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[Courtney]

Right. I don't know if I'm being incredibly thick/blind.. But how do you open the bonet on and x reg ka? I cant find anyway to get in there

 

[Courtney]

Done it ;-)

 

[weebob]

Success

 

[Courtney]

It was underneath the steering column... never seen it there before

 

[TripleJay]

and it was red, wasnt it? at first i thought it was a steering wheel adjust but no no :lol:

 

[HigtonA]

Usually when things are red i fell like i am not meant to touch it!

 

[Courtney]

Yeah, well it was sort of orange - I assume it should be red though! I just pulled it expecting the steering wheel to move but nope bonet popped open

 

[Courtney]

that's why I wanted to open it!

 

[maggi200]

These use endura engines? I always thought they were kent.

 

[Courtney]

These use endura engines? I always thought they were kent.

First time I've ever been in one tbh. I think my granddads was the same though!

 

[maggi200]

Still very basic :lol: things have moved on a LOT in 10 years. My old fiesta was of similar "vintage" and ran a kent 1.3 and a garage once told me they were the same, in fact I'm sure one ka I helped jump before was a kent engine. Either way, tappety piles of crap that sound like a bag of nails

 

[Courtney]

It is pretty much a bag of crap but I drove it round the corner yesterday. MY GOD its got some speed behind it! It's a 1.3 so slightly more than my twingo... Considering with age and the condition it's still pretty nifty!

 

[maggi200]

Are you serious? THey ranged from 50-70bhp iirc and had very little torque. I've driven one and it was massively slow

 

[Courtney]

Honestly it flew up the hill by my house so fast and it has such a small tuning circle that I made it the whole way round in one turn - it is a wide road but usually takes the twingo two or three turns - if it didn't look so crap I would happily buy it off her and sort it out properly! Such a fun little car!

 

[maggi200]

UNtil you realise if you hit anything it WILL disintegrate into a pile of orange dust

 

[Courtney]

Very very true! It's just had new shocks and a new drivers door sill so they might stand but the rest will fall to pieces ;-)