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it needs a fair whack of work like. its already had replacement back springs and shocks, its getting new fronts. it needs 2 wings, 2 rear arch pannels, 4 new doors a new bonnet and boot lid lol its my dads baby though haha

the multi plug is a little cracked but seems to fit securely enough. not calibrated it as of yet though. i figured it was to do with the vac system as i did originally find a split pipe. i repaired it. it cured it for a week but then it came back whats the procedure for checking the vac...

renault 5 gt turbo and 205 gti were the cars i wanted when i was a bairn

haha ive never seen a chevette in years. aye the lom cortina was cool. they put a glx grille on it didnt they? for the twin headlamps iirc. anyway it was a cool car. so is the quattro in ashes to ashes though fuck that is one old cortina like. but that sierra cossy is cool. Im a...

nobody :cry: lol

kai, what was the cortina in life on mars? and incidentally are you on that life on mars forum? lol

They put extreme amounts of salt down. my supras rear arches are totally fucked through the salt. all rotted :nono: still i supose it is needed. i remember a young woman was killed on a dual carriageway close to my house about 5 years back now. the local authority didnt send gritters out to...

i tend to go to which ever petrol station has a hot bird on the counter

also just noticed this, when i go from N to D the revs drop from 1200 ish down to about 500 before settling at 900 ish (obviously i know there gonna drop when i select anything other than P or N) it never did this before. It would idle at about 750 rpm and drop to say 650 once i engaged drive...

bummer no codes

I wonder if this could be connected to the high idle problems i currently have. I can currently drive my car around till its warmed up and put it into neutral and it will idle at >1100 rpm It drops to approx >800 when i engage D or R Sometimes when i come to a stop the engine revs will...

try removing both switches, dismantling them and cleaning the contacts inside. Its an easy job to do and usually fixes window issues

i was always told just to use normal motor oil on headbolts etc when doing an engine build.

ohhh and has anyone used the 7m gte vac hose kit from hose techniques? i guess its probably a good idea to buy one of those if they contain all the relevant hoses

After i replaced the rubber pipe under my alrernater last weekend the engine idle speed settled right down again. approx 750 rpm. now its shot right back up to 1300rpm cold start and 1000 rpm when warmed up. i guess i must have caused a problem by only changing the 1 pipe. perhaps its...

what does the cable for that goes to the auto box from the throttle linkage do?

there is also some adjustment for the throttle linkage. check it out in the tsrm

you mean as you speed up it waves about quite fast? if so thats a knackered cable from the box. Mine does the same thing. i just live with it. afterall you dont look at the speedo all the time when ya drivin it do ya

stupid question. Whats twss?

a while ago a member of the uk supra site made some up. I doubt if there will be any left now though. Perhaps somebody from this site could be in the metal work trade and be able to make up a few sets to sell on here