September 2006
..and is it still as tasty as the day it was made?
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I have a TR2 engined kit car and am having starting problems. There is a spark at the plug, I have checked the static timing at the dizzy & that seems to be ok The twin su carbs have fuel in the float chambers and you can see the fuel in the jets when you take the pots off. The carb pistons rise & fall freely & I've unscrewed the tops to minimise dashpot resistance. If I squirt easy start in the air intakes, the engine will fire only until that juice is used up. It doesn't seem to want to pull fuel into the engine?? The engine has not been run for maybe 18 months or more, could it be stale petrol? Any ideas? Dave Read more
I had the same problem with a MK1 2.4 Jag. I could never seem to get the timing marks on the flywheel to make any sense. Some time later, I had the engine out, and discovered the flywheel had been fitted 180° out.
Kev
Parked near my house is an X-reg 206 5dr Roland Garros auto with 41,000 miles. £3,500 ono
Thought of you.
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Ta for that!
Actually i don't like the 206 version - they only come in 5dr which doesn't look that good and the leather is a yellowie sort of colour unlike mine which has lovely white.
Hi,
Is £11000 too much to pay for a Mini One auto o4 reg. Pepper pack with 8100 miles?
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My son & DiL bought a Cooper, 1.5 yrs, 12,000 from BMW Dealer about 1.5 years ago at £10,500 (haggled from £11.5K)
(now 3 yr old & due MoT Next month)
£11K for a3 yr old Mini One is OTT - Coopers 3 years old can be had for under £10K from a BMW dealer
Anyone know what size are the threads on the Head bolts for Peugeot 1.9 xu engine. M11 x 1.25 or M11 x 1.5 ??????????
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if i remember the thread size is m11x1.25 but if not you can get the other thread size
hope that helps
going from manchester to hastings monday probably at end of m1 around 11am. rac route planner says clockwise on m25 fastest route but is it so in practice or would i be better on m40 and go anti-clockwise.
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fly to Gatwick & hire a car
pity really, road journey should not be so unattractive, but this way you'll miss the M6, Birmingham, Coventry, the M1 (or M11), the M25 all the roadworks etc.
might even be a train or bus from Gatiwick, I'm not sure, I've not checked.
Hi all,
I entered a competition a while back for some "special operations driver training" with Mazda - "Renesis". I've been selected an invited to the session in Edinburgh next weekend. Thing is, that's a long drive from here and they're still not saying what will be involved. If they're going to give me an RX8 for the afternoon and let me have some fun with it, I'll go, but I've a terrible feeling that it'll be ten minutes. Which would make the four hour drive each way a little less than rewarding.
Does anyone know what this event includes? They held one last weekend in Leicester, would appreciate if anyone had any idea of what was going on, would let me know so I can decide whether or not to go up.
Cheers
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One of these events being held at Bruntingthorpe today.
Gazelle helicopter doing low passes, Fake machine gun fire and bangs. Awful lot of racket for what seems like a themed ride and drive day. Loads of people there so quite how much you can do in the half day you do wonder. Looked like fun.
Just avoid all those 56 plate thrashed RX8 and MX5's that will be auctioned off soon.......
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Was Charles {P} but someone c o p i e d my name with spaces.
Hiya, I've been searching for a good deal on a car rental, all inc.
dates car required, 13/10/06 to the 17th OCT - pick up, between 1112 in the morning and drop off same place, same time.
A Range Rover is 495 for a weekend rate - can someone point me to a good deal for a 4X4 car, Range Rover, or otherwise for the dates mentioned for under 500 pounds?
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Hello
Thank you all.
I thought I'd let you all know that I've booked a MPV - tried for the S Max - not avialable for rental where I live.
Bexley Ford offered a C Max, at 160 quid, inc up to 3 drivers free - but too small for our needs.
Then they offered an 05 plate Galaxy TDi, Zetec for 260 and up to 3 drivers, with 200 pound excess - I said it was not really what we were looking for - then I booked it for 200 punds for 4 day, inc accidnet damage waiver and 2 drivers.
Good deal or what :)
i need a new rad for my 88 1300 vw polo, cant really afford to pay a penny more than i need to , can anyone suggest any websites or highstreet places that are generally well priced? Read more
Try "fueltanksdirect" They do rads.Also Halfords used to be Serck agents.
Gone to change to cambelt on my 406 petrol turbo and the timing marks dont line up. Locking pin in the top pulley and the crank pulley is around 25 degrees out.
The engine runs fine and always has done, what on earth could this be?
Also having problems getting the aux bottom pulley off, any tips? Read more
Agree 100%. The later PSA IDI diesels were made with the crank locking hole in the flywheel to obviate this problem.
The only things I would add are - check the water pump very carefully (cheap enough to replace) and change the offending pulley. The rubber inside, which is the engine torsional vibration damper, is breaking up. Refit the crank pulley bolt with thread locking compound and tighten as detailed by PSA.
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marvellous! They obviously haven't seen a need to mark as "New Improved" or "Now 25% more grindy!"