Well I bought that and then discovered that I already had one in a box of spares I picked up off Ebay a few years ago!
Now I have a spare!
I should change the title of this thread to "Ready for 3MA" but I dont want to tempt fate!!
Got my car back from where it was being checked over & serviced before the big trip.
Usual service items like new engine oil and filter (thanks Dave), plugs and a clean of the air filter. New aforementioned fan switch (checked at a traffic hold up on the way home), brakes cleaned and copper greased along with a replacement rear cylinder and a general tune up.
The biggest thing though was a set of replacement Girling front shocks purchased over a year ago on Ebay for ?1 plus postage!
I wasn't sure if they were worth fitting as the car was likely to be still on original Fiat shocks and having only done less than 35000kms! However I'm delighted they have been changed. The front end seems significantly better planted and combined with the wider and lower (185/70/13) Pirelli 2500s fitted last year, I can throw the car into bends with a lot more confidence than before. Where the improvement has been most noticed is mid bend and when an imperfect surface is encountered - The car is less likely to be thrown off line now.
The car also has a new 2 year NCT and a working cigar lighter (important for the Sat Nav across Europe) so the only thing left is to tax the car from 1st May.
Having driven the car home today (approx 120 kms) I enjoyed it so much I can't wait for the off on 3MA10!
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