About time I updated this thread....
So since the last update, the car is back on it's winters again.
I've changed out the the end of the drivers skirt, just in front of the rear tyre, mine was cracked underneath and managed to get an imola one in good condition from a breaker in Nairn (towards Inverness)!
Then the big job recently was getting to the bottom of a water leak which was causing a damp patch in the drivers footwell...
Basically I found two sources for the water ingress... One was from the floor pan, through a grommet/bung which was under the rear drivers side footwell..pics will explain. And the other was through where the bonnet release cable runs up through the scuttle. This second leak was only found on checking for about the third time. I eventually uncovered that the grommet around the cable was half through the hole and covering this up was a previous attempt to solve the problem, by basically clarting it in a black sealant, but which wasn't actually doing the job. To the untrained eye in this area it looked to me that the sealant was oem, which is why I initially ruled this out as a cause of the leak. Double checked later with water poured in the area, revealing that it was actually leaking!
So yeh, I've had the scuttle off about five times! Can get that wiper motor mechanism out pretty quick now! Haha. And I've also had the whole interior carpet out! Was a challenge but satisfying, and managed to give it a shampoo whilst it was out! All the interior went back in without losing a single screw too! Phew!
Pics.....
The rear grommet...in poor condition.. I replaced the other side too as a precaution..
The big find!.lol
Handy having an Aga! It was in the kitchen drying out for a day and a half! The foam underneath had been acting as a big sponge!