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Another thing to try is replace the bushes that hold the gearstick extension on. My gear-change got noticeably better after I spent a bit of time changing them and cleaning that area up.

Regards,
David

Welcome! You should start a thread documenting your progress (with a lot of pictures )

garrycol wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 20, 2023 12:23 am

Why not just replace the rubber hose with more modern hose with a rating that can handle E10?

No particular reason, I'm just exploring the options.

My car has developed an alarming smell of petrol. I assume (I will obviously check) that it's to do with the couple of tanks of E10 I ran through it not getting on with the 20+ year old rubber hose in the transmission tunnel. Would it be a mad/bad idea to run a couple of lengths of 8mm copper pipe t...

Fundamentally, any pipe connection on the water pump pulls water in, anything on the manifold is for water going out. A small holes on the front of the manifold and on the top are for temperature sensors. The one on the back is normally for the heater (if you have one). No idea about the one on the ...

If you want your old username back I can probably help.

Fortunately his website was archived here https://web.archive.org/web/20220525185 ... plane.com/ before the domain name registration lapsed.

Welcome

Whereabouts are you? Update your profile with your location.

We're lovely here I'm sure people more knowledgeable than me will be along, but you have to post some photos, your car sounds awesome!

Excellent news

95nas wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 04, 2023 7:30 pm

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I get this error message when loading a copy of my current map for review.

That should be fixed now.

ChrisJC wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 02, 2023 12:09 pm

Sadly not. All V8's were working last time I tried them...

Chris.

I find that every time I work on my car, I reduce it's reliability. It's a virtuous circle to keep me busy

Anyone else spending the day spannering?

Is there a way to visually tell the difference?