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Dual towing eye on the front of a 451 for a towing A frame. Test your glow plugs to see which is faulty. Change your 450 and 451 glow plugs. How to check your ball joints for wear. Alloy wheel information stamped into the wheels. How to sign up and pay the 10UKP for...

How to open the SAM unit. A new fault damaging SAM units, lead free solder failure. How to change all 3 engine mounts on a 450 and Roadster. How to fit bi-xenon headlights to a Forfour. Change the Forfour interior light bulbs. Retrofit a Forfour radio 6 into a radio 5...

451 cabin heater blower motor failure. How to fit the 451 hands free dash pod for the Radio 9 and 10. Includes the manual. How to fit, configure and correctly aim an in car camera. Changing rear brake shoes on the 450, 451 and Roadster. Changing the drum brake slave...

451 dash pods wiring diagram. 451 electric mirror wiring diagram. 451 exterior light wiring diagram. 451 power steering wiring diagram. 451 starter motor wiring diagram. 451 electric windows wiring diagram. 451 steering wheel wiring diagram. 451 brake light wiring....

Some of these have been split from existing pages to make them easier to browse. All of the 451 stuff in new and more will be added soon. 450 brake light wiring diagram. Roadster ECU pin out. Roadster power steering wiring diagram. 450 heated rear window wiring...

Retrofitting a Forfour radio6? You'll have to make an ISO to Quadlock adapter. Drain and fill the coolant in your petrol 451. A new map to show where you can buy new smarts from official dealers, I need your help on this one. Is your car over boosting and going into...

Some truth about the excessive servicing culture plaguing America.

Limited slip differentials, what, why and are they worth it?. Change the 451 front engine mount. How are the engine cylinders numbered?. AC belt change on the diesel 451.

A very interesting and incredibly cheap bike rack on Kickstarter....be quick. Roadster wiper faults. Round up of DVR car cameras. Each picture goes to a Techmoan video, they are very entertaining. Servicing the 451 clutch actuator, why you would do it and...

Wow, I'm sick to death of writing about the Highline stereo now! Fit a Highline stereo to any 451 and Forfour. Got a Highline but want a good stereo instead?. Fit the old style 451 stereo to the facelift 451, it might work. Highline DVD region code info. Highline...

SAM unit fuse holder information updated. Here are instructions on signing up and paying your yearly £10 subscription.

451 front engine mount failure and repair. Turn your 451 standard 2 spoke steering wheel into a paddleshift steering wheel. Cheap BOSE bass box, is that possible? *Spoiler* Yes. DIY car tracker updated, we all own old iPhones right?. Fit a 451 steering wheel to a 450...

Fit your X-Gauge into your rear view mirror. Information about trickle chargers and how to fit one. Update the Roadster dash heater vents with some Alfa styling.

Some people are having difficulty with the sign up and payment process so I have created a walk-through page to show you how it's done. How to sign up and pay the membership.

Retrofit the 451 LCD with engine temperature read out Fitting alloy protectors Applying sound deadening Detail your smart 450 clutch actuator bench testing Roadster clutch actuator bench testing 700 AC wiring diagram 700 Heated seats wiring diagram 700 Heated rear...

After nearly a year of rewriting the site, OTV has finally finished. In that time I wasn't really supposed to add anything to the site or it'd mess up the database, hence it being quiet. However In that time, I haven't been idle. I have a LOT of new stuff to add and...

The oil sump gaskets are now back and ready to buy. Click here If you only ever look at this news page then you might think that the site has been dead for 8 months. It hasn' been. I have added stuff and updated a lot of it but haven't posted it here. We have been...

2012 facelift retrofit. 451 service schedule. 451 coupe boot override. 451 cruise control. 451 stalk removal. Lowline drawer removal.

A few months ago, Brett Wild contacted me to say thanks for the site as he'd used it to check that their smart car was fit for the 6000km drive from Cape Town to the Serengeti. He asked for some evilution vinyl decals which I gladly provided....

Replace the 451 front mounting frame after a fox runs into your stationary car at 60mph (OK, probably not true). 451 wiper mechanism removal. 451 air conditioning radiator removal. Want to debadge the facelift 2012 grill?. 3 new alloy wheel designs for the 2012...