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And you'd be right!

Was it you? Very nice car there - we exchanged a thumbs up.

i've seen fitters doing bloody awful jobs before - literally (witness to it in an MOT viewing bay thing - thankfully someone elses car having tyres done at same time)

take your business elsewhere maybe ;)

Most definitely. Never going back there I think!

I get the impression that the guy didn't ...

Just been back to where I got new tyre fitted last week, as the old was knackered. The new one wasn't holding pressure so I went back and the guy refits the tyre, and tells me "if it goes down again then it's not the tyre, it's the wheel 'cause it's all corroded anyway".

Is this a bad thing? I'm ...

bstardchild wrote: 3.0 Opel Straight Six CIH lump bored and stroked to 4.0

Cast iron all the way through - bloody heavy but very strong

Thanks for that, it sounds fantastic! I WANT ONE!

Forgive my ignorance, what engine is that?

I managed 42mpg on a long run on Sunday, it was pretty much 50-60mph all the way though, which may go some way to explaining the high figure.

I certainly don't get figures that good normally!

GroovyCarrot wrote:Split the wire and wire it into both left and right, it'll produce a mono sound out of the combination of left and right stereo channels.

Just what I needed to hear! Thanks Groovy, helpful chap that ya are!

Ah right then - but surely if the output of the headunit is stereo then I'll only get half the sound?

Hmm. I'll consider that for a later date.

If I'm going to modify my wiring to see if I can get the rear-left speaker working, then how should I wire the front-centre? Should I use the Right-front wires or the Left-front? (or can I use both otherwise I only get half the stereo sound out of it)

Hello all,

I've posted something similar in the ICE section, but I'm looking for a more mk2 specific response.

I've just recently fitted my new head unit, and I used a brand new, colour-coded ISO connector from Halfords. Problem is, I now have no rear-left speaker, and the centre speaker now works ...

OK, head unit is in, but I think I've come across a couple of problems.

Firstly, it appears as though I have a speaker in the centre of the dash (I didn't realise it was a speaker as it didn't work with the old radio!). The problem with this is that even though I've used a brand new ISO connector ...

Ok, so my new head unit arrived today, and I'm anxious to get it put in the car.

Will I definitely need the ISO connector thing? The radio that was already in there is a Panasonic unit which I've managed to extract from the dash but the wires just confuse the hell outta me. Because it's a Panasonic ...

I had the car serviced about a week ago, so the spark plugs are all new. Don't know what they did about the dizzy or the carb (if anything).

Which carbs are there that I can get a suitable replacement manifold for? (I'm assuming I need one)

I was planning on getting the timing done professionally ...

2nd year mechanical engineer - sitting at 70 in 4th does get a bit tiresome at times!