Mrs Smiley not happy with the old rear door card (TBH it was scrappy) so stripped the vinyl off and found the hardboard totally knacked and broken. Bought new hard board used old card as template and covered with more left over carpet from doing the inside. She would of preferred to re-do it...

Doh! ya right, I stand corrected :)

Condensation and use will usually turn oils to grey / black eventually but if its lumpy and treackly its normally just not been changed for a long time. Guess grease contamination will thicken it too, my swivels were awful when I drained them last year, thick goo but drained them recently when...

Nope, just need relays for anything over and above the rated current of the switch. LED lights are low power, meters take nearly zero power, CIG lighters normally 8-10 amp so use switched breaker or relay (unless you are direct wiring them and not using a switch, just make sure they are fused...

Mostly after a full on week replacing front suspension and carpeting etc, took a partial day off, only fitted new rear door card made by lovely wife. Tomorrow its new rear brake shoes and remove rear prop for fitting new UJ's same as doing on front prop...prevention better than cure me thinks :)

Nice! liking it :)

Also replaced the windscreen rubber as was really badly cracked

+1 had bad leaks both sides, and found bodged sealing on the windscreen hinge bolts, new gaskets cheap and worked!

I would say seal it, recently replace the windscreen rubber on my 110 and loads of other seals and its was water tight for a couple of months, but now can at least see where tiny trickles can get in. Dont think the windscreen seal is quite tight enough in some areas, so going to seal the whole...

Exhaust manifold sealed ok? Tickover lower than it should be?

Also position of the relay (if needed). Its better to run long wires that carry less current, so the relay is better mounted nearer the load or the battery with the longest cable run being form the switch. Just a rule of thumb, as heavy cable is more expensive than lighter cable!

All depends on what items you are trying to power up. Basically many commercial auto switches are only good for a few amps, so if you wanted to power something that takes 5 amps plus, then yes use a relay. The switch is used just to power / switch on the relay that then connects the main load.

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Noticed that the new tyres are a tad wider than the old ones but not as tall, guess I gain a bit of suspension clearance and movement but lose a bit of ground clearance. Reckon the road ride will be loads better though :). Tomorrow I will do the other side and if time drop the props as know I...

Planned to do suspension today, piggin nuts on the shocks just wouldnt give. Read a great thread on here that used big wrench to grip the shock body while the nuts undone, but couldnt find my stilsens anywhere. So did it by hacksawing halfway through the nut, then held the body with my oil...

Heres the reason for added pockets on the door cards, have to admit my wife did a better job than I had planned! Flask & Hobnobs vital for any trip :)

AND...my other fab purchase, 5 brand new Event AT tyres on 5 black steel modulars fitted, balanced and delivered for £545 from Tyresdirect UK, bargain I reckon as not remoulds. They got a good write up and TBH was fed up with weeks researching! Anyways will let you know how they get on.

Pics of my new purchases! Picked the full size Brownchurch roof rack up from fleabay for £50! it had a dent and needed painting, but a bargain. Beat the dent out, cleaned it up and added hamerite and it looks damn good for the money :D

Had some thick foam left over that was glued inside part of the load space, so cut this up and fitted it into the rear door under its door card. Started her up and wow! what a difference!! Also added some more carpet over the rear wheel cover boxes in the load space. Other pics are of the...

They fit under the upper lip of the door with stiff foam between panel and cards, then fixed with some little plates :D