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Thanks Ian - Hi Nige - that would be great as I dont think mine is repairable. The gaffer tape doesnt quite look as slick as not having any tape at all

I'll pm Jonathan

Yeh - worth knowing that fourteener! - mine were crap but I put on a good 2nd hand pair of cables and had to replace the nearside caliper & both pads but mine are spot on now

help - my window keeps dropping down as the window mech pops out occasionally. I think one of the plastic guide wheels has gone a bit oval and worn so that it pops out of the guide track.

I have the later style scissor type mech, not the earlier cable style.

Ta - Kevin

Also make sure the t piece under the back of the seat is the right way round as the longer cable needs to be pulled further than the shorter one. Having the t piece that pulls the cable the flipside of what it should be would mean giving much more mechanical advantage to the shorter cable. The longe...

Also I couldn't get toff he top nut the holds the strut on to the top rubber mount. I hear you on that one Robster - I bought a big pair of water pump pliers and got a mate to clamp the top of the shock in the wheel arch while I swung on the top nut and that did it but they are a pain as the whole ...

bummer - missed this one as a) i thought it was thursday night and b) my car is on the body shop having the scuttle done and its got no screen...

have fun all...............

bump - still need a 914 handbrake - later style - even if to just borrow for my retest this friday

luckily didnt need your last option! managed to use the stanley knife/kitchen bread knife and some brute force. The trim was a bit fiddly to get off without damaging, i found the best way was to use a paint scraper slid under the outer part of the trim and gently levered. The rust didnt look too bad...

sounds like you are sorted on the front. On the rears as Darren said you can get the hubs machined, I used 914-6 discs which i ordered from mittelmotor - they were quite reasonable, about £100 shipped i think. I took my hubs to a local guy who only charged me about £50 to drill & fit the new stu...

he he, our sofas not that big! - i did a 2 hour drive, stayed at the how for 1 1/2 hours then drove home 2 hours - dedication or madness - you decide

Hope to see you at cobham bazza - give me a shout if you need a lift...

good luck with the vitesse Roger, sorry to see a 14er off the boards - rare breed you know!

Your car, although I never saw it in the flesh, is an inspiration to me to get mine to that place where i its real fun to drive and plenty of power too.

yes youre right - my new caliper had the splined adjuster missing! I robbed the old one and got it all working last night so went to holton after all!

Gave the car a good blast down the a31/m27/a27 - that blew the cobwebs out

my ratchet mech has blown itself to bits - has anyone got a replacement one (later type). I need one asap for the mot retest!!

I just went to fit my new rear caliper which only has one bleed nipple at the top but otherwise looks identical. Fitted ok then bled the caliper using my ezbleed. went to set the venting on inner and outer. Outer works fine with adjuster but the inner adjuster doesnt exist!! I then took it all off a...

does anyone know where to get these wheels re-trimmed for a good price or but a kit to retrim them? Mine is missing the leather which gives it a skinny grip.

Guess i could go down the driving gloves route