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One of Ebay's finest used instrument clusters in an attempt to fix my EEP_1 problem. Unfortunately the replacement has a higher mileage than my car so I need to try to synchronise it with my on-board log. It was only £30 so it's a bit of a punt.

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Never happens to me round here; they're a miserable lot. :( Went out in my son's Honda S2000 for a five mile warm-up run and got waved at almost immediately! If I'm out in my Westfield - rare these days as it's SORNed for track days only - it always happens even from Caterham owners and Fisher Fury ...

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I'll just leave this here with no further comment...

Except to say that you are looking at the friction face of both pads!

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Goods fine to me!

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Another thought popped into my head yesterday and that is to be very careful about carrying out this swicth removal mod in case the same switch is a cruise cancel switch. You could find that the engine races away if you dip the clutch on cruise and the switch is not there to cancel the cruise functi...

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These two different issues. The CDV is a pain because it damps quick but tiny clutch pedal movements such as we all make when manoeuvreing, but the 'mod' suggested in the link apparently makes the throttle behave more like a real physical cable operated throttle and, as such, would be desirable - if...

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Mine is down all winter usually as I have a hard top. It's difficult to close on first use but never impossible. A friend to press down on the front rail while the catches are operated should do it.

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Thread revival! I had an email this morning from these people: http://bpkeurope.eu/ They sell the US made Quickjack in the EU - previously unavailable due to lack of CE marking. I suggest the mid-size (BL-5000) for most medium sized UK cars. The price of €1,400 comes out at about £1090 currently. Wh...

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It's likely to be ABS in my experience from working in the plastics industry. However I must say that my experience is not too recent.

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Ironically, the 2.8 Z3 is almost certainly faster and better handling than the seriously more expensive E Type. I met a farmer in Worcester back in the 1980s and in his garage he had a 2.8 Capri Injection and a very early E Type roadster. He said that whilst the E was his pride and joy, the Capri kn...

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peter2b wrote:amazing, I'm still finding out how my Z3 behaves that's another one, bet they both needed trouser changes
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Well I did!

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I was travelling clockwise on M25 near Reigate on New Year's Day at mid to late afternoon in my Z3 2.2 Sport. It was getting dark and the traffic was moderate (light by M25 standards) with very few lorries but lots of cars. I was on cruise at a GPS 70 mph in lane 3 of 4. On my right and to the rear ...

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My local garage did a and leak test and full re-gas for £60 - they said "It takes a lot of gas for a little car!"

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Remember to switch off DSC or the brakes will be cooked as it tries to correct what it sees as reckless driving!

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As budget track day pads EB Bluestuff work well on my son's Z4M Coupé along with Racing Blue fluid or Motul DOT 5.1 fluid. A Z4M C is a beast of a car and he drives it hard on circuit with no serious loss of braking. To help he has installed a cooling duct arrangement from either side of the lower g...

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That's pretty unusual in my experience. I had Hillman Hunter and Ford Capri 2.8i both lose their waterpumps gently, quietly, and quite sneakily. The first sign in the first one was temperature rising rapidly as water loss happened, and the second dribbling a line of coloured water out from underneat...

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The water pump blowing - quite possible of course - would be silent IMHO, and this was an explosive noise. I concur with those who say it's likely to be a hose. Replacing that is fairly straightforward, but sorting the ultimate cause may be a bit harder, I have no experience of that. I would not be ...

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Wash and vac is something any owner can do; we pay service agents for the techy stuff that we probably cannot do. It's an insult that they charge what they do for a charlady's job. That's why I prefer a good indie when there's something I am not equipped or able to do.

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He might have banged his head but there is obviously nothing of value inside it!

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My son has an S2000 as his daily driver. It's a year newer than my Z3 and the condition is poorer because of the usual rear wheel arch corrosion. It is a less civilised car in many ways: no gas struts on the bonnet, manual seats, no seat heaters, no traction or DSC, noisy and harsh. But that engine ...

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S2000 without a doubt

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Today I bought mine a shiny new (well new anyway) MoT certificate! No advisories - verbal or written. :) I filled it up afterwards at the Shell station at Hazlemere Crossroads north of High Wycombe whilst a lovely black Z3M Roadster was at an adjacent pump. The lady who was driving it was inside in ...

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Tilt steering wheel?

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Sprat to catch an unwary mackerel?

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The speedo in my Westfield is wildly wrong (60mph on the dial is really a road speed of 90mph) so rather than spend money on having it recalibrated I bought a cheap bicycle speedo from Halfords and set it to the rolling circumference of the wheels. It reads happily to 100mph but has a slow sampling ...

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Thanks Southernboy, it's interesting to know where the sensor is as I'd have looked near the gearbox tailshaft otherwise. In case you haven't seen my thread on the EEP_1 problem, I had a flat battery during a period of non-use and on recharging it the odometer began to show the legend EEP_1 and the ...

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Thread revival! I was in a position to check my speedo against two GPS devices yesterday and found that it reads about 10mph high at 70mph and about 6mph high at 50mph. As I didn't have any suspicions about it before my EEP_1 episode (still extant when cold), and having had the car since 2009 I know...

