24-06-2012, 09:12 PM
spent 2 and half hours cleaning it inside and out. Still not clean as there are water marks all over it and still dirt mark marks but its a good start. It was covered in like some black marks/dots but they came off quite easily with a good scrubbing. Think it must be due to it being stood around trees for 2 months.
Vacuumed the boot and loved the amount of space that there was including the side compartments for the jack and everything and ive heard that the left hand side compartment is for a first aid kit? Noticed when I cleaned the wheels that they had the plastic covers on the nuts and that a few were missing... and that it had locking wheel nuts and i had no key so I was a bit worried about that until i found a few more covers and the locking tool in the bottom of the jack compartment.
Used leather cleaner on all the seats and they are literally mint all round apart from the drivers seat which has a slight rip. Its pretty obvious that its been used as a one person daily commute in the past and more recently with a family. A few sweet wrappers here and there but nothing the vacuum didnt sort!
Once it was vaguely clean I had a look under the bonnet and took the air box off. Obvious someone had had a look at the problem before as the airbox wasnt bolted in but I have a vague hunch about what the problem may be...
The clutch pedal is currently sitting in the down position but has about an inch more to go down where it feels the same as normal. I can then pull the pedal up with my hand but as soon as its pressed it goes straight to the floor again.
I looked at the arm position when it was pressed down... and then once i had pulled it up and the arm was always at 3 o'clock...
pedal down
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pedal up
so im thinking it might be something to do with the auto rachet/adjustment mechanism? ie its not shortening the cable enough? Tried to move the arm manually and could move it back to about 4 o'clock but that was as far as it would go.
Generally I am really impressed with it! The spec is really impressive and it has covers for the top mounts and then little plastic ends to cover up the bolt strut end. Its got the engine cover and all the original twist things for it. The walnut dash isnt exactly to my liking but I guess if you were 50+ youd appreciate it.
I also found a CD in the back of the drivers seat which has an awesome selection of tunes on it so im quite happy to know that the previous owner had a similar taste in music!
Thoughts? Mainly on the problem. I dont care what 4way thinks about my music taste!
Vacuumed the boot and loved the amount of space that there was including the side compartments for the jack and everything and ive heard that the left hand side compartment is for a first aid kit? Noticed when I cleaned the wheels that they had the plastic covers on the nuts and that a few were missing... and that it had locking wheel nuts and i had no key so I was a bit worried about that until i found a few more covers and the locking tool in the bottom of the jack compartment.
Used leather cleaner on all the seats and they are literally mint all round apart from the drivers seat which has a slight rip. Its pretty obvious that its been used as a one person daily commute in the past and more recently with a family. A few sweet wrappers here and there but nothing the vacuum didnt sort!
Once it was vaguely clean I had a look under the bonnet and took the air box off. Obvious someone had had a look at the problem before as the airbox wasnt bolted in but I have a vague hunch about what the problem may be...
The clutch pedal is currently sitting in the down position but has about an inch more to go down where it feels the same as normal. I can then pull the pedal up with my hand but as soon as its pressed it goes straight to the floor again.
I looked at the arm position when it was pressed down... and then once i had pulled it up and the arm was always at 3 o'clock...
pedal down
pedal up
so im thinking it might be something to do with the auto rachet/adjustment mechanism? ie its not shortening the cable enough? Tried to move the arm manually and could move it back to about 4 o'clock but that was as far as it would go.
Generally I am really impressed with it! The spec is really impressive and it has covers for the top mounts and then little plastic ends to cover up the bolt strut end. Its got the engine cover and all the original twist things for it. The walnut dash isnt exactly to my liking but I guess if you were 50+ youd appreciate it.
I also found a CD in the back of the drivers seat which has an awesome selection of tunes on it so im quite happy to know that the previous owner had a similar taste in music!
Thoughts? Mainly on the problem. I dont care what 4way thinks about my music taste!
