306maxi said:

Couple of photos to give you some data to go on.

Shoes after 90,000+ miles. Plenty of meat left on them, but I don’t use the brakes much.

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Plenty of meat?
Bar the dirt and that they look basically new ?

chris3234 said:

Plenty of meat?
Bar the dirt and that they look basically new ?

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Just a bit! Like I said though, the cylinders on one side leaked as soon as I touched one of the seals though, so maybe 5 miles or 50,000 miles later the brakes on at least one side were screwed ?

306maxi said:

Just a bit! Like I said though, the cylinders on one side leaked as soon as I touched one of the seals though, so maybe 5 miles or 50,000 miles later the brakes on at least one side were screwed ?

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Only one of my shoes where worn during a a cylinder not retracing fullly due to being clogged up with dust and dirt a good clean up it's now moving find and new shoes and adjusters put on today due to having chewed up teeth

306maxi said:

Have always maintained that I’m a mechanically sympathetic driver and I think that backs it up.

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Driving a car with mechanical sympathy makes a huge difference. My Panda is now almost 8yrs old with 85k on the clock and the only things I've replaced apart from fluids & filters are two sets of tyres, one set of front pads & discs & three wiper blades. Everything else on the car is still original.

Son of a bit...

Tried to do the timing belt last night. Can’t quite get the two bottom bolts off the engine side of the engine mount. Need more persuasion. So close, so so close.

So, two bolts are undone now!

The timing belt is changed and tensioned, the water pump is changed and sealed up (hopefully!)

Still got a few things to do, but it should only be a few hours more work.

Oil, oil filter, air filter.
Refit the engine mount,cambelt covers, seal up the cam cover and make sure all the associated bits in the engine bay that you have to detach to get at the timing belt and cam cover.
Remove the front bumper and have the condenser replaced and system regassed.
Chuck the battery in and crank her over

Are you changing the pollen filter? Apparently that's a fun job!
Full of admiration for your efforts, it's the sort of thing many of us had to do when I got my first car in 1973. Wouldn't fancy tackling a modern complex car, haven't got the tools or knowledge (or to be honest, the inclination!)

And maybe have it MOT'd after all that.....

Al D said:

And maybe have it MOT'd after all that.....

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Might do, it’s not moved in about 19 months