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What Paint ?
I my youth if you wanted to paint your car you could nip down to the local ironmongers and buy a tin of Valspar and good brush and the job was done, of if you really wanted to push the boat out your...
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Long shot...
Yes, I know this NG is about /maintenance/, but I have an urgent need for a spare part, so if anyone here is breaking a Ford Transit, or knows someone/where who is... Here's the story: I have a 1996...
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who said golfs don;t rust ...
is wrong I have a small half and inch size bit of rust on a 2001 golf :( Whats the best course of action before this cancer spreads ?
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Fiesta TDCi stalling and kangarooing
Hi, just got a Fiesta TDCi, great little car apart from a couple of (linked I think) problems, It kangaroos at low revs, isnt smooth at all, and it can stall after first being started in the morning....
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Vauxall
what's the cheapest price i can get the new shape Vauxall Astra?
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Electrical Gremlin
3.9 V8i Discovery Symptoms. The problem normally starts with what sounds like the alternator breaking through on the radio. Sometimes this will go away by itself, sometimes it will get much worse....
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Edward the Compressor
Some while ago I bought one of those 12V DC tyre inflation compressors that run from the vehicle's cigarette lighter socket. It was absolutely useless. My nephew has now asked for one of these in his...
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What Time Is it, Eccles?
Ford Focus Ghia 1.8 2000W. The LED clock on my Focus has lost its backlighting, making it impossible to read. I called into my local Ford Dealer to by a replacement bulb, but there isn't one listed....
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CORSA B MANUAL
Hi everybody, Have someone an user manuel for Opel Corsa B? Or maybe knows where I could free download it? Regards, Pedja
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16 years ago
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Removing glowplug covers
Hi, I have a 2ltr Astra Diesel. The glowplug covers appear to be the push on type (similar to the sort of things on spark plugs in petrol cars). Should these just pull off vertically? I ask because...
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Escort cutting out
Hi, My '96 Escort (1.6 Zetec) was partial to the odd cut-out when cold, but it's become really bad recently. I don't know if it's the cold/wet weather, or the underlying problem is getting worse....
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Tyres slow leak
The rear tyres on my Focus TDCi are 195 60 R15 V. I inflate them and after about two weeks the pressure is down to 10 lb psi. Could it be coincidently leaky valves on both rear tyres? or could it be a...
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96 Astra dashboard lights problem!
For many months now I have had a problem with the lights on the dashboard, not done much about it because it didnt affect driving!? Sometimes when starting a journey after ten minutes or so, the...
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Ford Escort 1.8 Turbo Diesel
Hey i own a ford escort 1.8TD, ive only had it a few months and it seems like tha car has never seen a service its P reg (1996) but thats not the problem. There just seems to be no power, when i...
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Toyota servicing could have killed me. Can I get a refund?
I got my Toyota car serviced at a main dealer (Lookers Rayleigh), and this included an MOT and brake fluid change. The brakes were OK driving to the garage and for the MOT. When I was driving back...
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