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Sounds like you've sorted it then, just in time for the cold snap they are promising.

Superb

I know it would be far more easy to buy a new system, or pay for some 'hairy-arsed' engineer £100P/H to fix it, but I really like to fix things myself, if I can.

I can remember draining the septic tank with buckets (I later bought a pump) to find the blockage to the soakaway. That was a proper shit job.

Sounds like you've sorted it then, just in time for the cold snap they are promising.

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Ender 3 v2 neo is mine. TBH I don't even know what difference it makes. I had it because they seemed common (so lots of online support) and the boxing day sale offer made it a cheap way into the hobby.

Do you have to keep tpuin a heated filament box or any of that nonsense?

Looks like a remote extruder, via a bowden tube?  If so, not really going to be that good with TPU, as that really needs a direct drive (extruder on the hot end).  Remote extruders were common for a while, as it reduced the weight of the moving parts.

If TPU is left out, it will absorb a lot of moisture, hence many run though a heat box for a few hours, and/or during printing.  I'm anal enough to take it off the printer as soon as the job finishes and get it in a vac-pack bag with desiccant, so rarely put mine in the heat box.  An oven does the same job, probably less efficiently as they need low heat for several hours.

Not sure how well a 1970 Viva would hold up though...

Clearly better than the recent Viva, based on the fact you simply never see any now....

Solid result!

With barely over £100 spent, you should have plenty of spare dosh to shower Mrs Opti with gifts this time next week! 

....and I have spare parts from the original unit, some of which may work if anything goes tits up.

Thing is, I was looking at a complete new system for about £10,000. I'm not from the north, but I still hate spending money.

I have a strong desire to do something not dissimilar with a mk4 escort 3 door estate. It was my first 'normal' car and I've always had a hankering for another one. But 41yr old me knows that the 60bhp the 1.3 had from the factory won't feel all that quick to me now, and certainly not like the rocket ship it seemed when I was 17.

I have an idea to put the 2.5T lump from the focus ST in one. Should develop around 330bhp with a map. Combine that with a 900-950kg kerb weight and current performance should align nicely with my rose tinted nostalgia! 

Was this the same 5 pot lump used  by Volvo, Jimmy?

900-950KG......I wonder how many, if any, cars weigh this little in 2025/6. Most cars are fat bastards these days.

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 I have to say, depending on when it was done, I think the builder applied the DVLA's rules rather liberally to retain the original numberplate and Austin designation on the V5. 

That's what I thought! 

Solid result!

With barely over £100 spent, you should have plenty of spare dosh to shower Mrs Opti with gifts this time next week! 

exactly and that is why you will never get any mot  suprises .
personally with my own cars (omega,cavs,carlton,viva) they are all used in rotation all year round including winter commuting and every spring they all get a thorough wash off underneath and any issues sorted as and when found .this way i never worry about reliability or mot time .
as mentioned omegas are no worse than any other cars to keep up to and once the main rust areas are repaired or protected then corrosion shouldnt ever be an issue .

Yep...tin worm is nothing like as bad as it used to be.

Not sure how well a 1970 Viva would hold up though...

I have a strong desire to do something not dissimilar with a mk4 escort 3 door estate. It was my first 'normal' car and I've always had a hankering for another one. But 41yr old me knows that the 60bhp the 1.3 had from the factory won't feel all that quick to me now, and certainly not like the rocket ship it seemed when I was 17.

I have an idea to put the 2.5T lump from the focus ST in one. Should develop around 330bhp with a map. Combine that with a 900-950kg kerb weight and current performance should align nicely with my rose tinted nostalgia!