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Location: sunderland | Hi all been registered here for a while now, I just got my first metro in 16 years my last on was a 87 city E, I am now a proud owner of a 94 1.4 cd, 3rd owner with 71k miles, I seen in on the web at 9pm on sat and had her on my drive by 10pm she is a very clean car and solid but not mint. The old girl got put in to daily use first thing Monday morning as my grand scenic clutch master cylinder gave up 6 miles out side alton towers, So far have got a 100 miles to a tenner, have loads of plans for her will gets some pictures up when I take some and work out how. |
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Location: Jelling, Denmark | yes get some pics up and welcome 
Will be fun to know exactly what mpg you can get out of a standard 1.4 diesel. will you keep it standard or what are your plans? |
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Location: sunderland | I don't do standard, when my daily car is back on the road I will pull the engine out and give it a good clean new water pump, timing belt ect, Im wanting to make it a dunlop metro challenge replica, but there again how many left say there is only 16 diesel metro 1.4 cd left so do I keep it standard? |
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Transport Guru
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Location: Bromley, Kent | How about a Dunlop GTi support vehicle/ van thing?  Decals and all that, but it's derv and it's a mk3 van? That would be cool. |
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Location: sunderland | How do I upload photos? |
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Location: sunderland | photos |
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Location: sunderland | 
Edited by barryj75 21/8/2013 2:39 PM
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New user
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Location: sunderland | Is it possible to fit a rev counter to a diesel metro |
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Transport Guru
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Location: Bromley, Kent | barryj75 - 25/8/2013 1:52 PM
Is it possible to fit a rev counter to a diesel metro
Read through this;
http://www.metropower.org.uk/forum/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=76705&start=1 |
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New user
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Location: sunderland | Cheers for that 111sli will have look in too doing that next month after its mot pass  |
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New user
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Location: sunderland | I have her booked in for a mot first thing tomorrow as it runs out in 3 weeks, gives me a little time if she fails. |
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Location: Chertsey,Surrey | barryj75 - 27/8/2013 9:06 PMI have her booked in for a mot first thing tomorrow as it runs out in 3 weeks, gives me a little time if she fails.
Sorry to say this but once you take a new test it voids the old one straight away, Well thats what my local MOT tester said anyway. |
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Location: Burnley, Lancs | JohnA88 - 28/8/2013 12:20 AM
barryj75 - 27/8/2013 9:06 PMI have her booked in for a mot first thing tomorrow as it runs out in 3 weeks, gives me a little time if she fails.
Sorry to say this but once you take a new test it voids the old one straight away, Well thats what my local MOT tester said anyway.
I bought my white metro with a 14 month MOT, the previous owner took it in 2 months early and when it passed they added it on to what was left. That was 4 years ago mind. |
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New user
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Location: sunderland | I have always took a car in a month before its test to give me time if it fails to fix it, and never had a problem. The good news is my metro now has 13 months mot on her, |
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Location: Thinking of vvc'ing my Roadster Brabus :-) | You can have a 13 month MOT, if you have one a month before the old one runs out
so as to preserve the same MOT anniversary as the old one, but you need to present
the old MOT cert to do this, I've done it loads of times. Also on the new MOT cert,
it tells you the earliest date that the vehicle can be presented for test to maintain
the same anniversary MOT date, which is a month before the MOT runs out. |
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New user
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Location: sunderland | Im in need of a diesel tank as this has started to drip, I cant find one, plenty of petrol tanks but no diesel tanks has any one any idea where to get one. |
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New user
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Location: sunderland | I have won a boot spoiler think its dark green so I will paint it satin black and I am going to order the paint for the wheels don't know if I am going to do them satin white or gloss, also ordered a toffee wheel as I'm going to remove the rubber door strips, I'm also looking in to getting a 1.5 diesel engine to have a go of sticking a turbo on.
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Location: sunderland | I have painted the spoiler satin black with a red lip but thin I will spray it all black then get it fitted today also painted the mirrors red have a new diesel tank on order, going to get the windows tinted bronze or green will post some pictures later today. |
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Location: sunderland | 
I have colour coded the mirrors and fitted the spoiler today I will give it a couple off weeks to see if the red lip grows on me if not I will spray that satin black. |
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Location: sunderland | 
had a bash at painting the door posts satin black they look ok but I will do them again at a later date
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Transport Guru
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Location: Bromley, Kent | Nice work matey. Have a go at spraying the bonnet vents red. Would look much nicer. |
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Location: sunderland | 111Sli - 26/9/2013 11:22 PM
Nice work matey. Have a go at spraying the bonnet vents red. Would look much nicer.
Cheers 111Sli I am in two minds whether to paint them satin black or red, |
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New user
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Location: sunderland | I got my gta steering wheel, 5 minute job to change over feels much better, so on the to do list now is wheels clocks and seats, and fit my spotlights when I get some brackets or make some |
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Barry's 94 1.4cd
