my daughter just passed her test but decided to do the pass+ before insuring her own car in the hope this would reduce her premium a bit, the quotes she was getting were for around £1500 On her first lesson some plank ran into the back of her while she was stationary at a roundabout, her...

The gay bit comes from the old meaning of happy coz we are always smiling as we drive past all the disco and defender drivers sat at the side off the road trying to figure out what bit has just dropped of or stopped working on their motors :D:behindsofa:

the roof would be ok if you drove with the roof open however with the roof closed security would be non existent as nothing would be securing the bottom corners and any attempt to drive with the roof closed would end in disaster. So in a word no, you need the corner clamps As for instructions...

i think they are the left and right lower corner clamps and no you cannot put up the soft top without them, the pair costs about £80 and the LH is out off stock until september I have a RH for mine but my LH was stolen along with some other stuff and have been unable to acquire one, if you do...

Mine arrived today, spot on buddy and thank you, Mark :D

gear box is MTF94 IRD is 75/90 to spec API GL5 Most aoto parts shops will have the correct oils

recon vcu from a reputable supplier like bell engineering will be fine and i believe they supply the bearings as well think about a decat as this does improve performance change the oil in the gearbox and ird however make sure the level/fill plug will come out before draining them the rest you...

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wasn't taking it as criticism, i'm not that sensitive, more as an example how different people get different information on things, i have limited knowledge of the more technical side of cars, and therefore have to rely far more on others knowledge, than people who have been around these things...

I recently had the joy of a late night visit from some not very nice thieving ****es, sadly in one of the tool boxes they acquired was the LH corner clamp for my soft top (part no dum500030pmd) have searched everywhere and all are out of stock until september So i was wondering in anyone would...

:welcome: i see your quite local to me, if you have limited mechanical knowledge you could do far worse than have a haynes handy

"brake carb and contact cleaners can be harsh on plastic and some can leave unwanted residue which will damage the sensor" taken from the CRC web site now im not saying this is right or that you can't/shouldn't use them however at the price of a new maf sensor compared to the £7 cost off the...

Ah you see i was told not to use brake/carb cleaner as this left behind a sticky residue that could affect the sensor, so rather than take the risk spent the £7 on the proper stuff:)

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I watched a you tube video on it, the idea is just to spray and leave to dry and to not physically touch any of the internals of the maf sensor as they are very sensitive and easy damaged, or so i was told

Yes i bought a straight through pipe for mine and did away with the cat all together and it made a massive difference

cheers mate took me a long time to gather them all up, after 20 years spannering on my own cars i finally treated my self to a snapon torque wrench yesterday (been saving for one for ages) and guess what was among the things they took that and a **** load of bosch power tools and most my...

spent the day chatting to two nice police men about the 6k+ of tools that were nicked from my workshop last night and how i wouldn't now be doing the front wishbones and drop links on my fl this weekend as all my tools were gone I'm a carpenter by trade and that's my livelihood gone, sadly they...

Mmmmm case must be glued together, so how do you change remote battery if it goes flat?not sure it's something i would want to do