Rebushing

After the MOT failed with 2 of the front suspension bushes we decided to replace all the rest.   While she was in I asked the mechanic to fit some new shock absorbers I had been given, fit a new speedo cable I had found on EBay, and fit a new rear exhaust mounting that had sheared on the way to deliver the car.

 So picked her up today and we had about a 60% success rate 😁 Front end now completely re-bushed but he said there was no point in doing the tracking until I had driven a few miles to let the suspension settle.   But he did say that one of the wishbones was a bit loose with the old bushes so that may have contributed.   On the drive back she still pulls to the left a bit but nowhere near as bad as before.   He recommended a garage he uses to get all his car tracking checked, so I might do that in a few weeks.   He hadn't fitted the shock absorbers, initially he was worried that springs were a different colour (green rather than blue) which means the strength was different but then on close examination the bottom mounting was slightly wider than the existing ones so wouldn't fit.  

He also hadn't managed to fit the new speedo cable.   Again, at first it looked identical and I had checked that the instrument end as that looked different.  Turned out it was the correct version and fitted perfectly and the original one was the wrong fitting so it could only be pushed in half way.    That explained why it kept coming out.  What we didn't realise was the gearbox end, while looking identical and supposedly for an MT75, was very slightly thicker so when It was pushed in there wasn't enough clearance to fit the circlip.   So he just fitted a blanking plate to the hole, something I have been thinking of doing.   I'm in 2 minds now, I have lived without the speedo for almost 3 years now without any problem.   Or I could go to a firm that build cables and get a bespoke one made up with the gearbox end of the old one and the instrument end of the new one.    But that would be quite expensive.    We'll see.

Finally he had put a temporary solution on the exhaust mount. Unfortunately he has done such a good job I think it might be another case of a short-term fix becoming a long-term solution 😁