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Bodywork & Paintwork / Re: Rear door locked solid
Pleased to report the door is now open and the lock replaced.

Took the rear seat out removed the plastic trim dow the side of the door shut the leveled back the seal.

Had to check the new lock to work out which bit I needed to move with the screw driver, but once I'd worked it out I had the door open in no time.

All back together now and MOT pass should be sorted tomorrow. All ready for the mk2 meet at Caffeine and Machine on Thursday

Thanks for all the help
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Heating & Cooling / Re: water pump and thermostat exchange
I'm sure you are probably aware, but if you are changing the pump make sure you also replace the plastic elbow on the bottom as these often warp during use and never reseal to a new pump.

Have you changed the heater matrix? If you have bypass valves and blown matrix the small pipes in the bypass can get clogged up stopping the cooling system from working properly
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Bodywork & Paintwork / Re: polish
Gtechnic do a bumper restoration/protection product (C4 permanent trim restorer) that I think works really well. Bit of a faff cleaning the plastic parts with alcohol first, but comes up great and stays good for ages
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Bodywork & Paintwork / Rear door locked solid
Posting on the off chance someone else has had the same happen and knows a way of fixing it that doesn't involve me cutting up my door card (or worse)

MOT day today and discovered the locking pin won't come up. Which means I can't unlock the door and therefore it's failed the MOT.

I've had door handles go bad a not ope the door when it's unlocked but the door handle works as it should (when the door is locked).

I'm assuming something is wrong with the wire the runs from the pin at the leading edge of the door through to the lock itself at the back edge of the door, but I can't see as the door card is in the way and I don't think I can remove the door car the the door shut.

Any ideas💡
Begging 🙏
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I.C.E & Electrical / Indicators won't auto cancel
I've had the dash out a few times for the obligatory heater box resto and changing clocks, etc,. Thought I'd put everything back correctly but now the indicators don't auto cancel.

Lived with it for a while and told myself it was fine, but it's starting to annoy me as everything else is starting to come together.

Can anyone tell me which bits to the stalk assembly drive the auto cancel function?
Ideally with pictures if you can ;)

Will be forever grateful

CL 4+e '89 1.6
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Engine & Gearbox / Is there a benefit - port polish 8v
Is there a benefit to porting and polishing an 8v PG engine (1991)?

Apologies in advance if this has been covered elsewhere. Sure it must have done but can't find it.

The engine is out of the car with the head off ready to be skimmed, cleaned and valve seats cut. So I want to know if porting and polishing is worth doing while it's in that state.

I've been told in the past that it doesn't make any difference, but it seems to be a standard element of engine tuning...
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Engine & Gearbox / Re: How to remove mullered injector seats?
Thanks "PWardy"

That's a good shout, I'll try the woodworking tool as I have a few lying around.

Failing that, I'll be doing the head gasket so likely to go in for a skim if nothing else, so will ask then if I haven't managed to remove them.

Cheers
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Engine & Gearbox / How to remove mullered injector seats?
Hi all

I'm after some suggestions on how to remove injector seats that no longer have the lovely hexagonal pattern to help you unscrew them.

My best guess is the previous owner put them in too tight then couldn't get them out.

I'd rather not cut them out if there is a better way.

Any help appreciated