Jul 19 2008
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In goes the new box

For the second weekend in a row, I’ve been “sent out to the shed” to “muck about with the car”  Can’t complain  Started off by cleaning up the starter motor … When you want to start the car, the solenoid (bottom left) pushes down on the spring & plunger (just above it), which pushes the cog on the starter (bottom right) forwards and into engagement with the ring gear on the…

Jul 11 2008
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Ever tried to buy a clutch release bearing on its own ?

Picked up a new clutch kit today, mainly because the fun and games getting the box back on for the trial-fit convinced me that I don’t want to be doing this all over again if the clutch goes for a burton in three months time.  The other reason is that none of the local factors were readily able to get a release bearing on its own, whereas there’s one in the…