Tony D

Fair point. I missed that. New star washers are readily available on ebay so I'd just cut the old ones off.

Both Sides on my car are identical and look like the first "correct" photo above. The coil should 'close down' as the load is applied during lowering of the pod. In the second photo, the coil would open up. I note in second photo the bend retaining the spring on the vac pod is only bent about 45 deg. It's a 90 deg bend on both mine and in the first photo. Might not be too difficult therefore to tease the spring out and slot it in from the other end. It's not necessary to worry about removing the star washers on the rod and turning it round. It's symmetrical. Worst case, it might be necessary to slid the washers along the rod a little. If needed, I'd find a small socket (around 10 or 11mm) that slides over the rod and supports the inner face of the star washer, then support in a vice and tap the rod down as needed. Tony

Thank you. For the fans they are double connectors, male and female and staggered side by side so idiot proof to connect them. I'd post a photo but not got one to hand. I'll do a full update when I solve it! I know what you mean now. A double molding with male / female output. They'll be a swopped line further up stream then. Should definitely both run same direct on pull air through.

Many (most) bullet connectors are bullets on both wires and a sleeve with a rubber shroud connecting them. My guess is it's just the easiest ( or not pushed in properly if a tool wasn't used on assembly) that comes out first and it looks like you have polarised male / female connectors when in fact you probably haven't. Good luck with your running reports. Keep em coming. And pictures.

Is that a high level brake light I'm seeing?

Are they from AutoSparks? Be interested how you find them. Tony

Long long looooong while since I worked on mine, but I think they were aluminium also. Tony

Buy a good Excel and you won't regret it. If reliable daily running with minimal garage time is the goal, it Gauls me to say avoid Elite / Éclat, the majority of which had non galvanised chassis and BL based running gear ( personally, I think the Elite is the best shape of the lot). Excels are galvanised and Toyota running gear. Generally that means post 82, so you can just go road tax free as well😄. Check out excelnet forum which focussed on the Grand Tourers. Huge amount of advise on look outs when buying on there. Tony

Good find. Sounds like that could have let you down in a catastrophic way at best needing recovery. Tony

It's not that difficult a job. Give it a go yourself. What's the worst that could happen - you loose the cost of the materials and a weekends work. Lots of advise from those that have already done it on various forums. Tony

That's way over priced. As previous post, there are only a few pounds worth of material, the rest is labour. Excels are virtually identical and I don't recall anyone paying more than a few hundred. Tony

I can help you. Took the carpet pieces out a few years back and made patterns. Due to glacial progress, I'm still to cut and fit. Drop me a PM with contact details. Tony

It's not a Celebration, but is to a virtually identical spec. 34 cars were produced after the Celebrations. This car is the 20th of those. Tony

I know that repair. Top of the door on the inside, end that meets to the B post. Very weak spot. I made an alloy plate to rivet on the inside, then blended the outside with filler. It's a neatish job, but hidden behind the door trim in any case. Tony