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Went out to van and it started this morning nada at lunch, checked that there was power when using the ignition switch Yep pulled cap of to reveal main power; power there. Then looked at wire from solenoid to starter it had broken off at the solenoid end (crimped onto a ring.. My questions Should i ...

I have jacket it up under the bottom wish bone and there is still the minimal 6 to 12 o'clock play and nil 3 to9. Does this mean it is just the tracking/camber? Or can a ball joint or bush still be failing.

Sorry for the delay in replying... busy at work

MOT only 2 months and 500 miles ago. Have been out tonight and placed a big bar under tyre and levered up and down there is a louder noise on the 6-12 movement (none 3-9). If the upper/lower b/j or upper bush had gone can you tell the play by hand or do you need to be more forceful? The nuts were lo...

I have a 1989 bluestar 1.6td power steering. The tyre wear over the last 500-600 miles has completely worn the nearside tyre with no tread visible. The inside and the off side tyre have minimal wear (all replaced 4500 miles ago). Driving along 100 miles and 5 miles ago the wheel nuts became loose. I...

1.6 turbo diesel 5 speed box I have just found out why i cannot shift gears.. the selector lever at the rear of the gear link has lost the rear top 8mm, thus the linkage gets caught when shifting. On my Bentley manual there seems to be a tension pin that holds it in place ... question... how do i re...

Its a long way to huddersfield from Bournemouth!

No 3 hammer is that 3 pounds or a size of hammer? Either way my 2 pound took about 15 whacks

Iain

Job done (at 9.20am) 3/8 socket that ran into the middle of the bush. Mounted the wishbone on a vice and then an old 12 inch 1/2 inch drive extension bar through the other bush. A 2 pound hammer and after a bit of jiggering and lots of finesse it came out... the satisfying noise of metal on the floo...

Thanks for that reply. Welds off and the bush cut off by a bout 2cm nearly down to the casing on the wishbone. I am having trouble working out how to get enough downward pressure to knock it out with a hammer as there is only 25cm of gap between the two bushes in the wish bone. Do you use a drift tr...

Its saturday night nad after 2 hours of hitting, tapping etc my bushes are still in. I have read how you get them out but not HOW you get them out. Do you use a drift around the edges? Use a socket and hit it. If so how do you get enough purshase. The nabours are pa@@ed as it getting late so please ...

Well one oil change later using 15/40 quantum oil and a genuine filter and a 15 minute run noise gone.. yipee. I have never heard such a noise from an engine that wasn't terminal. The engine itself has only covered 40000 miles (installed by VAG... big bills) and has had a new vw exhaust on it 2 week...

the engine code is MV, sorry ithoughtDFrelated to the digifant system, which it has on it

Engine oil was 10/40 semi synthetic.
Is this an OK oil to use sorry i do not understand viscocities

iain

I am sure it is a df (i presume that means digifant) it is a 2.1 whitestar, born feb 1990, import from germany. it has definatelly got injection rather than carb. I will ask the garage what oil they used to make sure its viscocity is correct. If i do a trip will i ruin the engine, and how far should...

i am struggling to do this. I have a pc at work and a mac at home.. thet dont seem compatable. However QT on my work computer will play it. Any ideas on conversion?

Iain

It sounds quite tappety, but as this is the first T25 i am not sure what the tappet noise sounds like. I have updated my profile and sent you an e-mail. If you send an e-mal to iaindhill@yahoo.com i will e-mail you the sound file

MAny thanks

IAn