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Long time no see guys. Half way through replacing the timing belt on the girlfriends freelander 1 (1.8k) and had a bit of a ****up moment. Tried the old hold the starter teeth with a screwdriver to undo the crankshaft pulley trick and it didnt work. Cam locking tool was in place so cams stayed...

Long time since I've been on here... hoping you guys could help me out again! The girlfriends father has a Series IIa, it's been dropped off by the mechanic and it won't start since! The mechanic has put a new dizzy cap in and by looks of it a new coil. He thinks it needs a new carb but...

Got some shiny new air horns / trumpets and filter socks for my throttle bodies. Got longer ones to give a little more torque. Will have to get the emerald K6 mapped again now. Give a nice throaty sound on induction though :D

Been looking at clutch kits and flywheels for my girl as i'm pretty sure they're on the way out and the extra power she's giving out really is not helping. I'm getting a grinding as i lift up the clutch pulling away in first so think my flywheel may be warped? Anyway, on the PTP site and...

I certainly wouldn't try this!

My haynes manual says the seals MUST be renewed if they've been disturbed from removing injectors etc. Whats the importance of renewing these seals, what will happen if they're not renewed?

I've finally got my direct to head throttle bodies. In very good condition, and look like they'd be ready to fit straight on. Just a few things i'm unsure about. When i remove my original intake manifold etc, i'm going to be left with quite a few pipes with nowhere to go. The main one is the...

Just on the way back from the gym and turned onto my road, the clutch went very very light and started to bite from very near the floor. It seemed fine before this, but it got worse and worse as i was parking up in my car park. The very last reverse maneuver and i had a right judder through the...

Went to go to the gym tonight and found an oil patch under the car, looked under the car (not got undertray on atm) and the whole front of the block had oil all over it. However i've not lost a lot when i checked the dipstick, just seems to be on the surface? I looked a bit further up and the...

eBay.ie: Rover k series throttle bodies, caterham mg zr zs lotus (item 110522128328 end time 22-Apr-10 22:50:37 BST) I'm so tempted to bid for these tomorrow if they don't go over the 300 mark. Would make a nice (if noisy) upgrade over the 52mm alloy TB i've got in at the moment. They're about...

My water pump is on its way out and is making quite a noise at the moment. I've ordered a new water pump and i'll have it by tomorrow. I've read in a few places what replacing the water pump involves but some people seem to contradict each other and to be honest it looks like a right **** of a...

So my top tube split yesterday. The engine didn't overheat and i pulled over and turned it off straight away. I'd caught it as soon as it happened as i was in traffic and saw the steam from under my bonnet. I bodged it with some silicone sealant and duct tape and made my way home as i just had...

So i do an oil change earlier on today, and take it for a short drive to check it's all grand. Driving back through the city, sat in traffic and steam starts pouring from under the bonnet. I thought bloody great, the gaskets bloomin gone or something. Pulled over as soon as i could in a bus...

So if you've been into Anything Goes you'll have read i was almost stranded at B&Q when my slave bracket broke and caused my slave cylinder to go haywire and if it wasn't for Joe (OldIrishWolf) i'd have still been there. I was wondering how much pressure is actually put on the cylinder from the...

Hey everyone. I've got my two front suspension shocks off at the moment ready to fabricate my own spacers to give it some lift, one thing i'm going to do though is replace the springs as i'm going to have new springs sprayed red and at ten years old i expect the old ones are sagging a bit now...

After doing some slight tweaks to my girl, i'm curious to see what sort of figures she's giving back from the ECU. I've found some OBDII readers that can connect to your smartphone through bluetooth on ebay (eBay.ie: Bluetooth OBD2 Code Reader Scanner Can Bus OBD 2 TOOL (item 280423611624 end...

Hi Guys, Got a bit of a creak on my petrol tank when goin slow, going over bumps or pulling away. The creak seems to be coming from the top, just under the back seats (i've removed the rear seats completely). I've also dropped the tank by about 2cm, put a bit of old bike tyre in between the...

After unavoidably driving into a stupid pothole my passenger side front tyre burst and i had to pull over and put my spare tyre on. My tyres have been on for about six months now, Grabber AT2's and they're used everyday so are getting worn. My spare hasn't been used at all though and has got...

Take out the back seats and replace the fronts with 8kg bucket racing seats. It's raised my suspension by about an inch! That's how heavy the seats are! Will hopefully be better on petrol consumption too :D Oh, and wayyyy better handling all round.

Ok, so most of you guys now know what i pay for insurance. And it's a hell of a lot, but it's one of the cheapest quotes i can get, for only third part fire and theft. Now... My mum has a policy thats fully comp, and with other car owners permission is also insured to drive other cars. What i...