Now sold

I'll correct that, it's a GTL, not quite sure what I was thinking..

Model:Mk2 1.8 8v Mileage: 133K miles, MOT: until 05/11/21 Current owner: Me V5 present: Yes Location: near Leominster, Herefordshire Price: £800 Colour: Grey Contact details: PM for email or mobile additional Currently on SORN Near new tyres, car is complete, all trim is there, runs very well, gearb...

There's a company near Tenbury Wells, http://vehiclewiringservices.co.uk , they might be somewhat OTT as they do bespoke wiring looms for some very serious bits of motoring but they may be able to help. Auto electric supplies also in Tenbury have a the correct colour coded wiring. I'm not in any way...

Well, recovering the dash with vinyl sounds like a good idea, however, the shape of the binnacle is so extreme that in order to stretch the vinyl I heated it and it sort of worked but the tight corners are impossible to keep down, the vinyl actually separated from the backing. Only one thing to do a...

Thanks.

For better or for worse I decided to remove the dash board out of Nutty to have a go at recovering it with vinyl, ground out the cracks and filled with Fiber flex rods, seems to stick OK. During the dismantling I came across foam strip stuff on most vents etc., does anyone have apart number or a sug...

Well, that's the dash out, taken the odometer apart, glued metal gear back on axle, all seems well but time will tell I guess, mark1GLS, that link is fab, still took my time and made copious notes on taking everything apart so hopeful on that part of the job. I did drop a bit of glue on the red gear...

For simplicities sake I'll stick with Esso Supreme, a mate of mine races vintage cars and only uses this, E10 will cause all sorts of problems if left over winter especially water absorption.

MOT passed, second go as there were a few bits that decided to stop working between home and the garage, horn (broken wire), washer (blocked with some gunk), rear brake (piston stuck) and the emissions, off the scale on the CO2. After using a Colourtune and adjusting the mixture much leaner it saile...

Sorted fuel leak, sorted coolant leak, start, runs fine, but after a couple of minutes revs drop to the point of dying. Won't start, bugger, got the OH to start and have ago at setting the ignition timing, quite a novel experience. Set the timing light on the mark but is does run a lot smoother sett...

And the story goes on, valves re-ground, everything cleaned, head skimmed with 1200 grit wet and dry, cleaned up for it to be level and rust removed on the block, new gaskets, put it back together and fill up with coolant, aaahhhh that's where that washer goes, off with the head, remove inlet, fit w...

Thank you for your suggestion GT II, I did find that bit of info about the mixture adjustment somewhere here on the forum, quite amazing the knowledge shared on this site, many thanks to all who supply the info for others to use.
Valve compressor works, won't win any prizes but I can live with that.

That's the head removed and examined, I did a compression test a couple of weeks ago and No. 3 cylinder was down on compression, 14, 12, 9, 15, bodged a leak down tester, by my reckoning it was a problem with the inlet valve, I have had problems getting the carb to run leaner, whatever I tried it ke...

Well this is turning into a bit of a project, having at first thought bought Nutty at auction several hundred miles away it seemed perfectly straight forward, change a few bits, and hey ho of we go. After timing belt, all oils, cam belt, front suspension, horn, windscreen wipers, washer, battery, fa...