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[Richard]

Personally I would go for Ferodo. Bosch do rigourous quality testing and if any quality is found their name doesn't go on it.

[chaseracer]

Cubby hole at door side of steering wheel pulls out. Should be fusebox and obd.

 

And so it came to pass.  No fault codes though.  Weird.

[Tickman]

Personally I would go for Ferodo. Bosch do rigourous quality testing and if any quality is found their name doesn't go on it.

I had to read the Bosch bit more than twice to actually get the message

[Pillock]

 

 

Kiwi g/f used to complain about her Corsa B misting up in winter. Even after I suggested that using the recirculation setting wasn't helping to demist it, she insisted on always using it.

 

 

Which is weird, since on both our VW and my old Astra, if you pressed the Screen Demist button it turns ON recirculation, turns on AirCon and whaps the fan up to full.

 

I always through it would Demist quicker with the dried air being reused than pulling in damp air from outside.

[gordonbennet]

Brake pads....

 

Does anyone have a recommendation of a manufacturer of pads for my Volvo 940. Just for road use.

 

I don't know if there is much of a difference between all the 'known' makes.

Choices are:

Pagid, Brembo, Ferodo, Bosch and quite a few others which are suspiciously cheap!

 

I just want it to stop and not squeal!

 

Mintex from Premier Factors Walsall via their ebay shop will be as cheap as any, i've been using Mintex for years and no problems,  other known makes you mention, plus Apec, are equally as good, just Mintex from Premier are usually stupidly cheap for the win.

 

I used to be a Ferodo gurl for donkeys years but in the last couple of decades proved increasingly difficult to find in normal road spec, are they now back on the market if so where from?

[Asimo]

Why are these still worth money? I like the look of them and thought they would be worthless after a few years when Saab went down the pan, but they are still way out of reach.

 

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[Des]

Be wary of Ferodo, after changing all round I lost that reassuring feedback enriched feel that a British built system with it's century of refinement provides, to the wooden on or off frigidity of a German conveyance.

[gordonbennet]

Be wary of Ferodo, after changing all round I lost that reassuring feedback enriched feel that a British built system with it's century of refinement provides, to the wooden on or off frigidity of a German conveyance.

WTF they done with the things then, i must be thinking of another Ferodo (seem to remember driving past the North Wales factory week after week when they were on strike), they always had a really rough sand like finish on to clean up the discs but once that was worn off they were a soft pad that gave a light pedal and really good progressive braking, and didn't rip the arse out of discs like OE German stuff did being hard as fuck.

 

When mk2 Golf was nearly new my ex MiL had one, the bloody EO pads were hard as fuck and wore discs out quicker than pads, she could barely stop the thing, i slipped a set of Ferodo front pads on, vehicles transformed lovely soft pedal much less effort to stop, only problem was it was then prone to front wheel lock up cos no effin rear brakes, fixed by set of Ferodo rear shoes, made the car lovely to drive where it bloody horrible before.

[Tickman]

...I used to be a Ferodo gurl for donkeys years but in the last couple of decades proved increasingly difficult to find in normal road spec, are they now back on the market if so where from?

This place does them for my car at least.

 

http://car-parts.mister-auto.co.uk/

 

 

The question was because everything seems to change, also everyone has a different opinion as well but there aren't too many 940's local that I can have a shot of!

[D Spares & Tyres]

Talking of brakes, I recently changed the rear shoes and cylinders on the 306, now under heavy breaking it will lock the rear wheels up rather than the front.

 

Have I got crap pads on the front or is it possible I have fitted wheel cylinders with the wrong bore?

 

By the way there is no load valve on this model 

[sierraman]

What thickness of metal do you need for welding sills? Need to make a repair panel.

[gordonbennet]

Talking of brakes, I recently changed the rear shoes and cylinders on the 306, now under heavy breaking it will lock the rear wheels up rather than the front.

 

Have I got crap pads on the front or is it possible I have fitted wheel cylinders with the wrong bore?

