Good productive day on the car today.
First off, I have bled the brakes. Having read that they can be difficult to bleed when completely empty (as mine are having removed everything from the system apart from some of the metal lines) so I bought a vacuum bleeder which operates using an airline from a compressor. It seems to have worked very efficiently and sucked fluid through to all the corners. There are two lines to each front caliper and a separate bleed nipple for each so six bleed points in total.
The pedal still feels a little spongy but I've no experience of a Fulvia to know if this is normal or not. *
Having sorted the brakes as far as possible for the moment I then investigated why the drivers door lock
was very difficult to operate with the key. Not easy to see inside the door but the handle wasn't as tightly fitted as it should have been, but also the parts which move in the key lock were not connecting properly with the latch mechanism. A little bit of bending - hopeful alignment based on feel - has got the issue sorted and the door locks with the key and the button inside now.
* Having managed to sample the brake pedal pressure on an other Fulvia later in the year I think it should be OK as the other one felt very similar in terms of travel.
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