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It's just over a year since my trusty 08 reg engine blew up, a couple of weeks having spent a fortune getting the brakes and suspension joints done. te next 2, 1 was disastrous, the next a Sport was ok but cracked wheels were costing a fortune...

It's a common design which I see a lot on bus air brake components. It'll be a thin O ring. If you ccn slacken the 2 halves and get in there with a sliding vernier it should be possible to get the internal diameter. But without that measurement I...

It would be unusual to have 2 O rings facing each other. It you can find the size I've got hundreds here and will happily send you one. Bemble might know if he's still around.

I'd go for a dried cracked oring problem🤔 If they hadn't of replaced the oring it could have emptied itself and you'd be dealing with a dead transfer box reckon 😵

My l add to my little bottomless money pit? Booked in with my local indie garage for new brake pads and front suspension arms etc, the usual clapped=out at over 140,000 miles syndrome. It also needs 2 rear caliper replacing, in is so badly siezed...

Out and about for a couple of short motorway trips, Ashford to Broadstairs (sounds a bit posher than Margate) and before that Ashord to Folkestone and back. On the way back from Marstairs approaching folkeston the "brake worn" light came on. Got...

Windscreen? No it's still greasy inside, I really must find the white vinegar.

Thankfully mine's been behaving for the last few weeks, busy going to and from night work, a couple of social events, mostly motorway work. I tend to get though about £100-worth of diesel a week, car says 27.8mpg. But that depends on whether me...

There's a lot of loose chippings round here at the moment, usually from stones getting flung up from pot holes. The bus-grade cleaner has a mix of alcohol and other stuff, but I'll give white vinegar a try. I've got some acetone, used for making...

My TDV8 has been running ok, but since I bought the car last November we've been battling to clean the windscreen. Whoever had the car before seems to have sprayed the inside with some sort of wax that's impossible to move with whatever we try...

In your dreams :)

Re air supply for suspension, there's usually a Schraeder valve in the boot under the compressor cover which hides under the spare wheel. Got my car back from Bexhill, the old starter was jammed with the armature out so would never have worked...