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Stopped the turn signal hosting moving in my 356. Initially I thought the bolts were too long so I shortened them but no. I cleaned out the inside and regreased then put some tape on the column. Hosting now solid. Just need to get the horn working now but can't get the pusher off https://uploads.ta...

OK - Issue found , sorted and mot redone ! Faulty wiring (too many Birthdays) on the Rear ABS sensor - so that was both sensors and both bits of wiring on the same side (front and rear) ! What are the odds of that ?. Problem coming and going by jacking up the front - was "caused" by the fa...

An ABS fault can be triggered (and stored) if tyre pressures are uneven - a tyre with lower pressure is smaller in diameter than another with the correct pressure, so the wheel turns more often over a given distance. This tricks the ABS monitoring system into believing one wheel is a locking-up, or...

Thanks for the response - I'll copy and send on to owner (BIL) and see what that brings. We don't have a tool that will talk to the car , so that makes things awkward. The fact that light clears with sensor not in hub , makes me shy away from bearing / ring related issues. WIP
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Alan

Not sure I fully understand you. I am NOT sure what the fault code is at the "fail" point. The abs warning light simply comes on . Car is not moving - therefore it can only be sensing wiring or whatever it picks up at a standstill. The wire going to a front sensor was "iffy" - wh...

This one has me "confused". Car : circa 2006 Skoda Fabia - 100k miles ABS warning light comes on (inital stationary check) . (Long story in middle here - which involves diagnostics , new wiring , new sensor , etc etc). Jack up the car - (JUST-ie nothing else !) , recheck ... light goes out...

Yip - 25mpg with sensible use ... that can go up to high twenties on a longer run. Then there's the "opposite"..... For Rally use (calculating range - eg fuel needed for a loop of stages) , I used 25 mpg for road sections , and 5 mpg for hard use .... that was 5 !! I reckoned possibly clos...

Agreed that high CR can equal higher HP, but it also leads to higher combustion temperatures, which in a VW motor is a problem. I've built 'a few' VW motors over the years, for road, rallycross, rallying and drag racing and for a road engine, around 9-9.5:1 is a sweet spot. If the car was trailered...

jwhillracer wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2024 4:49 pm A 2.7RS goes quite nicely on only 8.5:1 ……….

JW

They certainly do .............. and even better with an increased CR !

neilbardsley wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2024 10:40 am Keith isn't a compression ratio of 9.3 still quite modest on a race engine?

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I would consider 9.3 LOW...ish ... even for a road engine. Higher CR = Higher power ... simple as that. Could go 10.25 - 10.5 with little consequence , apart from more power.

I hope you replaced the one rotten inner sill that I could see (appears you managed to save one ?)

Come on now ... if getting an F type , at least make it a V8 !!!

Don't think it's going anywhere ..... grand job !

Just to round this off . I got an online quote from Hagerty , for a more reasonable £185 odd .... Meanwhile , when I got paperwork in from Direct line , it included a "charge" for my normal car policy ... which had NOT been changed. I phone and queried this ... got waffled at , so I asked ...

.. to be sure .... to be sure ...........