Tom09tom

Well you guys were right! I got round to getting them on eBay. They sold within 2 months. Even better it only cost me £1 to sell(eBay offer).

I advertised for £450 buy it now or best offer and accepted £350 plus a tenner postage. Some guy offered 190 !! I was like noooo. Overall happy. Thanks.

Hi thanks for the reply's.

The speedo is cable driven. Agent zed , with the method you used, can I leave the outer cable connected to the gearbox? Because it is very tightly boxed in and I can't even see it properly.

Also when I say it's 10 % out. I don't mean the speedo, that's more like 50% out lol. It's the mile counter I'm talking about. I did 4 miles to the test place (sat nav measured)but the mileage only moved 3.6 and after the 4 miles back it read 7.2.

The car was garaged for 10 years so these problems were always going to show up. It's all part of the fun.

Passed the mot yesterday, only thing is that the examiner snapped the hand brake cable so there is another job.

I rerouted the speedo cable and it is working slightly better but still not right, tested with a sat nav and it seems the odometer is counting about 10% lower than it should. I'm going to have another play when I get time.

Hi again.

So I have sorted out a lot of the jobs on my Robin Hood that I bought last year. The last thing is speedo, currently it is not working properly. It is jumpy and never accurate, but mostly it reads 0.

Today I worked out how to reset the trip clock and the mileage counter is also working (how? When the speed isn't I don't know?).

Has anyone else had this problem? I've read on the internet that I could require a new cable, but I want to be sure that is the problem before I buy one.. if I can find one?

Any advise would be great, this is my last job before MOT and I'm hoping to go for the test next week, but there's no date yet.

Pic of the speedo...

It needs a good run through the car wash.... only joking, not a nice situation, hope you get sorted out.

This is what I got.

Hi, just bought my Robin Hood 3a and in the boxes of spares there is a Weber twin carb. It has come off a 2 litre Ford Sierra engine.

I am not going to be using this part so was wondering how much I could sell it for? Does anyone have any thoughts or ideas on where to advertise? I was thinking eBay...

Thanks in advance .

Bought the car!!!! Just needs a few finishing off jobs, more questions to follow...

Get them spanners out

So just a quick update.

First of all I forgot it was bank holiday on Monday... doh!

Right, I tried A-plan and they will not insure a 21 year old unless they have previously owned a kit car and insured it with someone else, seems they are unwilling to risk it on me

So rung a few more and it started off at around £900. Cheapest I could get was £560.

Going to try a few more in the next few days. It gets a bit wearing having to keep telling them all the information.

Would it work if I put my dad on as the main insurer and me as a named driver? Has anyone done this?

Thanks for the replies. I have been advised to only phone the specialist insurers.

I'll let you know how I get on.

Hi guys.

Is insurance for a 21 year old on a Robin hood with a 2 liter engine going to be pricey?

Do insurers look differently on kit car owners than on regular car drivers?

I've been driving since I was 17. And now all that is stopping me getting a kit car is the insurance quote ( It will only be a weekend car). Just wondered what you experienced guys thought before I ring around on Monday.

Thanks.