Trouble is there are 5 different pipes listed on line. Anyone know which is which? It's a D2 BTW.

Should be able to get up to 50miles after the fuel warning light comes on.

Find an empty car park and put hard lock on in both directions, then drive it hard as possible. If it's a CV problem you'll hear it.

Mine self bled after around a fortnight. Just kept an eye on the filler level. No adverse handling problems in the meantime.

Try pressing the unlock button on the fob once you are inside the vehicle.

timing

Sorry, misled you. £188.00 was for fitting only. As said the pipes are in the £200.00 bracket. Mine came from Britpart.

So far I've spent £188.00 on new fitted rear pipes which I consider good value. Had a new Asus compressor (£175 inc new relay) as well. I much prefer to keep the existing system.

I have never checked mine but noticed when I first had my car that the bonnet had been off (paint on hinge bolts all chipped), so something pretty serious had been done prior to 88000 miles.

Personally if your motor needs a half chassis I'd be looking closely at the rest of the car to make absolutely sure it's worth the expense.

I'm not convinced the panhard rod is your problem. I would take another look at your swivel pins and bearings. Long time ago since I had a D1 but had a similar problem and rebuilding the pins solved it.

Most likely CV joint.

Starter fubarred!

You have a piece missing from the bottom of the filter that your connector fits on.

Why would they want to look at the brake fluid? As I understand it, as long as the brakes work within the MOT regs that is all that is required.

Crankshaft pulley or fan?