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Kevin, that's an interesting thing about black and white plates.
Research needed! Still waiting for my one month refund, so I'm going to
call them this week.

My attempt at fitting a front bolster to the existing seat was a fail, very uncomfortable.
No regrets at trying though.
Now I understand why there's people designing seats for a living.

Meanwhile, I was fortunate to acquire a pair of VX Recaro's, one of which
is in very poor condition, but is now fitted.
It's going to get a nice long cramp test next weekend on my journey to BetaBoyz.

It's already feeling very comfortable and that's just pootling around town today.

Although I had stripped and cleaned the runners and refitted the rollers, the seat won't
slide properly. I suspect the roller rubbers are worn
as they have clearly not stayed where I placed them. Which will make removal a challenge.

See you all, well some, next weekend.

 

Forgot to add I also bought some generic bulb covers on Ebay which fit both the main and full beam Siem lights. I was not a fan of the originals which do not provide good sealing to the bulb area as the connectors poke through rather than are contained within.

Peter

Good result Peter.
I did something similar with mine
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Thanks Nigel.
I invested in a power probe and I can apply 12 or earth directly from the battery to anywhere via the tip.

Managed to confirm rear earth is ok, and "injecting" 12v solved the issue.

I found the rear connection you mentioned and that accounts for nearly 1v so tracing the loom back is on the list.

That's a really neat job you've done Peter.

Those Chicago fixings work well.

Cheers, Nigel

John,
Your issues mirror mine in many ways.
As you know earthing points are a go-to first look, I had checked all mine and
still had low voltage.
The loom is plagued with multiple connectors on the live side. One is the
16/20 way block in the pax footwell. The rear looms also have connectors each side.

I also found that wires, although appearing sound, corrode within. Stripping back a wire
to redo a connector often finds a copper core that's gone black. This condition is un-solderable
and fails to make a good joint even when crimped.

My issues were wipers and indicators. I ended up completely rewiring these 2 circuits, and the result
was excellent. I expect to have to do a lot more in the future.

Hope this helps in a small way.
Nigel

One of those jobs which I kept putting off was the leather pull tabs on the catches for the rear drop down hood. The catches are perfect, the leather not on both of them, one had broken off at the rivet. I had put it off because the rivet is a blind type and I was not confident in replacing it successfully.. you can get the rivets, but I thought I would make a mess of it without any specific tools to compress them. After a bit of Googling I came across Chicago fasteners which seem to be used to fasten books with loose sheets in it. They are available in a wide range of shaft diameters and heights and simply screw together. So ordered a pack of 5mm shaft, 8mm internal height in stainless. Also I ordered some 3mm black leather offsets and a 5mm leather hole punch. These arrived this week and the result I am pretty happy with, never having done anything with leather before.

First photo shows a Chicago fastener, second is new pull tab installed.

Peter

Finally plucked up the courage to resell the headlights today. It actually went quite well, just messy sticky stuff which you need to try to only get on them places you want it!

I installed the lenses dry then put the sealant around the lens, finally smoothing with a flat bladed screwdriver.

The bulb holder to bowl sealing was a similar technique.

As a test on these first one I actually did yesterday, I ran water over the lens to check no water could get in, so a bit of confidence I will not end up with water in the lights when out in the rain.

Peter

Nigel, apologies for not seeing this but I have a bit of time to diagnose.

I've had new ignition switch in for a while and still about 9v at rear lights, and on first few fuses.

I've also replaced the battery to fuse box cables (one each side of fuse box).

Has anyone else found a solution before I start tracking the voltage through the car?

Hello Nigel
Yes, I met you two years ago.
At that time I had no idea I would buy HPE.
I am sorry I did not have a conversation with you.
Are you coming to the AGM again this year? The location is Arundel.

Masataka

That would make a nice drive so maybe I will! Well done on your HPE, I hope you
have fun with it.

Best regards, Nigel