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I have just changed the steering knuckle ball joints including new sensors, left hand side first and It went ok, did 70 miles Saturday and all was well, changed the right side yesterday and today and new sensor as well, went to test tonight and when moving the brake pedal is right at the top and...

Makes sense now, making a right arse of myself as usual!

Thanks guys I will give it a go, I have had a look at the videos and found one where he is welding a new ball joint in! I presume he had gone past the three changes or cleaned out the hole too much. Looking at Rave and the collet for adjustment, how does that work when the top ball is fixed with...

Has anyone had any success with the kits on flea bay and the like, I know they don't look as strong as the Rave ones, I just wondered if the adapters would fit? I can make a hydraulic puller up but looks like the adapters would take a lot of time on the lathe. Murray.

Had a chance to spend some time on the car today, bridging across the relay terms as mentioned did get the pump working and the right amount measured, still wouldn't start, checked the glow plugs and no power, found the fuse on the glow plug relay was blown, fitted my spare relay and fuse and...

Since the engine issues last year all has gone ok, cold start on the button, hot start a bit of cranking but not over excessive, last week during the hot weather with 90% full tank I noticed it needed a bit more cranking when hot, then on Wednesday when really hot it ran ok in the morning towing...

Since I've had this 2001 P38 for 4 years the LCD display has been only partially visible, but the heater has worked fine and just required a bit of nous to get the right heat setting, I don't use the AC and it doesn't have a belt on it anyway but now the drivers side up down rocker switch is...

Just when you don't need it the P38 sods law bites you, when I changed cylinder head I renewed the heater hoses and they took a lot of getting them off and it must have cracked the O ring seal on the heater, as it had been done before I thought easy! That was until I rounded off the screw head...

Thanks guys, will see if I can get a closer look at one, will check out GPI racing.

Saw the mention of fleabay aluminium rads on here a while back, has anyone had any experience of buying one, now down to £160 although the one advertised says 94 to 99, just wondered as its getting closer to plastic rad costs and thinking of a new rad soonish?

Thanks, sounds like good advice, that's tomorrows job lined up.

Having trouble getting new injector washers from my local 4x4 dealer, one washer is stuck in the old head and is not going to come out nicely, I removed one from another injector and it was really tough to get it off it seems to be diamond profile now, managed to find an independent injector...

Thanks, got the old ones out but bloody tight and broke the Laser tools window socket, got a Sealey one but it had slightly thicker wall and had to skim a bit of the OD to get it to fit. Will use copperslip when it goes back together.

I am cleaning up a head to go on mine later this month, should I strip it down and replace the valve stem seals as a matter of course? I was thinking they should last many more miles but the head is off and I have some time to do it. It had done about 150K miles, looking at the rave I need a...

I have seen in recent magazines Liqui Moly injector losen which it says softens the crap that hardens around injectors and glow plugs and an anti sieze product to refit them with, German made, has anybody tried or heard of them? What does everyone else use to help free off tight injectors and...

Thanks guys, Turners sounds good, just looked at the website, he is capable of doing it but still working long days 6 days a week and it would never get finished at least this way he will end up with a nice S3, new chassis and bulk head, axles, springs all done, overdrive purchased so its...

Hi, My brother is having his S3 Diesel rebuilt as his late retirement present, many years ago we fitted a chassis and recon engine all from Paddock, the painted chassis rotted away over the years and the engine was never much good from the day we fitted it but in those days we just had to go...

Thanks for the help, same 9cm pin length, I did manage to get the head off but it was a struggle, I will take the lever tool into the dealers and match it up to see if its any different. The hollow dowel collars are in the block and on the engine I am going to use they will come off in the head...

I think the pin is long enough as it worked ok on another engine but if its no hassle next time you are in the garage it would help to double check, many thanks.

I am using the second screw down as the pivot point, I have to remove the screw put the tool in and reinsert the screw, the groove on the tool is on the tensioner side rail and it does move and slacks of the chain a bit but maybe not enough, I am pushing the pin through the small hole to the top...