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All done apart from putting the wheel liner back in. Managed to get away with bleeding the back calipers only-luckily the fluid hadn't dropped too far emptying the chambers in the pump. Brakes seem much better-either new fluid makes a difference or its the placebo effect.

Bit of progress-new pipes on last week-bleed nipples freed off (I was expecting a snapped one!!) - need to get around to bleeding it today or tomorrow.

Indeed! I'll tidy the bench before making the new pipes! All I seem to do is move tools from one place to another!!!

Weather got a bit warmer so thought I'd have a start on this today. Had to grind the mud guard fixings off to remove the inner wheel liner. Good thing though-I remember years ago when i took it for an MOT to a friends garage-they replaced a brake pipe or 2 on the rear end and put these...

Even my 44 year old Vauxhall Royale has a split reservoir! I'll wait until the weather warms I think!!!

Morning all, jumped in the car this morning, drove a few miles and low brake fluid warning came on. Came home, topped it up and looked underneath-dripping near the air tank. How fun are these to change?

All fixed-got a secondhand amp and complete door wiring loom from a fella on one of the forums for £25 delivered. Replaced the burnt out wiring using part of the new loom and connector - soldering the wires and using heat shrink. made sure everything was as waterproof as possible-now have music...

Indeed-but I've grown attached to it after 17 years!!

Quick update - found the burnt shorted wires and isolated them. Fuse 9 now OK and windows working. Will get another amp and door loom and waterproof everything.

I'll trace the loom back a bit see if its ****ed further back. Still stink of smoke! Good thing though-disconnected the battery connected it again and it started!

Opened up the car then locked it. Went into garage and coukd smell smoke. Smoke coming from drivers door-disconnected the battery and took off door cover quite quickly!! Amp unit was burnt out. Wires were fused into unit and so I cut them. No windows working and it keeps blowing fuse 9. Starts...

It's got 4 wires coming from it-two sensors in the same unit. One sensor is for the gauge the other for engine management. The OBD output takes it from the engine management one.

Unfortunately it's a petrol-only way I can see to get at it is to move the alternator. Tried moving the air con compressor but not enough room. Sensor is between alternator and air con pump-just underneath the accelerator cables.

It's not bad. Been removing the surface rust from the calipers and backplates-need to paint/underseal the rest now. Also need to change the temp sensor-been using my phone and torque lite to show engine temp for the last two years! Need to grow a pair and remove the battery!!

Passed another MOT. Owned it nearly 17 years now.

Update-got the standard height correct using Datateks measuring stick method (excellent thanks). Only thing I found was that whilst the front finally stored bits were close to the measured values using the get heights in the software, the rears were a bit different. Other heights next. Thanks...

Thanks all-will have a tweak and report back.

The back readings are 119 and 95- is it best to average these and see what happens?

Thanks all-will give it a go. Will calibrate all heights-I'll make a measuring stick-I've also made a set of blocks out of hardwood-but stick seems a bit easier. Many thanks again Steve

Just a quickie-fitted a new rear sensor (arm snapped)-ride heights have also been a bit iffy over the last year. Got the RSW eas software running -measured stored values for standard height- 100 100 105 105 I then used the heights function to get sensor heights and used my measuring tape and...