I've owned the car for 11 years now and the car has always been very good to me with the minimum of trouble. The last 4 months the car has given me the most trouble, mainly the body and paint and getting the MOT for it. The car had a broken spring which we supplied was to be fitted for the MOT.
The lower shock bolt screw straight into the lower wishbone, but with the inner thread on the wishbone rotten, the wishbone and bolts was also needed. These parts were out of stock and the suppliers were waiting for more to come in from Japan, transported by sea
After phoning around, I found someone that had all the parts needed, 14 in total.
We manage to pick up the parts yesterday thanks to a lift from the mother-in-law. The next problem was finding someone willing to fit them without having to book the car in 2 weeks in advance
I tried my local exhaust, brake and suspension centre (STS). Like many big companies, they have the time slot to do it the same day, but they will only fit the cheap after market parts that they supply at over inflated prices. But they eventually agreed to fit the parts which took them 4 hours to fit

Not only did I get a big bill, but they also gave me a whole list of things that need doing with my car, they said my brakes were no good, my tyres needed replacing, I laughed and said that all these items passed the MOT, nothing wrong with my brakes and tyres which have good tread on them

These big companies do like to milk more work out of you that don't need doing.
Got my MOT for the car this morning
Those old wiper arms did not look good against the new paint work and the stainless steel blades. And also our old speakers were not working as good as they should, so I replaced these.

They look much better

The door cards off for the new speakers, these are a better fit than the old and they sound better

One of the old carpet press stud that the tonneau cover attaches to had came away, I fixed this by drilling apart the old stud, I placed a penny washer under the carpet and a smaller but slightly larger than the stud washer above the carpet, a nut and bolt with thread lock held it all back in place. You can see the bolt in the centre and also just make out the smaller washer just below the stud in the next photo

Roy
