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In the bad old days wasn't there a red failure slip where you couldn't drive it away?
Never had one so might be fiction.

OK, I'll have a wander over there later.

Front O/S rail bracket at sickly angle.
Is that a head lining out job?

I don't suppose anyone has one?

Front O/S rail bracket at sickly angle.
Is that a head lining out job?

I don't suppose anyone has one?

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/mot-changes-20-may-2018 May 20th new rules apply The .gov link states that you cannot drive away with a dangerous fail, so this then presumeable invalidates any current MOT left. But for a major fail it says fix immediately, so does that mean the old MOT still cove...

steve_earwig wrote: ↑Sat Mar 31, 2018 9:55 am They should be on the data sticker on the driver's b-post.

Good call, it's actually on the A pillar above the hinge.
All these years and I never bothered to see what it was.
And yes, 32/35 so I've been running too hard.

The old Hdi90 estate has the standard 195/65-15
I always ran them just under 40 all round, but Pigletson just fitted some Dunlops and checked the Haynes, that gives 33/35psi
Seems very soft to me.

Thoughts?

I did explore the classic insurance loophole for my lads.
The policies I found were limited mileage and required another car to already be insured.
ie. 2nd car policy.
Plus a couple of the well known classic insurers that I actually called won't insure youngsters (U25 typically)

Myth busted

Coasting out of gear puts you at risk of not being in control should you suddenly need to take up the drive again and also coasting pretty much turns your car into a loose trolley on 4 wheels, the engine braking affect on the driven wheels plays an important roll in a cars stability, try dipping th...

Please settle a debate indoors re. No.2 sons coasting habit in TUD5 106 Having trawled the interweb for wisdom I am back here. It is stunning what some individuals out there believe. I have established what I kind of already knew in that any electronic injection system will cut fuel supply in over-r...

Just has a horrible thought.
I tipped the tank contents back in.
Oops

New pump fixed it.
Chiselled the old pump open and they are very simple, just a hard plastic impeller and a rubber diaphragm which acts as a flip-flop non return valve.
The diaphragm was looking a bit wrinkled and was very soft.
Will investigate the vodka story further.

I'm making the assumption that it's not electrical as it does operate front & rear and does different things, so it must be spinning in both directions? New pump should tell me, it was cheap enough. I seem to remember the boy muttering something about cheap vodka for screenwash, I thought he was jok...

Pump removed, cleaned, gently airlined, refitted.
Exactly the same. It was all fairly clean on the inside anyway.
cheap Ebay pump ordered including rubber.

It's bloody 'orrible outside and I don't want to snap stuff in haste.
Got the arch liner peeled back to expose the pump but it's covered in crap and hard to tell how it goes.
Does it just pull straight out of the rubber?

Ta