Car Maintenance

Fuse & cables for a 1KW inverter

I've picked up an inverter for my campervan from eBay and it's come without instructions. It has come with a couple of...

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posted by timdownie2003

59 comments posted 13yrs posted by timdownie2003

bulbs

just changed stop and tail light lamp because it was brighter than the other and noticed the tail light filament had thr...

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posted by w.gangenoreply

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Name these engines (and problems).

Hi all, Sonny Jim and I have been looking at a few runabouts for him today. Car 1: 03 Fusion 2, 1.6, 89K miles and whil...

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posted by news

20 comments posted 13yrs posted by news

OT: Ford Fusion looks dated

I like the look of the Nissan Qashqui and Ford Kuga, except I'd like something smaller. The Ford Fusion has been around...

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posted by Stewart

7 comments posted 13yrs posted by Stewart

focus over revving

to some of you who have had problems with your Ford Focus over revving, I have recently discovered the cause of my car...

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posted by w.gangenoreply

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Headlight beam height adjusters and the MOT

I've found out that the in-cab beam height adjusters on the old camper are long dead. They're weird hydraulic affairs a...

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posted by timdownie2003

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good and bad filters and Fuchs oil

Q1. It is years since I sawed two oil filters open and shook my head at the obviously poor quality of the cheap one - A...

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posted by joe.bloggs

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Re: Bit OT - "A Car is Reborn" ...

> For want of something better to watch, I caught a few of these > tonight on some petrol head cable channel. Mark Wots...

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posted by g.odonnell35

15 comments posted 13yrs posted by g.odonnell35

Does Fiesta really need exhaust heat shield?

The heat shield between the back box and the car underside has come adrift. If I could get those strange pressed nuts o...

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posted by georg

24 comments posted 13yrs posted by georg

Origin PogoAlert with Windows 7

A mate has an Origin PogoAlert, the model shown here: http://www.pogo-gps.co.uk/pogoalert.php ... and described as the...

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posted by graham

4 comments posted 13yrs posted by graham

Peugeot 207S - Key Fob Help ...

Hi Son's 2008 Peugeot 207. Key fob battery went flat. Replaced it and followed the procedure in the user guide for reco...

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posted by arfa.daily

2 comments posted 13yrs posted by arfa.daily

Bizzare car park "x-files" incident

The missus got back from our local Tesco (where she works) this morning and told of a strange incident. All car key rem...

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posted by paul

7 comments posted 13yrs posted by paul

Electronic mileage recorders can still be clocked!

I recently part-exchanged my six year old car with 97.000 miles on the clock. A few weeks later the same car was advert...

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posted by del.copeland

37 comments posted 13yrs posted by del.copeland

obd scanner

I am looking for suggestions for a scanner but it looks like the two cars I want to try it on (2004 focus diesel and 20...

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posted by news

3 comments posted 13yrs posted by news

Amica resister pack location

Anyone in the universe know whereabouts in a Hyundai Amica the resistor pack for the heater blower fan is? I wonder if H...

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posted by dave

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