It's been pretty easy to work on. However, the new gearbox clutches were the wrong size. I got annoyed, emailed Rock Auto and went back to sleep for three hours. Old Man found a scored clutch in one of the packs and swapped it round to somewhere it hopefully won't slip as much. I don't have much hop...

I suspect the early Eaton supercharged ones are alright, my late uncle had one. This one is a turbocharged PSA engine. Today I bought an impact gun and used it to open the gearbox. It doesn't look like too bad a job. https://i.ibb.co/YXTFgCT/20190502-154826.jpg The engine is ready to drop in once th...

No result alas. Also it's a rubbish drive so I'm going to use the cooling off period and just not bother with the thing. Electronic power steering, gearbox that feels like it's slipping all the time, the leather steering wheel feels like plastic, fly-by-wire throttle that seems to have input lag, in...

Nice wheels.

In other news, today I tried to convince my mum to sell the Bini as she never uses it any more.

In doing so I somehow managed to achieve the opposite and I'm now insured on it...

Gearbox clutches are knackered, I can't make them any worse than they are.

It's a full overhaul kit, clutches seals the lot.

I want to, the problem is I don't seem to have any instructions, spec sheets or knowledge (I've been looking): the rebuild kit didn't have any, and before I ordered the rebuild kit Old Man gave me the idea we'd be able to make use of it (and I'd learn from him) before it arrived earlier, and I went ...

As I've mentioned before I only drive autos out of choice, but it's so I can be a better driver and get more enjoyment out of the one thing I've always wanted to do since I was a kid. I don't have the best coordination at times, and I have rather overactive legs, so while manual cars are possibilite...

That's the first time I've heard you speak decidedly positively of pretty much anything I've owned! And I thought you didn't like Japanese cars... Fear not anyway; for it is all reversible, and the car remains unmolested. I won't do a single thing I can't undo, I don't believe in that; every single ...

Yeah, we got it out of the Volvo without a crane no problem. I have a dodgy back though and Old Man has had 4 hernias in the past few years so we can't be too careful.