Righti-o then! I managed to, with the assistance of the torch and the vice, crank the wiper arm the other way. That sorts that, then! And -- thanks to lots of experimentation, measuring, maffs, and whatnot -- it appears that a 3/4" arm on the spindles should get me about a 90 degree sweep; which, with those arms and 13" wiper-blades, covers as much as the windscreen as can be covered without using

Righti-o then! I managed to, with the assistance of the torch and the vice, crank the wiper arm the other way. That sorts that, then! And -- thanks to lots of experimentation, measuring, maffs, and whatnot -- it appears that a 3/4" arm on the spindles should get me about a 90 degree sweep; which, with those arms and 13" wiper-blades, covers as much as the windscreen as can be covered without using

Looks promising. Not my prettiest weld, by a long shot. But it's in, solid, and there are no big leaks. I still need to go over it with some soapy water and see if there's any pinholes, but I need to come back at it with the

It's taken me longer than it should to get around to doing this, but: If you have a late production Skoda Favorit (or similar derived model like the Forman pickup?) with the Mono-Motronic fuel injection, there is a 5-pin diagnostic connector at the back of the engine bay hiding behind the charcoal canister. It's a 5-pin JPT connector, and the matching housing should already be in place as a blanking cap; so you can pull the rubber plugs out of

Wiper arms and blades came in, and a few things have been learnt. 1. I very definitely got the geometry of my new spindles wrong. Barely 45° of sweep! Not too bad to fix, just means redrilling a hole; and now that I've put the arms and blades on, I know what my clearances are, so I know how much to change it. 85° should do it, with the 13" blades.

Tiny little morsel of an update (mostly from late May) Welding up the surplus holes in the dashboard continues. Including slightly shrinking the size of one of the ones I'm going to keep, because it's just a bit too baggy for the warning light I want to put in it.

Remember these things? They go here: And with a bit of jiggery-pokery, the linkage attaches like so.

Well, then. Let's get caught up, shall we? Are you sitting comfortably? No? That's fine, neither am I. My knees and hips are killing me... half-tempted to drill and tap them for grease-nipples. ... I finally decided on a colour for the cab interior, though: BS381C 626