Can't change gear

[bogbasic]

All going fine in daily use, thankfully!

[TasMan]

Good result....

Mine's been parked since MOT day, not had the notion/chance to get out a run, will change that over the weekend...!

[bogbasic]

Great, thanks. Send some piccies. Ta jc

[bogbasic]

Another successful trip to the bogs!!

[TasMan]

Apart from a brief run round the village not had a chance for decent pics. I also realise my steering wheel is about 45 degrees off straight (when driving straight ahead)....lol from when I removed it to do the gauge upgrade. Dunno how I got it so off when I put it back, 5 min job to straighten that the next time I'm in the garage...

[SteveP]

The gauge cluster does actually fit through the steering wheel at the straight ahead position, but removing it does give you a lot more room!

Looks good bog!

[bogbasic]

Cheers for that. Never got the cluster to fit through the wheel, but will try again when I tinker with the blue 1.7.

[bogbasic]

Car's been running OK, but the welded repair to the rear exhaust hanger broke, so limped home with piece of string holding the rear silencer up ;-0

Back to the blue 1.7 for a bit.

[360beast]

Car's been running OK, but the welded repair to the rear exhaust hanger broke, so limped home with piece of string holding the rear silencer up ;-0

Back to the blue 1.7 for a bit.

The 360 is trying to tell you that you don't need a rear silencer haha.

[bogbasic]

Too true. They rewelded it but when I drove it back to its garage, guess what, it broke again.



Need to find someone who knows how to weld. Hope the gear lever has been welded better, hmmm....

[TasMan]

Sounds a bit of a faff with the welding, hope you have no further bother with the gear linkage!

I've been out a couple of times for a few circuits round the area, got the steering wheel straightened up as best as possible but not 100% suiting my OCD ! One spline movement left or right puts it just off the straight ahead when driving straight ahead (if you know what I mean ! )....
When driving straight the car doesn't pull to one side or the other so I think the geometry seems ok just the wheel position is a degree or two off centre... Would setting the tracking be the best way to sort that ?

Have to say, it fair likes an Italian tune up, its a bit grumpy when cold but once warmed up and holding it in gear longer than needed when zipping around soon has it running sweet.... probably won't be helping I am still using up the stabilised fuel from the winter, a dose of fresh premium is needed...

[bogbasic]

Cool, good luck with the tracking.

I got the key from the garage and, given that their welding has broken yet again, paid £90 for the world's most expensive O-ring along with some pigeon pooh. I should have told them it had broken again already but couldn't bear the thought of them offering to do more work on it!!





Currently looking for a proper welder. Might be the last time I use that garage, famous last words...

They also broke this bit in their previous efforts:



It keeps you young ;-0

[bogbasic]

Been repaired by Tony Noble in Carshalton. Seems good:



He repaired the other broken hanger but I didn't get a photo of that. Will do asa...

[TasMan]

Looks good, a lasting repair!

[bogbasic]

That part came from dafhobby and it should be held on by 2 bolts but the captive nuts are long gone, so he welded it on. Should be OK, I hope. Cheers, Jon.C.