What have you done on your 90/110/130 today?

Glasgie said:

Nice to have a second home especially this quaint little fishing village on the banks of the river Clyde

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My place is at the phoenix in Linwood
My own little purple palace with restaurant attached

Removed wheel arch to get to electrical connections.
Led side light not working.
Found earth point for front lights & checked these. Cleaned up & replaced
Side light now working.

now spotted I may have a different bulb in headlight( use night breakers) 1 not as bright.

cleaned a few places up while searching for a leak. Have a few places, windscreen, air vents, door rubber to check

Passed its MOT with no advisories, either testimony to my hard work and perseverance or my MOT testers benevolence……


….either way it’s value has now increased and I’m buying a lottery ticket!

Started to sort the leak out… bit of tiger seal in the gaps. Can’t really see any as galv & paint coves it well.
Give it a few weeks of rain then may look at windscreen rubber

Absolutely thrilled to have woken up this morning to a dry footwell. Despite the heavy rain, the new foam vent seals and pins have done a cracking job.

Attention has now turned to a rattling in the dashboard. I’ve replaced the binnacle for one of the metal ones from Raptor and added new LED bulbs, but I’m still getting a rattle.

Is this to be expected? Any known causes to help my search?

simondance said:

Absolutely thrilled to have woken up this morning to a dry footwell. Despite the heavy rain, the new foam vent seals and pins have done a cracking job.

Attention has now turned to a rattling in the dashboard. I’ve replaced the binnacle for one of the metal ones from Raptor and added new LED bulbs, but I’m still getting a rattle.

Is this to be expected? Any known causes to help my search?

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Bonnet plastic round things on the bulkhead hinge

Hicap phill said:

Bonnet plastic round things on the bulkhead hinge

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I've some to fit on my Ninety, oneday

same as adding a length of heaterhose to the bonnet's front 'buffers' to try & calm the 'wobble' (it's ex-Army so has external spring-clasps that allow movement of the non-stealthy squeakie type)

Rich.

Glued the window latch back on. It fell off a few weeks ago & I had some epoxy left over from a job I had just done & thought not to waste it.

drove it for 80miles during today.
Still has a leak into the motor from the rain. It’s not coming in through the pedals, still searching but it’s looking like it’s behind the dash

Hicap phill said:

<snip< Still has a leak into the motor from the rain. It’s not coming in through the pedals, still searching but it’s looking like it’s behind the dash

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I've got one of those too ....

I looked at the 90 with sadness, it has got to go to a loving home. Someone who can fix it then use it as it was intended!

My Old Landy said:

I looked at the 90 with sadness, it has got to go to a loving home. Someone who can fix it then use it as it was intended!

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Cover it up for a rainy day…

Hicap phill said:

Cover it up for a rainy day…

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It's under the carport atm, I don't think it will get fixed by my hand but you never know!

My Old Landy said:

It's under the carport atm, I don't think it will get fixed by my hand but you never know @doriz may come over help after pheasant season

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Edit for humour

Hicap phill said:

Edit for humour

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I keep looking in the classifieds for an engine. In fact there was a 300tdi for £290 local the other day.

doriz said:

I keep looking in the classifieds for an engine. In fact there was a 300tdi for £290 local the other day.

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That’s a good price… but more work to change from a 200 to 300

Hicap phill said:

That’s a good price… but more work to change from a 200 to 300

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He wants an auto box anorl. Might be betterer with a V8 mate

doriz said:

He wants an auto box anorl. Might be betterer with a V8 mate

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Whats wrong with that idea? I cant blame him really. Hes had a taste with the 38.

J

doriz said:

He wants an auto box anorl. Might be betterer with a V8 mate

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If he wants a V8 why you looking at dirty TDIs then
(you would also need to find the wider tunnels & floors for the V8… same as 300 TDI though)

I would say it’s easier than a TDI look for a carb motor no ecu to worry about

Drove it to where I work to let it dry in workshop before new front heated window n seal to be fitted , on route monsoon rain turned a corner and the drivers wiper and arm parted company across the road, I jump out to grab it before it gets driven over much to my partners amusement

Fixed the steering on me 90.
I had noticed the steering getting a bit optional lately, not too bad but needing to constantly be making minor corrections to keep in a straight line. I had fitted a refurbed steering box a couple of years ago so wasn't that but did think the drop arm might need a coat of looking at, got underneath while the doris waggled the steering wheel, it ended up being the lower uj on the steering column. Ordered a new one - and of course I ordered the wrong one - re-ordered and this time got the right one. Easy enough job swapping the joints, just mark things up with a stick of chalk before splitting joints.
Road tested and all good, it's a wonder how things gradually get worse over time and you don't notice, absoloutely transformed the drive.