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[Kiltox]

BMW are keyless but I think they select park when you turn them off

[bunglebus]

Any suggestions on the best adhesive to stick the plastic door membranes back on with? Think I've found the water leak into my car at last...

[steveo3002]

i use decent brand duct tape and some builders bag cut to size

[twosmoke300]

You can buy self adhesive membrane on the roll . Prob not viable for one tho . Some people call it crash tape . Can be used to seal up broken glass etc on crashed cars

[bub2006]

Step sister had a 64 plate 730d as a courtesy car. Could select neutral but engaged handbrake and park when turned off. Some cars key can be taken out and shift lever moved though. The avensis was 1 but that was 19 years old. The focus on a w and vectra on an R had an interlock on brake pedal.

[Guest Hooli]

They should have an interlock much older than that, but they often get bypassed when a brake pedal switch has failed in the past.

 

When I had my XJ40 I found a folded up lump of metal under the trim holding the interlock override down. The brake lights work so they must have done it as a bodge & forgot about it.

[bub2006]

The avensis never had one nor one mentioned in owners manual. The focus and vectra you could hear a clicking when brake pedal pressed. F reg metro didn't nor did f plate 340 but they are older.

[bub2006]

Oh the 04 kia carens didnt have one either oddly.

[gm]

Just a quick one : bleeding the brakes on an abs car - engine running or off ?

 

cheers all

[Kiltox]

Off! IIRC doing it whilst running can get air into the ABS unit

[gm]

Cool, thanks. Off it is then.

[loserone]

I'm having bad thoughts about this...

 

Those aren't bad thoughts, just get it bought.  Make sure it's genuinely made in Sweden though, you need to get the certificate to prove it.

[Des]

Off! IIRC doing it whilst running can get air into the ABS unit

 

Oh bollocks, it's been my smugly held belief that engine running for anything post '85 will safely avoid anything going wrong. Back to the hissy leaky Easibleed for me then.

[Pillock]

Can anyone see what options were put on a Fiat Panda Mrs the Princess is looking at on eBay?

 

She really would like one with the optional side airbags and esp.

 

The reg is LC06HSD.

 

Thanks.

 

Proper drawing a blank on this!

VIN is ZFA16900000625949 butI can only find the ePer site from FiatForums that claims to do some of the lookup on it.

However it keeps crashing out, you can maybe try later.

http://eper.fiatforum.com/

 

Edit: Found another site offering the same data, but it seems that it just tells you what the spec was - not options fitted. You may be able to see something I didn't though.

http://www.pekidi.com/navi?FORCED=TRUE

[Kiltox]

I’ll let one of our actual mechanics clarify but I’ve never bled brakes with the engine running

[DeeJay]

Those aren't bad thoughts, just get it bought.  Make sure it's genuinely made in Sweden though, you need to get the certificate to prove it.

 

 

An Ikea receipt will do.

[Hendry]

My mates mk2 Mondeo, should it have the red master key with it like Fords of that era or had they done away with it by the time of the late mk2s?

 

It came with a later remote key same style as a mk3 Mondeo/mk1 Focus only no Ford badge (it hasn’t fell off like they often do, it has all the CE and MHz numbers etc on one side where the Ford badge can be found usually) and a spare original Ford black non remote key common to 90s Fords with a red tab in the top which I assume is where the immobiliser chip lives. But no red master.

[DVee8]

Is it possible to find out what damage a cat c/d was,when it happened and when it was repaired and or by whom?

 

The reason

FiLV8 likes the look of this.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2012-PEUGEOT-508-1-6-e-HDi-ALLURE-AUTOMATIC-SAT-NAV-LEATHER-20-Road-Tax/112742607718?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

 

[DodgeRover]

Nope unless the previous owner kept photos before it was repaired.

[DVee8]

The seller says cat c due to a" tap and a crack on the front bumper". FiL spoke to him this morning

[Mally]

I like the look of it.

But it says in the ad 'crack not repaired' or something such.

Is he saying the crack was the only damage and made it cat C?

[sierraman]

My mates mk2 Mondeo, should it have the red master key with it like Fords of that era or had they done away with it by the time of the late mk2s?

 

It came with a later remote key same style as a mk3 Mondeo/mk1 Focus only no Ford badge (it hasn’t fell off like they often do, it has all the CE and MHz numbers etc on one side where the Ford badge can be found usually) and a spare original Ford black non remote key common to 90s Fords with a red tab in the top which I assume is where the immobiliser chip lives. But no red master.

Earlier ones had the red master key, later ones should have a key with a blue chip. What's the cause for asking, has he lost a key?

[Kiltox]

The seller says cat c due to a" tap and a crack on the front bumper". FiL spoke to him this morning

Seller is a fucking liar

[Mally]

Minor damage to offside rear light cluster.

[jon.k]

Most of my driving is around narrow country lanes with quite a lot of wildlife to avoid, and my car has pretty poor lights. Has anyone here wired up small led spotlights to use as stealth driving lights which come on along with main beam? If so, what did you use and did they make a difference?

[Hendry]

Earlier ones had the red master key, later ones should have a key with a blue chip. What's the cause for asking, has he lost a key?

Nah just wondered cos it’s came with original plates, dealer sticker, keyring, 2 keys, all the original books, a fully stamped service book from new, dealership owners business card yards yadda yadda yadda but no red key which I found weird considering it had everything else, so began to wonder if it never had one as I wasn’t sure when they stopped the red master key thing.

[DodgeRover]

Most of my driving is around narrow country lanes with quite a lot of wildlife to avoid, and my car has pretty poor lights. Has anyone here wired up small led spotlights to use as stealth driving lights which come on along with main beam? If so, what did you use and did they make a difference?

Sod stealth, I've got 130w main beams via relays, obviously not as bright as a modern but maintains a decent beam pattern.

Cibie super oscars or similar are the way forwards. Bigger is always better when it comes to lights.

[busmansholiday]

^^^ Totally agree, did something similar many years ago. Thing I do remember was the ammeter dipping into the discharge area every time I put them on, but they were fucking bright !!

[DodgeRover]

Also handy when oncoming cyclists wearing head torches insist on staring straight into your eyes rather than looking at the road in front of them.

[jon.k]

I’m not putting mahoosive spotlights on my cars even if they’re effective! The mx5 will look daft, 305 van daft in a slightly more comical way, and 306 gti with massive cibies will look like I think I’m on a rally stage. I was thinking a slim lightbar or tiny led spots in the grille of the mx5 or van, but do you think they’d not be worth the effort?

 

There are also 130w headlamp bulbs for sale for rally use but these are apparently not road legal.