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Check out a company called Kays Fasteners who I think are based in Wakefield. They sell all sorts from an ebay site and have been absolutely brilliant for everything I've needed. On my laer cars they've had any metric fastener I've needed and yet they've matched with stainless, items I've sent them from my older Lotus. Always helpful on the phone where you can speak to real people who know their stuff and their prices are reasonable and their quality is great. Certainly worth a try from my experience and I've bught loads of stainless fastenings from them over recent years. Great thread btw - 'scuse the pun!

Not a film as such so may not count but I’m late to the Series of ‘Slow Horses’ on Apple TV. Gary Oldman plays (very well) the curmudgeonly boss of a team of ex MI5 misfits May sound rubbish but I found it a great watch with most of Series One done now - still need a night in to finish it but the weather has been better so out in the cars 👍

From my experience with Evora it very much depends on the individual car. My older Lotus cars tend to be kept in a barn but the Evora has stayed out for the past few years. I'm lucky in that it doesn't appear to suffer any water ingress despite everything our British summer has thrown at it - and it's survived well in the winter. I tend to shy away from covering the car as I've had experience of paint blistering with all different types of cover so I just keep it will protected with a wax or ceramic coating and keep it clean. Even through winter it seems to shrug off the effects of continued damp weather. Ideally I'd like to be able o keep it in a wooden garage but that luxury is saved for my older Lotus vehicles. I'd be inclined very much to check how leak proof any prospective car is - When I bought mine it lived outside at the previous owners place and it was bone dry everywhere so I felt reasonably confident it was a 'good one'. Great cars - love mine to the moon and back. Find a good one, maintain it well and drive it when you can - enjoy! PS - My car is an early N/A car

So it's ok to run bombing missions but we have to delete the name of Crusaders in case in causes offence to the people in the regions where the missions were deployed. Ooh, can we say missions or might it be confused with missionaries and oppression? But at least we can feel happy to fly sorties and do all kids of untold damage. Mustn't use hurty words or imagery through in case some poor daffodil gets upset. I'm sure the missions were considered important at the time and remain part of history, but scrubbing an emblem or image doesn't change history - it just panders to the woke mob (or in this case, an individual). "A spokesman added: "Our focus must be on not giving prominence to any offensive term that goes against the values of the Royal Air Force."

Thanks Appreciate your help 👍

Resurrecting this topic for some information guys if you don't mind Sadly, I don't yet have one of these Panasonic units but I'm always hopeful one might turn up and be genuine. Is anyone able to tell me quite accurately what the finished length of one of these units is, front to back once the light has been removed? I have a cunning plan but if the gap aint big enough, I'm scuppered. Any info on finished length would be great. Thanks guys

Who knows? Mine is a 1978 RHD UK car and the parked wiper sits low on the left or passenger side

When I thought I had the same issue with mine, I made sure I was adjusting the dash panel in the dark as the console lighting is very subtle an can't be seen in daylight. When the dots on the knobs were visible I felt I'd found the optimum setting. Hope it works for you as it's a nice easy fix and does make a difference to the overall look of the cabin at night I think 👍

Renovating the rear end of my 95 Turbo which is taking time but going ok. Unfortunately though I’ve dismantled the rear calipers and removed a slider and I haven’t noted which way round they should be. It wasn’t until they were out that I noticed the ends weren’t symmetrical. Can anyone advise which way round they should go as I don’t want get it wrong. I don’t see why the ends are different but they are, very slightly. Any help gratefully received as always - Thanks

I always turn the engine over with no throttle or choke until the oil pressure gauge reads something. Just a few seconds in reality. I then do as Justin says and give it two full throttle pumps and it fires immediately. I may then add just the tiniest bit of choke for a few minutes to keep the revs from stalling whilst I manoeuvre out of the garage. As soon as I’ve done that she’s warm enough to run and drive but obviously not full beans until warmed through. My theory is that oil is moved around at starter motor speeds until she fires properly by which time, cold oil will have at least moved a bit

What astonishes me in this era of 'enlightenment' is diesel trains sitting at stations for inordinate lengths of time with their engines running. I was waiting at a platform in Leeds the other day and actually had to move to another platform as the fumes from the train were unbearable. I stood for at least twenty minutes expecting it to move off at any moment but it was still sitting their belching out black smoke when my train (actually electric) came and went. Maybe they need to keep their heaters on in readiness for passengers but it's always struck me as odd that they're just ticking over and choking up the station - can't be good. Anyway, back to cars................sorry - should be in the 'What made you shake your head today' posting! 😄

UPDATE - Steve's new system on the SJ Sportscars website show these clearly so perhaps my hunt is over. Great improvement to the site means everything is labelled from factory illustrations and numbered for easy 'click through' reference. Let's hope they're the right ones 🙂

Hi - Looking for guidance for a supplier of the rubber donut or cushion at the top of the rear spring mounts on my 95 S4. Hoping to refresh my suspension and experiencing the usual issue of the seized bottom stud but I'm hoping to get that sorted. What I cant find anywhere is the circular rubber isolator at the top of the rear springs where they mount to the chassis. I've looked on here and tried the usual suspects, but PNM have supplied just a very thin flat poly style ring with no moulding to it at all so my thoughts are that it wont insulate very well and will provide no cushioning to the sides of the spring where it meets the chassis. I don't really want to reuse the old rubbers but can't believe no one seems to stock these parts - is there another ross ref part from something else by any chance? Thanks as always.

Going back to HMRC, we too are having issues with them getting stuff right. It wouldn't surprise me if they used Fujitsu computer systems much like the Post Office. The country is totally fooked these days it seems 😒

Does anyone here have a Type 1 watch for sale in complete and good order? Its my birthday soon and I feel the need for another Lotus treat but can’t stretch to another car 🤭