Are you sitting comfortably?

Only small progress on the Polo today, first job being to order some HT leads to replace the old (original?) ones which were falling apart. They should arrive tomorrow., but in any case something called "work" will stop me doing much else until Thursday anyway. 

I'm still waiting on brake parts, so rather than start with the bits I've got I thought I'd do a clean job for a change. My hands need a bit of respite from being covered in oil or brake fluid anyway. 

The replacement interior we have acquired is, as previously reported, in food condition with no tears or significant wear but is a little eon the grubby side.

Cleaning it up brought mind the episode of Top Gear when the three boys bought almost identical BMW convertibles and had them forensically examined as one their famous challenges. Theirs proved to have saliva, semen, mucus and poo in the interior. I'm not saying these seats had such bodily execrations upon them but, well, lets just say I wore gloves for the cleaning process. There were some questionable stains.   

An hour or so with a specialised rotary brush in a battery power drill and some heavy duty upholstery cleaner made all the difference to the seats, the drivers seat natural being the worse, although the passenger front came a close second. The door panels are absolutely pristine and needed no attention at all. (drivers seat - before cleaning - above)

Drivers seat - after cleaning  - much better

The seats are now in the heated garage to dry out before installation when time permits.

Next action on Thursday - fitting the front offside caliper seals