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I have to say - early this morning - it wasn't looking good - car just wouldn't idle, rev or in fact run on 4 cylinders.  But pleased the cleaning of everything has meant that it runs.  massive relief.

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Just caught up with the progress...... Top jobbing - congrat's on the running engine. Major point in the project for sure. 

I'd missed the earlier statement but if you want to source a LHD seat from Belgium or around I can provide an address so you can have it there and I can bring it back next time I'm over..... If postage etc.... is the stopper. 

Just let me know. 

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On 29/06/2025 at 14:08, Back_For_More said:

Just caught up with the progress...... Top jobbing - congrat's on the running engine. Major point in the project for sure. 

I'd missed the earlier statement but if you want to source a LHD seat from Belgium or around I can provide an address so you can have it there and I can bring it back next time I'm over..... If postage etc.... is the stopper. 

Just let me know. 

That's brilliant Back_For_More - thanks very much for the kind offer................that might be something I take you up on...........but there's a way to go before (but I'll obviously message before hand etc etc).

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And so tonight I thought I'd tackle something 'easy'.............thinking if i really went for it it'd be a 45 min job.............yeah. no.

I took the rear suspension off to replace it.  This is the end result............after 90 mins of a shambles trying to get the two (one of two) top nuts off.

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Still............got there in the end.  And made a start of putting the new parts back on aswell.

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I'm going to give that spring a proper tidy-up before it goes back on the car but that's a job for tomorrow/weekend.

There was more hacking, more swearing, more repeating of the 'it's such a simple car, how can it keep on fighting me at every simple turn?'..............but she does. 

 

Still, progress made.  Trying to keep the momentum up.  Stay sexy people.

 

 

 

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