Recent content by MattB1970

Hi I have a 05 HSE TD4 with the clutch slave cylinder gone and in need of 4 new tyres, which makes it uneconomical to repair :(. The bad news is I live in southern Ireland, the car was running perfect it has all the mods required to do so, also had a new high pressure pump fitted around 6 months...

Hi all its time to change the tyres again, they are the problem 225/55 17 size. I have had Pirelli Scorpian STR's on since 2007 been through about 3 sets without any known problems. But im wondering are there any better tyres, I drive mainly road use odd bit of green lane and roads my way are...

Good to know they last as long as they say. Have to agree with service and delivery both were very good ordered late on Friday and arrived Tuesday morning with DPD. Two day £15.00 service to Ireland aint bad and at £60.00 for the shaft made sense to replace the lot and not just CV joint.

All done got a replacement drive-shaft from J and R CV Joints | Brand new cv joints and driveshafts from a UK cv joint specialist for €60.00 2 year warranty on it to. The new shaft sorted out the gear stick shake as well so obviously related. To top it of a new **** catcher was made to so happy...

Thanks i'll give them a look over :)

well its going to be a new drive shaft, this will sort out the obvious problem just hope it sorts out the quiet knocking to. Does it make sense that my gear stick will kind of move back an forth on its own (not in a mad banshee kind of way just gently) with the drive shaft as it is? Or could the...

:doh: broke my undertray should have looked on here first just jumped right in:eek: may have to go with a new home made ali one when it comes to putting it back on. I will get into a local mechanic tomorrow get the verdict hopefully your all right and a new cv joint will do the job :)

thanks, have checked the drive shafts they dont seem to have much play in either side but the near side cv boot is in 2 pieces and coated the surrounding area in grease, was kinda obvious once I managed to get the plastic engine cover off, what a pain that was do all these be riveted on? I guess...

Just like to say thanks to Allan. I did get the kit of ebay but it seems that the quality of the tensioner ain't that great or perhaps the cable is an inch to long. Anyhow took Allan's advice and introduced a jubilee clip into the mix and hey presto job done. Its been a few weeks now and all is...

Need some help again :confused: My TD4 has started to make a very quiet noise from the front right as the car accelerates. Its as if the wheel balance is out or if im driving along a very small rumble strip. If I take the foot of the accelerator and free-wheel it seems to die off. Its not a...

Allan thanks, looking on flea bay last night I realised that the bit of cable that was sticking down should indeed be a lot longer and that my cable is broke :doh: even though I cant seem to see any piece that may have broken off. I repair should hopefully winging its way to me as I type. That...

Ok so I have opened up the inside of the tail gate and found a few loose pieces :( there is piece of plastic with teeth inside of it and a spring on the outside I think this is to grip the cable that is hanging from the bottom of the motor, but the cable doesn't seem quite long enough to enter...

Its the 5 door version, the open door light isn't lit. The horn did sound when i locked the car to tell me the window was open but i managed to push with window up just enough to stop this. I also tried locking / unlocking the door with the key, the door wont unlock this way and the window...

Need some help I have looked at all the threads and tried the fix's but they dont seem to work. I was carring something a bit to long that was sticking out of my rear window. Now the rear window along with window heater an wiper wont work. I tried disconnecting the battery to reset the CCU but...

Great Info Ming cheers did the EGR job with custom one on fleabay by wingspeed2011 great quality item service was crap though, there was some serious crap in the air intake but she is a 05 on 200,000kl :rolleyes:, whilst I was at it I used info from other threads an went to Tuning-diesels for...