March 2006
From todays Telegraph is a report that the production of 4 seater Smart cars is end to reduce losses. The 2 seater will remain in production and a new model is expected next year.
www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/20...l
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Roger
I read frequently, but only post when I have something useful to say.
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friend has common rover 25 central locking fault of a toy gun sound when using it.
needs replacing
how easy is it to get the internal door plastic off?
and how easy to get at the motor?
she wants to take it out for the mean time - rather than run the risk of them all going.
how easy will it be for a novice to fit when she gets the part?
thanks for any help.
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just wondering how i could go about improving my brakes? ive replaced pads, discs,drums, shoes and fluid. The pedal feels good....no juddering but just feels like theres no bite there. I dont think its brake fade either because it does it when brakes are hot or cold.
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Have you checked the flexible hoses?
And replaced them all?
If not you should - at 11 years old they can swell with pressure and give the symptons you describe.
Had similar problems with 12 year old Fiesta.. one pipe after removal was found to have inner lining of pipe breaking up (on dissection)..
madf
Hi, I have never been to Manchester (honestly) but on the evening of May the 26th I am going to see David Gilmour of Pink Floyd fame.
Question is, where is the safest place to park my car close to the venue, and where is the best place to eat. We expect to get there mid day on the Friday and probably leave about 11.
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Piddly? It?s proabably the biggest errection in the North.
it only took 19 months to build the whole 72 miles of the first section of the M1
www.bbc.co.uk/northamptonshire/asop/northampton/m1...l
so why is it going to take several years to build and extra lane onto it?
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Civilisation stops 50 miles north of Luton...
madf
Does anyone know if it is possible to fit a dial type rev counter to the Picasso as an alternative to the LED Citroen one
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Which saloon is the best?
Requirements - has to be as big as possible
not more than 30k
Diesel
I have considered
A8
Phaeton
7 Series
Any other ideas? I would say S class BUT its far too indian.
The phaeton apparently is a very good car, any comments? Read more
Murp
You could well be right about the different V as I
drove a 270cdi which I think has been superceded, but was
still a great engine. It is a 300CRD that I'm getting
though they called to say that the Saturday test was tight
due to staffing so they've offered me a proper run this
afternoon, which I'm going for.
Hi Martin
please excuse me for being nosey - but how did your test drive go ?
MTC
Looks like something i would cobble together!
Maybe it should be on previous thread i posted Worst bodge ups!
Well my mum in laws 2001 Punto Mia has just arrived at our house for Mothers Day with the engine management light on and a complaint that the car wouldn't do more than 30 mph! It starts okay but sure enough must have about 15 of its 60 bhp in operation. Any ideas folks? The nearest Fiat dealer is 70 miles away! Thanks Read more
Change the coil pack first as these can fail giving symptoms of 2
2 cylinder running, it MAY fix the problem. It may also be the ECU, but it is usually a faulty coil pack that damages(spikes) it in the first place.
There is a clicking from under the far passenger side facia when the ignition is turned on. This stops if fuse No. 5 is removed on my Turbo Diesel 405 Executive. How do I gain access to this unit and what is the Part No of the motor I need to replace.
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Hi
Thats the outside air flap servo motor.
They are £85 new from Peugeot!
This is a scrapyard job, Search out the 405s, 406s, Citroen Xantias & even Range Rovers.
There are a lot of different motors all using the same housing but the insides are different.
You need brown plug with 3 wires.
Hi
That's the outside air flap servo motor.
They are £85 new from Peugeot!
This is a scrapyard job, Search out the 405s, 406s, Citroen Xantias, Basically anything in the PSA family with aircon & even check out the Range Rovers.
There are a lot of different motors all using the same housing but the insides are different.
You need brown plug with 3 wires.
To replace the motor.
Empty the glovebox, Then shut it, At the bottom of the glovebox door you will see 2 x black plastic dowles, Slide these out using a screwdriver & remove the whole glovebox door.
Now unclip the 2 metal spring clips that hold the carpet trim under the glovebox area, Don't ruin the clips because Peugeot no longer supply them!
Now you need to carefully drill out the rivets holding the glovebox surround to the dash, 3 along the top, 1 down each side & 2 at the bottom. These are called PEEL rivets, The backs peel over & break in to 4 little legs that grip the 2 parts of the dash together.
When the dash surround is free, unclip the wiring loom from the white plastic rivet & then you can get at the flap motor.
2 x cross head screws need to be undone that hold the motor & then it just comes free.
Make sure you have a good look at the linkage before removing the motor so you can get it correct when you put it back together.
Get a helper to hold the air intake flap in position to aid reassembly, Just remove the black plastic ECU / pollen filter cover & then remove the pollen filter too, Make sure the ignition key is turned OFF when you are fiddling with the heater, It RUNS whenever the ignition is ON even if the heater is set to OFF! Don't wont no damaged fingers.
You should use some of those spring clips, Like speaker spring clips but bigger & some countersunk screws to fix the dash back together.
A 406 is far easier to do, Peugeot learned from the mistakes of using rivets on the dash & went to screws & clips.
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Strange. Smart Forfour was eccelent looking car, for very reasonable price. In fact I think it's bound to be a classic one day. I just think they missed their market - it should've been promoted it as black metallic young men's sporty hatchback and not that "look you can have chasis and every pannel in different colour lady" malarky. It's light, it's looking sportier than most hot hatchbacks, all it needed was better choice of engines. Last Honda Civic Type -R is a fine example, if you can make men want that grammamobile looking thing, it shouldn't be a problem to mould ForFour into really smart looking sporty hatch.
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[Nissan dCi are NOT Renault engines. Grrr...]