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Old Feb 4th, 2019, 08:42   #81
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Where did you get the eggbox grill from please? (as seen in the parts delivery photo). I'm thinking it's almost time for my 97 lpt to have one. And maybe going down the MBC route again with current 940. Just have to get some other major work done first (mild HG leak).

It was from a forum member. You can still buy them new I think
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Hi Mark
I've been quietly following your progress with Trigger on the Forum, and must say that I'm mightily impressed with all the time, effort and money that you've put into her. She's definitely landed on her feet (so to speak) with you and I hope that you'll continue to get a lot if pleasure from her in the future.
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I've been quietly following your progress with Trigger on the Forum, and must say that I'm mightily impressed with all the time, effort and money that you've put into her. She's definitely landed on her feet (so to speak) with you and I hope that you'll continue to get a lot if pleasure from her in the future.
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Thanks Stuart

She's going well and getting used a lot more than I expected. My other car ( Big Vic ) has hardly been out of the garage since November !

And thanks again for kindly passing her on to me

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Default Little job

Had a clicking noise coming from my offside brakes. Took the front wheels off on Tuesday and couldn't see anything untoward so I whipped both rears off today. ( Jacking up on diff worked a treat )

Offside caliper only had one pin holding the pads in and no clip Not sure if the pin was never there or has somehow worked its way out ?

Anyhoo a quick trip to ECP for a pad fixing kit for a fiver and all is well

I was going to take the disc off to check the handbrake shoes but I couldn't budge the bottom 13mm bolt

I'll perhaps have another go after a good dose of penetrating oil.

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First time I've worked on brakes and It was all very simple
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Had a clicking noise coming from my offside brakes. Took the front wheels off on Tuesday and couldn't see anything untoward so I whipped both rears off today. ( Jacking up on diff worked a treat )

Offside caliper only had one pin holding the pads in and no clip Not sure if the pin was never there or has somehow worked its way out ?

Anyhoo a quick trip to ECP for a pad fixing kit for a fiver and all is well

I was going to take the disc off to check the handbrake shoes but I couldn't budge the bottom 13mm bolt

I'll perhaps have another go after a good dose of penetrating oil.

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First time I've worked on brakes and It was all very simple
All good stuff Mark, well done! For a really good penetrating oil, mix acetone and ATF-U in 50/50 proportion, give it a good shake and then dribble, trickle or spray it onto the rusted fastener.
Let it soak 5 minutes and undo it. It needs a good shake before each use but is amazingly good. If using a spray, make sure it'll cope with the acetone and whatever you use, keep it sealed between uses to prevent the acetone evaporating.
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Default little polish

No mechanical work today as the old back was sore from yesterday

Gave Trigger a little wash and a polish. She's by no means perfect after 23 years but a coat of super resin followed by some extra gloss and she looked not bad

I even managed a moon reflection on the bonnet

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Looking good Mark! Now you've had some practice, i've got a couple that could do with the same treatment!
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Looking good Mark! Now you've had some practice, i've got a couple that could do with the same treatment!
No problem Dave ! The only thing that's better than car tinkering / fixing is car washing and polishing

I'm trying to resist being too precious with Trigger but once I start there's no stopping me She was acquired ( can't say bought as I got her for free ) to be used for ferrying the dog around etc so I don't want to start over polishing and not wanting to get her dirty !

My V70 is the garage Queen Or as my wife calls it. "The bl**dy display cabinet car" That no one else is allowed to sit in
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I've never been a big fan of washing and polishing the car Mark but i do like a clean car - something not quite right there but it sort of tells you when it gets too much to handle, i will give it a thorough clean!

Like you, mine is mainly a dog-mobile but it scrubs up nicely when i need it to. It's got a few little age-related battle-scars but it'll be 31 come August so i'm not wildly worried about them.

My "garage queen" is my Rover, that's got some peeling lacquer but other than that and a couple of minor things, it's pretty good for 25 years old this year! It usually gets kept cleaner than the Dogmobile as well and is still scarily rapid!
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Default soldering on !

No major jobs today as I was too busy this morning

I did however solder grain of wheat bulbs into all my bulb holders that were out

Heated seats, Ashtray and the little light in the cubby thing. Quite fiddly and my soldering skills leave a lot to be desired but quite satisfying to have all lights back on.

No pics as you can't see them in daylight
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