Dave B

As it says above I have for sale an SBFS vinyl tonneau with ears for standard headrests. No cutouts and normal centre zip. Comes with bag. Only used a few times. It will be in Oxford in a few weeks. £100 ono. Dave B

Many thanks Oily. The gasket I have is the green, sort of skeletal one, is this OK? Dave B

Seem to have a coolant leak and hope it is not head gasket. Car is K 1600 with Jenveys on manifold. When engine is up to temp there is a distinct drip from the region of cylinder 4. It appears to be coming from the manifold to head joint. Question is :- Is there a coolant passage in the inlet manifold in this area. If this is the case luckily I have a spare inlet gasket. Does the gasket need any goo on it. If it is a HGF then it will have to wait a while. TIA Dave B

Bought them from Carbon Mods, quality is excellent. Dave B

Just had my luverly carbon pods arrived. Any suggestions as to the best way to fix the indicators, self tappers as currently used, or small bolts. Also the safest way to drill the holes. TIA Dave B

I used bread to stuff into the spigot and then used a drift and it came out very easily. Dave B

Thanks guys for your comments. Lambda is now wired under side skin and seems to not be a problem. Mankee you are correct I must leave the cat on as the insurance companies here will declare your car illegal if it is not as it was for ITV ( and you make a claim of course ). The good news is I have found two people over here who are familiar with Emerald and have rolling roads, result. Just need to get the engine rebuilt to 1800 and get it mapped. Dave B

Actually Mankee, I have googled some pics of sensor positions and under the side skin doesn't look too bad. Certainly better than drilling a hole through and no dismantling of plug. Result. Thanks for the suggestion. Dave B

Could take the wire through the exhaust hole in side skin but a) it would look naff, b) would be toooo close to exhaust. Under side skin would leave the wire susseptible to stones etc. No need to insulate wire if I can get it through side skin as I will cable tie in engine bay to passenger footwell.

On the other end is the lambda sensor. Wire is certainly long enough. I have tried prising the wires out with a jewellers screwdriver but no joy. Am thinking trying to get the grommet over the sensor as that is marginally smaller that the connector. Judicious use of rubber lube might just do the trick. Dave B

Thanks Jonathan, bit complicated but got there. I have disconnected a small clip which appeared to be securing the wires but the wires still refuse to come out.

Yes Jonathan, there is a connector with 5 wires and it is this that I need to remove the wires from. Hopefully pic attached. No cant figure out how to attach photo!!!! Dave B

I am trying to relocate my lambda sensor from 4 primary to the cat where the 4:1 is. Dont want to drill a bl**dy great hole in side panel to get the plug through but I cant get the wires out of the plug*mad* Any ideas please. Dave B

Mark I have an old Emerald M3DK. Reason for the wide band lambda is I have troubles getting the emissions OK for Spanish test. I have a gauge which tells me the O2 reading.

Car is S3 K series with 4:1 exhaust with seperate cat ( the 4:1 collector is the cat) I have read in various articles that the current position of my lambda sensor ( primary 4) is probably not good. I have therefore bought a new boss and bung to be fitted into the front of the cat. A few questions 1) how careful do I need to be not to get swarf in the cat matrix? 2) The boss is a stepped item, do I get it welded oi it pokes through the wall of the cat or sit on top? Thanks in advance. Dave B