Had a bad day today with my '88 Syncro. Firstly, the exhaust decided to break
(after a 300 mile journey and 30 minutes from my departing ferry!) but a
roadside repair and 3 wire coat-hangers got me back on the road again.

Got back to Ireland and noticed a mild 'grating' when pulling away, whilst
releasing the clutch. I'm wondering whether it could be my thrust bearing on the
way out?  I'm wondering whether now might be a good time to consider the I-5
swap rather than sink more money into the exhaust and clutch bearing etc (which
was changed quite recently!)

Does anyone know of a UK source of Syncro exhausts (it's all pretty rusty...and
don't say Just Kampers as they don't have one in stock).

Anyway, as I was coming off the ferry, I was following a German van that had a
strange rear door arrangement. Firstly, I thought that they had left the rear
door open but upon further inspection there is an angled fibreglass panel that
allows the door to close at the 5 o'clock position rather than 6 o'clock. It did
look strange but I guess that it offers more storage space.

I had my BFG ATs fitted to my Mercedes alloys yesterday (7x15) and was surprised
to find that the stud holes in the wheels were too small!  I now have to get
them reamed out to fit.  This is the first time I've heard of the actual stud
holes being a problem; centre caps maybe!

Could somone advise me of the thread sizes for the Syncro so that I can get some
60 degree taper nuts to fit these new wheels?

Regards, Malcolm
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Malcolm White  Templeogue, Dublin 6W, Eire        Tel: (353) 1 490 7246
malcolm@white.ie / rides@balloons.ie     http://www.ftech.net/~balloons
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