Recent content by GDM

You can get oil additives to quieten noisy tappets.

I had exactly the same problem with a gearbox that had been reconditioned. It had only done about 3500 miles and started putting up 'trans fail safe prog' and locking into a high gear. I sent it back and the company admitted that they had nicked a seal when they re-assembled the 'box. I am in...

If you deviants have finished......Steve Lewis tells me that my leather is charcoal.

Blimey! That's Steve Lewis from Luton, he used to be very well known in Classic Saab 900 circles. He used to break cars and I drove up to Luton in 2005 to buy a tailgate for my 900 turbo 16s. Like you say, a very nice chap.

Thanks. I will give him a try.

How do I do the engine search? I did check the sticker in the door shut and the one under the bonnet but there was no mention of the leather colour.

I need to get some leather dye for the drivers seat in our L322. I can get it colour matched if I have the name and/or colour code for the leather. It's a 2006 model in Zambezi Silver and it has the grey leather with charcoal trim. Can anyone help with the exact name or code?

Thanks for that information, very useful. I have to say that's the first time I have heard of any Kwik Fit employees being sh*t hot at anything! I usually avoid our local ones. Got the front arms bolted up this evening and the car back on the ground but I haven't road tested it yet. I did take...

Thanks, yes, same procedure as my 5 series for the pivot bolts. I should be able to do it with the wheel off and my trolley jack under the radius arm ball joint, as it has a large rubber pad on the jack cradle. Just waiting for a fine evening to get it finished. The N/S took about half the time...

Well the weather was good today, so I managed to going with the front suspension overhaul at 10:00. I started on the off-side and everything came apart fairly easily, except, as expected, the bottom ball-joint which bolts into the hub. I tried to get a cold chisel under the flange, tried beating...

Well, the splitter arrived on Thursday but unfortunately the rain arrived on Saturday! It eased up a bit on Saturday afternoon, so I thought I would tackle the front suspension. Ended up having a battle for almost two hours with the wheel nuts. The steel nut underneath had corroded and distorted...

Ok. In readiness for the next step, what parts are common wear items on the rear suspension?

Ok. I found that splitter set on e-bay, so I will see if I can get one delivered before the weekend. I think I read your post about the bottom ball-joint a few months back, so I was expecting that to be a PITA. I did finally manage to get the workshop repair part of Rave opened this morning...

The arms are supposed to be OE quality and come with a 2 year guarantee. I have a decent ball joint splitter, the type that you expand by winding a bolt in, but from what you say will this not work?

Sorry Holidaychicken, I have only just seen your reply to this. I have used Island 4 x 4 a few times before, mostly for parts on our old TD5 Discovery, and have found them to be very good. In the end I decided to bite the bullet and do a complete overhaul on the front suspension. I ordered all...