1st post of the year in this thread. I hope everyone had a good New Years day. I'm hoping this is my year to restore Scarlet my 96 850 turbo wagon. I've been saving the last 2 years to buy basically all new suspension, bushings and motor mount as well as a number of maintenance items. The plan is by...

A full suspension refresh is underway for my 850 wagon. I had a productive weekend and got half the garage cleaned out to make room for Scarlett. 20250917_143910.jpg She's sat there untouched for a year. I dropped a new battery in and she started right up. 20250917_161341.jpg Big order from FCP arri...

Another way to drain the tank is a hand operated fluid transfer pump with a hose down the filler neck. That way the filter isn't getting gummed up if there is any debris.

... I fight with an old 850 issue, if i do remember well what Abscate told me once. What kind of tungsten carbide metal drill bit could someone recommend to me to get out of this issue ? My metals drills break the ones after the others. And as the fuel system is open near, i can't heat the hub. Scr...

If only I had an m56. Otherwise how much of a nightmare is printing nylon?

Nice-looking bit of kit. We do a bit of printing with Nylon (and higher temp industrial materials) at work. It's not terrible to print with the proper equipment. Ive heard if you prep everything right you can print nylon on a bambu lab printer. Im sure your job has better options but the little guy...

The time has come. Pulled out the liftgate pistons while waiting for new ones to be delivered. I only cracked 3 plastic panels getting to them.

Currently rebuilding my tail lights with JB weld since these cannot be purchased new. Im considering taking a small brush and covering every square inch of the tail light housing in JB weld to reduce future crumbling. 20251219_210737.jpg 20251219_210753.jpg 20251219_212715.jpg 20251220_215926.jpg

So my lesson was worth 140 euro plus 120 for new spring compressor. I have learned… to not go back to that shop. The star nut was upside down :oops: Edit: and they didn’t use the rubber spacer. Luckily I had spares. Dude the helmet is perfect. Its giving "Chris Fix" vibes. I have used a w...

What was the reason for replacing the PNP switch? Was the plug clean?