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Ad on Autotrader. Don't know whether the car is a good buy but that plate must be headed for Le Pétomane!

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Interestingly, my diesel common-rail X-Type is indistinguishable from a cable accelerator, but diesels are sluggish at the best of times so it passes un-noticed.

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I have the patent on a new stile Jack, I'm just looking for a manufacturer. It's ideal in a confined space ie a narrow garage. The idea is so that you can lift the car each corner in turn without moving it and put it on stands or support blocks. Picture shows the very crude prototype. The finished ...

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I dislike FBW - it makes fine throttle control more difficult. It's only when I drive my son's S2000 (wire cable throttle), or especially my Westfield (wire cable and carbs) that I realise just how anaesthetic the FBW pedal is. The Westfield, with 150bhp and a weight of c.600kg, is lively to say the...

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I'd love a two post lift but my garage headroom is inadequate, as is the floor construction, sadly. Not to mention the bank balance values! But... with two post lifts make sure you mount them on good, sound concrete or this will be your reward! http://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/assets/images/indg434-fig2.jpg

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Well, chaps, I have just used these in anger on my son's S2000. The rear ARB offside drop link had failed (a common problem, apparently), and access to undo the heavily rusted nuts is very difficult from the side so a proper lift or ramps like these make the job much easier. When I say heavily ruste...

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There are rear brake shoes inside the drum of the disc. http://static.bmwfans.info/images/epc/MjY3NzlfcA==.png Parking brake/brake shoes - BMW parts catalog Yes, and it's rubbish! We've had three BMWs here and they have all struggled to pass MoT on parking brake efficiency: E46 320 Compact, Z3 (min...

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Thanks for that advice, Robert. I suspect my link of today to Ebay has prompted your reiteration of a policy obviously adopted a while ago, but of which I was unaware. My reason for using Tinyurl was purely to simplify the link, nothing else. In my naive world, using such a convenient process isn't ...

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They are back on now, albeit slightly dearer. Here: ebay listing

Mod Edit: Short URL replaced with full link to ebay - please don't use shortened URLs - they can be used to spread viruses. R.

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Southernboy wrote:Listing has ended.......

They replied to my email. Apparently they have been inundated with orders and cannot keep up. They will relist later in July - keep watching.

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This http://www.bendpak.com/Shop-Equipment/QuickJack/BL-3500.aspx is what I would really like but they're expensive and unavailable in UK due to lack of CE mark (European approval). Even here, though, I would be very cautious about lateral stability. Back to the ramps, I have looked at this and done...

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You are correct, the listing has ended and no re-listing is evident. I have emailed the company to see why. As far as the leaking is concerned, I cannot see that any leaking can occur under pressure (load) as the force of gravity is massively exceeded by the hydraulic pressure. Un-loaded, however, m...

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bazza1966 wrote:Hi, Motco do you have the contact details of where you got them from please. i know you got them of ebay but from whom?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HYDRAULIC-HEI ... 20fc23faa4

et Voila!

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Pingu, the advantage is the huge amount of lift coupled with no problems running onto them with fouling the front splitter. Ordinary fixed ramps are always too steep to fit under the nose, and then they don't have this much elevation. As for the jacks, the supplier says to store the jacks upright an...

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I bought a pair of hydraulically operated ramps recently after reading recommendations from the Westfield Club forum. They are made in a little workshop in the Midlands and sold on Ebay. At £272 delivered they are very good value. The finish is a bit rough - sharp unfiled edges, etc., but you can ti...

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I failed to get in...

Might have stood a chance with the Westfield I suppose, but it's SORNED and sees daylight only for trackdays.

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I use mine in 30 and 40 limits - particularly the 30 limits. It can be useful on motorways but not in the south-east...

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Ah Mike, we were at cross purposes because I was (albeit none too clearly) referring back to the discrepancy in real speed vs indicated speed rather than the tacho vs speedo readings. So we are in agreement and harmony is restored! :) As a point of interest I have now checked 80mph :twisted: and fou...

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I agree about satnav and loss of sense or geography, Mike, but a I cannot agree with you on tyre sizes. If by some means you increased the rolling circumference of your wheels by 50%, say, then the distance travelled per turn of the wheels, and by direct connection turn of the tailshaft from the gea...

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I've now checked my 2.2 and it's c.42 @ 2k rpm, and 62 @ 3k rpm both in 4th gear so not as far out as I feared. I suppose that unless you are using OEM tyres then there is bound to be a discrepancy.

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It is worth doing the GPS check a few times, on different roads at steady indicated speeds, as GPS signal accuracy can vary a bit, being dependant upon what is going on in the upper atmosphere, and the number of satellites currently visible. The 0.5 mph accuracy often quoted by manufacturers is a '...

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I have a 2.2 as well, and I am suspicious that my speedo is reading too high so I'll check the 20mph/1000rpm in 4th figure. My TomTom says about 8mph less than the dial at 70mph. My tyre pressures were significantly down, though, and that will contribute. I must make certain they're right when I do ...

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