I concur with everybody else here and use E5. Before we started importing ethanol from the States Tesco Momentum had no ethanol, now it does, so I've swapped back to Shell V Power. Boiler House Garage on YouTube runs Ethanol testing from various forecourt samples and is worth a watch! :) Ethanol is ...

Thanks for tasking an interest! :D The original according to Haynes is a Nipon Denso but doesn't give a manufacturers part number. The fault is unusual, a battery short circuit to earth that kills a new battery in 4/5 days. It took 0.5 V out of a spare battery in a couple of hours. I'm assuming that...

I'll phone them up on Monday

Rover R8 D16 Alternator YLE 101730 [E] Finding these new is proving difficult with neither MGLRS or RIMMERS holding stock and EBAY factors supplying the wrong part. It might be worth getting a quote for refurbishing say 10 ? if there is still a auto electrician who would undertake the work in existe...

Try 961tat of this forum regarding salvage parts and talk to GTIJohn regarding remanufacture.

I have owned two of these beasts and the gear change from memory seems to be markedly different? My low mileage late 93 manufacture 214Si has a spring loaded gate across into the 3rd/4th gear plane. It takes a while to judge the right amount of force against the spring to cleanly engage 1st when cha...

I have repared them before with cotton wrapped round and epoxy work well aslong as you dont make the diameter to big, also will sell you some good none repaired knobs mk1 one have a white dot one . Do these merely slide onto the shaft or is there a spring clip inside ? I don't want to break my spar...

Have you tried Jon at A.E Willcox?

Thanks for al the info'!

The hatch assy' had been removed for paint to the gutter. The lock started to fail to latch after this work was completed.
I effected a cure for a while by repositioning the bar assembly, now it's failed completely.
I suspect a lack of lubrication hastens breakage.

I have two that have failed, or in other words fail to grip the bar when shut.

Is this a rust issue or do these catches just break with old age? I do have a working spare but haven't tried removing /striping one yet. If indeed that's possible?