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Jim Bell

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There was no filler cap for the screenwash, which I believe is an IMPORTANT SAFETY FEATURE so I ordered one that would definitely fit from that eBay that they have on the internet these days. That's  an easy win right? Get the ball rolling on the improvement spreadsheet. 

The seller, helpfully send a small selection. 

 

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Of course, none of them fucking fit. 

 

 

Sad pipe is sad. 

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Being ingenious, I stole the top cover off a pot of home made festive jam and made the best of it. 

 

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That'll keep the squirrels out. 

It'll do for now. 

 

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On to the tyres. 

The ones that were on were fucked and not the correct size. 

I ordered some Falken Sn110s in the factory correct size 165/65/14.  Reviews seem good and the price was right. 

Of course they're COMICALLY SMALL. 

Off to the races. 

 

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ARCH GAPE

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Got an alignment done too. Seems to have straightened the front out lovely. 

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Leave the gearbox for now and on to more important business. 

Floor mats. 

 

The fabric ones in the car were fucking embroidered with the dealers name and the drivers one was sodden. 

This will not do. 

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Skoda Octavia ones nearly fit but are a bit too small. 

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HOT TIP ALRET

if you save the smoll squares from excess rubber car mats, you can make tiny car mats for scale models cars, which in my experience are often left shamefully NUDE in the mat department.

I am only sharing this information with you because you are FAR AWAY and thus, less likely to enact a hostile takeover of my small but loyal customer base, here in the distant south.

Top work sir, the forum has been less good than it used to never be of late with fewer car purchase tales from your fine self, and a shameful lack of car mat related tomfoolery.

Gearbox might respond well to fresh oil and magic gloop unless its like some 4x4s and has 17 gearboxes hidden all over the place and costs more to refresh the oil in all of them than buying the car in the first place.

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2 hours ago, Jim Bell said:

There was no filler cap for the screenwash, which I believe is an IMPORTANT SAFETY FEATURE so I ordered one that would definitely fit from that eBay that they have on the internet these days. That's  an easy win right? Get the ball rolling on the improvement spreadsheet. 

The seller, helpfully send a small selection. 

 

IMG_20210123_105957.thumb.jpg.47ed767aa7be7ee7af46ffb2779da10e.jpg

 

Of course, none of them fucking fit. 

 

 

Sad pipe is sad. 

IMG_20210123_135316.thumb.jpg.09ec7811bce31458318f6cfc3ca0c256.jpg

 

 

Being ingenious, I stole the top cover off a pot of home made festive jam and made the best of it. 

 

IMG_20210123_142158.thumb.jpg.8251245cd4efedfcc0c842eafc025e4b.jpg

 

 

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That'll keep the squirrels out. 

It'll do for now. 

 

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There are certain items of hygienic nature available, which are used when e.g. dealing with certain ladies of frivolous nature. They are made from latex and often found in colorful boxes of three. I am sure one of these contraption would fit nicely over the screenwash bottle neck and replace the painfully missing cap in no time.

Obviously, the method comes with an inherent danger - leaving the open package in glove box could lead to a very extreme interrogation by Spanish Inquisition (AKA girlfriend/wife).

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1 minute ago, Bitzer said:

There are certain items of hygienic nature used when e.g. dealing with certain ladies of frivolous nature. They are made from latex and often found in colorful boxes of three. I am sure one of these contraption would fit nicely over the screenwash bottle neck and replace the painfully missing cap in no time.

Obviously, the method comes with an inherent danger - leaving the open package in glove box could lead to a very painful interrogation by Spanish Inquisition (AKA girlfriend/wife).

I'm sorry sir, but as Mormon, the best I can do is I hole cut in a pair of magic underpants. 

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10 minutes ago, cobblers said:

I've always had a damp spot for these. I'm a bit disappointed though, You can get italian made remould mud terrain tyres, honestly there is no more suitable tyre for this car. (Other than they're noisy, wear fast, wobble, halve your MPG and BHP etc etc)

Yes, the eventual plan is a lift kit and big knobblies. Even the remould mud tyres I was looking at were quite expensive. At the moment, some wet weather road tyres made best sense. 

 

One day plan:

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