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I got £2k with too much proble for my 79 1850. Dont sel your self short. <br>
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J

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Repair it!<br>
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I had a rear end shunt 18 months ago and the hassle was a hassle. The car was written off by indureres and I took the £2k and kept the car. Repairs cost less than £2k. Lots of fun with the DVLA to get it retaxed.<br>
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(There are some posts about this back in Summer 05.)<br ...

I saw this in teh road at Swanage. Just a cosmetic look and nothing mechanical.<br>
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I am using cellulose on a cellulose base which in nicely flatted with fine wet and dry (done wet). <br>
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John

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I am sure Alun will have plans in hand when a change in manufacturer becomes necessary - have confidence in him. And maybe wait till he has some room in his garage.<br>
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John (discovering how difficult it is to spray paint and finging out what orange peel is)

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Indeed!<br>
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BTW: The mild steel middle section is currently fine and hope to get through MOT.<br>
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John

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My 1850 never reads above 50 or below 35. Within tollerance?<br>
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John, YDP300T (no mot!)

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Just to say thank you to Alun for all the work you do for the club. <br>
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Guys, stop griping and get on with working on your cars and give it a rest.<br>
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John Orr (cills still made of doggy eastern european steel)<br>
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A good collection of parts but too far for me to go. Anyone ...

Get one!<br>
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I spent months trying to sort out over-heating. This included many times letting the engine cool down in lay-bys and also replacing my 1850 rad with sprint item. When I changed the voltage regulator I deiscovered it was not overheating at all. Put your mind at rest!

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If you have a boot lock mechanism without a key, you can usually find the key number stampted somewhere on the block. They seem to be in the FS series so just add FS in front of the 3 digits on the bloack. Last time I lost a key Moss had a fairly full set of FS keys at next to nothing.<br>
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John ...

Plastic filler plug on top of thhermostat housing - was brass the usual on earlier or is it the other way round.<br>
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The issue of lower door trim and sill trim is very confused on later cars - all permutations possible. No idea about the earlier ones<br>
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John<br>
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(YDT300T - jacked up ...

Why do people need the whole lever/knob/electrics?<br>
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Only the switch fails and that can be sourced (albeit at inflated price). Refurbish the rest of what you have.<br>
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John Orr

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This has to be funny money for what is essentailly a switch. The switch is the only thing that goes wrong - u can refurbish the rest of the knob.<br>
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