Stephen

I think it took me longer to put the fire retardant sheeting down than the cut took, about 2 seconds with a nasty little cutting tool. :devil:

Because it's easy. Why find, purchase another pedal and faff about fitting it to end up with exactly what you could done in 10 seconds for free. It's like buying half a brick. It offers no structural, functional or practical purpose. In fact all it serves is that should someone remove the rubber cover they may see the cut line. It's not like I'm advocating using some chip shop pedal of a Peugeot that kinda fits but not really. It's the same part with a slightly longer peice of sheet metal that can be trimmed to end up with an indenticle product. If your that hungbup on preserving the cars pedigree then you wouldn't be converting an auto to a manual in the first place. Il tell you this much, you could only know my pedal is cut because I just told you and if you said it was cowboy and devalued the car I'd laugh my ass off and tell you it's a 27 year old Nissan.

Did I? Dont recall that. Don't see why. You only need to bleed if you break the hydraulic system. - - - Updated - - - Disagree.

It still wouldn't of been right tbf. I had an early upper bolted to later lower, bodge job by a third party. In fact it had an early fuel rail as well. I wouldn't recommend it but yeah it would bolt up (I doubt you'd notice, driving wise).

They do bolt up btw.

Oh that is a kick in teeth! Why? Early spec?

That's the problem Joel, I haven't got a sob story to share so I spose I can't enter :lol: Blue and black is my colour theme though...

I'd say il take them but I can't provide you with a bling problem story, just aggrovation at the silinone ones flexing.

There's a fair few of us now with Evo Brembos.

Only if they aren't ready to be there. Just because the test is passed the newly passed learner will still be "fumbling about", just this time without supervision.

Since when Ali? They used to make you do a reverse round the corner, three point turn, hill start and reverse park. No bay park though. Still not fit for purpose.

Agree our driving test is crap. How often do we hear "new driver are most likely to have accidents" you don't even drive on a motorway or bay park. We have loads of them round here (it's an estate on the edge of town, so quiet)crawling along working out how to use a clutch, personally I think the testing should be staged. Theory, then provisional in a safe non public place, then open roads. A bit like how you learn to scuba dive. When the people that have just passed aren't up to standard it points very clearly at the quality control, i.e. The test. The infrastructure in this country is shite, it cannot support the cars we have full stop. Last week my average speed on the way to work, a 95 mile trip each way, was less than 30mph. It's mostly, maybe 80/90% dual carriageway and national speed limit. Trains, forget them, too expensive and round here cack handed and require a different transport method to get near your destination. Buses, unless you live in Town or one it's main parts it's a nightmare. In fact we only just got a bus route back after it was cancelled. Most of the time they are just empty, or full of fossils that get free passes, pumping out shit for no good reason. Only busy in the summer with the forgin students. Let's not even start on our other over stretched public services. Hollands public transport is brilliant, cheap, reliable and convenient. I like the buisness they do on the motorway where the limit drops due to weather conditions.

They look like late style VTC to me. Although NAs got different parts earlier, revised injectors for example from 93 onwards. You can easy tell for sure, if they are VTC there will be a solenoid at the rear of the cam cover. Can't imagine that non VTC would have springs in the cam. My understanding was it was dropped then brought back.

Won't happen. It's nothing to do with safety, the roads with the highest limits are the safest and the lowest statistically the most dangerous. These days they are pushing more and more on the emissions thing as well with 50mph clean air zones, ironic really as the 20mph zones blantely cause more pollution. The green cotton wool brigade have a lot of power these days.

What's "small loose on Hicas" mean?

The viscous van is supposed to be turning constantly with the engine. It contains a wax substance and a spring, the temperature of this depends on the fan speed in relation engine speed. Kinda like a gear in a way. You should be able to stop it with a piece of card on a warm engine. If you can't then it's seized.

Look the same as the ones on my spare 10Y heads.

Never trust a straight merkin.

Thank Christ he didn't take your hair curlers too.

Less screws, more action/pictures. :p

Good work. Beautifully clean car.

Well there we go then. Useful to know Jeff.

I think. You will find they come in batches. The same system is sold by a few different end suppliers such as 2fast2cool.

If the things going to be junked just go at the plenum. Soon get it off if you don't care how you do it. Take the whole fuel rail out complete, less risky if breaking them and faster. They are useful things to have.

What ones where they? Some have stupid high spring rates. - - - Updated - - - Have to say I agree there. It's just a paint really.