Got a bit done over the last week:
Finally found some decent stuff to take the mildew/mould off the roof, have spent plenty on products online that I was assured would deal with it, only for it to just full down, then come back after a few weeks. It was something i took a chance on that I saw in a discount store, and cost €1.50! Happy days!
Did it a few weeks ago (well half of it, to see if it was going to come back) and still all good! Going to do it fully over the weekend, then use the waterproofer on it to hopefully keep it from coming back!![[Image: 2f6c62c986ae9be4aba6333252a0544a.jpg]](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190607/2f6c62c986ae9be4aba6333252a0544a.jpg)
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I also pulled the finger out and swapped/tested tht parts Mighty306 sent me (Thanks James!) Changed the ICV- no change with the idling/hesitating.
Changed the TPS- instant improvement, no hesitating, much more responsive when lifting off and back on, idle much better, but an absolute bitch to get to!
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One addition to the fleet also, and one I'm working on!
Found a house about 5 miles away from me with a 2000 1.8 cabriolet, also China Blue, looking a bit sorry for itself sitting outside. Nobody home so left my name and number enquiring about it. Didn't hear anything for a few weeks. As luck would have it I had a phone repair fault 3 doors down, so chanced my arm and knocked on the door again, getting an answer. Wasn't told no straight out, just that her husband would give me a shout! Was her father's, wouldn't start one day and her husband (a mechanic) brought it to the house to have a look at it, and there it sat since!
A friend bought a 2000 China Blue 106, 1.1 zest with 137000 on the clock, and running like a watch. The day after he bought it he decided he didn't need it so asked if I wanted it. Rang my insurance company, who wouldn't insure it on a normal policy (too old), and wouldn't add it to the cabriolet's classic policy (not old enough [emoji849]). Told him no, that I had no need/want for it.
Fast forward a few weeks, and in conversation I asked him if he still had it. He said he was selling it to a neighbour, who wanted to essentially trash it around the field for the summer and then dump it! Having done this with a fair few old cars when I was that age that's not what troubled me, what troubled me was the fact that it was in such good condition! If it was a ball of shite I wouldn't have given it a second thought.
So today, €150 later, it's parked beside the 306!
Plan is to give it a good wash and clean, and stick a cover on it till January, when it turns 20, then can be stuck onto the insurance and tested!
Though as I'm finding it hard to find time to drive the cabriolet, adding another car to the mix wont make it any easier [emoji23]
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Finally found some decent stuff to take the mildew/mould off the roof, have spent plenty on products online that I was assured would deal with it, only for it to just full down, then come back after a few weeks. It was something i took a chance on that I saw in a discount store, and cost €1.50! Happy days!
Did it a few weeks ago (well half of it, to see if it was going to come back) and still all good! Going to do it fully over the weekend, then use the waterproofer on it to hopefully keep it from coming back!
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I also pulled the finger out and swapped/tested tht parts Mighty306 sent me (Thanks James!) Changed the ICV- no change with the idling/hesitating.
Changed the TPS- instant improvement, no hesitating, much more responsive when lifting off and back on, idle much better, but an absolute bitch to get to!
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One addition to the fleet also, and one I'm working on!
Found a house about 5 miles away from me with a 2000 1.8 cabriolet, also China Blue, looking a bit sorry for itself sitting outside. Nobody home so left my name and number enquiring about it. Didn't hear anything for a few weeks. As luck would have it I had a phone repair fault 3 doors down, so chanced my arm and knocked on the door again, getting an answer. Wasn't told no straight out, just that her husband would give me a shout! Was her father's, wouldn't start one day and her husband (a mechanic) brought it to the house to have a look at it, and there it sat since!
A friend bought a 2000 China Blue 106, 1.1 zest with 137000 on the clock, and running like a watch. The day after he bought it he decided he didn't need it so asked if I wanted it. Rang my insurance company, who wouldn't insure it on a normal policy (too old), and wouldn't add it to the cabriolet's classic policy (not old enough [emoji849]). Told him no, that I had no need/want for it.
Fast forward a few weeks, and in conversation I asked him if he still had it. He said he was selling it to a neighbour, who wanted to essentially trash it around the field for the summer and then dump it! Having done this with a fair few old cars when I was that age that's not what troubled me, what troubled me was the fact that it was in such good condition! If it was a ball of shite I wouldn't have given it a second thought.
So today, €150 later, it's parked beside the 306!
Plan is to give it a good wash and clean, and stick a cover on it till January, when it turns 20, then can be stuck onto the insurance and tested!
Though as I'm finding it hard to find time to drive the cabriolet, adding another car to the mix wont make it any easier [emoji23]
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