September 2004
Can anyone tell me what car was a Weber 40 downdraught fitted to as standard?
I need a pair of said carbs for my race car,and am hoping they are available via the local scrappy.I currently have a single 38 twin choke downdraught fitted,but with the improvements I have in mind for next year,I need to start looking now.
I don't have the room around the engine bay for a pair of sidedraughts,so that isn't an option.
Ken. Read more
My parents rang me from France whilst on their hols & asked mt to record, without fail, the Chinese Grand Prix.....unfortunately I forgot. Does anyone have a recording of it I could buy?? Or alternatively supply the name of a good undertaker...... :-( Read more
Sorted - thank you Richard!
Is anyone able to give me the price on a 04 Renault Scenic 1.9dci dyanamique (red metallic) with 5k miles? Cheers Read more
Best broker price, last time a query about one of these came up a couple of weeks ago, was www.motorprovider.co.uk at about £13750. There aren't that many UK cars outside the dealer network, so I'd have thought that it'd be all but impossible to find one stickered below £13k, though I'm willing to be proved wrong. In that case, either haggle hard or make sure you get a very keen price on the part exchange if you do buy used rather than new. Oh and what's wrong with paying - if the information is there, obviously - for the Glass's price, given that their unique selling point that the trade and not the public has widespread access to their prices?
Vauxhall Astra 1.4 82PS engine 1994. This car has started eating alternator belts. It’s a standard V pulley type but if the guy just nominally tightens the belt it squeals with the slightest of loads, even sidelights at low revs it squeals. If he gets a good tension in the belt it either sheds the rubber os shreds the belt completely. Both pulleys appear ok and he has de-glazed the surface and he is using the correct Vauxhall belt but the belt is either wrecked or is throws off in 6 weeks. Any ideas what is going on here. He has checked the alternator bearings, the pulleys and tried an alternative make of belt. Regards Peter Read more
The easiest option would be to fit a wider belt,your local belt /bearing stockist will measure your old belt and probably supply at a cheaper price than the dealer ,it does sound like it is running on its face rather than the sides
I have a fiat blue key that the rubber has split at the top resulting in the key no longer being able to be fitted to a keyring. The key itself works ok.
Is there a low cost way to have a new key cut (afaik a new is is circa £35)? Modify the key (I assume you cant drill a hole as there is a chip inside), or something else to get the key back on a ring? Read more
See if these guys can help.
www.alarmremotes.co.uk
Hi All,
I have a J reg Nissan Micra LS 1.0l and until recently has been a wonderfully reliable and economic car.
It has been suffering from problems similar to those reported by drivers of the later micras (fuel injection - air mass meter calibration errors) but of course this isnt fuel injected.
Basicly for the last month or two, the car has had trouble keeping an idle speed, when stopping at junctions the engine stalls, also when, for example, changing down a gear and accelerating onto a roundabout, it also temporarly tries to stall but then picks back up. The engine was also running a little rich shortly before this problem manifested its self.
While playing with the engine at the weekend we managed to get the car running by disconnecting the auto choke, but this however, is far from a suitable solution since the engine runs very very rich and chokes itself on fuel.
Also, it may be related - The spark plugs quickly aquire dry carbon deposits. The car doesn not seem to burn oil at all, but does put out a little bit of black smoke. 2 weeks ago when i was driving I broke down, had to replace head gasket some oil had got into the water system (white gunge under filler cap) but we are unsure if this is just a result of the gasket going or whether it got in before.
Any ideas what could be wrong? I would like to keep the car if i can, rather than just send it off the the big scrap heap in the sky...
Thanks,
Alex Read more
Hi Alex,
I would begin by stripping and cleaning the carb. If there is an inline fuel filter, consider replacing it. If there isn't, consider installing one.
Pay particular attention to the idling jets and any electrical idle cut off valves.
number_cruncher
driving.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,12389-1277912...l
This was supposed to be a study to try and persuade people to use public transport. Unfortunately it showed that car travellers were happier and lived longer than their public transport using counter parts. They were also less prone to being depressed. I can certainly say for friends of mine who are forced to use the train to go to work that they find this to be true. PT causes them no end of stress as it can often make them late and they have to rush out of work to catch the correct train. I find the same. Walking or going by car is fine. Taking the bus is stressful, annoying and slower than walking!
Live long and prosper - go by car? :-)
teabelly Read more
I think many transport planners do understand that people do not want to give up motoring. That is why they produce schemes that have no effect other than to to inconvenience private motorists, to force them out of their cars.
And it works in a way. As a retired person I never go into our city centre, and I have not been on a bus for perhaps 30 years and never cared for pedestrian activity. It's remarkable how much shopping etc can be done on the internet. That's not much good for local business, of course. But hey, they can always put taxes up on what's left, and householders.
Appreciate any expert advice, pse, for pal trying desperately to sell a T" reg 1.8 IVC in green with 40k on clock and in good cond. Tried advertising on Autotrader for around £6.5K, but silence. Yes, it's wrong time of year for a convertible and (for some) wrong make of car etc. How much should he ask and where, pse?
EH Read more
Is this the fault that Rover insist doesn't exist but Land Rover (with the Freelander) take responsibility for?
Hugo
I've thought of one narrow situation where depreciation might be a good thing - inheritance tax.
Say you have a large amount of cash on deposit and an estate that is a small amount (say £20k) over the IHT limit. Assume that you're old enough or ill enough to make another 7 years look unlikely. If you invest the cash, it's going to grow and make the problem worse. But, if you buy the right car, it could easliy lose £25k in a short space of time. Go for a classic depreciator - a big loaded 7 series BMW, say, or a Maserati. New, obviously.
Bingo - when you depart this earth in 6-12 months time, your estate is now worth less than Gordon's limit so no IHT is payable. And the car can be sold on quickly to a dealer who will be happy to give you a nice low valuation in writing.
OK, so the range of applicable circumstances are pretty narrow. Nevertheless, I can't see why it shouldn't work. What have I missed? Read more
I think I've bored you all before with the advantages of depreciation. Bazza Bear is on the right lines.
What was it with the M40 this morning? Between junctions 4 and 7 there were 4 vehicles on the hard shoulder changing wheels - two of which were artics.
Is it a Monday morning thing? Or did a lorry from "Nails R Us" overturn yesterday? Read more
I recently found a brand new Stanley blade sticking in the frontmost mud flap of the rear wheel on a Mazda 323.
No sign of potato contamination or a puncture fortunately.
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I wasna fu but just had plenty.
Glad you've found the answer - I am about 2 days too late to tell you that the ealry MG Maestro ran twin 40's! Good luck