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Fantastic news Mark! Well done

James (n1tr0_9 on here) managed to get a new a/c condenser for my Vitesse a couple of years ago. Think it came from Germany, so worth dropping him a line.

Amazing looking work there. Well done

Thanks Dave - if I get good weather on a convenient day, i'll take a look

I seem to have a huge amount of play in my wiper linkage. My drivers wiper will manage to both go off the screen on its upswing, and bash into the passenger wiper arm at the bottom of the downswing.

Any common refurb tips?

The luck of living in the North West! Piston and Rotor garage in Bury did the aircon. £35 regas isn't that hard to track down round these parts, but a garage prepared to do annoying jobs like fit a compressor on a £40 labour rate is worth its weight in gold!

If I'm honest, it's hard to say. I did it with the dash out which made refitting significantly easier. There's plenty of space to undo the through bolt and the nut - but before you pull it through completely, I'd double check that you can get a spanner up to hold the nut in place (i think 15mm from ...

Take a look at my thread. The hole on the clutch pedal which accepts the through bolt and clevis pin for connecting the pedal to the master cylinder piston is supposed to have a plastic bush in it. However, almost none of them do any more. If you look at the Rimmers website, there's no sign of it ei...

How does the actual pedal feel? They are incredibly susceptible to wear/movement, and it can only take less than 1mm of play at the pedal end to translate to a barely usable clutch. I also noted you said you bled, then fitted, then bled again. It's entirely possible to introduce air when fitting - I...

Incredible transformation. Well done!

Massive congratulations! It's a great feeling.

One thing I wasn't prepared for was the now permanent state of nerves every time the rain gets up. I know i stopped the leaks getting in, but how can I be sure it will last forever? And how long will they take to show...

Fantastic news - I had a set from the first batch, and they were spot on.

Sadly, probably essential at some point.

Looks very familiar!

You'd get that for £2k, no problem.

You could get black grill then as well!

I couldn't say how concerning surface rust should be - if the inside of the car has been damp for a while, I'd expect some surfaces to pick up some flashing. I had a worry because the steering column support bar had a coating of rust, but in the end it was just surface rust and not terminal corrosio...