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<t>to me going to Scotland in december about midnight loaded with my mate, two dogs and all shooting gear. Pulled in at a service for a rest(didn't show over heating)then all seemed fine. It could have been the carb icing up (was it below freezing outside??)<br/> Happened again going home and matey ...

<t>have a vernier caliper use two lollipop sticks or similar with a small laggy band round one end. It's then easy to see that they're parallel and to measure between them.<br/> It's worth giving the front mounting bolt threads a good brushing and WD40 before you try them and clean out the drain hol...

I've got a hand basin tap hole stopper in the driver's side and two big washers with tiny center holes and a bolt through them on the passenger side. The drivers side is acting as a reservoir for water which is getting in through the door seal so I'm tempted to drill a small drain hole in it.

<t>You'll need a square headed tool which fits in the plugs, don't use anything else or you risk damaging the plug. Ask at the local motor shop / Halfords etc. or borrow one from a friendly mechy.<br/> The correct level is the filler plug hole. If you raise the car for access, make sure it stays lev...

<t>If your flasher is the bi-metallic strip type then the current flowing through it heats up a small metal strip which then bends due to the different expansion rates of the two disimilar metals it's made of, as it bends it breaks the contact at the loose end, current stops flowing, strip cools and...

<t>Your relay is probably cream-crackered,<br/> I think it's the red one - a matchbox size plastic gubbins which is a push fit into the loom behind the bonnet pull lever.Open driver's door, take off the under dash cover above the acceletator pedal then try your wipers - you'll soon find where the cl...

<t>that panel image?<br/> 'Wonder if it's been used as a beach buggy & never washed.<br/> You Brookie boys had better get underneath to check that your's isn't going the same way.<br/> The car has been dismantled / scrapped and the registered keeper is legally obliged to register it with DVLA as...

<t>it's getting in at the front bottom corner of the driver's door, seeping in between door and rubber seal then running down over top of the back edge of the hard plastic trim & under the edge of the carpet. The top of the carpet stays dry. The water soaks up under the pedal box leading me to t...

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<t>What we' got here is a classic case of difference of opinion. One side - peeps want to go all the way to the line of cones then merge. Other side want each lane to merge in turn as the Yanks do by Law at works.The truck drivers who block the spare lane by cruising beside one in the main line (tha...

<t>to one side on braking could be unbalanced brakes but if it's as bad as you say it would probably be a seized piston in the front caliper, whip the wheels off and try to push each piston back a little into it's cylinder in the caliper using a big flat screwy or similar.Often a spot of heavy braki...

<t>Serviceable axle is around 45 plus, or more if you can show evidence of low mileage (under 80 thou-ish)<br/> If you can compression test the engine and get a good reading then fifty upwards but if it's high mileage and creamed then nobody will thank you for giving it to them if they have to take ...

because it might be only the clutch release bearing but you know you've gotta pull the box off for a gander so get to it.

p.s. Do his crackers hurt much and let us know when you burn his manta off.

<t>a few cars parked one side, a few on other side, only room for one car and one's coming the other way. You see the other is coming through the gap so you slow a bit and pull left a yard hoping to just cruise through when the car passes. She slows down and stops - wondering what the hell to do nex...

Maybe Capris will hold their value in future because they're the only cars you'll be able to buy which don't need fancy servicing, I don't want to pay 45 - 60 and hour each time something goes pop or needs adjusting when I can do it myself for free with a spare bit from out of the shed.

<r>I took one out last year and it's a pain in the @ss.<br/> You start with the panel slid back under the roof then undo a few screws, wind forward and fiddle about a bit.<br/> I would suggest using a fine tipped felt pen to mark original positions of screws and brackets etc. as it will make re-alig...

<t>I've just noticed that there are two areas of wear on the contact pad, have you found out why? I reckon the tappet must have moved somehow, was it the post that caused it or maybe a stuck / bent valve. You mention bent valves in your post - what caused that and could you remedy the fault? Valve g...

<t>get under there a day before doing the work with a wire brush and WD40 and clean all the threads to be undone then leave them to soak, from experience, this can make things a hell of a lot easier and less time consuming.The caliper will need supporting on a block/box/length of cord or you risk da...

<t>The Kent on my 2.0 from under which a rocker fell off was a 270 mild road cam which was also 2nd hand, it had done a few miles in an RS2000 T reg Eccy but wasn't quick enough for my mate who went for something like a Burton 355 fast road cam on his cossie chaser, twin 45's, no expense spared.<br/...

to three cylinders years ago on my first 2.0
270 Kent cam and all the other bits. Crawled to a mate's gaff nearby and whipped the cover off, no.1 exhaust tappet had dropped off it's valve!
'popped it back on, tightened up a few turns then drove away