swampy

Well 6 months later and it's still stiff and still going strong, probaly only done 1 1/2 k at the most in this time thou. Well my son asked me yesterday if it was ok for him and his workmates (all coppers so should be safe lol) could borrow the cae in April to do a cruise to France. Hmmm car has been good so far but France :D well i said ok provided he pays the extra for the RAC cover for Europe and if it brakes down its not my fault, well it is an old car. Watch this space.. Swampy

Many thanks marinabrid, car has done 105k and no signs of a slipping clutch as of yet which is good. I really didn't notice how stiff it really was till we bought a new car and I nearly put the pedal through the floor as I pushed it down and expected it to be hard. Unless someone else comes up with a passable cause I think that I will leave it and see how things go. Regards Swampy

Hi again, I must admit that it

I had one aswell, i just delted it... Am i a fool LOL Swampy

Many Thanks Vanbursta...i will get it pumped up in the next few days... I take it that the tailgate loom is bit of a problem with this car then ? I soldered all my breaks and don't intend to use the rear door to much so should be ok for a while,but i'm surprised that it did not short out as out of the 11 wires or so that pass through it around 7 were broken or as good as broken... My next things that i will have to do is to sort out the cruise control,sort out the remote on the key fob,and i have just bought a pair of new rear gas shock absorbers of ebay for

Hi,new to this forum so a big HELLO to everyone from Swampy :D . Car is a 1998 s reg 2.3 ghia x and we have had it for around 3 weeks and touch wood no problems apart from some of the electrics on the tailgate failed :angry: but after a close inspection found that half the cables were broken where it joins the tailgate from the main body.A quick bodge became a semi permanent one when fords said