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[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?

[AMC Rebel]

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.

Hers didn't have aircon

[meshking]

Are meyle HD suspension parts (specifically drop links) any good? The family bus is rattling and Ford want £75 for a pair.

[rainagain]

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?

I would bleed it using the bleed points if they are present. If you're still not getting any heat out the interior heater and it's still over heating it sounds like you water pump. As well as simply breaking up the impeller in the pump can come loose on the spindle so sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't.

[sierraman]

Yes as far as I know.

[doug]

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

 

I used 0.8mm, roughly 0.030".

[rainagain]

When I bought the stilo for my OH I was told it was overheating as the head gasket had been fitted wrong. I was also told a new water pump had been fitted. After a lot of head scratching I pulled the outlet water pipe and thermostat off the engine and poured in as much water as I could. When the engine started no water was pushed out, this was because the 'new' water pump was actually the original and its impeller had broken up.

 

Edit: This is for Alabamashrimp and is something else he can try to narrow the problem down.

[AlabamaShrimp]

Thanks for the advice, will get a new pump just to be sure.

[sierraman]

I used 0.8mm, roughly 0.030".

Cheers! Any idea best place to get a small quantity from?

[puddlethumper]

My Plug van started acting up yesterday evening. Cutting out and spluttering. Got it home. Luckily not far. Went out this morning and its not starting at all. 

 

Took a fuel pipe off an injector and there is no fuel coming through. Is that the fuel pump up the creek or something else ? 

 

I have a 1900 xantia diesel engine.

[M'coli]

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

 

 

I used 0.8mm, roughly 0.030".

I try to use 18 or 20swg sheet, 22 is a bit thin.  I found a thickness chart online (swg means standard wire gauge) - 18,20 and 22 are the common thicknesses I used to get from the factor's.

 

swg  thou'   mm

16    0.064  1.63

17    0.056  1.42

18    0.048  1.22

19    0.040  1.02

20    0.036  0.91

21    0.032  0.81

22    0.028  0.71