Paul Richards

Bit of protective film strategically placed on the bonnet is the normal cure.

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Peter

New plastic backs and a bit of a refurb (new bits of padding)

£151 the pair including carriage.

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*thumbup*OXTED

Just had my seats fitted with new plastic backs at Oxted. Excellent service. Sent Monday pm. Back Friday am.

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Just one last try.

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It's not looking promising - is it.

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You never know I might be lucky.

YHM

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I live in hope

I know it's a long shot, but before I save up and order a new one, I thought I'd ask if anyone has a Soft Bits Re Bag they no longer need.

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Tim

No fastenings on the leather tunnel top, just an interference fit, try some brute force, although it could be worth checking that there aren't any (non standard) self tappers. You do need to put the handbrake vertical to slide it up.

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Tim

Sounds like somethings a bit dry and needs lubricating. I suggest removal of gearstick to take a look. First remove gear knob and remove leather cover from transmission tunnel. To do this you need to pull handbrake until it is in vertical position which will mean slackening off handbrake cable - there are 2 nylon knurled nuts on the cable located above diff on nearside of car.

Once tunnel is off there are 3 small bolts holding gear lever in.

Good luck

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Point to note

Lowered headlights are probably only OK if you have wide track suspension.

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Richard

On my 2000 car the lights are held on by M5 nuts and bolts. The bolt are located in a recess inside the plastic light and secured by nuts on the inside of the alluminium back panel. As has already been said, you need to move the tank to get at the nuts. On later cars they fitted rivnuts to the back panel and used M5 bolts with a washer to secure the lights. I have a new reversing light to fit and am in the midst of changing over to rivnuts. A much better solution, and I was already committed to moving the tank to replace the rubbers which it sits on, as they seemed to have slipped out in one part.

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I have a new Scenic which had a very slightly leaky radiator from new. Repaired under warranty with no problems (and truly excellent service).

I saw the car when they were working on it and they had to dismantle what seemed like most of the car to get at the radiator. On that basis, goodness knows what you'll need to remove for a gearbox!!!

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I'm making enquiries about new seatbelts/harnesses for my 7 and have always liked the hook and latch American type buckles that are used on stockcars. I can get some made to suit the 7 but they will not be FIA approved. I'm not bothered about this as I don't intend to compete in any racing, although I wonder whether they are acceptable for track days.

The interesting thing however is that they do not have EU approval for road use, but I understand that neither do the aircraft buckle type that we all know and love. I know we have hundreds of cars going through SVA and MOT with aicraft buckle belts with no problems - Strange.

My local MOT station don't seem too bothered as long as the seat belts work and are in good condition.

Anybody had any problems with seatbelts and does anyone know if the hook and latch type will be acceptable for ttrackdays?

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Edited by - Paul Richards on 21 Jan 2008 09:53:14

Try this here

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Edited by - Paul Richards on 11 Dec 2007 10:08:03

Make sure the little reflectors in the lamp are clean and shiny.

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Paul has the right idea. Use a vice with a couple of bits of aluminium over the jaws to protect the shocker. The aluminium is much softer than the shocker rod and therefore won't damage it.

LADS Top Tip:-

Place the shock absorber rod horizontally in the vice jaws in order to exert pressure over as much of the rod as possible. This will help stop it turning.

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Alan

LADS top tip :-

It's difficult to get spanners onto hex head bolts to secure the runners to the floor, so use cap head or dome head bolts which use an allen key instead.

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Finally got round to finishing off shift light tonight (not been well).

Tim you were spot on - it is white and black.

Works a treat. Test drive at weekend.

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Edited by - Paul Richards on 18 Oct 2007 21:47:41

Finally got round to fitting my shift lights to my EU2 1.8K.

Sorted connections for live and earth. Where is best connection for green signal wire?

Tacho has 4 leads -

Black - assume is earth

Red and white

White and black

Green

Anyone know which is the signal?

Am I better connecting to negative of coil? Whatr colour is that?

Thanks in anticipation

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Apart from the usual one of trying to lock the head of the bolt that holds the runner to the floor...but that's the same with any seat, apart from a foam bag one.

Not if you use bolts with an allen key head.

Top tip.

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Download successful. *thumbup* *thumbup*

Thanks Dobuy

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Dobuy

Thanks for your effort, but I can't download type 9 file it says 'file is broken and can't be repaired'. I can download K series manual with no problem.

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