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Postby CJ » Thu May 29, 2008 2:06 pm

Those of you around the scene a couple of years will remember the 'FTO for Dummies' guides on www.funky-fto.co.uk , there was some useful info on the site but at some point, they decided to start charging for access.

If you want to view the old site content, you can use www.archive.org to look back at older versions of the site (this is true for all websites), see link below:

http://web.archive.org/web/200606150144 ... ndex3.html

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Postby Kace » Thu May 29, 2008 2:07 pm

Shhhhhh - you're doing Funky out of some revenues CJ ;-)
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Postby mcgon1979 » Thu May 29, 2008 2:19 pm

great link. Ta CJ
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Postby colm_mcm » Thu May 29, 2008 2:36 pm

meh, not bowled over by it, thought it'd be fantastic given that it isn't usually freely available

ta for the link though!
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Postby CJ » Thu May 29, 2008 2:51 pm

Kace wrote:Shhhhhh - you're doing Funky out of some revenues CJ ;-)


I hear ya but the info is in the public domain after all, I'm just pointing folks in the right direction. Maybe I should develop more of a moral conscience...

colm_mcm wrote:meh, not bowled over by it, thought it'd be fantastic given that it isn't usually freely available


Theres some useful info up there for newbs or the less mechanically minded among us, this sorta stuff wouldn't be much use to veteran FTO'ers like yourself Colm ;)

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Postby Dragonheart » Thu May 29, 2008 7:11 pm

Think its good, nice one. Nice to know that if you're going at something you have something to fall back on for a little bit of advice if no one is online here!
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Postby colm_mcm » Thu May 29, 2008 9:36 pm

CJ wrote:Theres some useful info up there for newbs or the less mechanically minded among us, this sorta stuff wouldn't be much use to veteran FTO'ers like yourself Colm ;)

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Point taken :)

Just I was expecting lots of photos etc,as they are charging people to look at it.

the knowledgebase section on this site is just as good IMO.

example, the swapping your repeaters for clear repeaters. If I had seen that, and paid to view it, I'd be a bit miffed at what i'd get for my money:

Wrap the screwdriver in the cloth and use it to prise under the bottom of the repeater. The cloth will stop you marking the paintwork, but be carefull when doing this. Lever up the repeater and pull out, making sure you dont let the metal clips ping off and down into the bottom of the wing.

Tape the wires to the side of the car to stop them pinging down inside the wing when you remove the repeater. Take off the socket and then the bulb, swop over to the new one and press back into the hole.


no mention of how to adapt MX5 repeaters to fit etc.
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Postby jayod12b » Thu May 29, 2008 10:02 pm

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Here ya go colm
Quick 5 minute job,
Done it a month ago
Used .6 mm shim. holds very well,
Probaly should be putting this into the knowledge section
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Postby colm_mcm » Thu May 29, 2008 11:52 pm

I did it myself last year. must order some more for the new car. I used an epoxy glue to stick on the clip from the old repeater though.
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