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[The Moog]

My brothers merc has collapsed on drivers side wheel.

 

Hasn't had a chance to jack it up yet but said that heard a bang then esp and trac light came on and he lost brakes.

 

I am guessing the spring snapped. If this likely? What would cause brake issues?

 

He is going to try and jack it up tonight and get me pics but doing long shift hours.

[scaryoldcortina]

If the broken end of the spring spat out of the cup on the strut, there is a good chance it snagged the ABS wiring and the flexihose, which would cause the problems you describe. Check the inner sidewall of the tyre too because they often hit that and start to cut through!

[Eddie Honda]

Spring mount possible too. Happened on old man's 99 E300 on same side.

[The Moog]

If the broken end of the spring spat out of the cup on the strut, there is a good chance it snagged the ABS wiring and the flexihose, which would cause the problems you describe. Check the inner sidewall of the tyre too because they often hit that and start to cut through!

Rough guess on how much to fix it i that has happened?

[scaryoldcortina]

Assuming the flex is about a tenner and the ABS sensor about fifteen quid and that the OMGEXPENSIVE tyre isn't damaged? AND that it's a broken spring and not a rotted off cup on the strut instead? Er.... how much is the spring? I dunno. I'd guess at £100-150 before seeing the job and adjust accordingly afterwards.

[The Moog]

Cheers SOC. I guessed about £250. He was for sacking it off for different car before investigating it.

[dave21478]

He needs a kick in the balls, then. Throwing it away for the sake of a spring? Doesnt he realise there are millions of starving kids in Africa who dont have a Mercedes of their own?

[The Moog]

He needs a kick in the balls, then. Throwing it away for the sake of a spring? Doesnt he realise there are millions of starving kids in Africa who dont have a Mercedes of their own?

Want to join the queue? He has just borrowed £2k to buy a Passat estate

[Stroller133]

My wife has a 2010 Peugoet 5008, used on local village/rural roads about 120 miles a week but typical journeys of 3-10 miles. No warning but wouldn't start this morning, suspected flat battery.

Should I just get a new battery (cheapest as car will hopefully be gone by next winter) or should I try jumping it/ charging battery and risk a further FTP but with a risk of not being at home next time?

[DSdriver]

/\ I'd try charging it up and then taking it to get the battery drop tested. Five years sounds reasonable for a battery although some go on a lot longer if the vehicle is getting the right sort of use.

[Stroller133]

Proper stupid question - can you use the earth point of donor car for the negative lead of jump leads?

[scaryoldcortina]

If you mean a body earth rather than the terminal on the battery then yes, that's how you are supposed to do it. Always connect the last lead to body so no sparks occur near a battery.

[cort1977]

Assuming the flex is about a tenner and the ABS sensor about fifteen quid and that the OMGEXPENSIVE tyre isn't damaged? AND that it's a broken spring and not a rotted off cup on the strut instead? Er.... how much is the spring? I dunno. I'd guess at £100-150 before seeing the job and adjust accordingly afterwards.

As scary says those W210s are renowned for the front spring cups rotting.  

[HH-R]

Can you turn off that BEEP-BEEP. BEEP-BEEP. BEEP-BEEP. thing off on Sony headunits when the ignition is turned off?

 

One day I'm going to rip the thing out of the dash and run it over repeatedly.

[Des]

The best way to turn off the BEEP BEEP on that stereo would be to rip the thing out of the dash and run over it repeatedly.

[Snipes]

My daily transport y-reg fiesta 1.3 refused to start this morning. Turns over, fuel pump primes so I'm thinking too many short journeys on choke in the cold has fowled the plugs? Fine yesterday but I literally did a journey of half a mile (I was in a rush).

[Lacquer Peel]

Can you turn off that BEEP-BEEP. BEEP-BEEP. BEEP-BEEP. thing off on Sony headunits when the ignition is turned off?

 

One day I'm going to rip the thing out of the dash and run it over repeatedly.

