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Old 05-19-2018, 10:20 PM
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Hello Everyone.

I know I have a few threads going, and I am working on and towards completing, solving and fixing them all. Reason I get ahead of myself like this is because I have to save, I work in the street and I need to plan. Hence my next question...

I have noticed the body holes in the boot. They are in the base of the trunk space just under the gas tank shelf. Before I go prying them off and have to seal them back up - is there access to the cage, the brakes and other part of the IRS from there? Can ya bleed brakes there? Change or service brakes? Get to the Speedo sensor? There are 4 or 5 of them, big enough to get a tooled hand thru I think. And I am really wondering and HOPING. Say YES, even if the answer is no, lol

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Old 05-20-2018, 01:03 AM
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Originally Posted by JayJagJay
Hello Everyone.

I know I have a few threads going, and I am working on and towards completing, solving and fixing them all. Reason I get ahead of myself like this is because I have to save, I work in the street and I need to plan. Hence my next question...

I have noticed the body holes in the boot. They are in the base of the trunk space just under the gas tank shelf. Before I go prying them off and have to seal them back up - is there access to the cage, the brakes and other part of the IRS from there? Can ya bleed brakes there? Change or service brakes? Get to the Speedo sensor? There are 4 or 5 of them, big enough to get a tooled hand thru I think. And I am really wondering and HOPING. Say YES, even if the answer is no, lol

Thanks, good people!
No. Sorry. It may be possible but you would be so restricted in movement and vision it would end up being easier to do it the conventional way.
 
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Cant say Yes, it is NOPE.

Been there, waaaaaaay back, kind of sucks they didnt punch them in a better position, but we are discussing British engineering here, haha.
 
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Old 05-23-2018, 07:27 PM
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Ok...!!! One thing.
So, I was in there today poking around arranging my fuel pump, lines and rewiring a little... And, my curiosity got the best O me. So, I pried the two iinner most caps off.

Now, I beg to differ with the Great GF, BUT it made super easy access to the Speedo pick up on the diff. Yup. Then,,,, nothing else, hahaha. Hey,,, finally - I've contributed something to this great forum AND I got my Speedo sensor out. Took all of 7min, upright, comfortable-ish, like.

Driverside....
Passenger side...
 
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Another cool thing I'm excited about. Took her for a spin today and there was a noticeable improvement...

I'll post more in the thread for this work.
 
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