November 2019

Zappos

I have a Chrysler Grand Voyager XS which is suffering from this problem covered previously on this site about eating batteries.

The batteries hold their voltage but the CCA gets screwed for some reason.... Read more

elekie&a/c doctor

An 086 is a reverse layout 096 . At 680 CCA , this is not adequate.

barney100

In the heavy rain water gets into the passenger side footwell, the heaters not working well so I guess it's related...any ideas? Read more

pd

Could be a jammed actuator in the heater system not moving a flap to the "hot" position.

Could also be something mechanical like blocked heater matrix, air lock in cooling system, failing water pump etc....

AndersonGarcia

Hey all, going to be rebuilding the 250 I6 from my 67 impala soon. It has 70k miles on it and is all original. Is this a "beginner friendly" engine to rebuild? I've never done one before. It has the stock carb, intake, exhaust, all that which I plan to rebuild all that and keep it original. But, as far as internals go, what should I do? It runs well as is. Did cars in 1967 still run on leaded gas? If so, what do I need to do to convert it over to unleaded? What about the crankshaft, you're supposed to use zinc additive to protect the lobes or something, is there anything I can do about that? Should I pull it completely apart and have it machined and oil tanked and everything or should I just re-gasket and clean everything up? I wouldn't mind upgrading pistons/rods/whatever else to get a tiny bit more power but it's not super important. Any advice and resources and reading materials are appreciated. Thanks all

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Joe-Alex

Either the OP doesn't realise this is a UK website and not the unconnected US 'Honest John', or it's a set up post for a spammer as many have been of late.

To Avant - perhaps the IT boffins can add in a new 'rule' so that new members cannot post any comments on the forum or News articles/HJ's column with hyperlinks for the first (say) 10 comment posts. Then at least it can be reasonably gauaged whether they are a spammer with nothing useful to say or a genuine person....

badbusdriver

Just so you know, this is the same joelfernandes who earns $800 per fortnight,

www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/133457/24-year-old...g Read more

Engineer Andy

Set-up spammer again.

((facepalm))

badbusdriver

Just so you know, this is the same joelfernandes who earns $800 per fortnight,

www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/133457/24-year-old...g Read more

gordonbennet

If you had it disabled it would need to be reported to your insurer, who might load your premium but would more likely refuse to cover you as a result.

If you didn't tell them and the worse happened, and they find out (as they would) the system had been deliberately disabled, you could be financially reduced to potless for life as a result of the insurer washing their hands of you. Read more

Engineer Andy

Indeed - for some reason many spammers doing the set-up (copy 'n' paste) post like to put in two commas on one of their sentences.

That's only half truth. Batteries degrade 1%/year by simply existing only.
Also Tesla has the best chemistry in their batteries in terms of durability and reliability. All other EV have different chemistry compared to tesla-panasonic. All will degrade faster than Tesla Read more

GeoffJ

Just a small detail. I believe that the wording of the Nissan 8-year EV battery guarantee is carefully crafted.
If the battery power goes below 85% Nissan retains the option to only replace sufficient cells to bring the power up above 85%. This is clearly NOT a "full battery replacement."

Taariq Iqbal

Hi All,

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FP

(Answered in the other thread where you posted.)

HGV ~ P Valentine

www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/news/driver-is-jailed-for-e...p Read more

Bromptonaut

The primary responsibility clearly rests with the driver of the car that crashed, but the article says he was too severely injured to be charged....