April 2006
Help needed please. We have just bought a trailer to carry our stock car around on. One of the wheels is buckled and I am trying to identify it so that I can get a replacement. They are 14" wheels, 4 stud, 115mmPCD, with lugs to take hubcaps, on substantial drums attached to Indispension units. The drums are 244mm o.d. and about 75mm thick. They have casting marks MOWOC (which I always thought was BMC)11H1319-0, 8DA 20841. Our local Morris Minor parts man cannot recognise them. The backplates have a single cylinder, and there is a square section adjuster opposite. I have not yet been able to get a drum off to try and identify the brake shoes. Many thanks. Read more
On Friday night I saw what must be the latest Chav extra, and feel was probably illegal. It was an extra strip brake light fixed to the rear window, just under the original high brake light.
What, in my opinion, made it illegal was that when the brake pedal was pressed it flashed red and blue alternatively. So sitting at traffic lights, with a foot on the brake, meant it showed a blue flashing light to anyone approaching.
The joke was it was fitted to a Matiz, a real cool chav car I must say.
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Roger
I read frequently, but only post when I have something useful to say.
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where do you get these from they would be great for brothers new chav mobile
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Temporarily not a student, where did the time go???
a few months back one of the brokers where selling them at £8,500 (or there abouts).
anyone know of any similiar priced deals?
apparently, dealer's wont go below £10,100 for a cash deal.
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Hi Davey - I take it you mean me?
Nationwide Car Contracts. nccsales.co.uk or nationwide-cars.co.uk. May I suggest you look at their T & C from the homepage and in particular No 7. I didn't before ordering and although it has caused no problems for me, some may find these conditions not to their liking. There are some threads about 'on-line dealers' on HJ if you search.
Good luck
Papho
I don't think I'd really get one of these because of the risk of getting into trouble but the concept of letting that BMW driver behind know what you think of him (or her) has a certain appeal.
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"I'm sure these things don't let you use swear words, which completely negates the point of having one."
You just have to get it to flash up "Genesis VIII, 17".
When the offending driver gets home (s)he can look it up in the Bible or on Google and find it says "Go forth and multiply".
Any chance of some advice?
I've lived in Spain for 10 years, always managing to avoid the summer jams in England on my occasional return trips. However, this year the plan would be to go from Portsmouth to North Devon on the 22 July, exactly one day after the schools break up!! Am I likely to be stuck for hours and hours as everyone rushes off on holiday to the West Country/New Forest or will most people wait until August to go on holiday? Would it better to travel on the 21st or early on the 22nd?
As all of you I hate jams but as I live in a place where jams are an exception you can understand my desire to avoid one, especially with a 2 year-old in the back!!
By the way I hear rumours that Portsmouth is a nightmare for traffic at the moment and they want to put 20mph limits in all the streets?
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Not with the west ham reject in charge for long you wont,
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What chance do us lot have?
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NOT according to vicky!!!
I've had my polo 1.4CL auto (1999) for two years and no problems - regular servicing/oil changes etc. This morning the engine spluttered while starting, coughed and died, and the oil warning lamp and buzzer went off. I tried again - same thing. I got it onto the flat and checked the oil, which was fine. It then started ok and I drove it the 16 miles to work without the light coming on at all. Should I be worried or was it just objecting to starting on a grey damp Monday? Read more
Armitage is write the oil light and the buffer are coming on because the car tried to start ans failed thus the ignition is on when the oil pressure fails. I suspect your failing to start is a simple ignition problem perhaps a good clean of the HT cables, distributor and coil will sort it. Regards Peter
I have a 2005 ford mondeo TDCI, when driving at high speed the wheel shakes ever so slightly and when braking from high speed the wheel shakes a little more noticeably.
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It could be nothing more serious than the front wheels needing balancing. To be on the safe side I would have all four done.
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L'escargot.
I have a 1999 Peugeot 306 which has the usual steering wheel volume control/search stick. The radio is the standard for the vehicle.
The control stick isn't functioning at all, does anyone know if it is a complicated piece of work to repair the fault or if it's expensive? Would it be best to take to a Peugeot dealer rather than independent? If anyone has any experiences with this type of fault I'd appreciate your feedback.
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Have you checked the connection on the back of the radio?
The radio may have been removed for recoding and whoever may have forgotten to reconnect it.
Read very impressive reviews of these, but have no clue where I can buy them. The Koni UK website doesn't list them, but I know they exist. Google turned up some UK companies selling them but only for Volvo and Saab applications. This is a long shot but I was wondering if anyone knew of a supplier in the UK or on the continent.
Suppliers in the USA are backordered and even if they had them in stock, due to the weight, postage from the US and import duty etc would price them out of my budget. Read more
Interesting, I'm at JKM next week having FSDs fitted to my Passat - I'm looking for the overall ride improvement and less bounce and roll including wallowing at higher speeds on motorway undulations. Some time in the future I might consider the Eibach springs that Koni recommend with the FSDs and replacement bushes as you have done (mine are worn but still serviceable)
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Thank you sierra man. Please see my response to cliffpope