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That's what I used on mine when I renewed the water pump 

Bit off the wall solution to the Ariel problem , this guy fitted a sharks fin Ariel under the front bumper , seems to work for him ok ( I know it's in French but you get the idea ) ! 

Altered the time on the clock 

4 minutes ago, myfirstboxster said:

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some galvanised mesh from Wickes , cost about £7 

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Turned the ignition on to check the fuel gauge , half full, so it might be an excuse for a run out to the petrol station - the shortest route of course 😉 

Checked it was still in the garage # bloody snow , lockdown 😬

1 minute ago, Stewart_H said:

Thanks, the carbon trim styling was optioned from new and one of things that made me really want this car. I was a little nervous unclipping and unscrewing it to fit the replacement head unit in as it's blooming expensive to replace 😳

Glad I didn't ask if it was dipped !

Decent match , loving the carbon effect !

9 hours ago, Kay Pee said:

Thankfully found the source of my alarm woes - a wobbly fuse C3. The alarm unit is in great nick, no signs of water or damage and at 22 years old I'm guessing that means it's been replaced at some point, before which someone's had to pull this fuse on a frequent basis.

Found the water ingress point too - drivers door! Wondering if I can be arsed taking the carpets out or just get a dehumidifyer. Well I don't have a dehumidifyer...... 😝

Sadly you might have to bite the bullet and take the carpets out , been there and done that with a car I had a leak with , draped the carpet over some wheelie bins to dry out , it took days to dry out fully , surprising how much water a carpet can hold !

Changed the rear Anti - roll bar bushes , they were mentioned at the MOT ( not bad enough for an advisory ) £ 20 from ECP and about 30 leisurely mins to do . 

Put my 986 through it's MOT , passed with no advisories , but considering it's only done a miserable 1300 miles since the last MOT no big surprise really ( no shows to go to , bloody lockdown, what a wasted year )  😠

Spray the bulkhead Grey to match the carpet colour ?

29 minutes ago, gripper said:

Took the plunge and started looking at brake pipe replacement. Removed a few undertrays to gain access and see what I was dealing with. Just need to confirm the thread sizes and buy the bits. Easy ones first then figure out how to get across over the gearbox. 

I found it easier to remove the boot lid , remove the engine cover and kneel in the boot and work the pipework over the top of the gearbox and then put the flares on the pipework when I was happy with the result . 

I changed the time on the clock and went to the shops to buy some milk , Oh my rocknroll life ☹️

Also fitted one of SuperPaulies  rear speaker kits , top quality bit of kit , would recommend highly

Drove it through Northumberland and in to Cumbria - nice

Oil pressure / temperature gauge part 2 , I thought the single oil pressure gauge looked a bit off so I added a oil temperature gauge just to balance things out a bit

49 minutes ago, ½cwt said:

Time well spent I'd say, not wasted.  Looks like a great finish, I limit my painting skills to hidden items and brake calipers as I don't want to foul up on anything that visible.

Painting was a few coats of paint gradually built up as not to get any runs , followed by a few coats of clear lacquer , cost about £20 all in  

Wasted some time on a little project , I sprayed the handbrake shroud so that it matched the centre console  , pleased with the way it turned out

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Don't forget the charcoal filter

Fixed the broken tab on the "flycatcher" wind deflector

Stuck the broken tab back on to get the correct profile

cut and shaped a piece of aluminium to reinforce the tab

fixed it in place with some epoxy resin

gave it a couple of coats of black paint   

14 hours ago, Berni29 said:

Hey! I am going to do this, but will use a 5 bar black VDO gauge and a 996 sender. Oil temp would be nice, but I am not sure what the right place to put the sender is.

There is a Allen headed plug located towards the rear of the engine just underneath the air filter housing , undo it and then fit the temperature sender in its place  , be warned though access is awkward

20 minutes ago, Christopher2110 said:

Easy enough to plumb in? I’ve heard there’s just a blank you can use?

You need to change the oil pressure switch to a 2 post connection type (14x1.5 thread on mine) and then run a wire to the new gauge , bit of a faff but not a bad job , the blank you can use is to fit an oil temperature gauge  

Fitted an oil pressure gauge in the slot where the redundant CD holder was , not so keen on the white surround so I might change it to a chrome one