 

By the way there is no load valve on this model 

 

Very unpleasant.

I wonder if when you bled the system after fitting new rear slave cyls that somehow air got in the fronts.

I'd strip the pads out and make sure the pistons and sliders are all free, then reassemble and bleed out, then if still the same try some new pads, you just might have the same situation as i had with that Golf but t'other way round.

[Eddie Honda]

I just want it to stop and not squeal!

I know this might not be AS enough, but have you asked the dealer "'ow much?" for genuine ones? Part number 31261183 or summat.

[twosmoke300]

Sometimes dealer pads are cheaper than the factors

[AlabamaShrimp]

I'm having a moment of self doubt. If my Fiesta mk2 is getting really hot but both pipes to the radiator are cold then the thermostat is stuck closed, am I right?

 

I think it might have happened today as it's been cold as when I let the car cool down it opened up. Took it out later thought and it happened again.

[bub2006]

Has anyone got a diagram for bolt locations on gearbox and how to remove OS drive shaft on a dw8 c15? Thanks

[twosmoke300]

I've posted how on another thread bub

[bub2006]

Which one please

[Guest Hooli]

The one with the answer in...

[bub2006]

Found it sorry. Been a long day.

[Tickman]

I know this might not be AS enough, but have you asked the dealer "'ow much?" for genuine ones? Part number 31261183 or summat.

 

 

Sometimes dealer pads are cheaper than the factors

Yes I have asked and they are significantly more expensive than anywhere else.

Had a few bits from the dealer where either not available elsewhere or quite a bit cheaper!

[phil_lihp]

940 pads? I have some here you can have for cost of P&P. Lucas-branded NOS so should be Ok quality.

[Richard]

I got thrown out of Tickman's local Volvo dealer, I've never tried to go back.

[bub2006]

How do you get thrown out a dealership?!

[Richard]

Apparently you aren't meant to drive in any more because all the space is full of shit cars they can't sell. There isn't any parking outside either.

[gordonbennet]

Bloke i knew, who owned half the village, was invited to ''come back'' to the BMW dealer he was enquiring about a buying a car in ''when he could afford one'', had half witted shiny suited chimp bothered to look out the glass palace front to the geezers number plate on his unpretentious Ford outside he might have realised the plate, profession related, was worth roughly the cost of a new car from their stable.

 

Thought i was going to get told to leave a Volvo dealer workshops once, had just delivered (and collected the previous batch now defleeted) 9 new courtesy cars from said place, and was chopsing with the workshop manager, i was marvelling at how sterile and lovely the workshop was, bearing in mind this is about 15 years ago, and asked out of interest what the hourly workshop rate was for customers was, £110 an hour plus vat...effin what?...so i sort of might have said ''well i s'pose if they're daft enough to pay it then you'll charge it''...er that ended the up to that point amicable discussion.

 

Easier than you might imagine to make yourself unpopular in a dealership.

[Eddie Honda]

I'm on first name terms with the Parts Manager at my one. Also helps that Dave has a late 400 series.

[Tickman]

940 pads? I have some here you can have for cost of P&P. Lucas-branded NOS so should be Ok quality.

That would be great, I'll message you now.

[rainagain]

I'm having a moment of self doubt. If my Fiesta mk2 is getting really hot but both pipes to the radiator are cold then the thermostat is stuck closed, am I right?

 

 

I think it might have happened today as it's been cold as when I let the car cool down it opened up. Took it out later thought and it happened again.

Does the interior heater get hot? If not it could be your water pump or a big air lock. The air lock is unlikely unless you've disturbed the system recently or it leaks.

[AlabamaShrimp]

Well the heater normally takes about 10 minutes to get hot but it was cold (I assume it should have been hot as it was 'this side' of the radiator) this must mean an air lock then which I hadn't thought of.

 

The radiator was leaking a few months ago and I put radweld in it. Will I need to bleed the whole system through as I don't have a radiator cap?

 

Would it be the air lock moving then when the temp went back to normal?