So onto the problems, the wiper motor park switch was a little bit dirty, I had a spare which worked but when I took that one apart it was in worse condition than the original. We removed all the contacts and cleaned everything and added a bit more solder to one of the contacts. Glued it back together and it was working. so refitted it to the wiper motor and refitted it to the engine bay.
one of the problems with the minivation hinges was that it hit on the wiper motor which was solved with a quick mod to the rubber mounting pad, and then with using the saloon holes on the brackets brought the bonnet forward to far so gave up for a minute with them.
The Ritz drivers seat collapsed about a year ago and since then had been held together with cable ties, so thought I'better fix it with a new diaphragm but rather than put the new diaphragm on the ritz's I put it on the MPI seat and put the MPI one on the Ritz's.
I couldn't find anywhere on the internet that had instructions of how to do it. So I had to make it up, the diaphragms have holes on one side for some reason so I used these to be able to stretch it. I got a bit of rod that fitted into these holes and a length of pipe to go over the rod. I hooked all of one side over first and then put the rod in the first hole nearest to the front and in between the seat frame as in the 1st pic below, levered it to stretch it and lifted the hook until it went into the hole. I then done the 3rd hole and the 3rd hook but using string tied around the frame, levered it and hooked it as in the 2nd photo. I then used a pair of grips to grip the 2nd hook and lever them against the seat frame and hooked it into the seat (if you're trying it you may require to to this one last is it's to tight to fit). I then done the other 2 using the string method.
We then managed to find the problem with the engine running badly, after stripping down the carb, cleaning it changing a few bits and refitting it the problem was still there. while trying to time it dad noticed the dizzy cap flopping about even though it was clamped down. so it was removed and we found this on the brand new lucas dizzy cap.
The little springy centre bit was non existent , so took the one off the ritz and it was running perfectly.
so the dizzy cap has be replaced, a few more bit's of wiring done, rear door cards, bins and vinyl arch covers fitted, suspension played with and a lot's of other bit's done.