Time for a little update, not much has happened at all over the last month or so as ive not been feeling well, turns out ive got a liver that isnt pulling its weight which is making me feel rough and tests are ongoing to find out why.
unfortunatly the Activa chose this moment to have a strop and burst its main hydraulic feed pipe from the pump, it seems to have failed inside one of the clamps that secures it to the front of the engine, thankfully Mr Smart came up trumps with a spare which arrived yesterday and ive ordered a new acc sphere and front hydractive sphere for her from GSF.
I will be breaking the pressure tester out tonight to check the regulator output is correct still and try and find the cause for this failure, it could be prevous work had damaged the pipe but the car is going to be doing some heavy miles over the next month and i dont want it to break its current run of impeccable behavour so a thorough investigation is needed.
My new company car will be arriving in Feb next year so i will have to start thinking about seriously selling the Activa rather than piddling about, you may have noticed my chancers ad on car and classic

, if anyone is interested in the Activa CXM would be your chance to view, realisticaly im going to aim at getting £800 for her as money is an issue (isnt it always) and breaking it would see me with that money just for the body kit, exhaust, alloys with new branded tyres all round, strut tops, rams, intercooler, chrome dash, cashing the tax in and sending the rest over the weigh bridge, this isnt a threat to help sell it, thats not me at all its just a fact that i need to get as much back from her as i can to get the xm finnished and buy some stuff for littlun and there is no point selling it for £4-500 when it could return me so much more, hope you understand.
Nothing to report on the XM front, just not had the energy or inclination to get out and do it but hopefully that will change if the quacks can sort me out.
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