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I have such a desparate desire for one of these at the moment. Have clocked the silver one on Facebook and ebay but a little put off by the combination of freshly undersealed with rust scabs on the top body panels. No idea if £5k is in the ball park too.
Will be following this one closely.
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Project Diary1975 Viva / 1988 T25 Camper / 1989 Mini / 1991 MX5 / 1992 Mini / 1994 Saab 9000 / 1997 Saab 9000 / 2008 Saab 9-5
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I've just seen a bloke I know who does custom (or 'kustom' as he'd tell you) and performance audio builds, among other things, uses Anti Vibe deadening. This appears to be Vibe's brand of generic deadening, no idea how it compares performance and cost wise to Silent Coat and the others though.
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Project Diary1975 Viva / 1988 T25 Camper / 1989 Mini / 1991 MX5 / 1992 Mini / 1994 Saab 9000 / 1997 Saab 9000 / 2008 Saab 9-5
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Up for sale due to splashing out on some Schroth 6 points, these have been used in my MX5 track car for the last 5 years. Generally in very good condition. Their FIA approval expired in 2006, I bought them around 2015 and put them through the washing machine to clean them up, unfortunately this lost the writing on some of the labels. The belts themselves are in very good condition and having 3" lap and shoulder belts they're very secure and surprisingly comfortable. Twist buckles work very smoothly and release perfectly, the sticker on one is broken as can be seen. The adjusters look a little aged now and can be a bit stiff to release, but if one person does the majority of the driving it's not really an issue. Shoulder straps are 2m long, waist straps around 75cm and crotch straps around 50cm at full extension. I don't have any eyelet fixings for the shoulder straps, but everything is there for wrap-around application. Looking for £100 for the pair as pictured, collection from Ashford in Kent or £10 postage (box just tips the scales over 5kg hence it seems quite expensive)
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Project Diary1975 Viva / 1988 T25 Camper / 1989 Mini / 1991 MX5 / 1992 Mini / 1994 Saab 9000 / 1997 Saab 9000 / 2008 Saab 9-5
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Did they make t25s out of really bad metal? Golf/Passat of the same age don't get anywhere near that bad. I wonder if it is a case of design - more water traps on these? no rustproofing from the factory? Still - a perfect way to improve the welding skills. I think it's just areas of poor/old fashioned design causing water traps. There are areas of this van that are surprisingly good and the metal seems stereotypically good and heavy, but I'm not sure if there are any significant material differences to the cars. This was sold by VW as a commercial van so maybe lesser materials were chosen to help profits, as vans had a harder and thus shorter life anyway at the time? Only a guess. Tried to get a little bit more done today of the smaller jobs on the MX5 without too much success. First a present arrived These are the Schroth E-approved harnesses I found as a result of the MOT shenanigans. They're in excess of £600 new but I thought I'd check ebay on the off chance and as luck would have it there was a pair of excellent condition FIA expired harnesses on a no-reserve auction, so I bagged them. Still need to buy the crotch straps which, new, are annoyingly only a few quid less than these harnesses were. They also seem to have sold out on DT since I last looked. My TRS set will be up in the for sale section soon if anyone's interested. Seeing as I can put these through an MOT with every confidence they'll pass I set about pulling out the drivers seat and seat belt yet again. While the harness bar is out I wanted to make a set of spacers that are needed to mount it to the seat belt towers. Up to now I've been using a pair of 6mm thick washers on each end which is fine, but a properly made spacer would look better (not that you can see it when installed but that's not the point). All was going well with an offcut of 6mm stainless plate I had lying around until it came to drilling the holes. My 7/16 cobalt bit seems to have bitten the dust. I must have absolutely abused it last time out but not remembered, so I'll need to pick up a new 12mm in Screwfix tomorrow to finish the job. I also need the bit to open up two holes in the car floor to make a 6th harness point - handily the chassis rail protectors have mountings in just the right positions so I can use one of these points each side with a spreader plate on the underside of the protector. The only other pressing matter was the lack of nearside indicators. The fact I could hear the relay going but none of the lights were working on the stalk nor the hazard switch pointed to a problem in the relay, which is known to suffer dry and cracked joints. After a bit of a fight to get it out it was clear which joint was the offender The last few solder jobs has made it clear I really need to get some better equipment, or maybe just some better tips or I need to learn how to look after them better. After yet another struggle I eventually managed to get my gas iron hot enough to use and cleaned up the tip well enough to tin, and reflowed the joint. Indicators working again and £70 saved.
