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hoddlewaddle

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  1. Doesn't everyone find the most inappropriate back issue of Razzle, shred it, and use that as protection for packing? No? Just me? Anyhow. Dumb question of the year, will this fit a 1.0? I've just got the back end stripped and ready for new bits I'm yet to buy...
  2. I'm slowly getting this done on ours - if you have the facility to make brake pipes (or indeed, have a good local motor factors that will do them for you), it's easy to just let the brake pipes snap, then get a six sided socket on the remains of the fitting to remove it from the flexi. Then knock up a couple of new pipes and Bob's your mum's brother.
  3. Getting the airbag unit free is much easier once you've actually seen how the clips work. Unfortunately you can't see it until you've got it off...
  4. Took her out one Sunday morning for some photos (and breakfast, naturlich!) lulu1-2 by Pe Te, on Flickr lulu2-2 by Pe Te, on Flickr lulu3-2 by Pe Te, on Flickr And on holiday for Halloween... lulu4 by Pe Te, on Flickr ...now off the road for some pretty serious rebuilding work. Every house should have an axle in the dining room...
  5. Any man's shed should be twice the floorplan of his house.
  6. Appearing on a WRC stage near you, a soft blue Lupo... (In my mind...)
  7. Just what I wanted to hear - ta muchly!
  8. Are gearbox bolt patterns the same across the board? Specifically, will a 1.0 box fit on a 1.4 engine? I have some silly cheap ideas for ours and this would be helpful...
  9. Possibly of interest, but wont be for a couple of weeks.
  10. Check the door switch first - marginally easier to change if faulty...
  11. I'd say Lupos aren't old enough to rat... Then I realise how long it is since they were launched. As you were.
  12. Welcome! I too am intending on writing a couple of useful bits for here, especially with PBs demise - sort of oays back for the guides I've used already!
  13. Possibly a faulty flasher relay (built into the hazard switch IIRC), possibly a connection breaking up in the column stalk (which is a minor pain in the backside to change), but first check is the fuses. Can't remember off the top of my head which one does NS indicators, but the diagram inside the cabin fusebox will show it. Even if it looks OK, swap it for a new one, we had one that hadnt fully blown and had similar symptoms.
  14. Another bloody stupid piece of design, ready to be rounded off... Whats wrong with a big allen head like our Lupo has?
  15. Send the kids to work for you. Duh. (I'm assuming you work as a chimney sweep...) No worries - I'm sure a NE mini meet can happen at some point, we have a kettle and know how to use it!
  16. This is the sort of thing I would consider for our road rally car... Then I realise that any weight savings are pretty much made redundant by the fact MrsHW has to carry 17 stone of me as a navigator... Good luck with the sale!
  17. Our meeting point is about half a mile from a Subway... Are you chaps coming down?
  18. Love this thread, huge amount of effort going in!
  19. This. Stick a straight edge across from corner to corner, they may be bent, or warped from the heat.
  20. Kids? You're in my good books already! I wouldn't get a parmo from Darlo anyway... They haven't got the local touch!
  21. Well... We are running a drive'n'dine this Sunday, starting in Darlington... If you would like to join us, drop a PM for details...? About a 130 mile loop.
  22. Soon to start a major suspension refresh, including fitting 15s. As I'm fitting Sport or GTI hubs - will this still apply? Will be getting new wishbones that are listed for the Sport.
  23. Having just been through a few how-tos (as if I don't have enough to do with the fleet), it's bloody annoying seeing PB's placeholders everywhere. I've always used Flickr, hopefully they won't start doing the same in future.
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