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Hugo is out of winter hibernation and back home after a quick swap at the garage with Trev. While I'm busy getting the Gamma ready for GammaQuaranta (http://gamma40.jimdo.com/english)  I haven't forgotten that Hugo needs to be ready for 3ma16 in Alsace. So MOT test booked for next week and also booked in for some minor cosmetic work. I've owned at least one 131 since 1979 but I'm still very impressed and somewhat surprised when I get back into one at just how lovely these cars are to drive  ;)  :D I went everywhere the long way round today as I just wanted to keep driving....

Getting ready for 3ma16 - NOT!!

MOT test failed  :-[  :'(

Who's got a spare steering rack for a 131 Sport please  ???

Wrong mot station 😉

.......are they unique to the Sport or generic across the range?

yes .... what was it knuckle joint or play in gears ..

they all the same racks  aren't they

I think all manual (non power steering) racks are the same. Getting a LHD rack is easy (http://www.mister-auto.co.uk/en/steering-rack/sami-801_g286_a472801.html (http://www.mister-auto.co.uk/en/steering-rack/sami-801_g286_a472801.html)) but RHD not so easy. Maybe this is the time to make a proper LHD Abarth Stradale replica  ;D Early Maserati Biturbos (series 1 without power steering) used the same rack! It's made by TRW so might be fitted to other cars as well?

Shouldn't there be a plastic bush there?

... and is this the required bush?
I have no idea and can't understand what happened to the one in my 131 steering rack! The gaiter is intact so couldn't have fallen out and there's no bush or pieces of broken bush to be found anywhere! Must have been beamed out of my rack by an alien.....  ;D

Is that the ebay one ..  its a mystery..

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FIAT-131-STEERING-RACK-BUSH-4323104-/231616741157?hash=item35ed6eff25:g:qaEAAOSwu4BVnVue (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FIAT-131-STEERING-RACK-BUSH-4323104-/231616741157?hash=item35ed6eff25:g:qaEAAOSwu4BVnVue)

Yes that's the eBay one that I ordered...  ;)

isn't it about time you get yourself a LHD for continental touring?   8)

A LHD Series 3 Super would be nice for that. But 1 week on the Continent and 51 weeks of driving on the correct side of the road in the UK......  ;)

I meant: one for the continent and one for the uk...   ;D

Panic over (if ever there was any  ;)  ;D )
Steering rack has been fixed and the MOT test passed   :D
3ma16 here I come....  :D

Well done Theo, here's hoping that you and Jasonh are not the only attendees from England. :o Please keep your fingers crossed for me at 09.30hrs on Saturday 9th April, when Primrose is in for her for MoT at my mate Paul's place (PRC MoT, near Bordon, Hampshire). I hope he wears his rose-tinted safety glasses!!  8) ;D Otherwise I might be looking for someone to ride shotgun with!!  :o :o

Getting ready for 3ma16:
One clean Hugo!  ;D

ωραιος.. :)

I better start cleaning/polishing right now, too ;D :o

actually mine are still in winter hibernation...

I have to bring them back to life again before starting cleaning and polishing... :D

Time is flying :o

 ;)

You have 4 of them? :o :o

There's no known cure for the medical condition known as Fiatonethreeoneitis  ;D

really bad disease  ;D

my orange Walter R?hrl is even missing on the pictures because it is in another shed... I am running out of place ::) 8)

http://www.131mirafiori.com/smf/index.php?topic=7202.0

unbelievable, only a few weeks left to 3ma... and still snowing :o

I wonder if I have to buy some winter tires ;D

Wow! :o It's very cold here too but no snow where I am. Hopefully it will get warmer in the coming few days, although warmer weather often brings rain. :'(

Looks like I spoke too soon - it's snowing here now too!! ::) And at the end of April  :o :o