My new C900 'vert has shamed me and let me down.

Hardly a major problem though, right?

Let me know what you find - I have at least one spare instrument panel.

I reckon it is the gauge, and probably connectors on the back of it (the plastic butterfly with the one nut in the middle).

I don't much fancy removing and refitting the heater and vent controls and the stereo. Non-standard radios always seem to be a bit of a nightmare and fragile.

I reckon if I was to clean the tracks, loosen the butterfly and move it slightly all would be well, but I can't get to it. Removing the panel seems a lot of work to adjust one nut.

Could try a dentist's mirror through the hole. It's easier than trying to get your eye in there .... If you can check the head size (the nut, not yours) with calipers you may have finally found a use for those dodgy 1/4" drive sockets they sell in disposal shops! Good luck. Cheers

I have a few 1/4" sockets. Came in a pack with the rest being 3/8", as part of a "general toolkit" from B&Q from a first started driving.

Has done me well, had it 5 years, lost or broke very few parts, although I usually find that 1/4" stuff is mainly used on a screwdriver handle rather than a socket head.

In the "goode olde days", when I was driving a Ford, the fuel gauge would fail frequently. I used to estimate the remaining gas by checking their odometer, using the average gas mileage to calculate how much gas is left. If I wanted to be cautious, I would use the city gas mileage to keep from running out of gas.

I also learned how roll start the car > Coming home last night, the fuel gauge started acting up.

I normally top it upto full weekly anyway, to keep everything fresh. But with the fuel protest coming up this week, I know on a normal week I can do 2 weeks from a tank, but with additional town driving, and not knowing if I'm goign to get a fill up, it could be tense.

Ahh that is silly. They should really ban anything else than filling the petrol tank in the car. I'm sure it will soon be over.

Let's hope it's handled correctly this time, and that protestors who disrupt supplies in any way are dealt with swiftly and harshly.

I think blockading all the uk refineries from wednesday morning is the=20 plan.

Local prices have gone up to an average of 93-94p. Tesco has been=20 selling out and not had one clear pump all weekend, people have queued=20 for 1/2 hour to get fuel, because theirs is still 91.9p a litre, and=20 they are doing the 5p off a litre if you spend =A350 in store vouchers.

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Seems like every man and his dog was at Warrington tesco from Friday PM to Sunday late afternoon.

I didn't understand why they were allowed to get away with it last time.

Imagine if similar action was being taken by some extremist group - action designed to disrupt vital supply lines, and majorly inconvenience large sections of the population. They'd be locked up in no time under the prevention of terrorism act.

Don't misunderstand - I have nothing against peaceful protest (about anything) - it's when small groups of people act to cause widespread disruption and inconvenience that I get really angry.

No shortages yet here ( St Albans ) that I've noticed and no queues at the pumps. Maybe we're less prone to hysteria round here ?

Haven't seen 91.9 p for a while though. More like 93.9 locally.

Graham

Is there some law that prevents hauliers reclaiming the VAT on fuel btw ?

Graham

No, but VAT is only one component of the tax on road fuel.

It's all nonsense anyway - any reduction in tax on road fuel could only be achieved by raising taxation on something else; there's no magic way to make up the shortfall.

I think blockading all the uk refineries from wednesday morning is the plan.

Local prices have gone up to an average of 93-94p. Tesco has been selling out and not had one clear pump all weekend, people have queued

So wait, their plan is to disrupt supply while doing nothing about demand, and this is supposed to cause prices to get lower? I suppose whoever's organized it never took an economics course in school?

They are simply truckers you know !

Graham

Compared to the UK, where it's about double that, I think we're doing well price-wise for fuel. I don't drive my C900 daily (last time was last week!) btw.

Craig.

Precisely - as last time, the protest is organised by a small group of self-serving hauliers, and carried out by large numbers of brainless followers.

This happened on a 2005 Saab Convertible?????