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[Kiltox]

Parking sensor kit isn't it

This. Works very well too.

[Richard]

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[Bobthebeard]

No reply from the seller. (Am not surprised )

My fault. Looked at bid retraction options and none fit the criteria.

Only hope is to be outbid.

Wasn't outbid and won the auction at £60. So paid up but sent another message stating my mistake. Wrong gearbox, didn't realise/check properly etc..

However was contacted by the seller who has now refunded the money with no questions asked.

Result! Thanked him/her profusely.

I won't make that schoolboy error again.

[phil_lihp]

I'm keeping an eye on a cheap local eBay listing, a Corsa C 1.4 in a fairly vile shade of metallic pink.  1.4 on a 2000 X plate, fairly good MOT history and current ticket til next year, 100k on the clock, thinking of it as a cheap doer-upper if the price stays low.  Not my cup of tea at all but viewing it as a quick turnaround and sell on if it can be fixed easily enough, a good wash and polish would help it straight away.

 

Only listed fault is an intermittent problem with it going into limp mode, only does it every few days apparently.  EML comes on as well, fault goes away again by itself.  Allegedly no codes produced.

 

Any thoughts on what it might be?  

[AMC Rebel]

Can anyone confirm if there is anything 'we' class as shite and also buttery biscuit base but also has air conditioning?

 

In other words - what's an low spec old car without all the options ticked that has air con?

My 2000 Mondeo Verona - not quite base spec, but not far off.

 

Also had aircon on a 1991 base spec Saab 9000 

[Squirrel2]

Can anyone confirm if there is anything 'we' class as shite and also buttery biscuit base but also has air conditioning?

 

In other words - what's an low spec old car without all the options ticked that has air con?

I'm a bit new to this but what about Volvo S60 or V70 Phase1?

[Bfg]

1) Is it true that there are hardly any shared body parts between the Princess and the Ambassador?'

 

.. a spokesman from the Royal household declined to make comment on such allegations.

[bramz7]

Odd one, Aviva day insure is usually by far the best short term insurance provider. However they just won't insure my little AX. At first I thought potentially due to the salvage marker, but no, other cars with the same are fine.

Could it be because it was on someone's trade policy (and probably still is)? I've had all sorts of crud on their day insure yet this is the only one to cause problems.

[HH-R]

I'm keeping an eye on a cheap local eBay listing, a Corsa C 1.4 in a fairly vile shade of metallic pink.  1.4 on a 2000 X plate, fairly good MOT history and current ticket til next year, 100k on the clock, thinking of it as a cheap doer-upper if the price stays low.  Not my cup of tea at all but viewing it as a quick turnaround and sell on if it can be fixed easily enough, a good wash and polish would help it straight away.

 

Only listed fault is an intermittent problem with it going into limp mode, only does it every few days apparently.  EML comes on as well, fault goes away again by itself.  Allegedly no codes produced.

 

Any thoughts on what it might be?  

Vauxhalls of this era can put the EML on if the oil level is low (knock sensor triggered IIRC) but I'm not sure if it causes limp.

[3VOM]

MOT fail on the Signum recorded as 2.2.B.1h Steering arm has relative movement at its fixings. I can't find much wrong other than a small amount of movement in what I would call the lower suspension arm. Is this what the tester is getting at? Also, he will have tested it under load, I checked it with the wheel off the ground.

[somewhatfoolish]

I'd imagine the Leylands will hang about in TA units for a while longer, the government are still squeezing the pips and they're still squeaking.

[DodgeRover]

Which thread is it with the epic welding round the roof of a camper with the high top lifted up? Have tried various google searches of the forum and drawn a blankety blank.

[Ghosty]

How does type approval work? Thinking long term but there's something I wouldn't mind at some point that you can only get in (IIRC) Japan, Aus, US/Canada.

[Guest Hooli]

If you're only importing one then I think it's SVA instead.

[DSdriver]

If someone advertises a car for 30K or best offer on ebay and I bung a bid of a tenner in, are they legally bound to let me have it for that if no-one tops my offer?

[adw1977]

If someone advertises a car for 30K or best offer on ebay and I bung a bid of a tenner in, are they legally bound to let me have it for that if no-one tops my offer?