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Project Diary1975 Viva / 1988 T25 Camper / 1989 Mini / 1991 MX5 / 1992 Mini / 1994 Saab 9000 / 1997 Saab 9000 / 2008 Saab 9-5
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Little bank holiday weekend update. My brother in law came down to visit now restrictions have been eased and very kindly brought a push in shaft out of a mk2 he broke this week. Unfortunately the outer CV on this had a bit of play and was the 32mm hub nut type, as opposed to the 29mm hub nut used on some mk1s. Seeing as I'd have to wait on delivery of a new hub nut anyway I decided it would be rude not to strip down both CVs and fit the 29mm version off the old driveshaft to the new driveshaft. And a lick of paint. Truth be told my OCD wasn't keen on having a 29mm nut one side and a 32m nut the other. Fast forward a day and both CVs stripped down, old CV seemed to be in pretty good condition, and a splash of paint later. To confirm, this was the issue that cost me a couple hundred quid. Very odd, hoping there isn't something else wrong that caused it but I can't think of anything Waiting on a pack of CV boot clamps before I pack it with grease and put it all back together. I'll buy a new 29mm hub nut anyway as the existing one was split and a bit nasty where it was improperly punched. Tomorrow I'll also attempt to resolder the flasher unit seeing as a new one is £70!
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Last Edit: Apr 4, 2021 20:19:22 GMT by oli8925
Project Diary1975 Viva / 1988 T25 Camper / 1989 Mini / 1991 MX5 / 1992 Mini / 1994 Saab 9000 / 1997 Saab 9000 / 2008 Saab 9-5
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Mar 31, 2021 22:32:21 GMT
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We quite possibly did. I have a TorSen type 1 in there at the moment, ditched the VLSD a few years ago as it chattered horribly and gave me a good reason to upgrade.
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Project Diary1975 Viva / 1988 T25 Camper / 1989 Mini / 1991 MX5 / 1992 Mini / 1994 Saab 9000 / 1997 Saab 9000 / 2008 Saab 9-5
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Mar 31, 2021 13:05:55 GMT
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Ah, they won't work for me I'm afraid. Thanks for the offer anyway.
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Project Diary1975 Viva / 1988 T25 Camper / 1989 Mini / 1991 MX5 / 1992 Mini / 1994 Saab 9000 / 1997 Saab 9000 / 2008 Saab 9-5
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Thanks for the offer gryphon but I think I'm hopefully sorted. Are they push in shafts or bolt on? I've changed to the late 1.6/1.8 push in shafts for clearance to the exhaust.
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Project Diary1975 Viva / 1988 T25 Camper / 1989 Mini / 1991 MX5 / 1992 Mini / 1994 Saab 9000 / 1997 Saab 9000 / 2008 Saab 9-5
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Mar 29, 2021 17:45:26 GMT
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Damn, sending a virtual pint and hoping you get sorted without too much drama. Thank you, gratefully received. Literally can't wait until I can have a proper pint again! Also can't wait to go for a long chilled drive Thankfully only the 3 hours to wait for pick up. Back on the driveway for a quick poke. Looks like the CV is the culprit. Getting the shafts out of the hub is going to be fun, and I'll need to borrow or buy a bigger torque wrench to get them back on. Can't seem to embed it so have a link - imgur.com/QtWwIsE
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Last Edit: Mar 29, 2021 21:03:29 GMT by oli8925
Project Diary1975 Viva / 1988 T25 Camper / 1989 Mini / 1991 MX5 / 1992 Mini / 1994 Saab 9000 / 1997 Saab 9000 / 2008 Saab 9-5
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Mar 29, 2021 15:24:03 GMT
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The retest has gone exceedingly well, so much so I haven't even made it there. You have to laugh, don't you. Don't you? Pulling across the roundabout in the back ground something went pop and I lost all drive. Peeping underneath with the car running and in gear my nearside drive shaft is spinning away merrily so one assumes CV joint. I've also found out my nearside indicators have stopped working. To top it off RAC have charged me £100 for recovery because the car is SORN'd therefore illegal to drive on the road, despite all the conversations about not being able to tax it until its MOT'd and I'm on my way to a booked MOT which is legal blah blah blah. So something else to take up with someone else when I get home. Which will be around 4-5 hours I'm told. I won't lie, I'm pretty close to walking to the Toyota dealer around the corner and buying a Yaris.
