Think it took me about 3 hours to replace the o-rings by using come creative cutting and a lot of swearing. Still a pig of a job but not the worst.

Have you driven the car yet? Go for a lap around the block and see what happens. Might display Traction Failure when you turn the car off but on next start up it should be cleared.

Condenser replaced, took it to the garage for them to nitrogen test - left for 3 hours and didn’t drop a single PSI. Regassed and I’ve got lovely cold air again. Finally*. *until the next thing breaks

New air con condenser in yesterday. Much cleaner than the exhaust the previous day. Sadly has highlighted a leak of some description between the intercooler and the oil cooler as the radiator (which I replaced 6 months ago) has gotten a few patches gummed up. Need to find a solvent I can use to...

Fitted the new exhaust yesterday. I went for one of the £335 ‘sports’ ones you can find on eBay. I must say I’m overall extremely impressed with the welding and it fit beautifully, something I wasn’t sure would happen. Sound wise there’s an ever so slight burble but nothing that’s intrusive in...

Just following up on this - were they M10 bolts? I’ve got to replace my exhaust and the looks of the bolts suggest they’re mostly just holding on wit hopes and dreams.

Very rude. Noticed it and as I pulled myself further under the car it just kept getting bigger.

Yep - they did also find a tiny seep on the compressor where the hoses connect so I’ll get some fresh o-rings at the same time. In other news I was under the car and have found a frankly hilariously sized hole in the y joint in the exhaust..

Found the leak..

New walnut centre dash is in - didn’t realise the cubby box wasn’t transferable so I’ve got a double din sized hole in there at the moment - as much as it’ll pain some of you I’m going to put a double din headunit in - the benefits of CarPlay are too great for me. It’s also off to the local...

Story of my aircon life that is

After doing my heater core orings it brought to light just how brittle my old centre dash piece is - pretty much crumbled putting back together, so I’ve been watching a few walnut dash parts on eBay and a seller sent out an offer, so now I have a nice walnut dash piece on the way.

Filled the tank today.. 66.62ltrs, tanks trip said 325mi. Dash said 33.5mpg, the maths doesn’t agree. 22.2 😂

Update - gave the connector a squirt the other day and yesterday while running the car after doing the heater core o-rings guess what reappeared? The SRS light. I now suspect it’s one of the wires where it enters the connector opposed to the connector itself.

Don’t suppose you remember what ohms resistor you used do you?