mowog73 replied to the topic 'Oil Temperature sensor' in the forum. 4 days ago

MEK000020 for Mk2 Fs and all TFs, which have MEMS3 ECUs. The other thing to note is that the threaded hole size in the oil filter adapter changed when the oil filter adapter changed at engine 18K4FJ31 646501 or 18K4FJ32 646201 according to the info on Dieter's website.

But as Cobber says, knowing the oil temperature is the next best thing to useless information.

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mowog73 replied to the topic 'Vibrating Instrument binnacle cure' in the forum. 5 days ago

Contact Paul Jakabi Goldsmith, [email protected], or https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009353902908

Paul makes an excellent reproduction of the binnacle from fiberglass. I've installed his reproduction binnacle on both of our Fs.

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mowog73 replied to the topic 'Upgrading n updating' in the forum. 6 days ago

Both of our Fs have MS' FCCKit. Both cars have the 2ame ride height of 325mm front and rear.

I can't recall what the rear stabilizer set up looks like, but it appears that the plate has been installed, allowing the rear stabilizer to be installed further back, which is correct.

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I used a very similar tool as shown in the video for removing and installing a wheel bearing over the winter and it worked very well, was easy to remove and install a new wheel bearing.

The only difficult part was removing the circlip, I have to make a pointy tool from 5mm steel rod in order to get in behind the circlip to force it out.

The reason I bought the bearing tool was because the last time I took the F to a garage to have the wheel bearing replace the bent the hub while removing the wheel bearing and then reinstalled the new bearing and the bent hub.

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