No. Even if you offer 29,999 they can reject it.

[Ghosty]

If someone advertises a car for 30K or best offer on ebay and I bung a bid of a tenner in, are they legally bound to let me have it for that if no-one tops my offer?

Are you referring to the make offer button? Best Offer has a lower limit of 40% of the advertised price.

[Heidel_Kakao]

Dextron III ATF is perfectly fine to use in place of Dextron II right as it is backwards compatiable?

[Tickman]

Which thread is it with the epic welding round the roof of a camper with the high top lifted up? Have tried various google searches of the forum and drawn a blankety blank.

I think I am the guilty one here, half way down page five and the lesson is don't investigate things.

 

http://autoshite.com/topic/22526-my-stuff-fault-finding-successful-sonic-has-indicators-again/page-5

[Cavcraft]

Do the Corsa C and Corsa D models (eg 1.4 petrol)  have the same gearboxes?

[SiC]

I'm keeping an eye on a cheap local eBay listing, a Corsa C 1.4 in a fairly vile shade of metallic pink.  1.4 on a 2000 X plate, fairly good MOT history and current ticket til next year, 100k on the clock, thinking of it as a cheap doer-upper if the price stays low.  Not my cup of tea at all but viewing it as a quick turnaround and sell on if it can be fixed easily enough, a good wash and polish would help it straight away.

 

Only listed fault is an intermittent problem with it going into limp mode, only does it every few days apparently.  EML comes on as well, fault goes away again by itself.  Allegedly no codes produced.

 

Any thoughts on what it might be?

Internal ECU faults can do this too - especially on this sort of age Vauxhall. Usually get a whole random set of codes popup. Codes will be produced, but are being checked with a cheap, generic code scanner. ScanMyOpel app on android, ds150e, opcom, etc should read it.

[SiC]

Contemplating changing this fuel pressure valve on the Aldi. There are two hex sections, which one should be used to undo & do up the valve? The inner one looks too narrow to get any normal spanner in. Or do you undo the big one, then the sensor moves out a bit, so you can undo the inner?

 

Not got the replacement part to hand yet. Hopefully will arrive by Friday!

[Sigmund Fraud]

Contemplating changing this fuel pressure valve on the Aldi. There are two hex sections, which one should be used to undo & do up the valve? The inner one looks too narrow to get any normal spanner in. Or do you undo the big one, then the sensor moves out a bit, so you can undo the inner?

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Not got the replacement part to hand yet. Hopefully will arrive by Friday!

 

Can't answer your specific query, but I ought to remind you that the fuel system needs to be de-pressurised before you attempt to do any work on it !

 

At 1000bar, diesel can do some serious damage to the human body...

[SiC]

I believe when you turn the ignition off, the system depressurised through the leak off point on the injectors.

[DodgeRover]

Or the leaky injectors depending on age

[Richard]

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[3VOM]

MOT fail on the Signum recorded as 2.2.B.1h Steering arm has relative movement at its fixings. I can't find much wrong other than a small amount of movement in what I would call the lower suspension arm. Is this what the tester is getting at? Also, he will have tested it under load, I checked it with the wheel off the ground.

 

Bumping this because a search says the reason for 2.2.B.1h is track rod ends, but a quick check on mine and I can't find any movement. Any suggestions please? I want to fix this but obviously don't want to be ordering parts I don't need.

[panhard65]

Bumping this because a search says the reason for 2.2.B.1h is track rod ends, but a quick check on mine and I can't find any movement. Any suggestions please? I want to fix this but obviously don't want to be ordering parts I don't need.

I would ask the tester as I had one very similar yesterday. My customer had the car tested and the descriptions of what was actually wrong were way out (excessive free play on steering) All I could find was a worn inner track rod joint. They also failed it of a worn sliding bush on the front macperson strut. No idea what that was supposed to be though.

[DSdriver]

Old gas strut disposal? has "observe disposal instructions" printed on it.

 

Does that mean I just watch the guy at the tip lob it into the general waste or are they going to try and rob me of £5.00 each strut for hazardous waste disposal like they do with tyres?

[Guest Hooli]

I think it means don't throw it on a fire as it might exploderate.