And, in that time I've fitted the wing mirror controller (electric wing mirrors) and refitted all the drivers door bits, complete with the new OEM handle, which is a bit flappy but will more than suffice for now.
Behold:
Bonus points is that this car has central locking no less. And it works! This is why I am glad it's German and not Italian - an Alfa would have burnt out in a shower of high voltage sparks by now.
It's not all roses though, for some reason once ignition is off, the windows stay active - I can't work out if that's timing (very trick and very unlikely) or bad wiring (very likely).
And, someone sent me a pic of this car in Brisbane - I pretty much aspire to have my car look like this
Albeit with different rims, though they do look nice don't they.
Finally, I am having second thoughts on pulling the gearbox off - the more bits I niggle away at and realise they're not too bad I wonder if it might be prudent to have someone do the whole thing in one hit. I'd be looking to:
- Replace rear main seal.
- Lighten the flywheel.
- Replace the clutch.
- Replace (with nylon bushes) the prop shaft & diff bushes.
- Replace (maybe nylon) the rear sub frame bushes.
- Replace/recondition the diff.
Quite the collection of tasks really, and a lot of propensity for messing it up big time - and this car is dangerously close to gender/name stakes at the moment.
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