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This morning I thought that I would see if I could fix the dash lights

The back of the binnacle
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This is the feed for dash lighting
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Cleaned carefully
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Reinstalled
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Didn't make a jot of difference. Voltage is just millivolts so not enough to get lights working. Continuity is good.

At this point I noticed smoke wafting from the back - the handbrake light bulb had gone as well plus stop light. I think this might have been the original issue.

Pulling some of the bulb holders shows this
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So looks like a new binnacle is probably the best best to fix it all.

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That might be a plan.

There is some melty bits on the track but testing continuity shows it is all connected
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Testing continuity on the back highlighted that some of the bulbs weren't making proper contact due to manky tracks and quite a few of the bulbs have blown.

Cleaned up the tracks and that improved things. Ordered a load of new bulbs so will swap them out before ordering another binnacle.

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Minor victory this morning. The golf buzzes at about 50 mph which goes away when you push the dash.  It is one of those noises that once heard, doesnt go away. 

This morning I stripped the front fascia out (about 15 min job) and tightened all the screws I could find. Trip to work this morning showed the buzz has gone ... very pleased and a small victory. 

Sadly I am suffering from Shiters Itch - the car is great, does everything I need it to, fsh and been well looked after  ... but i keep getting tempted to change it. Ignoring the fact I have a 205 in bits, a Rover being fixed elsewhere, Mx5 that wants some love. 

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The green bastard has been tamed by Northern Monkey!

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He pushed on to get it finished when I would have pushed it in the canal.

Anyone want to buy a starter classic car? Low mileage, new MOT ..


Will do an advert for car and classic tonight and get it up to sell.

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I bought a set of track tyres off GM for the little Mazda but the alloys were a bit crispy. The tyres kept going down and I couldn't use them for Autotesting as not on the approved list.

I have got a spanking new set of rainsports to go on, so took the opportunity to do a quick refresh

Before
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Sanded with hand sander, wire brush in drill, wire wool and wet and dry paper.

Getting the loose stuff off resulted in this
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2ps to cover the bolt holes
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Then couple of coats of primer
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You can see before at the top, during on the right and primered at the bottom
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When it dried it has pulled a bit more of the paint off so I will scrape that off tomorrow
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They are going to be black as I have been informed it will look best.


Outside currently looks like the early 90s
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Whoever convinced you black wheels were the way to go has no sense of style or panache. All the cool kids are rolling on primer white rims. 
He even offered to buy the black paint as I have got silver in stock...

White will show the brake dust up a bit too quickly!
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Those wheels are Enkie's, quite sought after on the basis of being expensive at the time as they're well made, tough and also light. Well worth the effort to refurb them!
They could do with proper sandblasting and then a powder coat. This though should cost me £40 and a few hours which leaves money for shiny things
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We left the wheels primed last night andeft to go off.

Today was time to do the colour

I bought a waterproof table cloth to try and protect the bench a bit more. It was a partial success

Primed wheels
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Starting to dust some coats
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Doing the underneath
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Also did the centre caps with a little of colour funk
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Come out alright. Definitely 10 yarders it not bad.

I also picked up a pair of lower front arms to sort out and poly bush to fit.
These are miles less rusty than last lotso not going to do too much.

Took off the balljoint and other bolts
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Quick go over with wire wheel and brake cleaner
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Then the glass reinforced chassis paint to protect them
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Couple of coats
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Looking good - need polybushing and then is ready to swap over.
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Also did the ramps I was given by my neighbour. They had rust spots so wire brush back and then coated in paint to give them another 50 years of life.b

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