No, no, no. I said I'd done a bit more research and that had brought me to "reed valves". I'm still trying to work out what they are :confused:. So, when the piston descends air is drawn in past the inlet reed valve means air is drawn in through the black plastic inlet filter (as it's called...

Thanks for the answer Wammers but I may have mistakenly used the wrong terminology; I'm fairly new to this. First, the inlet valve is the black plastic unscrewable thing on the side of the compressor, yes? I changed the spongy black filter and the white cotton wool type filter in it. Second, the...

Hi Chaps, Ok, I've fitted a new piston (with lovely new teflon seal), new cylinder, new o rings and new spongy filter in the compressor. Old teflon seal was hard and worn so obviously needed doing. Output pressure better than before but, if I really push down hard I can stop air coming from...

My wife has horses and they generate a fair amount of "waste product". Said "waste" is loaded into a trailer for Muggins (me :() to empty at a local farm twice a week. If you think I'm going to drive at 50+ mph with a ton of horse muck behind me, you are sorely mistaken! I crawl to the local...

Cheers.

Thanks for that Wammers. I'm pretty sure the system has no more leaks as it was working perfectly until Friday. Any advice on the best place to get the cylinder and seal? Thanks Tim

Ok, Friday last I hooked up the muck trailer to go and empty it. Halfway down the drive I hear the jockey wheel scraping along - "Bugger, the jockey wheel clamp has loosened" I said to myself. Jumped out and immediately noticed the back right corner is well down. Whilst I watch, the other...

I had exactly the same thing recently and, like you, one minute OK the next not OK. Pedal to the floor and all three lights on. Mine was caused by worn brake pipes - there was one place where it was leaking but on investigation the whole system was shot. Replaced the lot and now right as rain...

Hi All, Sunroof fixed. Some knobhead........err me hadn't even plugged connector 324 back into the BeCM at all :doh:. In my defence.......actually I have no defence. Laugh away.

I'll re-iterate my last post - the service I got from Irishrover was second to none and I suspect my problem caused him more of a headache than usual. And if he says Rickthe Pick is as good I would trust him. Cheers Tim

Hi John, Don't worry about the actuator, I can buy new for about 20 quid (it would probably cost more than that to post it from the Emerald Isle !!). I just wondered if there was a way to test my current one. As for the sunroof, I had already checked the printouts you sent - sunroof shows as...

Thanks John, I've taken the switch apart and yep there's some dirt in there and the spring is corroded and in two bits. The switch itself (two springy metal bits that press down on two tiny buttons) looks clean and corrosion free and when I depress it manually I'm still having the intermittent...

Hi All, Now that Irishrover has got the old girl running again, I thought I'd try and fix a few bits myself. First, the tailgate has always been intermittent when opening. On pushing the button, nothing for a few seconds then a "whirring" type noise occurs from the left of centre side of the...

SHE LIVES!! Goddamn, I'm soooo happy. IrishRover should dump his user name for something like "Brummie BeCM Bewitcher" (I like alliteration!!). I would wholeheartedly recommend the service provided (He even spent nearly an hour on the phone listening to me jabber on). Anyway, thanks again...

Thanks for all the replies so far. A few questions, if I may (and maybe "Janet and Jill" the answers for me) 1. Is there a way to tell if my current r/f receiver is goosed? 2. Is it easy to replace (bearing in mind I can't get the boot open) 3. If I don't replace it (and it turns out to be...

Ok, how do I tell if I have an uprated RF unit? Ok, I'm based in Cheshire (not a footballer!!) but we have DHL and people like that here so I could send it to you. Who checks for functionality before re-fitting? He who has the specialised software or me? I'm sorry I should have said. I...

Many thanks for the replies. If I could address a couple : Rick, how would I work out if it's primary or secondary? When the laptop with the Testbook software was being used we had a couple of occasions where the software got caught in a loop and just "cycled" through the available programs...

Datatek, The battery is definitely ok. Cheers Tim

Dear All, I've got a 2.5 DSE, 1999 Rangie which has passively immobilsed herself with all bar the driver's door locked(probably superlocked). I've tried all the procedures I know of and nothing works. So, I've had a recommended mechanic round who had the "Testbook" software and we tried to...

Clutchdust, Thanks for that. I'll take her to the garage then :( Cheers Tim