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Last Edit: Mar 29, 2021 21:01:48 GMT by oli8925
Project Diary1975 Viva / 1988 T25 Camper / 1989 Mini / 1991 MX5 / 1992 Mini / 1994 Saab 9000 / 1997 Saab 9000 / 2008 Saab 9-5
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Mar 27, 2021 15:26:26 GMT
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Swapped the standard seat back in, might as well avoid the risk for the sake of 20 minutes spannering. The belt does rub a bit against the cage and the seat back but it doesn't alter the flow of the belt and there's not much I can do about it, so I'll see how it goes. I was expecting to be able to run the car in this afternoon for the retest, considering it's only 3 visual checks required and two are the number plate and brake pedal rubber, but I was told computer says no! The only slot they have available for me is 2.45 Monday so that's what it'll be.
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Project Diary1975 Viva / 1988 T25 Camper / 1989 Mini / 1991 MX5 / 1992 Mini / 1994 Saab 9000 / 1997 Saab 9000 / 2008 Saab 9-5
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Surely this can't be THE manual? There's hardly anything to it. If it is, then yes, what part of that have I failed? Arguably I don't meet the criteria of D in the table in appendix C, but then neither should the fancy Schroth harnesses nor any road legal 4 point harnesses or above as they are not a "3 point belt, lap belt or disabled person's belt" The manual has gone from what I call the old Masonic version where there was a lot of unwritten definitions to a version that lays everything out for us so we don't have to be as subjective. This is due to everything being done online including our training which used to be classroom based. I've been a tester for 15/16 years and from what I read of your first post your car shouldn't have failed, saying that I haven't seen it and what you say may bear no resemblance to what the tester saw. Appreciate that but I'm saying I have very good condition (tester commented on their good condition) 5 point harnesses installed (correctly - also noted by tester) because I have a roll cage and the car is obviously modified for track used. The tester didn't fail it on freyed belts or insecure fixings, he failed it on belts of incorrect type and justified the fail by showing me he'd Googled it and found an excerpt of a what I think was a forum post referencing what I now know was the 2011 regs (owner must provide evidence that harnesses meet BS approval or equivalent). I'll post pictures up of the setup when I put it back together and would be interested to hear your thoughts/confirmation. But for you to say that you, as a current tester, don't believe my description of the harnesses/car is a fail does give me something meaningful. So thank you.
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Project Diary1975 Viva / 1988 T25 Camper / 1989 Mini / 1991 MX5 / 1992 Mini / 1994 Saab 9000 / 1997 Saab 9000 / 2008 Saab 9-5
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Mar 26, 2021 23:57:56 GMT
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I feel there's a better solution here. Find a more sensible MOT tester! I've had harnesses with buckets and buckets with a 3 point belt. Never even been mentioned as being an issue. I will, no doubt about it. I've used this place in recommendation for the last 4 years for all my cars, including this same car with the exact same harnesses, and it's never been raised as an issue until now. But its been somewhere close to two years since the last MOT on this car, and around 12/18 months ago they were bought out. Last time I used them for another car I found their customer service and admin had changed and wasn't as friendly but the core staff were basically the same. Unfortunately it now seems to be almost all new staff, I've not seen this tester before and he's not seen any of my cars before. Just one of those things. I'll now have to find another reasonable MOT tester, easier said than done.