I thought there was a way to do it through the settings but I was wrong. It's to remind you to remove the facia, hit the release button and it won't beep, otherwise you can rewire the loom it so it doesn't beep when you turn the ignition off but I'm too much of an electrical fud to get my head around it.

[stephen01]

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/37171/xbolx-blog-rover-commerce-update

 

 

thanks, im on page 30 odd now, still makes a amore interesting read than most the crap on the net.

[hairymel]

There's a thread over on reto rides, which I'm sure some welding genius posts to (bollox??) , I can't find it, i had it booked marked but that was on a old laptop. Anyone know what I'm on about?

tonybmw - making panels?

 

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/70135/panels?page=1

[barefoot]

I have a young pup and have been bagging his shit off the back lawn and have just filled a large carrier bag.

If I put a couple of half empty gas cylinders into the same carrier and bung it in my bin, is it likely to cause the type of filthy, cartoon style explosion that I frequently visualise when the idiot bin men empty the bins next?

[The Moog]

Any idea what the size of the fuel line in the xantia will be? Is it 6-8mm or bigger?

[HH-R]

I thought there was a way to do it through the settings but I was wrong. It's to remind you to remove the facia, hit the release button and it won't beep, otherwise you can rewire the loom it so it doesn't beep when you turn the ignition off but I'm too much of an electrical fud to get my head around it.

 

Cheers, I've had a read and can't get my head round it either! Sounds like either the permanent 12v and switched 12v needs to be connected to one another, or vice versa, I couldn't work it out. I think it irritates me because I always take the panel off like a good boy but it's a flip down one so it's beeping whilst you're waiting for it to flip down so it can be removed. I think I'm just gonna take it out and reinstall the odd factory but off the shelf JVC unit back in. I only took it out because it used to skip when running over an ant's shoelace and I thought it was broken but that turned out to be poorly suspension bushes.

[Lacquer Peel]

Any idea what the size of the fuel line in the xantia will be? Is it 6-8mm or bigger?

I think it's 8mm but the port on the tank pick-up is 10mm if you want to upgrade.

[bub2006]

I may have it all confused as I was only a nipper but I'm sure years ago you could get a nudge bar for the escort van. Google throws no light whatsoever on the subject. Thanjs

[gm]

Has anyone else being having trouble with sat nav/ gps recently ? I use 'waze' on an iPhone4 which is fairly helpful with sensible routing, traffic alerts, speed cameras and lurking cop cars. this week it has lost the plot - if I'm lucky, the map shows something in the same postcode, there a times the screen is just blank with a dot in the middle. Maybe my phone is buggered, I hope not, I just wazzed £4.99 on a new case for it

[Jazoli]

Has anyone else being having trouble with sat nav/ gps recently ? I use 'waze' on an iPhone4 which is fairly helpful with sensible routing, traffic alerts, speed cameras and lurking cop cars. this week it has lost the plot - if I'm lucky, the map shows something in the same postcode, there a times the screen is just blank with a dot in the middle. Maybe my phone is buggered, I hope not, I just wazzed £4.99 on a new case for it

Sounds like the phone isn't getting a GPS fix or your data connection isn't good enough for waze to download the map data. I'd wager at the later, try downloading a sat nav app that uses offline maps which are stored on your phone and see if it works properly.

[fatharris]

What is the case made of? Have you tried it without the case on? Could be some Faraday's cage action going on!

 

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[Inspector Morose]

I think it's 8mm but the port on the tank pick-up is 10mm if you want to upgrade.

And don't forget to upgrade your return if you do.

[The Moog]

I think it's 8mm but the port on the tank pick-up is 10mm if you want to upgrade.

Just going to fit a plastic see through diesel filter before the main filter. That way I can keep eye on the state of it.

 

I will get them ordered off eBay along with petrol hose clips.

[KruJoe]

You probably know this already Will, but order the gauze mesh type of in-line filters, as the paper ones collapse under suction using veg.