I have always had a bit too much play in my S1 Fulvia Coupe's steering. When the car is jacked up I can not detect any play in the components, but while driving the steering on this car has always been more vague than what I was used to on my previous Fulvias (S2 Coupe and S2 Berlina). I have replac...

Thank you as always Huib for sharing your knowlledge here. I will fit the pads and report back here for future reference. I have fitted a new master cylinder and and after a bit of a struggle to bleed the rear brakes I don't have much more than 5mm play on the pedal and very happy with the feel. I h...

Has anyone tried the EBC green stuff brake pads on their S1 Fulvia? Any feedback? A search on the forum did not turn anything up. I ordered some front and rear for my Rallye 1.3S and received them today. I have noticed that it has a wider groove in the back plate, rather than the slot where the pist...

Hi, I can not find the torque specs for the brake cylinders to the caliper body in the repair shop manual and a google search did not turn up anything. I am a bit worried that I will snap the bolts or strip the threads if I over tighten, but want to make sure they are properly tightened. Any advice ...

Shouldn't there be a lot more oil pumping around on the chain, cams and rockers? Maybe that engine is damaged due to oil starvation.

Years ago I built my first Fulvia out of 2 or 3 scrap cars. My subframe was undamaged, but while refitting I picked up that everything did not align 100%, especially after removing/ refitting some of the cross members after the subframe was back in the car. There is quite a lot of play/ movement pos...

Probably a silly question, but did you put the rear calipers back with bleed nipples at the top? I know about two cases where someone put the calipers back with the nipples at the bottom, as they fit either way, and would obviously be impossible to bleed. Also worth trying to bleed at the rear limit...

Hi, I have checked the cam timing on my S1 Rallye 1.3S (818.303 engine, 818.342 cams) using the method described by Huib (2.2mm clearance +0.1mm to check). At 0.1mm both cams' timing is out by about one tooth on the flywheel (one tooth after/ left of "0") which should be about 3° as far as I know. S...

Hi, I have fitted a new master cylinder now and noticed that there is no adjustment possible on the brake rod, only on the stop between the pedal and pedal box, so I will check the play there. Currently I am missing a return spring on the brake pedal. Is this the same as the clutch return spring so ...

Hi Huib, do you prefer simply setting the timing to the factory manual or do you advance it a little. This seems to be suggested in a lot of forum topics. Also, what is you opinion of the 123 units? I have an original unit converted to electronic that works well, but I don't really trust that the me...