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Project Diary1975 Viva / 1988 T25 Camper / 1989 Mini / 1991 MX5 / 1992 Mini / 1994 Saab 9000 / 1997 Saab 9000 / 2008 Saab 9-5
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Mar 26, 2021 20:51:18 GMT
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Surely this can't be THE manual? There's hardly anything to it. If it is, then yes, what part of that have I failed? Arguably I don't meet the criteria of D in the table in appendix C, but then neither should the fancy Schroth harnesses nor any road legal 4 point harnesses or above as they are not a "3 point belt, lap belt or disabled person's belt" Again, I posted the manual on page one. That is indeed the manual. Sorry. Appreciate you've said that a few times but I'm using Tapatalk so don't have a page 1 as such, and it seems to mix up the posts, so I had difficulty back tracking. Just find it odd that's its gone from a 200 page manual with a fair bit of detail to that.
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Project Diary1975 Viva / 1988 T25 Camper / 1989 Mini / 1991 MX5 / 1992 Mini / 1994 Saab 9000 / 1997 Saab 9000 / 2008 Saab 9-5
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Mar 26, 2021 17:57:19 GMT
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Surely this can't be THE manual? There's hardly anything to it. If it is, then yes, what part of that have I failed? Arguably I don't meet the criteria of D in the table in appendix C, but then neither should the fancy Schroth harnesses nor any road legal 4 point harnesses or above as they are not a "3 point belt, lap belt or disabled person's belt"
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Project Diary1975 Viva / 1988 T25 Camper / 1989 Mini / 1991 MX5 / 1992 Mini / 1994 Saab 9000 / 1997 Saab 9000 / 2008 Saab 9-5
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Apparently the DVSA, or someone ( in getting a bit confused by it all now) looked at the FIA standards and rules that it didn't necessarily meet all the same criteria for a road belt that BS and E approval meets...
Why I don't know. In the other thread blackpop mentions it being the buckle type that doesn't meet BS/E approval and I'm sure I've read something that BS/E approval stipulates a red push button release (not twist). You would have thought, as you say, that in terms of the outright safety of the device FIA approval far outweighs BS/E approval. Hence my question to the tester, having come out with the plop that it's his job to keep me safe, that if he'd rather I wear a 3 point inertia reel belt in a car with a roll cage (which is definitely road legal) it's got nothing to do with keeping me safe.
Seems a considerable short coming in the MOT regs. Surprise.
I think registered rally cars are given a bye on this section but must meet other requirements; no ABS, no power steering, cage and fixed seat or something. To be honest I only need to ditch the PS.
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Project Diary1975 Viva / 1988 T25 Camper / 1989 Mini / 1991 MX5 / 1992 Mini / 1994 Saab 9000 / 1997 Saab 9000 / 2008 Saab 9-5
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Mar 25, 2021 23:21:55 GMT
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FIA approved but not BS or E approved for road use unfortunately. Thanks for finding the link anyhow
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Project Diary1975 Viva / 1988 T25 Camper / 1989 Mini / 1991 MX5 / 1992 Mini / 1994 Saab 9000 / 1997 Saab 9000 / 2008 Saab 9-5
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Mar 25, 2021 22:46:25 GMT
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But I think it's that twist buckle that isn't type approved for the road. All road legal harnesses I can find have factory belt style buckle with a big red button to release, other than the Schroth. If I'm wrong would you be able to give the same as you have for sale and post a link, as I'd be interested.
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Project Diary1975 Viva / 1988 T25 Camper / 1989 Mini / 1991 MX5 / 1992 Mini / 1994 Saab 9000 / 1997 Saab 9000 / 2008 Saab 9-5
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Mar 25, 2021 21:58:33 GMT
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Thank you. This makes a lot of sense of the brief version and specifies the requirement of harnesses to be BS or E approved. So not much wiggle room there. Would still like to see if the tester can pick that out!
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Project Diary1975 Viva / 1988 T25 Camper / 1989 Mini / 1991 MX5 / 1992 Mini / 1994 Saab 9000 / 1997 Saab 9000 / 2008 Saab 9-5
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Mar 25, 2021 21:45:33 GMT
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I think Luke only make 4 point road legal harnesses, with each side's shoulder and lap belt sewn together. I wouldn't feel comfortable using this on track or with my set up due to a lack of anti-submarine mechanism, and apparently the combined belts make releasing the buckle really difficult of you end up on your roof.
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Project Diary1975 Viva / 1988 T25 Camper / 1989 Mini / 1991 MX5 / 1992 Mini / 1994 Saab 9000 / 1997 Saab 9000 / 2008 Saab 9-5
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