December 2009
Hi
I am trying to change my discs on a peugeot 106 quicksilver T reg but cannot find the right size spanner etc to get the calipers off.
Does anyone have any idea what size they might be?
I rang a main dealer with the vin number but their system didnt say what size i needed.
Thank you for any help at all.
BTW I have tried a 17,18 & 19mm but none fit.
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My wifes uncle recently passed away and has left a 307 to the family. It has a keypad in the console which is bleeping when i try to start the car. We are unable to locate the code. Does anybody know if it is possible to bypass this keypad or obtain the code ?? Read more
A lad here at work just asked were there is a second hand tyre shop i said why bother with old casings when new tyres are cheap enough, just showed him the internet prices of blackcircle & mytyres plus a few others compared to fast fit prices.
He seemed quite shocked that they were cheaper, would you bother buying second hand tyres?
Years back there was lots of small tyre shops in old corner buildings etc but i don't see them now or im not looking!
I know they came in from europe where the legal limit was 3-4mm? & sold as runners from the lads at fast fit places making a few quid.
I have bought some second hand tyres but they came on rims off another car and could see them inflated and checked them fully over so the piece of mind was there when fitted to mine. Read more
Another source of part worn tyres are ones that get swapped at mainstream tyre centres, where say one tyre is much more worn than another and the customer prefers to have a matching pair. Plus tyres that get punctured and aren't repaired and refitted for whatever reason (say the customer doesn't want a repaired tyre or the customer was told that the tyre couldn't be repaired safely to force them to buy a new one) are then put to one side, repaired at a later time and then flogged on to a part worn tyre dealer for a tidy profit. Believe me it happens!
Got a Peugeot 306 HDi, engine light on and car wouldn't go over 3000revs.
Garage said to change fuel filter first, then fuel pressure sensor if that didn't work.Done both. Car will idle but cuts out at about 2,500 revs. Any ideas? Read more
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No signs saying that I can't turn right, but the lane markings only indicate left and straight on. Can I turn right?
I thought I knew my highway code, but the real world keep throwing me. Read more
Nothing to say you can't turn right, so I would say yes, you can turn right. I think the straight ahead arrow is just to differentiate between the left-turn only lane.
From "The Daily Telegraph": bit.ly/5AHxox
"A double-decker bus full of school children had its roof ripped off when it collided with a bridge in Leicester."
This bridge has highly visible markings and signage. Read more
yeah bell boy they probably pull a gun nowdays! In my day it was just a flick knife. Glad I'm past all that now!
Here's an interesting article about the Lotus "omnivore" two-stroke engine, which is apparently 10% more efficient:
www.autoblog.com/2009/12/10/lotus-omnivore-engine-...e
This reminds me of something back in the late 80s or early 90s about two-stroke engines being the future, but nothing seemed to come of that. I think Ford were involved and even had a prototype car (not just an engine).
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Two-stroke DIESELS still hang on by a thread, as in the class 59 and class 66 freight railway locomotives and in ships. They were once used in lorries and buses - Commer TS3, Detroit Diesels used in many US trucks, Foden's in-house engines (used in a minority of their vehicles) and last, but not least, the famous Deltic express locomotives.
Two-stoke diesels can be smaller and ligher than an equivalent power 4-stroke, but they tended to be less economical, more smoky and need a supercharger in order to work.
But I believe a small two-stroke diesel has been developed for light aircraft use.
www.autocar.co.uk/blogs/anythinggoes/archive/2009/...x
"Anyone who gets their fuel paid for by the company is going to see another big tax increase on the 'benefit in kind' - an extra £182 for a higher-rate earner - with the threat of worse to come in future years.
Then there's the decision to end the 10 per cent company car tax rate on cars that produce under 120g/km of CO2. From April 2012, cars will have to produce under 100g/km to get the same break. That means an unexpected tax rise for anybody who has just signed a three-year lease on the back of a car's sub-120g/km performance." Read more
I actually swore at the TV when I saw this.
I did when they interviewed that woman representing the countries that would benefit who said it wasn't enough... If the money we send them both through Gov and Charites was used correctly they wouldn't be in such a mess... and its not as we have the money to spare at the moment... charity begins at home, and all that.
To keep a motoring note, perhaps they should only be allowed to use small cars, and be banned from making or using large ones...
I won't post the url for obvious reasons but there is an unbelievable video in The Sun showing a drunk driving off in his car. Read more
Do you regularly get the car serviced or if cash is tight let it slip a month or a year?
Mate bought a merc c class 220cdi 04 plate serviced when he bought it did 1 year had a service then left it till a little problem happened turbo packed in bearing failure oil was like treacle new blower & full service done at a merc indie lots of cash!!
He had left it two years between he said it's a merc it should be ok! it had done 30k between those two years!!
Please be honest do you get the car maintained to good standards or run as it is? Read more
I overservice my cars if thats possible, been doing so for years and too set in the ways to consider changing despite being a waste of money.
My vehicles must be totally reliable and as capable as possible, so everything must work well.
S'funny but 10 years ago a Diesel engines turbo giving out was virtually unheard of, at the risk of being flamed (without fail i should have said) could it possibly have anything to do with these long service intervals.
Oh silly me it says 20K in the service bible so that must be gospel...kerching¬! that'll be £1500 sir.
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Thank you both I have now taken off the discs and will put the new ones on tomorrow.
You were a great help to me.