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The black screw cap will fit out through the gap. It is a juggle but it does, honest !!!

I always find getting the front of the bearing off the hub is the hard bit. Usually grind 3/4 way through and smack with cold.chisel.

But who was Lorraine and where has she gone ?!?!

Hit a pheasant and damaged the grille that I had just refurbished and fitted. Duh...............

If the piston is that tight then it is corroded and will not improve. Sometimes you can put a block of wood in the caliper and press the brake to expose the piston without popping it out !! Then pull back the rubber gaiter and check / clean the piston. Best way is new caliper, only about £35...

Well yes, but I was convinced I would be taking console out and stripping the thing and had little confidence that a £5 cleaning disc would work. But it did! Saved a couple of hours. It was a facelift multi cd in the dash.

Cleaned the CD laser and got rid of Err04 when trying to play disc.

Took the Sport 18 inch alloys for blasting and refinishing. They weren't bad at first glance but the insides were corroded. Will report back on finish. Looks to be a good place.

Block the vacuum pipe to the solenoid if egr blank fitted. Stops the noise, which can sound like a strangled duck !!

Flexplate is the effective flywheel for an auto. It bolts on where the flywheel comes off. Then it bolts to the torque converter on the auto box. The pilot bearing to come out is in the centre of the crank at the flywheel end. If a mechanic is any good he will do it no problem.

Done this ! Remove flywheel, fit flexplate. Don't forget to remove pilot bearing in end of crank or auto torque converter won't fit !!! Strictly speaking the injectors are different for the engine profiles, but I left the manual injectors in and they worked fine for many thousand miles. I...

If you get knocking with left and right hand steering movement, cup your hand around the track rod end ball joints just behind the front tyres and get someone to rock the steering while steering lock is off. Any play will be felt. Did mechanic tighten bolts on wishbone with car on ground...

Everything I read says no, but you want to try it !! 🙂

Pscan also tells you whether the immobiliser is active or deactivated. Brilliant unit.

Didn't know the early ones did that, the TD4 immobiliser, if not correctly satisfied, cuts the feed to the starter motor relay so no solenoid and no starter operates.