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Yeah that will work too but card can be to thick in certain situations

Just a small tip for us poor thick fingered people trying to put bolts into hard to get to places, Eg:- MAP sensor bolt with manifold in place. Cut a small cross on the middle of a little piece of thin plastic with a sharp knife, put bolt through bolt hole then push the plastic over the bolt...

Thanks dfossil for the thinners/paraffin idea, might give it a try int summer.

Today I removed and cleaned my 'Engine Grunt Removal' valve and gave it a clean ( common title EGR valve). What a dirty little thing it was too. Need to do my inlet stranglehold ( oops, manifold) by the look of it soon too. Need to pop down to the local refinery to get bulk paraffin me thinks...

A bulb that blows regularly can often be traced to a bad earth.

Yeah I think a bearing press would be a useful item for this job, I would have had the job done in half the time with one. Don't forget, one main thing to watch for, as I mentioned, is the ABS magnetic sensor in the bearing seal. and receiver in the hub

I did mine successfully myself using a vice, blocks of wood, large sockets etc. I won't be doing a 'how to' as it wasn't the east way to do it and would do it differently if there is a next time. There is quite a bit of strip down to do and yeah the ABS sensor and sensor seal must be handled...

Hi folks, recently got myself a 55 reg TD4 auto to play with. Came with boot pond, squeaks, rattles, a radio that self adjusts its volume when you hit a pot hole or tap the dash, does a nice 23 mpg and other regular hippo niggles. I've replaced a wheel bearing, some suspension bushes and a drop...