General Hello and General stuff

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UntimelyGain

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Newly joined after reading most of this forum:

Got my beastie in February: 1999 T Marea Weekend 2.0 HLX in Blue 54K.
Upgraded from a P 1.8ELX Brava which I stuffed into a hedge on an icey road!

Sorted Some Stuff:
* New rear wiper motor (shop4parts - v.good) mine had seized and I snapped the motor stem when trying to free-it-up!
* New clutch, mine was noisey - could play a tune by applying and releasing the clutch peddle.
* New clutch slave cylinder - fluid light on (topped-up), then noticable patch of fluid on drive (will get it sorted) then no clutch (opps - get it towed now)!
* Full service and new engine pan (it didn't have one on it).

Still need to Sort Some Stuff:
* Radio that is fuzzy on FM band - don't think it switches to mono FM?
* sunroof that jams half open and has a flappy sunscreen?
* A silent alarm - no beeps on setting, no alarm (only lights) on alarming - although it did beep when I set it once on a very hot day!?
* A driver seat that has popped it's material cover - just need to loop the cover back into the frame.

Wanna Buy Some bits:
* CD Changer (on order from add-a-changer).
* Wheels and tyres (working out sizes etc at the mo).

Then thinking about tarting it up proper - I have got a lot of good ideas from all your good photos here (y)

It's a dream to drive, wonderful roar and shifts when you need it :D

Hopefully be dropping in again soon :)
 
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Hi, and welcome.

They're a much underrated car the Marea, can't really understand why they're so much cheaper than a Bravo.

With the sunroof, does it jam on tilting or sliding back?

The sun blind should be on rails and not loose, might just have come unclipped. May be why the roof's jamming then, hmmm....
 
Hi - thanks for your reply back.

It opens and tilts fine - it's just on closing, gets half shut and then stops.

I think it might just be misaligned - there are small scrape marks on the bodywork behind the ariel as if somebody had tried to break-in - the sunscreen isn't jamming it? I need to find some time to have a proper look.

Cheers,
Tony
 
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