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Having said all that, we could be going up the garden path..... have you checked for voltage at your starter motor? Also, does your car beep when you get in - would show your battery is getting flat in the key fob?

Ah hang on.... you've got one of the old style keys and I'm not sure if that works the same way, perhaps the immobiliser part is in the key fob on the earlier keys...?

I stand corrected - just had a good read of the RAVE manual and indeed the plastic ring is a pickup ring for a transponder in the key. Seems the pickup / key work like a 'coded transformer'. However, the key fob should have nothing to do with the immobilizer, only the alarm. Does it work if...

Good effort, sounds like you deserved that beer!

How did you get on with this Mick? - I've got a gearstick wobble and would like to investigate at some point.

My Gearstick was wobbling a bit when I bought mine - was wobbling quite distinctly in first and second under load. I have changed the VCU and mounts and the rear diff mounts and that made a fair difference to the wobbling. Nowhere near as bad under full load but is now worse on light loads - I'm...

The immobiliser is disarmed when you blip the remote to unlock and the receiver for it is on top of the instrument cowling so I'm not sure what you're referring to by pickup ring. If it works when you're wiggling / moving the key whist it's in the starting position it could be being caused by...

You undo the top nut which clamps the injector down. Then you undo the studs using a (small) torx socket. As they undo they should lift the injector clamp which in turn lifts the injector out of the hole. You MUST do each side a little at a time so that the injector comes out relatively square -...

Hi, I just had a look on the online Microcat and there are two part numbers. One of them is says you need 8 of which has been superceded by another part number that says quantity is 1 (therefore meaning if you order one of the part number, you'll get 8 studs). Part number for the x 1 quantity...

Er.... the plate (c-clamp bit) shouldn't be loose - is it in upside down by any chance? It's easily done and will fit but won't tighten down properly. If it was in upside down, it might explain how it cracked...

Hmmm.... I see your point about driving quick when you don't have much confidence in the brakes! It's a tricky one, that's for sure. Does it stop like it should if you really stamp and press hard on the brake? - i.e. does it stop but just feel unassisted - if so, then probably is the servo. But...

cool, cool. Hope it works out... You mentioned that the EBC brakes seem to have 'gone off' since the bedding in stuff has gone. What do you mean by that? I was thinking about it and for bedding in, I tend to use this process: "During the bedding process the driver must NOT drag the brakes by...

Ah, sorry I mis-understood that... but you haven't fully bled the brakes yet right - so still got the gunky stuff in all the slave cylinders and calipers, plus all the brake lines.... In my experience, a brake fluid change and good bleed can have a profound affect on the braking... especially...

I thought you'd mentioned you'd bled the fluid already...?

Nice one cheers.... just couldn't quite get my brain to think 'outside the box' on that one!

Is there a better way of aligning the VCU mounts other than by eye? What's this method you mentioned with bits of pipe?

You haven't got a sticking caliper by any chance - I've had this once before and manifested as a vibration that got continually worse? Also, I know you've mentioned this only occured after changing a few bushes but possibly when the bushes were worn, the vibration was still happening but you...

Wow, that looks extremely corroded, what year car is it? Do the injectors actually have to come out to take the cam cover off? BTW, the little seal that someone mentioned normally comes out with the injector - it's a copper washer but normally sticks to the injector. Failing that, would soak...

I got my replacement VCU from them and no problems so far.

Don't think so, just 8 numbers. If I recall, this wasn't the stamped one, it was a sticker with bar code... it's possible there's one where chaser says too but I've never looked there.