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No chance of that kiddo, the gearbox constantly adjusts the clutch biting point itself and if it's struggling it will have gone over it's programmed limit for the clutch. Sometimes you can get it to relearn with diagnostics but normally it means...

There is a micro switch on the handbrake that closes when you lift the handle up and opens when it is down. If you lift the rubber you will see it. There is 1 wire to the switch which is bolted to the handbrake bracket, which itself is an earth...

Get yourself a multimeter, cheap enough and you can test the switch and know for sure. It's possible the switch is OK and the wire has chaffed through somewhere and is permently earthed. You can test that with the meter too. Useful kit for...

Must be a big tupperware box for the steel bumpers ?

Suppose you've tried googling to see if that can be over ridden so it's all manual?

its a manual gearbox with clutch, with a computer operated gubbins bolted into the clutch actuator so it can change gear for you. it needs to know length of travel to the bite point etc got them booked on santander now!! its hard to get eu...

A cable for the throttle...similar. A slider for heater controls, proper steel bumpers, points and condensor, I could carry nearly everything to fix my car on the road in a tupperware box! Sound like a dinosaur now!

Total madness, self adjusting hydraulic clutches do the job without fuss.

I thought the same but I'm seriously out of touch with modern vehicles. Electrical operated/assist clutch pedal maybe. Don't tell me they haven't got recovery @kermit_rr ? Putting this in the general part of the forum might bring up suggestions...

Diagnostics for clutch calibration lord help us, whatever next?

And mine.

Mines 350nm too unfortunately.

I've got a big one somewhere. I forget what it goes up to, will check later if you want to use it. (There is nothing innuendo in this post thank you)

It is on nanocom. I seem to recall it's not on the same screen as modulation which is a faff, a minor faff but a faff nevertheless.

You need a cranked 12mm ring spanner for the fip. Inlet manifold nuts are m8 flanged, mine were a mix of 12mm and 13mm socket sizes, I replaced them all with 13mm flange nuts from screwfix. I dropped one or two of those nuts and never found them...

Didn't see the video before. Air in fuel is not right at all. As you have checked the obvious I would change the filter, might be fuel starvation because its plugged up. It might also have a bad filter seal. There are two types of filter, early...

Modulation should be circa 50%, you can set it with tools and the nano, no need for a dti. Keith has a method, I've used his method and also done it on a mates car with a running engine and moving the fip whilst observing the nano. Loads quicker...

Do not remove the fuel line from the filter head, they break and nla. Just unscrew the filter to do a flow check.

Timing modulation is miles out if done on a stinking hot engine, usually results in bad hot starts. Bad cold starts with air leaks a possible cause can be seen by observing the clear pipe to the fip whilst someone cranks- you'll see air rushing...

There's a couple of teams that do that, fully mobile. A Google search should bring them up? They advertise on Facebook p38 pages.

Hi everyone, progress has been made and the problem is solved. I topped up the gear box with 500 ml of gear box oil while engine was cold and moved the gear stick from park to 1st and then up through the gears before and after topping up. Took...

I'm not overly fussed about the mot remaining to be fair. It's the no tax that excites me.

Spot on, as long as you don't have any considerable modifications from the original spec.

You need to apply for mot exemption with a V112. I taxed mine yesterday for the grand total of nowt oh yer :banana: :banana:

110 registered July 1985, mot expires September this year, so I don't have to get it moted this September? 40 yrs and 2 months old. Tax exempt from April next year 2026?

You could try dropping the thing in a sonic cleaner bath maybe? I can pop it in mine if you post it to me.

Early one can be used, means a minor chopping off of some lower brackets AND a new compressor to condensor pipe. Island sell them, not cheap though.

Yes.

AIRBAG FAULT back and also the SRS light is on. FFS.