Dr Mark's Tardis

Yet more maintenance on the ISRI seats. its only a small thing, but quite irritating, unnecessarily so. The seat belt buckles were rather fiddly and did not always engage. Tw different solutions: Drives side a new ISRI part from Jennings Seats for about £40. Passenger side a generic buckle on a short strap. for £13.99 or less on eBay .This has the advantage of being easier to find (particularly if the passenger has a big bum).   And also for the drivers side a new cover £24.99 on eBay. Very pleased. The passenger wanted to keep a sheepskin. And seat belt grips to replace the clothes peg £4.69 off eBay of course:

Two fails from the MOT front step sill badly corroded. And the rear LEDs lights still not as they should be: Front Passenger side step. This was an MOT fail. I'd had the drivers side done so back to the garage to weld the passenger side. Thanks to Southam Mini metro for a really solid job. No need to match sides or look original, just good and strong. They recommend M12 flange nuts for the captive nuts. Rear LED light cluster Another MOT failure, they are still not right. Note that the cluster has no voltage regulation, so it has to be bright with 12V or 14.4V and LED simply don't light with a low voltage. All OK now but required: A new earth connection block in the engine compartment. One new light cluster because of failed LEDs Modifying the cluster circuit board to remove a diode from the indicators. That eliminated the voltage drop and increased the brightness. Rear Shock Absorbers Replaced. These are very hard to test, but clear signs of fluid leaking fr...