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We all knew I wouldn't be able to leave this alone didn't we? Wanted to double check the rotor arm, mainly because I couldn't actually remember which one we had ended up with on the car out of the three in play. The answer was the first new one. I wanted to compare it more carefully with the old one...

Simple job to start out with for today, oil and filter change. This really was overdue a change. https://i.ibb.co/wpS6vDY/IMG-20220503-152524.jpg It was basically jet black before the engine was run. Draining the oil was relatively uneventful, though it was demonstrated to be very thin. Didn't smell...

Yesterday the replacement distributor cap and rotor arm for the Trevi arrived. Not often I can visually show how worn out a distributor cap is with a couple of photographs... https://i.ibb.co/VBwTLr0/IMG-20220430-152932.jpg Those contact post surfaces should be flat. https://i.ibb.co/BtfVp5G/IMG-202...

Had a bit of a downer of a day today because of the general public being inconsiderate morons, then wasting several hours trying to fix things that an Android update that installed itself last night managed to break. Oh, and the engine bay undertray of the Caddy decided to eject itself somewhere jus...

While I had the painting supplies out I gave the engine cover stay a going over too as it was very conspicuously rusty. Makes things look a bit tidier. https://i.ibb.co/vBHVcDJ/IMG-20220426-160957.jpg Carb is better but definitely still not 100% happy, will need to investigate further. I really hope...

I saw your panel with the 3 extra gauges, one of which is an engine oil temperature. May I ask how the gauge is attached to the engine, as I'm planning a similar arrangement for my Daf 33. In addition, what are the readings you normally notice when driving around? It's a cylinder head temperature g...

TPA has been out quite a bit over the last week. Have a few photos...well just because I like documenting things. A bunch of massive oversized nonsense, and one sensible little city car... https://i.ibb.co/RjPyhd2/IMG-20220419-151933.jpg https://i.ibb.co/HBCPFVd/IMG-20220419-131344.jpg https://i.ibb...

Had the opportunity to get a few things ticked off on the Cavalier today to bring it into a more user friendly state for transportation. [] Replace the very flat nearside front wheel with the spare. Old one off... https://i.ibb.co/DwK0ZqC/IMG-20220416-145021.jpg Good spare on. Job done. https://i.ib...

Been a couple very little jobs done to make the Caddy a nicer place to be ticked off during the last few days. The old floor mats were driving me mad as the driver's side one kept insistently ending up jammed under the accelerator. Before: https://i.ibb.co/h9wTf6v/IMG-20220410-140723.jpg Solution of...

As I've mentioned before something which had been bothering me on the Caddy for a while was that something in the vicinity of the aux belt was quite noisy. The belt while only a year old was also looking quite tired, with a lot of scuffing on the outer surface. https://i.ibb.co/Z1cFqDK/IMG-20220331-...

This arrived in the post this morning. https://i.ibb.co/YXpNQDf/IMG-20220406-133341.jpg Given the state of the fasteners I opted to leave it soaking in penetrating oil for a few hours while I got on with other things. https://i.ibb.co/P1XsJFX/IMG-20220406-133943.jpg After a few hours I returned to i...

Finally getting around to addressing one of the things which has been bugging the heck out of me in the Caddy since day one. https://i.ibb.co/kcwm4MF/IMG-20220401-151210.jpg The gear lever gaiter has had it. It's shrunk so there's no way to get it to stay on the clip at the top and there are two hol...

Had the opportunity to have a very brief look over the Cavalier today. I'd not seen the car since the end of September if I remember rightly, so wanted to see how kind the winter hadn't been. I also hoped to get it running for a few minutes as I'd only had about 30 seconds run time before before we ...

You really couldn't make this up... You remember that a few weeks ago I sold on my Mercedes S123? Well this letter dropped through our letterbox yesterday. Personal information obviously removed. https://i.ibb.co/RppV84t/IMG-20220220-175358.jpg https://i.ibb.co/P5Ln7DM/IMG-20220220-175404-2.jpg http...

Wasn't I meant to be rid of things in the garage rather than adding to the clutter? I appear to have accidentally entirely deliberately added to the collection of tools in there I need to find homes for. Oops. https://i.ibb.co/yBN09nz/IMG-20220219-133224.jpg https://i.ibb.co/7QMqq5x/IMG-20220219-135...