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    So just spent the best part of today uploading all of the photos in my project thread, having paid photobucket for premium (or whatever they call it) so that I could bloody download my own photos. To be fair, I did download them a fair few months ago, but I've never got around to doing this yet as it's been such a big job. I can now cancel that subscription!
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    I'm properly getting excited about it now... Just wish I'd been able to get it back before Christmas so I could have got stuck into it while I've been off. Getting itchy fingers Spent about an hour rubbing leather conditioner into the momo steering wheel today. Seems like nice stuff - auto finesse.
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    Mb6 Not starting

    dr_broon replied to a question in SOS! Help!!

    Glad that it sounds like you're nearly there with it. That happened when my distributer died - it was turning over, but really fast and as you say sounded odd. Interesting to hear the reason. Would be good to see your mb6 bud - why not join up and start a project thread? We love a picture round these parts
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    Didn't know that - is that the same for any k series box?
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    Popped down to the garage to see the car today. Went to swap the clocks, as I had swapped the ones from tubs when I thought I could swap the reg across. Swapped all the red bulbs from the clocks while I was on. Tried to test them before everything was back in place, but they weren't working for some reason... Spent ages checking connections, then gave up and put everything back... Was only when I came to put the switches back and reconnected the dash dimmer switch that I remembered that they don't work when that switch isn't in. I'm sure that I had the same problem all those years ago when I first put the red bulbs in. Felt good sitting there with the engine running After New year, it'll be skirts on (they're looking good all painted up now), mot, then back to me
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    Just re-read my post - I meant I need female sockets.. They're little male heads. Ordered some sockets today, so hopefully they'll be kind (with a liberal spray of plusgas to help). I need to get in touch with Hamilton and palmer before I disconnect anything though... Seems like it could be a right minefield.
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    Spent a few hours in tubs yesterday - took the momo steering wheel out and swapped in the old spare one without an airbag, so that can live in the old girl in case she needs moving any time in the future. Took the seats out as well to have a proper looksie - they'll need a good old clean before they go into the new girl. Nearly everything's got a fine layer of mould on from being damp for so long. Going to give it a bit of a clean up on the inside when it's all cleared out - it's got various used and unused parts in at the moment, and didn't get to sorting them out. Started sorting through the glove box and stuff, seeing what bits I need to keep and reuse, disconnecting the hands free kit etc, and tracing the wiring for the optional extra cat1 alarm as I want to keep that if I can. Think that the hardest part is going to be in unbolting the control box from the chassis. It's screwed to the floor with some security bolts, which look like female star fittings, but they're really small... Like a few mm. If they're seized in I don't know how easy they'll come out. Had a right chew on trying to undo the bottom bolt for the seat belt to get the carpet up to investigate - ended up with a spanner on it and most of my weight... Luckily managed to free it by tightening it a smidge first.
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    Yep, will all be good in the end
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    Nearly done... Just getting the old one back so that I can swap interior bits over when the new one is done. After that I'll be keeping tubs at a friend's place to use for parts if needed. It's nice to see an aerodeck roof out of the window again... Even if it is just a shell. It's been about 16 months since it first got dragged off to get the fuel leak fixed Nearly there now though.
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    Nice one. I'll have a spy at those bad boys. The old (old) girl came home today to get read for having stuff removed.
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    Funny you should say that, as I was thinking about the one you had on the accord - was it the rhino lip? I was looking at b18 ubr, but that's about £400.. Think that I'm going to see how I feel about it first. Hopefully before Christmas... Should be getting an mot in the next few days, maybe after the skirts are painted and on.
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    No, I don't think so - they look like they've been tagged on. Dropped them off at lunchtime yesterday and did a quick test fit - going to leave the black bits off for now. They're not in the best shape or best fit.
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    Properly clean! Good works there chief
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    I've never seen it before - at least not in its current form.... There's a tint on the headlights which looks like a film similar to a product called fly eyes... If so that's probably what's on the rear lights as well. Depending on the type of film, I believe they are legal so long as they don't impair the amount of light omitted - the fly eyes film has lots of small holes to let the light out. Either way, if its film then it should come off relatively easily (might need a good clean up afterwards). As for mileage - I wouldn't be worried about it.... So long as the shell is sound. My engine's on over 215k, and it's still strong. In fact it's outlasted the chassis and has been transferred into a new shell!
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    Last piece of the puzzle arrived today. MGZS skirts - think they'll have to go body coloured. They've got some odd little extensions on that I've never seen / noticed before. Think they'll go back to black.
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    Fixed the typo for you
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    I hope you manage to find one chief.. It's a tough thing with these low emissions zones. They were looking to bring one into Newcastle where I work. I cycle to work (when I used to go to the office that is) so from that point of view would be nice to not be inhaling early morning diesel fumes on a cold day when the mixture is rich, but from the point of view of driving, wasn't looking forward to paying £12.50 every time I took the car into Town. It sucks more finding yourself living in one. Do you have an M now?
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    The wife sent me a couple of old pics yesterday... Couple of years old, but was a good reminder of why I'm doing this. Top one is Oct 17, other is Feb 17.
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    Might end up going down the private reg route tbh.. That'll be a bit down the list though. Skirts and mot is all that's left now. Now that I've got the reg issue sorted, I know which one is getting mot'd and can get her road legal. I want to get the old shell home before the Christmas break so I can do a bit of tinkering prep. The new skirts are that MG blue colour, so will need a painting.. Not sure to go body colour or just black. They looked like the shaped ones, so pb might be better.
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    So, the way I understand it is that most civic M's were only made up to 1999 - I've just double checked on lings https://www.lingshondaparts.com/partscatalog/catalog/select/catalog/hondacars/method/model/ And it looks like the only aerodeck made in 2000 was mc3 (diesel) and for the hatch it was the mb7 (also diesel I think?), so any late regs must have been registered later than manufacture - my deck was a 99 reg, but was a 98 model.
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    Good luck with the hunt mate - there can't be many about.
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    So heard back from the DVLA this week - it's a no go on the reg swap, so the old reg will be no more. Oh well, it's a shame, but not a surprise. I've also took the plunge and ordered some MG skirts (hope they fit okay). I'm off down to the garage tomorrow coz I'm off work - see if I can get anything sorted before the Christmas break.
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    Cheers @dan1 - I've got an earthing kit added which goes all over the place... Hopefully it's found its way into the new chassis..
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    Looking tip top buddy Sounds interesting about the harness for the lights - mine have always randomly dimmed when the load changed like a fan kicking in.
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    MB Cluster Change

    dr_broon replied to KeirML's question in SOS! Help!!

    Very nice. Looks like a super tidy engine bay!
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