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Hello all. You've been pretty helpful in the past so I'll give you a try on this one. My 1.3 CL's running a little rough so I think its time for a good service. First port of call is spark plugs. Can anybody tell me what I need to gap the new ones to?

While I'm at it, I was going to spray some carb ...

Thanks for that. I'll have a look for a yellow wire as well. I should be able to use both with the stereo I have. God knows what the other red wire is. Thanks for the info on the Fog light plug as well. My car does have front fogs but they don't work and look like they were wired by a 3 year old ...

Hi all. After a little assistance.

Firstly the stereo. My stereo is currently wired just of the accessory power supply so that it can only be turned on with the key in the ignition barrel. This is fine except, because it has no constant feed, it cannot keep its memory. There is a red wire coming up ...

[quote="Tahrey1043"]you mean when you push the rod left to right there's play in it? you need to try re-centring it then putting some threadlock on the bolt and in the connection & tightening it up]

I mean there is play length ways. There is a join just behind the gearbox and the shaft (linkage ...

Bought a 1.3Cl last week (see gearbox thread). I'd noticed that the car was a little hard to start. Swapped a better battery in and its been much better since but not nearly as easy to start as my last cl. It also seems to sit at a pretty low temp unless in heavy traffic. It sits at around 70 degs ...

Hi chaps. Just picked up my second 1.3cl coupe last week and I've been having some problems. Major headache is the gearbox. I've been running the car to work and back and its been fine. My girlfriend borrowed it at the weekend and the car dropped out of gear in fifth at motorway speeds. It then ...