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Ian Hulley wrote:

kevtherev wrote:In the future some wise crack will say.."well that's not original, VW didn't use stainless blah blah...."
I shall keep the plastic one, clean it, restore its black colour.
Pop it in a bag with all the other "removed for modernisation" parts.

Ah, now ya see ... that's the difference between you show ponies and us in the need to run it all the time brigade

Ian

I can do both..and have been this year.
To be fair the maintenance has had to be ramped up due in part to this upsurge in use.
In another part it is simply the timing of stuff to be done.
Thanks to Mr Elvis & Mr Toomanytoys I have a fettled 2.1 going in come Autumn

kevtherev wrote: Thanks to Mr Elvis & Mr Toomanytoys I have a fettled 2.1 going in come Autumn

Aye, mine's having a new rear chassis over the winter but exhaust (which I'm heartily sick of ), clutch, slave cylinder and pipe, engine mounts and t'stat housing are all being done before then as preventative maintenance ready for heavy use next year

Ian

Ah yes I too am fitting a better quieterer hexaust.
Reads like me and thee need to find a pub and cry in our beer
Probably be the wonderous werks do.
Look forward to the catch up old bean

kevtherev wrote:Ah yes I too am fitting a better quieterer hexaust.
Reads like me and thee need to find a pub and cry in our beer

Aye, sounds good to me but there's no crying to be done ... getting out and about enjoying the old girl it's what it's all about It's just a timely investment in it's future.