Recent content by brnocz

this is what hapeened on mine, after years or months running with knackeredvalve seals all the oil that went passed the engine with out being burt away via valves ect the oil accumilated in the front exaust box and once the engine got hot it would smoke like thomas the tank engine, i replaced...

sounds very much like some silly arsed grease monkey as been fecking about, take it back and complain, no doubt it was working when you took it in to them , id they disconect the battery for any thing.

sounds like a bearing giving up the ghost,jack the rear end off the floor and see if there is any play on the wheels,

i would be tempted to leave alone as it is, hide the switch away and you now have anti theft device, and with the theft of landys on the up every thing you do no matter how small to disable the starter to stop the feckers from starting it, they are not going to hang about looking for the switch.

if i remember old fuel lines are 1/4 as you say and new sizes are 11mm, only thing to make sure of is the younger generation who work in the spare parts dept have never dealt with 1/4 inch imperial and they might just give you metric, it does happen,

go too any auto shops, halfords for example or any commercial parts place in fact any garages that do repairs, spares world i bought my last 1 from 70p.

copper slip can stand very high temp more than any engine can throw out, providing the head as been removed getting broken studs out can be a bummer of a job but can be defeated with care,if the studs are broken flush with the head place a punch on the stud and give it a sharp hit with a hammer...

i use a product called copper slip you can buy it in tins and small tubes, and this product is made for stopping bolts seizing in situ very much like grease but a lot better, i use it all the time.

at a guess on your description of fault i would be looking at head gasket, any decent garage would test it by using a radiator presure tester,

if the water pump is frozen and the belt is a little slack or worn it would spin on the crank, also it must be slack as it drives the alternater aswell. but you say the bottom pully doesnt turn unless you mean power steering, 1 for crank, 1 for water pump, 1 for alternator, so how many pulleys...

why is it mad hat that you never give advice or help when asked but you always jump in with negative remarks, dont bother replying as i dont read the boring comments

i would have thought 10 amp for an indicator is a bit low but if its a moden vehicle who knows i would put a 15 amp fuse in and see what happens the extra 5 amp would not compromise the the amperage in the system also recheck all the connections take them apart clean them and replace, as the...

high voltage resistor almost sure its to regulate power and to stop the high temp from wiping out your heater. if you have a haynes manuel it will tell you in there,

the rubber seals have perished, thats why the fluid as gone black and ****ty, change the seals and the fluid. not a big job,

with out reading all the posts on this, yes the vacume pipe does affect starting. the small bore pipe controls the air flow for advance and retard,and a lot of problems occure when working on the distributor. and the main 1 which always seems to get by unoticed is the spring in side the...