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  1. Alf Stewart spec RR classic
  2. mine isn't great on the fucked road surfaces, I asked on the XM forum and consensus from those who know suggest its normal
  3. cheap lacquer peeled petrol A2
  4. LHM leaks can look more messy than they are too as the fluid can seep quite a long way and make it look like a much more significant issue than it is fingers crossed for an easy fix
  5. previous owner of my Favorit got fed up of the spare wheel well filling with water so just drilled a hole in it
  6. yes indeed. I really hope I have them all pinpointed now. Helps that the interior was already removed to sort the first leak I found (heater hoses)
  7. since I downed tools on the Estelle in August its sprung some heavy leaks into the cabin, not sure if its because I have the front jacked up but its getting to be pain bailing it out every time it rains, especially given the crap weather so I thought I'd take a look First source of leaks I noticed was the sunroof, so that was duly taped up until further notice, but it barely made a difference. I had been told the seal around the heater unit was a prime source of trouble but it looked ok, I might whip it out anyway whilst coolant is drained as the fan motor is temperamental and I can inspect the heater matrix I mentioned it to the owner of the beige one @Bazfr69 showed above when speaking with him at Rustival and he mentioned he had huge issues on his with the grommet where the heater unit bleed hose passes through the bulkhead and through the luggage compartment to the radiator. I had replaced that hose recently so it popped up to the top of the suspect list, especially as the water did seem to be running through the transmission tunnel close to the heater (because the car is on ramps its pools at the rear seat mounts on the floor pan) I taped that up last week and after the heavy rain the last few days the trans tunnel and passenger side rear where it pooled was dry. Getting there now. There is still a small amount of water pooling in the drivers side rear, it seems to be running down the floor pan channels. hunting around I found a small drop on a seam around the pedal box I had been focusing on the scuttle, sunroof, window and doors but this was not in their path attention focused to the luggage compartment, bingo its seeping through the seems on the pedestal which the master cylinders and servo attach Taped up so fingers crossed the next rain shower leaves a dry interior and I will know I have identified all the sources What I am not yet sure is how the water is getting into the luggage compartment. I noticed a dent in one part of the boot seal close by, as if something had snagged there when boot was closed, so I built that up with tape. However it's also wet under the boot liner in other places where I can't see obvious damage to the seal, I wonder if because the front is raised the heavy rain leads to a puddle forming that then breaches the seal somewhere. Either way I will look at getting a new boot seal and see what happens
  8. oh right..cool. maybe they register them at a bigger dealer or shift stock around to meet customer demands
  9. phwoar. I remember my aunt coming to visit in probably around 1988 and turning up in a R16 which was like nothing I'd ever seen before. column shift, electric windows, central locking (I know lots of cars had the latter by 1988 but not any of the shit heaps my dad had owned)
  10. It was the same symptoms on mine, although the heated rear window light came on too but only when reverse was selected. When I was playing around with it last year I did notice the reverse lights didn't come on with the tailgate open but started to flicker as you closed the tailgate and were fully on when it was about 3/4 closed
  11. looking much better. I just noticed its on a Hull reg which I would have thought was too far out from North Riding so wonder if it sold as an approved used out of there rather than new
  12. I know the guy, he's done a cracking job on it. He was at Rustival last weekend in it, I bought a spare carb and electronic conversion off him
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