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[somewhatfoolish]

Cheapoid jump leads are made of tinfoil and hairgrips; decent ones are made of welding cable and BFO spring clips capable of castrating small mammals.

[FakeConcern]

Could I use breakfast cereal box cardboard for a temporary gasket between throttle body and inlet manifold? I can't get hold of the real thing until Tuesday and want to try another body on my VTS that's still giving me problems.

Link http://autoshite.com/topic/29249-uninteresting-c4-vts-help-needed-to-diagnose/page-2

[DodgeRover]

Yes that should be fine, grease lightly before use.

[MikeR]

its not acting as an insulator to stop heat travelling from the manifold to the TB ?   , ie its about 1/4 inch thick

[FakeConcern]

its not acting as an insulator to stop heat travelling from the manifold to the TB ?   , ie its about 1/4 inch thick

Pretty sure it's not an insulator and it's thin. Lower one has gasket still on, one uppermost just bought without (most of) gasket.

 

[catsinthewelder]

I believe from Mo's posts that a parcel shelf with factory speakers is plug and play into existing wiring.

 

Ten years ago when the scrapyards were full of them this would have been easier. If it's tidy it would be worth finding one but if it's not then at least the wiring is there to bodge some 6x9s in.

[warren t claim]

The Viva button.

 

What was the point of having to push up a button under the steering column to remove the ignition key?

[Tetleysmooth]

The Viva button.

 

What was the point of having to push up a button under the steering column to remove the ignition key?

 

Didn't that activate the steering lock?

[Steve79]

Having "cured" the OMGHGF on my Rover 820 with steel seal, i'm left with the inevitable coffee and cream oil fallout.

 

I'm getting screwfix's pela 6000 ripoff tomorrow to drain the contaminated oil out.

 

My question is that i've got about 8 litres of old but unused castrol magnetec 10/40w diesel oil which i plan just to use to flush the old stuff out as best i can, but will i do any major damage using it for about an hour in a petrol engine?

 

I will replace it with recommended grade once flushed out.

[Simonsays]

I believe from Mo's posts that a parcel shelf with factory speakers is plug and play into existing wiring.

Ten years ago when the scrapyards were full of them this would have been easier. If it's tidy it would be worth finding one but if it's not then at least the wiring is there to bodge some 6x9s in.

When I added some 6 by 9's to the rear parcel shelf of one of my old Micra's I mounted them onto a piece of plywood that had ovals cut out of it and then attached the plywood to the underside of the parcel shelf. Keeps the speakers invisible from outside the car and helps stop the shelf from sagging under the weight of the speaker magnets

[somewhatfoolish]

My question is that i've got about 8 litres of old but unused castrol magnetec 10/40w diesel oil which i plan just to use to flush the old stuff out as best i can, but will i do any major damage using it for about an hour in a petrol engine?

 

I will replace it with recommended grade once flushed out.

Unless the engine has incipient black death it will have no effect what so ever; dizzle lube has extra detergent in it so has a superdooper cleaning effect which can dislodge built-up filth if there's built-up filth to be dislodged, but if the engine's clean inside nothing will happen.

[sierraman]

Bubbling noise from PAS when steering is turned? Any ideas? Tried bleeding it. Still there. Steering feels fine.

[Lord Sterling]

My K11 Micra has only front speakers, how much work would be involved adding some rear ones?

As Cats said, it's so easy to add rear speakers with no work at all.

 

Look on eBay, a scrapyard or register on the Micra forum and grab yourself one of these:

 

 

Grab the boot caroet finisher on the right-hand side if your boot and yoi should see a connector like this:

 

Image from another site.

 

And plug up to your speaker'd shelf. Viola, you have 4 speakers.

 

However, as your Micra is an older K11 and I haven't seen rear speakers on an older K11 it may not be as easy as that. I'll do a bit more reasearch.

[Lord Sterling]

Ok, just found a 1993 Micra SLX with rear speakers which should confirm that yours can take rear speakers with no effort involved:

 

[Lord Sterling]

Also, as yours is the earlier Micra keep a look out for these:

 

 

Dashboard add-on commonly found on JDM Micras.

[panhard65]

Bubbling noise from PAS when steering is turned? Any ideas? Tried bleeding it. Still there. Steering feels fine.

