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Looking for advice on whether to dive into this early, or leave until there are other areas of the car to look at at the same time. Piccie below is the lower front corner of the driver's door. I struggled to get a photo, as without very specific lighting the chamonix bubbles blend very well into...

Timing covers (upper and lower) are on the front of the engine, covering the timing chain. The upper cover fixes to the head and the lower cover to the block. If the head is skimmed without the upper timing cover then the surface will have a step in it, causing issues The compression difference...

Have you done a compression test? I think that has to be done soon, if you haven't already. The oiled plug on cyl 3 indicates a potential issue. If compression good and even across all 6 cylinders you have a stable base to work from, if it's down on one or more, then a leak down test is the next...

thanks, and keep up the good work. Looks fiddly :-)

Well done! Do you have any parts left over? I'm hoping to get my car all working off one key, but i don't have any lock parts with which to take the job on. Cheers

I'll be tootling up the M40 also. Later than Mark's early start Forecast looks great so far

It's one of these: https://www.meaco.com/dehumidifier/home-dehumidifiers/meaco-dd8l-junior-dehumidifier-multi-award-winning the one thing I find annoying about it is that when I switch it back on it doesn't remember the settings from when I switched it off, so I have to reset the fan speed and...

I had noted rust spots blossoming on my garage's previous resident (mk2 Golf) and so bought an inside/ outside humidity meter to monitor humidity levels. At a basic level, this worked well as I was able to open the garage door if humidity outside was lower than inside. However during the UK...

Many thanks Dan and Simon for this, another niggle tidied up :)

No worries Mark, kids had fun, which is what counts. Hope you get your car back soon! Cheers Marco, you think I'd let my kids anywhere near with a bottle of polish? Must be mad ;-)

Some piccies from a car show yesterday, June 9th You'll note the newly restored alloys on their first outing after significant work late last year I was the only E9 there, but there was a 2002 Turbo and a couple of E21s. Many 911s and MGBs....

Thanks Gray Pm sent

Cheers Gransin, I'll look into this next week, hopefully I can find a local anodiser shop who camps take this on Game on!

Hi Simon, that's globalisation for you!! Cheers Keshav, I've attached some photos to show the general pitting on the silver and black areas, and a couple of dings I'd like to improve on. Obviously they're never going to be concours, but any tips to improve the blingyness is appreciated. They...

I was just looking to polish my kidney grills, so this thread is very timely. Being uk based I doubt I can source either of these products. I was going to try brasso!! Is the kidney grill polished aluminium, or is it chromed? Thanks Drew

I noted mine were missing and ran a bead of seam sealer Not a purist approach :oops:

that is an old one :-) I had to refresh myself on what I was doing then. Thanks for your efforts and your recall! what I was after was a measurement of the clutch release arm movement rather than that of the clutch pedal itself. I have a slight crunch on engaging reverse which could possibly be...

Thanks team, this is great. Another thing I never knew I was missing in my life Pm sent

ah yes, missed that. Mine are 15" 7Jx15 up front (with 205mm width tyres), 8Jx15 (215mm tyres) at the rear. Clearance was fine at either end, but especially so at the rear

I don't know the offset, but my CSL had 8J Rials on the rear (7J on the front) when I bought it. I've since gone to factory 7Jx14 Alpinas I did not have to do anything to the studs, and I didn't have any clearance issues, on wheel arch lips or on the suspension. I have the wheels in my shed...