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A local paint supplier does the tintable ProXL ToughOx underseal (bedliner). You can order it online of course, but you need a RAL code for the colour and I could not find a decent match. On the phone, the chap told me that I can get the aerosol (2k) version tinted in-store from a sample of my origi...

Extra pics, showing the gun (thumbwheel is on the other side - doh!), what happens when the gun pressure is too high, and the specks that I mentioned...

Spent a bit of time experimenting with an underseal gun yesterday, to see if and how I might achieve a similar finish to that under the car. Thought I would share my findings here. I was spraying U-pol Gravitex outside (temperature about 10 degree C). The gun was a cheap generic one that I purchased...

Just capping off this thread. I decided to rebuild the caliper with new seals and silicone grease from Big Red. Very pleased with the job. Still miffed that I bizarrely split the caliper and chopped two of the bolts up (that had rounded heads) in the process - these are proving a bit difficult to fi...

Southbound Restoration are the most experienced top builder and supplier of parts and materials, and advice, in this country, I think. I don't know any other possibilities in this country. It is reasonably trivial to change the outer skin. But, from personal experience, any additional work is an ext...

I just had renewals on our daily diesel and motorhome with no significant increases on either.

100 mpg sounds a bit unrealistic. Both of my 1.5 dci's can just about stretch to 65 or 70 in summer with a light-footed motorway run, both less than £300 to insure

This might help, even though it covers 914 http://www.914world.com/specs/rekey.php If its one of the hollow pins, as found on the glovebox lock, I removed one of those easily by inserting a sharp probe, tilting (to grip) and lifting. The website suggests inserting needle-nosed pliars, but my pliars ...

Those problems don't sound too bad to me, about half of them service items. I imagined that you must be having engine trouble - I know how that causes one to fall out with a car, having gone through two 996 engines :P I think any other car in that price bracket is a gamble and is going to cost you s...

The valet is the number 2. Interesting, the valet tumbler seems to be very different to #2, and #3 and #1, as you can see from my picture. I was assuming that the valet was #4. I did not have any #4 in my door locks, so I have no real reference point. I found some valet tumblers (with the 'step') i...

It seems that new replacement calipers are widely available and quite cheap, starting from £55 each or £105 for a pair of rear's on Ebay for 69-83 cars. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/166157730066?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20201210111314%26meid%3Db...

Just curious as to what grease you are thinking of and where you put it? I watched a couple of Youtube videos specifically on 911 caliper rebuilds, which demonstrated smearing the grease on the inside of the piston cylinder walls. Planned to purchase a 'Big Red' seal kit that included the grease, w...

Really appreciate all of the advice. I noticed from pics that the new Big Red pistons were hollow and wondered about their compatibility with the caliper pins - I thought perhaps new pistons might simply fit over the pins anyway (and the pins would become redundant) but it sounds like this might not...

KS wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 12:32 pm The cable is the trip-meter reset cable located under the dash and pushed into the back of the speedometer.

Ahhhhh, was someone else that removed that, which explains why I couldn't remember where it went!

thankyou!!

Can anyone identify these bits from my car please (I am pretty sure that these came off of my car, but I have tinkered with a lot of cars since then so possibly not or not original)? The cup washer is 30 mm diameter. I have a feeling that it was used on my front wings, perhaps to hold the flange to ...

After soaking in WD40 and some coaxing with a C clamp and block of wood, I managed to remove the pistons from a stuck rear brake caliper with an air gun. Can anyone say for certain from my photos whether the caliper and-or pistons need to be replaced, or can be re-used once greased up properly with ...