This weekend, I have been sorting out a few of the little niggles with the Gold Elite.
When Darth Loo-knee and I did the stat on Thursday, the coolant was in a hell of a state. So flushed that through about 10 times, until it was clear. Now at the proper 50:50 mix
The vague steering turned out to be a really knackered steering idler, possibly the worse I've ever seen
. That took a few hours and a couple of phone calls for calrification
, and the muppet who had done it last time had knackered the gaitor over a ball joint. Fortunately, I had an old track rod end, so nicked gaitor off that (thanks for tip MDTM
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Next the glovebox, which kept flying open, and hitting Mrs TheBoy on the knees. She said it was getting tedious
. Trip to scrappy to get a glovebox from a prefacelift, and swap the mechs over. Also fixed the glovebox damper whilst there.
Repaired the phone prewiring that a previous fitted had bodged and butchered
. Just awaiting a carkit to turn up from egay now.
Fixed the clips that hold the carpet covering spare wheel.
Swapped over a couple of the microswitches from the 'wrong' keyfob to the 'right' one. Need to get another fob methinks. 2 button ones won't program. Bugger.
Worked out why Trafficmaster wasn't working - some tinker had nicked it. Popped another in, and got that working.
Replaced the (non Bose comfigurable) ccr2006 with a ncdc2013 and swapped the MID for a GID, so I have satnav. Also fitted the missing Trafficmaster loom at the same time - what a sod of a job that is
Managed to blow a few bulbs in GID ans in the vents. Trip to dealer! Also need to buy some door check strap bushes - all mine are in the back of the MV6, which is on its holidays in Nottingham
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