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  1. I haven't either. I'm quite keen to come along. I'm softening up Mrs Grogee to see if I can come. It's an hour and 20 from me, that'll be a nice little jaunt for the Maestro assuming I can fix the misfire. Happy to pick up anyone en route between Southam and Bridgnorth if anyone wants a lift. Is there anywhere to ride a motorised MTB fitted with a Chinese 2 stroke that I've been too scared to ride anywhere else?
  2. Wow that is really cool, I've never seen one before. I wonder why we didn't get them offered through Honda UK?
  3. Changed the oil in the Puma, it's really not done a lot of miles since the last service (perhaps 2000?) but I do it every year thanks to Big Motor Oil propaganda. As a little bonus I treated it to an OEM oil filter although the Bosch one I took off was probably just as good or better. It's got a Pipercross panel filter which I should probably get around to cleaning at some point. I really don't want to buy their snake oil so can someone tell what to use instead, eg could I clean with brake cleaner then re-oil with normal motor oil? It had smelly air con so I gave it a squirt of foamy AC cleaner which works for a while until it doesn't. To cure it I presume I have to pull the heater box out and scrub the evaporator so that's not happening. I checked the tyre pressures which seemed to have gone up from when I last checked which is weird. I can only think it's because of warmer weather. Being a thorough* mechanic I even checked the spare which involves rolling around on the floor. After tomorrow's MoT I'll be bleeding the brakes with some fresh DOT4, polishing the lights and changing the rear bumper. I do need to try and fix the rear washer but I tend to keep the car clean enough that I never use it. Other than that a small amount of beautification eg rusty washers on the bumper rubber. Like I say, it's largely fine, I'm just trying to keep it 100%.
  4. I too prefer FHC but would love a Webasto, it's pretty much my ultimate spec. Possibly dealer fit option? I wonder what BL called this shade of brown?
  5. Out of interest how do you know it was running lean? I'd like to check my Maestro but don't know how to.
  6. Blue-curious red Prelude £1900 Cov https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/honda-prelude-22vti/1475769878
  7. FUCK YOU Metro C paupers! I've got a rear wiper and a full rear bumper. https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/1995-rover-100-111i-11i-3dr-hatchback-petrol-manual/1475234816
  8. Focus OAP bodystyle £1200 Nunny https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/ford-focus/1475800330
  9. Dented Terios £2k Cov https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/1999-daihatsu-terios-automatic-13-petrol-auto/1475843745
  10. "KILL HER" £2800 Cov https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/vw-golf-16-tdi-2016/1476018425
  11. Absolute turd. £1400 Coventry @Ghosty https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/honda-civic-14-ej9-white-hatchback/1476035121
  12. Did a bit to the Puma, had a few radio issues including my (DIY) Focus steering column control. Fitting this involves a bit of butchery to get it to fit into the Puma steering column surround (Puma and this era of Fiesta never had it). Then it gets fed into a Focus steering wheel control adaptor, only 2 wires for the remote so not hard to suss out how to make it work. I've also made a sub and amp combo. I've got one already but it's in the Toyota and I can't be bothered to heft it in and out each time I change cars. Next up is an experiment to see if I can route two DAB antennas into the head unit. I've cobbled together a Y-cable and I'm interested to see if it improves or deteriorates reception. I bloody hate DAB sometimes. I mean, I like the additional channels but it's such a shit system prone to drop outs. Totally unsuited to cars, actually. Stupid government. We should have gone with a satellite system like USA. Which I'm told is pretty much redundant these days but hey ho.
  13. please be diesel please be diesel please be diesel YESSSSS!
  14. Never mind that. Which train stations did you go through and what did you have for breakfast? (good luck with it though, looks nice)
  15. If I had £12k I would drive it in 2024 until it broke down expensively.
  16. Great motor @SEATMad! I love 80s Japanese stuff. Ooh electric windows, how swish. Can't wait for the thread.
  17. Good luck @SiC, may the force be with you. I've just tried setting up a new router but failed miserably so I can't imagine what this new bus business is all about. Thanks for your efforts.
  18. +1 I've seen what you've done with the Capri and I reckon pulling the head on the Mondeo will be child's play. FWIW I've had the head on and off my Maestro about five times recently and I got the time down to about 4 hours to remove and refit. Admittedly it's an 8v but it is OHC and FWD.
  19. I remember a holiday near Balmoral in the mid 90s during the summer. We set out of an early morning fishing trip and it was impossible to avoid the rabbits, they were everywhere . I'm not into killing them for fun but I got at least half a dozen on that morning drive. Poor buggers - death by Triumph Acclaim.
  20. Thanks for the Woollard. I wish you many happy miles in your Gallic armchair.
  21. I finally got round to getting the Maestro mobile today, in a rare window of Dry. I decided to test its water tightness. I found a drop of coolant by one of the head bolts and was worried it was leaking out through the bolt holes, but I've concluded it must have been a splash from when I was filling up because I can't see any more coming out. I put on my pressure tester and pumped it up to 13psi, it dropped to 12 then held fast with no leaks so I think that's a pass. However once I fired it up it was obvious there is a misfire. I'm kind of sick of looking at it now so I drove it to my lockup and swapped for my Puma which is due MoT on Tuesday. Actually though, doing that allowed my 'back brain' to think about possible causes. I couldn't do the HT lead test because it won't idle... But in the course of the head swap I'd left the distributor and HT leads connected and loosely strapped up while I moved it about. It's possible that I've crushed one of the HT leads while doing this. I'll engage @Cluffy to sit in the driver's seat and keep the engine running while I find out which cylinder is misbehaving. I do have the original set of HT leads that I changed last year just so I've got spares if needed.
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