May 2013
Ford Main dealer just fitted Ford "AutoDab" DAB radio upgrade - first installation by dealer, p/n A66SX18D833BA, in reality widely available unit from www.autodab.com - all good except ..... factory integrated voice command / control button no longer works , new functionality just switches AUTODAB on . Works O.K with steering wheel controls as guide suggests, has anybody experince of either using this unit or fitting etc., noting car has heated front windscreen too (aerial sited in edge of windscreen which is element free) ? Doesn't feel right to me -:( Read more
having serviced my car with dealer recomended parts i cant get the service and oil change light to go off, any ideas? i get the menu for service which now tells me i have 18000 miles to the next service but the lights are still on.... Read more
1995 Pug 405 SRDT
my 405 has been very hard to start of late and i have found there to be a diesel leak coming from the bottom of the fuel filter housing. It is a small white round piece at the bottom of the black plastic filter housing, on another site info I have read leads me to believe that is coming from a thermostat at the bottom of the housing. I have not been able to find any info online in regards to this part, or how to repair or replace.... Read more
Ive found a reseal kit for the fuel filter housing, has all the seals/o rings required for all the ports on the plastic filter housing so Ill givethat a shot. Ill replace the filter while Im at it.
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I am learning to drive - fairly late at 30+ - and hopefully will get my licence reasonably soon and be in a position to buy a used car.
I don't anticipate doing a very high mileage (I cycle to work) - the car will be used mainly at weekends for shopping trips/days out/visits to family (across the Pennines and back) and the occasional holiday. Most of the time it will be just myself and my 8yo daughter so prob don't require an especially large car. However I anticipate moving my parents around more as they get older and it would be a plus to have something that can carry a road bike in the back.
I will have a reasonable budget (up to 10-12k if needed) but I'm not sure if I will be in a position to spend wisely as a new driver. As you can tell I'm not quite sure what type of car I want, but I'm also wondering if I'll be well placed to test drive cars with very little experience.
So, my question: is there any sense in buying something cheap while I get the hang of driving/reverse into bollards/get a sense of what I might want from a more expensive car? Can I get six months trouble free (and safe-ish) driving from a (say) £500 car? How much would buying and selling such a car cost me?
Thanks for any advice. Read more
Your position doesn't seem too dissimilar to mine, I passed my test a couple of years ago aged 29 and resisted the urge to buy something fancy as a first car, 2 weeks after passing my test I misjudged a reverse and scraped the rear drivers side door leaving a small but noticeable dent. My car was an 05 Astra, hardly a banger but not the shiny new car that i could have damaged. If I had gone for something newer I would have been gutted. No matter how confident you are there is always the chance of these mistakes happening in the first year or so of driving until you get comfortable. The other thing to consider is that after 2 years I've upgraded to a 3 yr old Honda Civic and it's like a different world, that feeling of trading up after a couple of years can't be beaten! Good luck in your search.
Need some advice. Started up for first time today. Ran even then very uneven. Not sparks. Removed rocker cover and found one push rod? Was loose by one cm. 2nd cylinder from front rod on right side first of the pair. Slid rocker back and removed rod intact. Any help for an mg novice much appreciated ESP Missus reckons/hopes terminal. Read more
Dribble some redex through the carbs? That's cured sticky valves a couple of times for me on engines that haven't been run for a while.
If you've got neighbours, do it when it's dark - they won't be able to see the smoke screen!
Hi, can anyone tell me how to reset the oil change reminder,that flashes up each time I switch the ignition on, Oil and filter changed last week, about 300 miles early, regards Rev Phillip Read more
Thank you so much for your reply, I will see if it is possible for me to do that, regards Rev Phillip
I would like to get hold of a spare wheel for my corsa. Vauxhall quote over £300. Any suggestion? Read more
...or try the dismantling yards, I got a full size alloy wheel with a unused continental tyre on 214 45 r15, fo £70
Just taking off the bumper to make a small repair. On removing the offside foglight, a 2 wire sensor became unclipped and dropped into view. Any ideas what it might be ?
Many thanks in advance..............ebt... Read more
I bow to thee, oh sparky master.
In other words, many thanks.................ebt
The airbag warning light has come on again. This also happened a year ago but then cleared itself after a few days. Any suggestions as to what is causing this problem and what I can check before taking it to a Ford dealer to be relieved of my hard earned cash? Read more
Thanks Doc,spot on. The wire under the passenger seat had unplugged itself with the seat being slid back and forward. Plugged it back in and all was good again. Now why can't everything in life be that simple.
Not really a question as such but somthing to mull over.
Last October I went to look at an Ford Escort XR3 which I found for sale in Classic car weekly.... Read more
This whole process is frightenly common among certain Fords - many of the "original" RS2000's comprise of an Escort 1.3 shell with a Cortina 2.0 engine in - probably more like that than Ford themselves ever built !
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Same scenario here-first time the local dealers have put one in-we got it put in 2 days ago and are still trying to fathom out the channels. We have followed all instructions to the letter and are both computer and car controls savvy but this is defeating us-either that or our expectations were too high for Ford!
Did you get anywhere with yours or did you give up in the end? As it's the first fitting at our dealers we reckon they won't be a lot of help -goodness knows it took them all day to sort themselves out over missing parts etc in the first place even though it had been ordered a week previously. The leaflet is probably about as brief as they could make it but it is very long winded and we got really frustrated with it....