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Thank-you. Have been busy with work (so weekday evenings were no good), and the motorcaravanners club. Then came down with a cold after New Year so didn't make old-Sarum. We're still here! -steve

This is the sat-nav age, everybody uses the same (main) roads. As you say, the little roads can be a joy to use.

Plastic can be a fickle material - although it is cheap and readily available. You will need high reliability for your gear-wheel, so I wouldn't recommend getting a 3D printer just to print a gear. If you do, I think you will go through a high number of print iterations and failures before you succeed. But if you are willing to experiment and have plenty of time, then it's worth trying. -steve

Googling GCL149 comes up with plenty of choices

Reading the specification, it implies it sends an SMS which needs a mobile-phone SIM. The two last pictures show a picture of a SIM in the corner. -steve

IIRC the IVA requires three items on a car to function without the key in: horn, hazards, side-lights. Doesn't quite answer your question, but something to consider. -steve

rbs - Richard Stewart - owner of RobinHood? Or a miss-type of GBS

I had issues with the gauge when I set it up stationary on the drive, and then giving me a different reading when driving. I had used the ground connection coming through the loom. To fix this I had to ground the fuel tank sender to the chassis, and ground the instrument cluster to the chassis too. This may / may not answer your question. -steve

Many years ago I had exactly the same thing on a Renault Scenic - turning roundabouts, pulling out to overtake on motorway - I momentarily lost power. This was eventually diagnosed to muck in the fuel tank. Tank cleaned out, new fuel filter, new fuel pump (at my request) - all good again. -steve

Sorry cannot make this - but should be able to come over to say hello. -steve

I found that these lower balljoints loosened with use - I had to replace my pair a few years ago. I now check them for tightness 2 or 3 times a year. -steve

I wired leds across my fuses - instantly tells me if a fuse is blown. Leds only draw 20ma current when a short blows the fuse. -steve

Two google reviews give 5/5. Perhaps you should leave a review too!

Some points from the photos. 1. The catalytic converter appears to have been removed from before the exhaust baffle (mot fail). 2. I assume the windscreen wipers work properly (probably parked for the photos in the rain). 3. Box on rear boot, obscures rear view mirror - is it detachable? 4. Front indicators too short and side repeaters questionable - in my IVA this would have been a fail. I hope it's not a clone - ask the owner what the chassis number is (or part of it and check with Alan - as they all had a similar numbering format). -steve

I had the same problem - it was a blown fuse. It shares the same fuse as the horn - does the horn work? -steve

Caterham sell some edge-on repeaters. Not necessarily the cheapest and not LEDs, but are slim and IVA compliant. -steve

I don't have a hand-brake switch, but do have a "on for 5secs when ignition turned on" dongle which passed the IVA. OK a bit of an over-engineered solution but this is where my skills lie; it was easier drop in a dongle into the wiring as opposed to engineer a mechanical solution. -steve

Before you ask, I'm away for the weekend, so cannot make Stoneleigh unfortunately. -steve

This was forever a problem for me. I looped my power-steering back with a T-piece running up to a filler. Used copper plumbing pipe attached to car chassis, and then flexible pipes to steering pump. Eventually after, say, a 1000 miles, one of the flexible pipes would leak (pinhole?). I also found that heater rubber piping expanded, so I replaced them with proper power-steering rubber pipe. I had a plumbing tap (isolation valve thingy) as the filler (say 9 inches above the pump) so I left this very slightly open as a breather, and fluid started to leak out of here. So now I keep the tap almost shut, with a plastic isolating diaphragm covering it - with a pinhole in it. Seems to be ok now. -steve (I'll try and get some photos after the bank-holiday if you want).

We are available. Cheers, -Steve (+val)

Popham has a fly-in on Sunday 9th (no entrance fee), but will be quiet on the Saturday 8th (whatever flys in or out). -steve

Ta, We all had colds over the weekend, but we should be fit for the Salisbury meet next week. Daughter took me go-karting, naturally, I was the eldest of the group of seven - blimey these youngsters drive fast! -steve

Two please Bob. -Steve (+Val).

Go to google maps and type in "accommodation ripley". Look at all the options that come up and read their reviews (and prices). I use this option a lot with "camping town-name". Amusingly this latter option comes up with naturist sites quite often! -steve

Cannot see your photo but I got mine from Caterham six years ago. My IVA tester didn't like my originals and said Caterham do some for the side of the wing - so I thought if that what he wants me to get - to pass IVA then that's what I'm going to buy. Probably not the cheapest option and I had to pick a random version of the Caterham model too. -steve