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Mines an '85 110; pretty sure its not fine pitch. Also need to do a cylinder head on an old mower, so I better start looking for helecoil kits...

I know the theory is good, but sticking a little coil of wire in a hole to hold a brake caliper on just sounds iffy! But as its common practice, rather than drilling and tapping for a larger bolt, I'm happy to give it a go! Are the caliper bolts M12? What length coil insert would I need?

I've been considering this, but the idea of thread inserts for brakes worries me! What brand inserts did you use?

They do look a bit close... Do they stay on it transit? If the packaging states 750 I'd contact the seller... Perhaps they sent you the wrong ones?

I've found Admiral to be good, even for the Mrs when she was on a provisional, although she was 23/4...

Also, the Hi-Cap tubs come up cheap on eBay, if you wanted to change your current 110. Much easier than custom building a flatbed, and cheaper than buying a quadtech. Also as its a body made by LR there shouldn't be any insurance issues.

If you need 2nd row seats, then a double cab 130 Hi-Cap with an iFor might be the best bet. If you don't need the 2nd row seats, have you thought about a 110 Hi-Cap? There is actually a lot more room in the back than in a standard 110, and I'd place a bet that they have more room than a standard body 130 too...

I've got to try and remove mine again... I used a 6mm steel plate with 3 holes drilled through it. But my steering wheel seems pretty seized in, and I sheared one of the bolts into the steering wheel. So now I've got to drill that out first!

Not had much on the Herts/Essex border, but it only takes two flakes of snow and the roads come to a standstill! I've been leaving the Landy at home and using the Cavalier, with worn summer tyres, and had no real issues!

MTs will make the handling worse, especially laiden or towing at speed on the road, after all thats not what they are really designed for. I'm not suprised if they make handling worse on a 110 than on a 90. Does he really need an agressive tread pattern? Does he regularly get stuck if using ATs?

I've always steered clear of Q plates due to insurance issues, but I have heard good things about Flux... Worth a shot.

Where are you mate?

Personally I prefer to deal with cash, buying or selling. I've done some largish sales, had a hand-held black lamp for checking notes in mass. PayPal is an option these days as well I guess...

That eBay link seems to be dead. It might be an idea to post up a photo and the reg, just encase anyone saw it that night...

GUNK is great as long as you cover any rubber/plastic parts. I've also used white spirit for de-greasing, but not sure if it leaves a film?

I've owned almost 30 vehicles in the past 6 years... and found just about everything except active guns and dead bodies (although I have bought a couple of cars with buggered boot locks, and so have gone a week or so without being able to open them, and have been VERY careful when I have decided to open them!) Always find various coins, have also found condoms ('mainly' unused ), knifes, soft drugs, baseball bats, a bale of straw, rope, shotgun shells, random unmarked bags of powders, car parts, bottles of alcohol, woman's shoes, clothes (including knickers)... the list is endless...

As said, a lot depends on what car she has. If the repairs were quoted at an authorised insurance repairers at about £1,000, then if her car is only worth £2,000 (and they DO go mainly by auto-trader and eBay!), then the car would be classed as a write-off, as it's uneconomical to repair. If she is not used to insurers, and doesn't ask about buying the car back for a nominal figure, she will be left with the eBay value of her car in cheque form, and no car. Meaning hassle of car-hunting. This can be a good point for your to persuade her to let you do it your way. On the other hand, if you regard friendship as being important, you might just want to let her deal with it via insurance. As you have protected NCB, and I'm assuming no previous claims, and if you are over 25, I doubt you would see much of an increase in next year's insurance premiums. You might be best getting a quote from a third coachworks... then if it come sout cheap to can say her one is a rip-off. I tell the coachbuilder I want mine written off... Always get a higher quote then, as the insurer's will definitely write it off. Is she likely to be doing the same?

Great idea! The hinges on my other half's 110 are badly worn, so I've got to sort them out soon, may well give this a try!

If its not slipping, personally I would leave it until it does. Otherwise you could just be throwing money away. Unless you are about to go on a cross-Europe trip, then I'd change it!

Another vote for spray glue! It might be possible to do it without removing the head lining, but you would have to make a couple of small cuts in the fabric... If you can get one of those WD40 straws/tubes or a length of thin piping to fit in/on the end of a spray glue can, you can make a few small cuts, stick the tube in and spray the glue underneath. Obviously you could end up with uneven glue and a few odd cuts in the lining, which would be acceptable in a farm hack, but not if yours is a showpiece! Or thumbtacks to hold it up, if there is enough for them to hold into...