Stephen

Like it or lump it fossil fuels are finite resource you cannot base the future of a country on them. They also become out of fashion or superseeded if you had told the miners it was all going to fall apart they wouldn't have believed you I doubt but look how that went. As I say interesting times ahead.

BC have a good reputation and a complete damper and spring assembly is fairly complex so can vary a lot brand to brand. Do you actually want fully blown height adjustable coilovers? Or do you just want to firm things up and have a modest drop? Be interested to see BC arms etc Pete, BC stuff is made in Tiwan like most but that doesn't equal tar as can be seen by there coilovers which are TUV certificated.

I agree, you should, but you don't lol. I just think it's unfair that unknowning newbies spend double in the same product because although most of us have made the connection no one says.

Regardless of the colour or "manufacturer" many of them are extremely similar if not the same, make of that how you will.

Google them as pictures you will soon see, pillowballs are stiffer and more responsive, however rubber bushes ones are less crashy and harsh.

Of corse lol, same as people from dorset are either Gypsies or Pirates, apart from one or two farmers that's true.

All Australian men are called Bruce and all females Sheila, that's a fact.

My alignment was acceptable when the car was about 30mm lower than stock, its now 50-60mm lower than stock and all over the shop way beyond thecstock adjustment, fortunately I have a full set of adjustable arms to fit sat on the shelf.

I think my name will be changing very shortly lol

Lol yeah I forgot I've been with Obama, to space and various other adventures this year, I really do get about lol. I think your totally right there, so many people you may form an opinion on based on what they have written and how you have interpreted that can often be so wrong. The written word often lacks tonality and personality, I met a few people that many might consider grumpy or rude even that are in reality just sarcastic wind up merchants that in real life have you in side splitting fits of laughter.

He's probably not joking as he works for them lol. Whilst I do think there is a real chance you may go independent I personally think the honeymoon period will wear off quick, the same bent self indulgent politicians will be in charge albeit they will be all Scottish prats instead of a mix of British prats who are mostly English prats. Becoming a part of the EU proper will bring more grief than benefit, let's face it were on the verge of being the country of Europe and the countries being more like states in their composition at which point it will make scratch all difference all this independence buisness. Interesting times ahead, very interesting.

This years been good, next year well watch this space because I think it's just gonna keep getting better and better.

I agree that that is a lunatic idea, healthcare is free along as you don't need medacine to take at home, fine if your in hospital though, it's nonsense. Equally I have never understood why the NHS gives you everything for free unless it's your teeth or eyes, why dentists and opticians are seperate to the rest I have no idea.

There are some multi purpose gauges, that read more than one perameter if your tight on space.

Yeah pretty much mate, the ideal scenario is to get one with good compression I can drive about on without it letting go for about 18 months. I think the reality is that I'll be building an engine from scratch, hopefully I'll have the cash from successful legal action to pay a certain expert to do a proper job of it.

Chin up fella, go speak to your line manager explain as you have done what the situation is, maybe you can get some leave and work it back or some sort of options. Life happens and some things are unavoidable, most employers know this and will work round this.

I would recommend picking up some TT callipers, they come up cheap and getting them rebuilt. then your brakes will be better and the problem will be taken care of.

if I was you id assemble the clutch on the flywheel and pop it on the gearbox shaft, this will allow you to see wethere you hav enough clearance and weather the starter engauges properly as it bolts to the gearbox not the block.

Ah, I see good old number six. Another block is what I need atm lol. Might be worth getting it mapped properly to iron out any chinks in the system.

Good news mate, was it your block that failed or your tubs?

I have to say none of those issues are isolated to Scotland, the county I live in which is 2 hours from London has no motorway, and many villages where the bus comes on a Wednesday to take you to town for market day and home again that's your lot. Big diesel estates and 4x4s are family tools. It often feels with some the laws and regs they come with sone of these politicians have never left London, never been somewhere where if you fall over and hurt yourself it's a helicopter of nothing. The situation surrounding the benefits, primarily their improper allocation is a UK wide issue no doubt about that. Which is why so many people get so angry and passionate about it. The differences I wages in different regions is crazy and tbh one of the places to see the divide between the rich and poor is London itself. The question id like to ask and you don't have to answer it it's for you, how would you be better off? The same fat cars would take the same shares of the pie. Your pie might shrink but it doesn't mean the gm greed of those in charge will change, politicians see common folk as cannon fodder and cash machines, that's not new and it's sadly unlikely to change.

A lot of new basic cars simply have two lights a blue to say it's still cold and a red to say your overheating, no gauge at all that's how my mrs car is.

All I can tell you as I've not done it myself, is that there is a lump inside the bellhousing that needs to to be ground off to accept the larger flywheel, it's quite an obvious bump. The starter is obviously too close in and requires a spacer to allow it to mesh up.

If they are slim enough you can neatly tuck them between the front rails and the headlight, take the panel off and you will see the slot I mean. I don't like clutter in the engine bay personally. Good shout on the steering wheel, the stock units are a bloody nice looking piece as they are.

Trouble is though, the general issue is once it starts going north your already done. I've had it happen myself that needle leaves the center line and just heads north. I'm installing 3 gauges and I think personally a proper temp gauge has to be one of those 3 an early warning is incredibly useful.