Hi Folks,
Up early this morning and had arrived at Dick Lovatt by 08:40 to pick up the 488 which was in to have the NIT steering wheel ECU replaced. Sounds minor but it was a £6k job, glad I wasn’t paying that bill!
The NIT unit controls steering wheel functions inc the manetino (spelling?), indicators and on my car the passenger display goes through it. When it fails you lose the indicators and the vehicle is fixed in Wet mode on the manetino.
Driving home through the Cotswolds was a dicey affair with the debris of storm Babet everywhere and plenty of mucky water about. The 488 looked an absolute state when I got home!
First job done, removal of the fire extinguisher. I’m glad I have removed it because it’s useless and takes away a significant amount of foot room. Useless because it took me a good while 10 mins or so to release the extinguisher from the securing bracket. The leather coverings on the ‘quick’ release straps make them very tight and the leather sticks to the little leather blanket they put the extinguisher in, so if I had ever needed it in anger by the time I had got it out the car would be toast!
Also I hadn’t appreciated the foot mats are shaped around the extinguisher, good job I have a pair of brand new mats already bought from ‘More Than Polish’ that I had never used. However, although these mats are superb quality, one of the female snap on fixing points has come off somehow while storing them. (Mark W is on here, maybe I’ll find out if he can post me a fixing point out?!
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I have also been around the interior with the leather cleaner followed by the Gliptone Leather Conditioner which smells wonderful!
Removed extinguisher:
Old NIT unit:
Next job will to wash it tomorrow morning!
With the Modesta BC-04 ceramic coating I guess washing becomes easier?
Hopefully get a few snaps once clean.
Cheers, Giles