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#11
Reader's Rides / Re: '01 Silver - The daily com...
Last post by Petrus - May 1, 2024, 16:15
Quote from: jvanzyl on May  1, 2024, 15:33I did some checking in my tyres ages.. they're all showing a 2015 date stamp?

Not sure if I'm looking at the right spot?



Yes.
#12
Reader's Rides / Re: '01 Silver - The daily com...
Last post by jvanzyl - May 1, 2024, 15:33
Quote from: Petrus on May  1, 2024, 12:58well, it is a smear for sure  ;)  and can´t have it all, ´they´  say
Well! It turns out my "smear" has worked! Great suggestion @Carolyn !


Nice and dry...

The only other leak remaining is this one that appears on the corner of the block by the sump.

I fitted all the rest of my clamps, and continued trying to get air out of system. Going to need more fuel I think and likely a drive up the hill..

I did some checking in my tyres ages.. they're all showing a 2015 date stamp?

Not sure if I'm looking at the right spot?




#13
Reader's Rides / Re: '01 Silver - The daily com...
Last post by Petrus - May 1, 2024, 12:58
Quote from: jvanzyl on April 30, 2024, 15:01I made an attempt at a "light smear" of Dirko... the definition of "light" is debatable.


well, it is a smear for sure  ;)   and can´t have it all, ´they´  say
#14
Reader's Rides / Re: Southern Belle
Last post by Petrus - May 1, 2024, 12:16
Quote from: Ardent on May  1, 2024, 11:32Ah yes the PS delete.


seemed a good idea at the time  :))

no, seriously, I think it still is and now has the additional upside of preventing me to take it out prematurely  :-[
#15
Reader's Rides / Re: Southern Belle
Last post by Ardent - May 1, 2024, 11:32
Ah yes the PS delete.
#16
Reader's Rides / Re: Southern Belle
Last post by Petrus - May 1, 2024, 11:19
an update for my followers  ;D

Several ideas for mods but nothing done yest. #1 was over for the weekend but I was abducted by lovers.

No concrete details from sc seller.

Recovering GREAT but first revision with traumatologo tomorrow. Will ask when/how much drive car, ride motorbike, make love. Have behaved very well I think; only sát on the Vespa, moved about Esmeralda on parking lot only, best not mention the latter  O:-)

Mine´s only a mechanical thing; replacement bearing. It´s that the bone needs time and reattached ligaments even more. The screws are like temporary spot welds and are not meant to take any loads. Sigh....

p.s.  Belle being SMT means téchnically I should be allowed to drive her without full recovery... Just don´t mention the steering wheel mod and ps delete .
#17
Maintenance, Problems & Troubleshooting / No Speedo
Last post by lukeydoo - April 30, 2024, 19:09
I have a K20 MR2 Spyder and the speedo is dead at the moment. I have also removed the ABS module on the car and replaced the system with a proportioning valve to modulate braking front to back. The rest of the ABS system is still in place - ABS ECU and all four abs sensors. Checking the ABS codes, I had a few of them, but I resolved one unconnected sensor and reset the ABS ECU and now just have error code 14. Do I need to drive it for the speedo to magically come back to life? Or is something else causing the speedo issue? Any help is welcome!
#18
Quote from: fawtytoo on April 30, 2024, 18:34One headlight is new.

So what do I set the headlights to?

That would explain why the lights are at different heights.
As to a setting height my MOT tester adjusted them for me. Did you get an MOT pass?
As to heightI know not but if one is high and one is OK then as a starting pointI would lower the high one to be in line with the other.
#19
One headlight is new.

So what do I set the headlights to?
#20
Quote from: fawtytoo on April 30, 2024, 15:09The MOT was how I found out. One is a tad too high and higher than the other.

The new suspension is notably higher at the front now which can be seen at the wheel arches.

Very strange to my way of thinking, could there have been lowering springs previously? But even then strange that one side is now higher than the other.
The first time I had my 2  tested by an independent the lights were found to be too low but the tester did adjust them to pass at a nominal charge.