Hi

Hope someone can cast some light on this.

My son has a three year old Mondeo diesel estate which occasionally fails to fire - normally, but not always, when it a been run that day already. After two or three failed attempts it will start perfectly.

The firm he bought it from have checked the glowplug relay and changed the glowplugs, but this hasn't helped. They cannot find any fault on it and it behaves itself whilst in their hands.

Yesterday it cut out at low revs also whilst pulling across traffic, so this obviously needs sorting.

Anyone any ideas? It has me stumped completely - have looked for airleaks and loose/dirty connections with no success!

Regards

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I can't work out if this is going to help or hinder.
Any opinions?

Electronic Service Delivery for Abnormal Loads

A new website to help haulage companies plan their journeys when moving abnormal loads has been launched by the Highways Agency. The ESDAL (Electronic Service Delivery for Abnormal Loads) website, aims to cut bureaucracy making it easier for companies to find out who to contact when they need to inform the police and highway authorities about moving large loads.

Currently some 400,000 abnormal indivisible loads (AIL) movement notifications are made to the Highways Agency and 1.5 million route assistance requests made to the police each year, resulting in a significant administrative burden for all parties. Difficulties also arise for hauliers in identifying exactly who to contact prior to moving a load due to changes to contact details, de-trunking orders and area boundaries.

The site offers an on-line mapping system for hauliers to plan their route, and will automatically generate an up-to-date list of the authorities they need to contact. These easily identifiable contacts will ensure more accurate notifications, safer movements and help to simplify the current system. A further three phases will be introduced to the website in due course. These will streamline the process for the police and relevant authorities who ensure that the proposed route is suitable, taking account of the impact on traffic and the bridges to be used, to manage notifications.

The website has been developed for the Highways Agency by Serco Integrated Transport and is designed for all parties involved in moving of abnormal loads.

The four phases of ESDAL delivery are:

Phase 1: Information Website
This is the phase that has just been launched. Hauliers will be provided with a route planning system showing contact details of all structure owning authorities and police forces who need to be notified of AIL movements. The haulier will be able to log in, sketch a route on the multi-scale maps, and the system will then identify who needs to be notified.

Phase 2: Special Orders Routing System
Will help to process special orders more efficiently for hauliers by providing the Highways Agency AIL Team with a system that has improved data and routing software.

Phase 3: On-line Notification
Hauliers will be able to use a "virtual postal service" to notify all AIL movements to the relevant infrastructure owners and Police by web, e-mail or fax. The system will store each notification and proposed route, and enable the appropriate agencies and authorities to assess the route through their ESDAL interfaces.

Phase 4: AIL Movements Portal
Extending the functionality available in phase 3 by providing an assisted route-planning tool encouraging hauliers to use standard or pre-qualified routes.

To use the site, hauliers need to complete an ESDAL registration form which can be downloaded from the website, or obtained by sending their company name and address via email.
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Hi all,

The windscreen is beginning to smear. Need new wipers.

I'd usually just go to the Skoda dealer and get the Skoda ones, but would I be better off just going to Halfords and picking some up? If so, which ones?

I just want quality, even the dealer ones are only £25 a set.

Any advice, as ever, much appreciated

Lee -- Without bills, magazines and junk mail, there is no mail Read more

I'm looking for a replacement for my old trusty Subaru Justy.
It is got to be about a R/S/T reg up to £1800

My choices are :

1.3 Justy (my other one has been brill - if a little agricultural)
1.3 Micra
1.3/1.4 Polo
1.4 Golf (maybe a bit big)
1.1/1.3/1.6 106
or
1.1/1.4 Saxo

I think that is my list to consider.
Does anyone have any views? or alternatives I should be looking at. The only prerequisites are that it must have 5 doors and be relatively cheap to insure. The Justy is useful for one main reason and that is that we live on the edge of Dartmoor and the 4wd mode has been very good when it has been icy.

I think the Justy/Polo and 106 are my main considerations. I also like the 206 but it's a bit new for my budget.


Many thanks

Phil
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..to help implement this new patrols are to be introduced.

Uniform will be a white helmet with A.R.P. letters painted on.

"oi, put that light out" will be the offical warning a source from the Ministry Of Darkness quoted this morning. Read more