One evening (a few decades ago), I was driving my Triumph 1500 along the Old Durham Road in Gateshead when I was pulled over by one of the boys in blue. He asked if I’d been drinking, as my driving seemed a bit erratic and I was wandering around a bit. I was surprised to hear this and no, I hadn’t b...

Exactly. For the same tax you could be running a 2 ton 6.75 litre Royce, which is crazy. The 1549cc changeover point does seem a bit arbitrary.
From the VED point of view there's no incentive to keep a 1.6 on the road, so hats off to all those who do.

Signed. Good idea, and a well presented argument. Far too many sound, usable vehicles with many more miles of life left in them have been lost to short sighted scrappage schemes. From many perspectives, it makes sense to keep an existing vehicle on the road - the fact that so many of us are running ...

When it comes to pressing out a bush you obviously need enough space underneath the arm to clear it as it comes out. It doesn't look like you'd have that with the press you've shown. I've just rebushed my upper rear links using one of these, widely available on ebay for around £60. 6 Ton Hydraulic P...

My own experience of CPS failure on a 95 214. The car was running fine, parked up for an appointment, came out after a while and it wouldn't start. Cranking over but not firing at all. I looked at various things and, running out of options, swapped the crank sensor (I always carry a spare!) and that...

For the 1600 with power steering it looks like the front beam is KGC10191 and the rear is KGC10084 (1989-92). For later cars (92-96), the front beam for the four door is KGC10250 and the rear is the same, so it looks like the rear beam from a later car should fit, but it would be good to get feedbac...

Hi Plodder, you're very welcome - and I know what you mean about postage costs! As Teddy Bear suggests, it'd be worth getting in touch with DMGRS to check. In case you hadn't seen them, they've got the nuts as well - EFP3325.

If they're part numbers RYG101010 and RYG10038 - DMGRS have them in stock.

What’s made out of leather and sounds like a sneeze?

A shoe!

Thanks guys. All the best, and thanks for all the laughs