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[somewhatfoolish]

7 hours ago, jonathan_dyane said:

Due to air ingress issues I have removed the 406's original fuel filter and housing and replaced it with a Chinese Lucas CAV copy.

A bit of a terrible bodge but a cheap fix...

That's not a bodge; ziptying the housing into place would be a bodge, this is an approved field modification. I've encountered contractor-fulfilled repairs on ships that are less well thought out than this.

[GeordieInExile]

The Panda is back. And I'm £385 down. The centre section the garage acquired wouldn't fit properly onto the back box fitted to the car, so they replaced both. 

The good news is it still sounds nice, but at a far, far more civilised volume than with the straight through exhaust. I'm going to get the straight pipe back later so if/when I sell the Panda I can include the sporty exhaust in case the new owner wants to refit it. 

Took it down the Beehive Road to celebrate and kept pace with a Fiesta ST the whole way. Magic. 

[Pete-M]

Needed something spacious, not powered by Dr Diesel's evil invention, ULEZ happy and fairly nippy. 

So bought an 06 plate S-Max 2.5 turbo Titanium. 

Unusual spec car with pan roof, Half leather, active suspension and a few other bits.  In a truly awful colour.  "White Grape" allegedly.

I like it, but the sound system is crap. I don't think Ford have ever done a car with a genuinely good sound system. 

Goes well though. 

[meshking]

I had an 08 plate smax with the Sony upgrade package, was still shite but new speakers brought it to life. Finally replacing it with an alpine head unit was the only way to get reasonable sound quality.

[Popsicle]

Couriering caddy is good for another year.

Well pleased with another pass.

I only changed the front shocks at 140k miles, so they've only lasted 242k miles, nothings built to last these days 🤣.

Not sure about the gearbox oil leak, it doesn't look like gearbox oil to me and I had a coolant leak on that side of the block so probably just a bit of that.

As for the back box corrosion advisory, thats 4 years on the spin, I'll wait for it to start blowing or fall off before worrying about it.

[Popsicle]

4 hours ago, Popsicle said:

Not sure about the gearbox oil leak, it doesn't look like gearbox oil to me and I had a coolant leak on that side of the block so probably just a bit of that.

Now I've had a proper chance to look at this leak, it is deffo gearbox oil, slight weep from the passenger side driveshaft seal. Glad that its been picked up by the MOT, I'll get it done over Christmas/New year.