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Can you build a dream lottery winners car for just the piece of a few years worth of lottery tickets.
Join me as I try my best to create my own dream car, a Lancia Delta HF Martini, using just my own know-how, a handful of second hand tools and a budget that wouldn’t feed a goldfish.
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In this video we remove the wiper arms and repair the wiper linkage in our Mk3 Golf GTI after one of the wipers stopped working.
This video show just how much fun I had trying to open the bonnet on a MINI Cooper R50 after the bonnet cable snapped and I’d moved it right into the corner of my single garage.
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In this video we change the chain and both sprockets on a 2008 Honda CBR 125R
In this video I strip down and restore the headlights on my 1988 Lancia Delta using household cleaning products and a fan assisted oven
In this short video I show you how I fixed a 2008 Triumph Triple 675cc that had a problem which caused the headlights to switch on and off when the handle bars were moved, the starter button to only work intermittently and the horn not to work.
The first three cars have now arrived at the new Pentagram Motorsport workshop and we take a look at the latest arrival, Roger the Mk3 Golf. After sitting for several years untouched in the garden, the car finally arrives ready to be worked on. We also take a look at the other two cars already at the workshop (Ralph the Golf GTI and Scarlet, the MINI R50 Cooper)
My daily driver, a 2008 BMW E90 318i developed an ignition issue. Engine Management Light on and a misfire.
This video shows how I diagnosed and fixed the issue using a Carista diagnostic tool, WD40 electrical contact cleaning spray and some electrical tape.
Features footage from @fixingassets I recommend you check out his channel.
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After winter riding, it is vital that you clean your bike regularly. Road salt can attack the frame and mechanicals of the bike causing corrosion. A maintenance clean before the bike is put away prevents this.
Wash with car shampoo (not dish soap)
Rinse thoroughly
Chamois and Microfibre towel dry
As the World Rally Championship turns 50 years old in 2023, lets take a look back at the most successful cars to have competed since 1973.
00:25 Ford Escort RS 1800
00:43 Lancia Stratos HF
01:03 Fiat 131 Abarth
01:33 Peugeot 206 WRC
01:56 Toyota Yaris WRC
02:10 Citroen DS3 WRC
02:34 Citroen Xsara WRC
02:57 Citroen C4 WRC
03:19 Volkswagen Polo R WRC
03:58 Lancia Delta
