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by Zelandeth
Thu Feb 22, 2024 11:28 pm
Forum: Members Cars & Projects
Topic: Zel's Fleet Blog...Rover, Renault, Peugeot, Trabant, Invacar & Sinclair C5
Replies: 1522
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Re: Zel's Fleet Blog...Rover, Renault, Peugeot, Trabant, Invacar & Sinclair C5

Had a chat this afternoon with my usual MOT tester regarding the rust in the boot floor of the Trabant. He agrees with me that it's well outwith any prescribed area so won't be a problem. That's good news for me as it takes the urgency off fixing it. That's a job I'll definitely be farming out to so...
by Zelandeth
Wed Feb 21, 2024 10:18 pm
Forum: Members Cars & Projects
Topic: Zel's Fleet Blog...Rover, Renault, Peugeot, Trabant, Invacar & Sinclair C5
Replies: 1522
Views: 486341

Re: Zel's Fleet Blog...Rover, Renault, Peugeot, Trabant, Invacar & Sinclair C5

Still no sign of the gaskets ordered from eBay. Thankfully, a member of the owner's club just half an hour up the road bailed me out with a full engine gasket set they had going spare. Cheers for that if you're reading this! https://i.ibb.co/f8g2kXp/IMG-20240221-121315.jpg With gaskets in hand it wa...
by Zelandeth
Tue Feb 20, 2024 10:50 pm
Forum: Members Cars & Projects
Topic: Zel's Fleet Blog...Rover, Renault, Peugeot, Trabant, Invacar & Sinclair C5
Replies: 1522
Views: 486341

Re: Zel's Fleet Blog...Rover, Renault, Peugeot, Trabant, Invacar & Sinclair C5

You're very quiet lately mate, have you been buying more cars/computers/calculators or shiny things???? Been trying to find time to do a proper update, which I finally got put together this evening. -- -- -- Okay then...Where on earth were we? Ah yes, I was running around like a headless chicken tr...
by Zelandeth
Mon Jan 29, 2024 12:33 am
Forum: Members Cars & Projects
Topic: Zel's Fleet Blog...Rover, Renault, Peugeot, Trabant, Invacar & Sinclair C5
Replies: 1522
Views: 486341

Re: Zel's Fleet Blog...Rover, Renault, Peugeot, Trabant, Invacar & Sinclair C5

Only a really quick one for today. Got this fitted to the Peugeot - definitely not a common sight in this generation of Partner. https://i.ibb.co/WFPJ9mP/IMG-20240128-143053.jpg The cutout I've made for it isn't the tidiest thing I've ever done but you're not going to be looking up at this from this...
by Zelandeth
Sat Jan 27, 2024 7:25 pm
Forum: Members Cars & Projects
Topic: Zel's Fleet Blog...Rover, Renault, Peugeot, Trabant, Invacar & Sinclair C5
Replies: 1522
Views: 486341

Re: Zel's Fleet Blog...Rover, Renault, Peugeot, Trabant, Invacar & Sinclair C5

Simple but satisfying jobs today. The carpet underlay in the front was switched round so the cutout for the pedals was in the right place. Still don't know why that didn't occur to me when I was fitting it - though having to work around school kids running around my driveway at the time probably did...
by Zelandeth
Fri Jan 26, 2024 6:07 pm
Forum: Members Cars & Projects
Topic: Zel's Fleet Blog...Rover, Renault, Peugeot, Trabant, Invacar & Sinclair C5
Replies: 1522
Views: 486341

Re: Zel's Fleet Blog...Rover, Renault, Peugeot, Trabant, Invacar & Sinclair C5

A very large box arrived this morning containing more goodies for the Trabant. Very large box filled mostly with air because some of the things were long skinny parts. https://i.ibb.co/pJSCy0G/IMG-20240126-112905.jpg [] 2 sill kick plates. [] OS window lifter rail. [] Cooling fan to cowl seal. [] 20...
by Zelandeth
Thu Jan 25, 2024 6:02 pm
Forum: Members Cars & Projects
Topic: Zel's Fleet Blog...Rover, Renault, Peugeot, Trabant, Invacar & Sinclair C5
Replies: 1522
Views: 486341

Re: Zel's Fleet Blog...Rover, Renault, Peugeot, Trabant, Invacar & Sinclair C5

Turns out that removing the one visible fastener on the headlights does absolutely nothing - so swearing and scraping of knuckles was the order of the day. https://i.ibb.co/0FZ4Dm7/IMG-20240125-124032.jpg I really do need to get a new front number plate... It's absolutely possible to change the lamp...
by Zelandeth
Wed Jan 24, 2024 10:59 pm
Forum: Members Cars & Projects
Topic: Zel's Fleet Blog...Rover, Renault, Peugeot, Trabant, Invacar & Sinclair C5
Replies: 1522
Views: 486341

Re: Zel's Fleet Blog...Rover, Renault, Peugeot, Trabant, Invacar & Sinclair C5

All evidence suggests that we've finally beaten the water ingress into the passenger foot well in the Trabant. I'm not totally sure exactly where the source was, but I've gone for the nuclear option and have attacked the whole suspect area with the underbody sealant. https://i.ibb.co/wSgvrV1/IMG-202...
by Zelandeth
Tue Jan 23, 2024 6:55 pm
Forum: Members Cars & Projects
Topic: Zel's Fleet Blog...Rover, Renault, Peugeot, Trabant, Invacar & Sinclair C5
Replies: 1522
Views: 486341

Re: Zel's Fleet Blog...Rover, Renault, Peugeot, Trabant, Invacar & Sinclair C5

The amount of water in our conservatory tells me that it's been raining pretty heavily on and off most of the day today. So I'd usually expect there to be a lake in the passenger foot well (random thought, does it still count as a well if the floor is actually flat?) in the Trabant. https://i.ibb.co...
by Zelandeth
Mon Jan 22, 2024 11:31 pm
Forum: Members Cars & Projects
Topic: Zel's Fleet Blog...Rover, Renault, Peugeot, Trabant, Invacar & Sinclair C5
Replies: 1522
Views: 486341

Re: Zel's Fleet Blog...Rover, Renault, Peugeot, Trabant, Invacar & Sinclair C5

I've seen what the battery can do to a ring spanner when the earth was left connected ... and yes, the "handler" moved about ten feet backwards in one motion! (New Olympic event there? Backward long jump!) My comment about electrics was more aimed at moderns with their chips and microprocessors. Gi...