Blimey, brake fluid's rocketed in price since last year... I bought 6 x 500ml of Shell DOT5.1 for £14, delivered, from eBay. Looking now, a single bottle's £7. I still wouldn't re-use it, though. FWIW - I presume you know the difference between the various DOT fluids? DOT3 - the original...

Obviously, anything hanging underneath would be a compromise, but I was thinking - as Castor suggests - of something in the space that the mil second tank uses, presumably the mirror of the main tank on the driver's side. Another thought just crossed my mind, following a D90 through the village...

Seeing the military twin-tank thread got me thinking... If there's space for a second petrol tank under the passenger seat, why not an LPG tank there, instead of swamping the load space on an 88"...? There's no reason not to have multiple LPG tanks, so where else underneath could you fit tanks...

First off, stop changing stuff at random! <grin> Shotgun fixing is expensive, soul-destroying and doesn't actually achieve much. Are you sure the new thermostat's working properly? When you start it from cold, does the rad stay cold then, once the temp gauge gets towards normal, the top hose...

Sod it. Master out again, and back in with shim in place. The easiest way seems to be a spanner (plus apprentice to hold it) up from the footwell, and a ratchet spanner in from the side. Hose changed, slave changed, new fluid, gravity bled, and job's a good 'un.

...and finally... Well, that's a fun job, isn't it? One of those that needs a double-jointed octopus for that ONE bolt - the lower one for the clutch master. All it needed was a welded stud or captive nut... <sigh> And, of course, you put it all back together and notice the thin ally...

This might sound stupid, but have you tried having one tank empty, and seeing which way the switch allows the engine to run?

Umm, what happens if you ever move house or sell the car?

OK, I'm going to play devil's advocate a bit here... You've got breakdown cover. You're taking a bunch of parts and tools. Do you know how to use them? Are you willing ti fit those bits at the side of the m'way in the rain with your three kids in the back of the Landy? No? Then you'll be...

Oh, noes! And there was me, thinking I was in one of the safest vehicles on the road! Where's that EuroNCAP report...?!? <grin>

Depending on how the belts are rigged, you might not need to - mine (factory SW, un-mucked-with) has the reels on the bulkhead, just passing over the top of the seat with no other upper mount.

Yeh, the brakes were all done at the start of the year. Except for the master. It's proved to be OK, fortunately, because it's dual-circuit-servo, the expensive one... It's a gamble, but... It's a tad awkward, because a neighbour has links with our favourite blue-bag merchants, and can sort...

It had a good flush through at the start of the year, when I got it back on the road (after ~3-4yrs). The old fluid was not lovely, but there wasn't much in the way of gunk in there. But, yes, you're right. One on order now. TRW again. Might as well add a flexi to the list, too...

Thanks - yes, I do - but others seeing this in the future might not. The footwell paint's knackered anyway, so I'm not overly worried.

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Driver's footwell is all wet. What a surprise... Except it seems a bit thick to be rain. And it's running down the clutch pedal. Deep joy. So - master. Looks fairly straightforward, and a TRW "Genuine" is on the way. Should be nice and easy, right? Unscrew the cover, and all is obvious...

<quick google> http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f6/cutting-rear-door-half-236016.html Ooh. Shame the pics have gone. My tailgate's had a (no longer working) rear wiper fitted anyway, so it won't be a tragedy to chop it.

Trewey - can you resurrect those pics, please?

Please do... For me, the big problem is what to do with the back end - putting a tailgate on in place of the SW rear door would require all the various latching bits to be sourced, as well as the flap itself. Leaving it open just seems a bit... wrong... as well as meaning anything put in...

You'd like to hope that the diaphragm inside the servo was brake-fluid resistant, but by the look of the outside, there's been fluid leaking all over it for quite a while. A clean and re-paint might sort it, but I'd be looking very carefully to see whether it was more than surface rust. From...