Jiggling makes no difference ! A bit of foam wedge does the trick. How much for your surround Wurzal ? If I have to take the panel off to get it fitted I'll just stick with the wedge of foam. Where in N. Ayrshire ? I started out from S. Renfrewshire.

Thanks Wurzal. I'll try Domino's suggestion and if it doesn't work I'll come back to you.

If it repeats I'd tend to back Wammers diagnosis

Just won't stay shut at all. There must be some mechanism keeping it shut because it seems to be spring loaded for opening. If you ever find out let me know.

I appreciate that it's not one of life's great problems but it's been annoying me for years. Can anybody tell me what is the mechanism which keeps the exterior wooden cover for the ashtray shut ? (It's a press/open)

I replaced mine a couple of years back. Can they be refurbished or should I scrap the old one ?

With stuff being dumped inside ( like generators and engine wiring harnesses) the mats in the rear were a mess with oil marks. I have just scrubbed one of them with swarfega and washed it under the kitchen tap ! It's hung up in the garage right now to dry. At least the mats save the carpet. let...

I rescued the lower tailgate plastic finisher before I scrapped the old rusting tailgate. Anybody needing one can have it for the postage. PM me .

Thanks Trax. I'll do that. What part of the Borders are you in ?

Thanks guys. I also agree and adding free to the title achieves what I was intending.

Time to buy a lottery ticket : I have the RR back with new ( 2nd hand) alternator, new (2nd hand) wiring harness and a new battery. When they were all connected up she fired up without a warning light in sight ( except usuals about windows not set etc..). Not even a fuse needing replaced. The...

where are you in US ? I come over to Montana twice each year.

I had to replace mine earlier in the year : simple enough job. I had a leccy friend have a look at mine as it was possible that something as simple as a resistor had gone. It looked to me as if it was delaminating and I decided that life was too short to go playing around with the switchpack. I...

before you take it you require written confirmation from them of what they have done. If you take it out that door and have someone else start on it they will simply deny liability. If they are not prepared to put in writing what they have done that tells you they are not going to admit anything.

How did you describe it in your selling advert ? I don't mean in general terms but each specific line of the description e.g. if you said anything like " fully restored " or such like it might be important. Find your advert , copy it and keep it. If this looks like it's going anywhere ask for...

I suspect that many members (including myself) strip any old parts which are being replaced and never throw out Rangie and other stuff which "might come in useful"....some day. e.g. I have ( amongst a number of such items) the plastic finisher for a bottom tailgate on a '97 RR. These are often...

I don't know them. Are they RR specialists or just leccy wizards ? Main problem will be of course that I can't get the car down to them. I'll report back when everything gets back together.

Thanks Marty. I think that praying is going to be one of the inputs when the new loom goes in. I'll report back.

I'm in the hands of my local indy. They're good people but not RR specialists. I suspect that they won't have enough RR experience to go through the sensible process which you suggest. I'm going to be needing some luck here and it sounds as if it could be a long and expensive job. Thanks for the...

I was on longbow and packed in a couple of years ago when I did my back in. I still have two longbows : a Bickerstaff at 60lb and one made by a lass in the Borders in Scotland whose name I forget. It's at 55lb. If you know anybody who needs/wants one they could have them at a sensible price.