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Another +1 for the 714/2 filter. Hoped it would prevent the dreaded start up rattle with the anti drain flaps. https://amzn.eu/d/2obJt4L About 12 quid on amazon    

So it's official, the pictures I had from a good few of those jobs have gone rather annoyingly, switching phones they must have not been backed up.. bugger. So on with the jobs! The clutch pedal slop that all these cars seem to suffer with wasn't too bad on mine but figured I'd address it. Remove the pedal and simply Mark the hole position. Weld it up and then drill to correct size. Very easy and for a bit of extra strength you can weld flat washers wither side too. Upon refitting, I tiger sealed the pedal and around the holes as water accumulating on the bulkhead in the wet drips in from here. The dash top recover turned out quite well before this would have been the pictures of removing the old dashtop and vents and repairing it. The dash top on mk2 gt6's are non existent anymore so I really had to be careful. DO NOT REMOVE THE VINYL ON THE DASHTOP. If you come to doing one of these don't mess with it, you'll pull all the foam off with it! First flatten any cracks of splits with sandpaper, then using some body filler, apply a smear and sand flat.  The vinyl I used was supplied from Owen at park Lane classics. Lots of bulldog clips and a tin of evo stick, apply the glue, lay the vinyl and then stretch it out, clamp, stretch, repeat. Until you're left with no wrinkles and you can trim the edges. The demister vents just had a similar refurb. Smoothed out with filler, sanded and painted. Looks miles better than it did before! A few little jobs fill the time in the evenings, like fitting a new chrome trim for the windscreen. I replaced the screen last year and the chrome trim had started delaminating itself in some spots and looked naff, so with some soapy water and about 15 minutes, I'd installed the new one they just push in, without the soap forget it, you'll have no thumbs left.  On the subject of screen, after doing some research, I settled on new wipers these are NOS trico wiper blades. Brand new and the rubber looks it too! They are a tad sloppy on the arms, the diameter of the slot is slightly bigger than the arm as is the hole for the little dimple, I'll have a play around with getting them to a tighter fit when I fit them. Now as with all of this the dashboard was gutted to remove the heater for refurb, again I'm quite annoyed I've lost the photos of this as it was quite a lot of work. I essentially eliminated any gaps in the box and made it quite air tight, that way there's minimal air lost before it gets to the vents. I also ended up upgrading the motor to that of a smart 4 2. obviously this is the result. Its a Quality job, pun intended. So to fit the motor requres the old hamster wheel fan blade from the existing motor, drilled out to ever so slightly smaller than the shaft of the new motor, that way its a nice press fit. Now fitting it, you want as much of the fan inside the case as possible. Essentially just sit the motor and fan inside the case, measure the distance from the case to the motor and add a few mm to amount for the movement of the shaft, box being compressed against the bulkhead etc. Enough so it won't rub. The rest is fairly straight foward, I purchased some aluminium tubing and bolts from b&q to space the motor out and to make a shroud, a quality street tin with some rubber seal either side. You may joke, but it's genuinely the perfect thickness and was pretty much spot on the right width and circumference. I have wired it to the existing resistor and on full power, it draws just over an amp less then the standard fan but produces over double the air flow I'd say. It's a bit more proud behind the dash and does require a bit of jiggling with the loom but it fits nicely. I just want all these little jobs out of the way, then I can turn my attention to the engine. I think I'm going to go with the tr5 6 35 65 cam, just need to find a good source for new ones Jacob  

Thanks Mark, I think by time I eventually finish the list the car will have rusted away! The project never ends. I wish I had opted to go down the m12 route, I've always had it in the back of my mind that the standard ones are just going to break. I do have the extended imperial ones to fit my alloys

Hello            What is roughly the chain pitch?? It looks a touch bigger than Spitty!! Roger

In the interior (the beige paint) pics, the ladder rungs are roughly a foot apart. Never thought to put something there for scale lol, but yeah, that's a big ass chain!

In Cornwall at present, North Helford. Spotted this out walking this morning. Mint, original and unmolested. Lovely. Saw it again this afternoon on the move with the driver and realised I’d had a conversation with the owner before we even saw the car. Nice older gent with an expensive taste in cameras an excellent taste in cars. Glendurgan Gardens Maze full of kids on a school trip. Ankle-biter sized and noisy, but very polite.   In Falmouth this afternoon on Pendennis Point. Very pleasant.   Was just about to sit on this bench when I spotted this I knew him….. SWW operator at Falmouth STW (about 800m from the bench), with whom I’ve drunk many a cup of tea.  Thoroughly nice man. Found dead in a tank at the works in 2013. I did know he’d died, but it was still a shock to see this. Makes you think.  Fine view from his bench though.

I particularly like the second one….

I’m struggling slightly for scale but all the indicators are that this is a BIG ASS chain 

I decided I couldn't take the stress and took it to a garage this week, I was meant to already be in the UK... Will have some serious driving to do next week. The garage (a reputable BMW specialist) promised they could get the chain, but they're having issues... Although they think now they finally have the right chain kit. They have confirmed that the chain guides they've removed are fubar and probably weren't long for this world.