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My local motor parts shop was on the phone at 09.30 this morning to say they had my new stud in already. So I picked it up on the way to a blood test and fitted it as soon as I got home. I can now see how good the new tyres are! I love how small and light the wheels are on this when working...

It's not the tyre fitter's fault to be fair. If he didn't come up against it I would have. It's the garage that over tightened it. I got this package...

I've been and got some new tyres this morning. Whilst waiting the fitter came and told me he was having trouble getting a wheel nut off. I went and had a look and the thread is goosed from where the garage that did my CV gaitor a month or so ago must have done it up too tight with the impact...

OK! OK! Some pictures as it is at the moment: 5 by Kirky Nut, on Flickr 4 by Kirky Nut, on Flickr 3 by Kirky Nut, on Flickr This is it before I got my dirty little hands on it: 2 by Kirky Nut, on Flickr 1 by Kirky Nut, on Flickr My son's freaky hand print one cold morning! 6 by Kirky...

I've washed my Sh*tbox today, which despite its appearance, has no rust at all. I put my fingers up into all 4 arches and cleared loads of crap out of them that would otherwise have rotted them out. A hose hosing with your fingers up inside will sort it out. Kirkynut

Yeah, I think it was just rust on the lip of the drum. I'm glad you didn't spend money on a problem that didn't really exist! Kirkynut

If you don't feel pulsing through the pedal I'd not worry. It could just be a bit of corrosion on a spot, rather than the drum being out of round. Watch the gauge for the rollers at the MOT test to see if the needle goes up and down. If it doesn't, you have no issue and you wasn't aware of it...

As above, get a rag around it to allow you to get a better grip on it. Then just don't do it up as tight and it should be fine. They do get tight. Kirkynut

I wonder if you unplug the MAF sensor and run up without that if it will play up then. If it doesn't you have diagnosed it as a dodgy MAF sensor telling the ecu fibs. It should run in closed loop without it and will put the eml on but resetting that isn't an issue after the experiment. I...

Wowsers! You really motor on with your projects! Do you need a more efficient radiator? I have had a scan gauge on mine with the old leaking and mucky radiator and the new one and it takes ages to get to 92' for the fan to kick in and once it does it brings the temperature right down to 89' in...

I always set the stereo up properly when I fit it. Doesn't everyone? So it's as good as it can be. I've ordered up some standard sized Avons for the front, to be fitted Monday and I have some Lanoguard to spray under this and the Mrs car to stop rust. It needs a wash at the moment both on top...

Wow! You don't muck about! Yours is a better example of my sh*tbox, the same colour(s), model and year! I have spots of rust on the top and a clean underneath though! I had been eyeing up those bottle tops but something about them made me not like them and I can't put my finger on it! Now...

It is a good read Ryan. I'm 42 with a house, a Mrs, a 4 year old child slave (nothing could be further from the truth, I'm his slave) and loads of tools in a garage with a press in etc. I started just like you, with a basic tool kit I cobbled together and then built a car from the ground up...

Today has been the first day I have been able to do anything meaningful to Mickey due to work, weather and family commitments. The Mrs went out for the morning and early afternoon, so my 4 year old and I set to it. Whilst there seemed to be no coolant loss, I was getting the odd whiff of...

Wow Ryan, you look like you like getting your hands dirty. I've just joined here after buying my another K11, having owned one a few years back. You remind me of how I taught myself car mechanics in my younger days when I re-shelled and re-built a Nova GTE. It's good to see how much you've...

I've come to own my 2nd K11 in the last few weeks. My first, a 1999 1.3 Inspiration, I bought a number of years ago now, with the insurance money from my Vespa PX200 scooter being written off, as I decided I'd get a car to stop people from killing me. I sold that because I had desires for...

The paint may be darker underneath where the sun has bleached the rest of the car though, so gently peel a corner of it up and check before you commit or you might regret it. Kirkynut