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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...

I know what that feels like!! Having lost the tab washers for the camshaft timing gear on my 1952 AEC coach, and having tried 6 time today to get the timing spot-on...uuurgh. Otherwise listening to the local Spitfires flying around and hopefully...

Brakes dragging? On mine they say they've checked the connections and earths. Thinking back the fault occurred a few months ago as well, then at odd times in the last 2 weeks.

Yes, so I realised, but the recovery driver should have known that. anyway, the car got recovered, diagnosis is that all earths are ok, it needs a new starter, not much change hours to change it!out of a lot of money! They reckon 5 hours to...

I just re-checked battery volts, 12.6 standing, 11.6 volts after 10 sec load on drop test. Roadside recovery lad didn't have much of a clue, I suggested trying. jump lead from battery to metal part on engine as suggested by my indy garage, he put...

My bad, 13.6 I think, it's difficult getting my drop tester to the battery, it seems I have to dismantle half the car to change the battery on this one! i'll try the jump lea to the engine if I can fond a metal part on the engine, everything is...

Mine's let me down this evening, 2011 TDV8, it's been playing silly buggers on odd occeasions abroad last week, this evening, went to go out, press start button, press foot brake, click. nothing. Tried several times, and it refuses to start, just...

I had a Sport TDV6 for a short while last year, it was okay but bits of trim falling off, looses panels, red trim, alloy wheels that had all been welded, it looked like a dealer's car! I ended up with another L322 with the TDV8, that's had...

The above quote was for someone up the page who needed a bigger torque wrench... Meanwhile my trip back across Europe from Luxembourg to Calais via a bit of running around gave 30.4 mpg, average speed 36 mph, not too bad for the TDV8. No other...

Get a torque multiplier, maybe a lot cheaper idea.

I've just checked my trip meter, 26.4mpg at average speed of 46 mph! that was at night with heating on as well, it may give better mpg going home during the day. 280 miles from home to here.

Hospital rang yesterday to say all my test results are fine even blood test cancer count low. So as a reward took the old gal for a spin onto the Pennines and called for a spot of pub lunch. :) :)

My "bargain basement" ^0 reg TDV8 4.4 is seemingly performing well. I had a problem with the drivers side heating not working, my local indie garage got a new valve for it, wrong unit, so a day's delay. It was different to all the advice gleaned...

My car's been having a bit of a rest the last week or so, working from home, nights driving rail replacement buses. I get to keep the minibus at home as the job is local to me in Ashford. But, today we're off to the local indie garage to get the...

Did nothing with my car today, it had. day off while I got my bus engine in place under the bus ready to lift it in tomorrow.

It was intereesting to see the mpg on a long motorway run. I wonder how the sticky rear brake affected the mpg? :)

Could be a split diaphragm in the servo.

A lengthy trip today in my TDV84.4, Ashford via London to Grantham and back. 350-odd miles, average speed of 47 mph, mpg 30.4. Not bad at all. At one stage the average speed was 57 mph an 34,6 mpg! The sticky brake problem is temporarily fixed, a...

Drivers side rear brake caliper sticking, now sorted! The worst bit is trying to get the car raised! I drove the back wheel onto a block of 4x4 (wood), chock front wheels, raised suspension, big bus jack under rear jacking point, small jack under...

I'm just about to tackle unsticking the sticky driver side rear brake caliper. sometimes it sticks, sometimes it doesn't. I found Rimmer Bros do a vey good video on how to do it. I find their videos very matter-of-fact, not over-produced like...

ISTR doing one on my last long-term car, it was not an easy job. I had to give up and take it to a garage.

What I do with bus airbags is to put them in plac with the bus jacked up, use a tyre inflator to inflate the bag. It will soon take its right shape. the tyre inflator, giving about 90 psi inflates it in a few seconds. Or if you must fole them to...

How difficult/easy is it to do front suspension arms? ISTR trying on my old car and couldn't get access to a ball joint under the stub axle. My"new" car needs them replacing, indi garage wants about £1k to do them.

My "bargain basement" 4.4TDV8 has had a couple of days off, just a local shopping trip and a visit to the dentist today. Next thing to fix is the saloon heater valve unit, drivers side is still blowing cold, passenger side hot. Still rebuilding...

I think my S reg P38 had a bottle jack, but my 52 reg L322 had the nasty scissors jack, as have the others that I've had. I do't have the physical strength to operate the scissors jack; last time I tried the thing started to give way. It's simply...

Been using my "new" 60 reg TDV8 for the commute to work this week, night work, so traffic is light but the roadworks do as well! On Wednesday morning at about 0130 coming down the A249 from sittingbourne to the M20, police had closed the road to...

Surely the grinding sound is the ABS working?