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Pulled out the wiper motor assembly from our 2003 Spyder to clean/sort the erratic wiper parking and I wonder before I go poking with power if anyone knows the wiring? Searched here and ther but nothing useful on the Denso motor. We have 4: Blue, Black, Grey and Black/Whiteish. I expect...

On one side the screw latch will often not be fully released on opening - closes down just fine. I have stripped, cleaned and re-greased the locking motor gearbox and even with Matt’s recent greasing it usually takes a couple of open/close cycles to release the screw from the latch. That side...

The Wee Woman finds the Spyder a tad noisy on the Mways. I have suggested earplugs. Idly looking recently at Jaguar XK8’s the other day: “like the look of that?” I asked, not expecting the answer “why not?” Oh dear…. Not expensive and we might have space. Apart from rust, suspension clunks...

This has been commented on before and I avoid reversing where possible but it still happens after a few seconds’ reverse on our slowly sloping drive. Conscious of the wear that this must accumulate, is there any way of lessening the impact - apart from the obvious?

Closing the roof today after a week open in the garage and as the rear spirals reached ~5” before engaging for closure everything stopped - no pump and no action either way plus windows inop. Checked the fuses and OK; operated Switch 2 and this drove the top rear closers. Called the Wee woman...

Good evening, we have a wedding to attend outside Donegal town in December and we are deciding which route to take from deepest Wilts and will take the Spyder. The usual route is via Cairnryan with an overnight stop in Dumfries both ways - Belfast, Stroke City and onwards. Would like to try...

Drove through what looked like thick ground mist on the M40 - powdered grit stirred up by us all. Washed the car down today and opened the bonnet to see piles of dry salt everywhere. Will leave it in the garage for now (hols) then vacuum/air line and wash, wash to remove it:

Could anyone recommend a good supplier of touch-up kits for an early Spyder from the paint code? Bought one a while ago and the colour was way off. Tried search on touch[-][up] but too many odd returns.

The net in a frame behind the seats has some damage so bought a replacement from Eurospares. Held on by captive bolts and nuts. The Eurospares parts page suggests that the frame just bolts through the vertical carpet. Can anyone confirm that this is the case before I start to dismantle the...

Into the garage and started up the Spyder - early 4200 cambiocorsa - and once idle had settled down pulled it into reverse which produced one h&ll of a bang from below somewhere. Reversed out gingerly after pulling the down paddle to calm things down a bit and all seemed OK on a short drive to...

Spotted these while clearing our gutters ( normally done in the dark and under deluges). Originally in strings like pearls among the leaf litter. Spinning Jenny (Sycamore seed) for scale and no obvious internal structure. Possibly eggs but of what?

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My son is looking at one on eBay. Any pointers? We are tempted (as always) to have another one in the family; I even have a set of new discs to fit. Has a manual hood which surprises as a 1750 we had was electric using the same parts bin switch as in our Maserati Spyder.

While I decide on 2-post vs. 4-post lifts I thought that I would start to collect some useful phrases for my grandchildren. I have a few already: Let the dog see the rabbit I’ll give you a thick ear I’ll knock you into the middle of next week Home James and don’t spare the horses You do/don’t...

Well my colleague and I talked again yesterday about installing a lift in the workshop. Put this off as I thought that I would be selling up but we now work sporadic ‘gentleman’s hours’ and with a few classics between us a lift would be useful - fed up with working on my knees…… Four post...

Off up North to collect the Wee Woman from Tatton and pulled into Stafford services after an hour or so on M5/6. Turned down into the parking area and as I went to turn into a lane the car died - lost power steering. Restarted OK and off again. Not the first time we have had this. Low speed...

2003 Spyder auto - 39,000 miles. A couple of times I have caught a second or so of smoke at the rear in the mirrors. Not water vapour either. Usually after a restart after a long or ‘spirited’ drive. Oil level is fine and the car isn’t using any - apart from the odd drip at the front. Is this...

I understand that there are power-knowledgeable people on here (not HP but Watts) so I wonder if my feed in tariff rate will increase now that the value of my kWh to the grid has increased upwards of 200%?

Bung below the windscreen in the Citröen DS to allow access to the rear cylinder spark plug!

Occasionally after a drive (cambiocorsa Spyder), when I engage reverse the engine dies. Off, on, restart and neutral and select R then all is good. I think that pre lockdown it did this sometimes engaging 1 as well. Just often enough to be mildly annoying; usually happens manoeuvring while...