What car is it ? Some Peugeots with electric steering need the level to be increased above the max due to cavitation. I would also check the hoses for kinks etc as I had an old Espace in the other day that my customer got cheap because after spending loads on it including a new battery the owner called time when the steering played up. It was noisey, notchy and pumping foamy fluid out of the resevoir. Turns out the numpty who fitted the new battery didn't fit it at all as it wasn't all the way in the tray due to being jammed against the chassis rail and crushng the power steering hose. A quick wiggle of the battery to drop it in place and the steering is spot on. One very happy customer !!!

[MikeR]

Ok, just found a 1993 Micra SLX with rear speakers which should confirm that yours can take rear speakers with no effort involved:

 

 

yes they just plug into a connector to the right of the shelf  , shelf is a lot heavier and bulkier than the non speaker version ..

 

[sierraman]

What car is it ? Some Peugeots with electric steering need the level to be increased above the max due to cavitation. I would also check the hoses for kinks etc as I had an old Espace in the other day that my customer got cheap because after spending loads on it including a new battery the owner called time when the steering played up. It was noisey, notchy and pumping foamy fluid out of the resevoir. Turns out the numpty who fitted the new battery didn't fit it at all as it wasn't all the way in the tray due to being jammed against the chassis rail and crushng the power steering hose. A quick wiggle of the battery to drop it in place and the steering is spot on. One very happy customer !!!

Focus. Steering feels fine, no stiff spots.

[3VOM]

The Viva button.

 

What was the point of having to push up a button under the steering column to remove the ignition key?

Might be one of those cars where the engine runs on in some situations or markets. Stops drivers turning off the engine and jumping out only to find the car is in gear and runs on. Usually into something else.

[NorthernMonkey]

I'm trying to find somewhere in Fife that will buy scrap car batteries, here are my results so far:

SCB: we don't take them as it costs us money to get rid of them

 

 

Bullshit. I took 25 into EMR last week in the van and drew just under £300

[Eddie Honda]

Dashboard add-on commonly found on JDM Micras Marches.

FTFY

[320touring]

Anyone any experience with Mister Auto?

 

Are they usefully accurate, or euro car parts accurate?

[artdjones]

Anyone any experience with Mister Auto?

 

Are they usefully accurate, or euro car parts accurate?

Been ok for me,no mistakes, but I'm pretty careful to go through all the alternatives on the list before I make my choice.One good thing is that they often have the same part in several makes,so you can pick the make of part you've had good experiences with.

[Eddie Honda]

I've had one mistake from Mister Auto. Sent me one glow plug that happened to have the same 4-digit reference number on the box as a set of HT leads I was meant to get. Sorted out ok, but you'd think the picker would have at least twigged that given the rest of the spark ignition bits on the pick list that I wasn't wanting a solitary glow plug.

 

Only other problem was a shit condenser, but we can blame Valeo for that.

 

Caveat: This was .ie shop and they use An Post for delivery in Ireland. In the UK on the other hand I think it's YO! DEL...

[Sigmund Fraud]

Caveat: This was .ie shop and they use An Post for delivery in Ireland. In the UK on the other hand I think it's YO! DEL...

 

Parcelfarce in my neck of woods, who are as hopeless as Yodel.

 

Mister Auto are good, though, and now part of the PSA empire. My most recent order was lost in transit (Parcelfarce, see above), and the customer department refunded me within a couple of days. Ended up buying the same part from Amazon for £1 more, received it within 48h.

[Eddie Honda]

and they use An Post for delivery in Ireland.

 

This could be a fib and it is really Day and a Half Late. (Now looked up and it's either / or)

 

And looking up their UK front page it seems to be Royal Mail / Parcel Farce / DHL

 

It was deffo Yodel at one point - obviously the useless cunts have been dropped since. HURRAH!

[MikeR]

whats the best oil filter removal tool ?

 

getting prepared for next time ....

 

been suggested the 3 prong one is good ..

 

already have a chain one , tried a strap one that slowly did the job ,

 

this one is for a filter that I did up hand tight , took ages to get off

[Sigmund Fraud]

I've used all types, but the only one that has never failed me is this :

 

[bigfella2]

Big dirty screwdriver hammered through the side has never failed me yet.

[Mally]

Timing chain from a X flow, welded to an half inch drive socket.