Good luck on getting costs, if you have a reason you can apply to DVLA for address details. Once thats confirmed, easiest way if no joy through insurance is to send some badly briefed large builders around, they don't have to be threatening, but confused and tough often does wonders. Whatever happen...

Why an onion? what you don't spend on rust you can spend on fuel in the real car!! In fairmness I've had two onions and drive a mates fairly regularly and I do quite like there direct simplicity, just a shame that most are ratty around the edges as theyre comfy and indeed rather good on juice. Ironi...

Mines still looking dreadfull, think it got polished last yaer and I've prob washed it ywice this year?, maybe? But still in use! seem to be getting 35 mpg with a mix of 65-70 cruise as well as enjoying myself around town so 'm happy with that!, had a run out this afternoon and I seem to have collec...

In answer to cylinder question, all estaes are the same bore and all saloons are the same. only thing to wreck them is corrosion from mud collecting in bottom of frame so drill a 8mm hole and put a wiggle pin in it

Ollie

Just had one of those as well!! she doesn't know it yet but she will like crap cars!! If you do a google map on my postcode : http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&ll=52.389422,-1.959642&spn=0.000598,0.001203&t=h&z=20 you can see where one of thems been for the last 3 years!! otherwise t...

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m132/ocj10/IMG_0309.jpg The tools on the left are genearic sump tools, if you cut down the standard double ender you get a usefull stubby which fit down the side of a 16v and enables you to adjust it acurately witha wrench The pins and bar are all in the cheap Fra...

Heres the text from the Allasn S one, bit long winded but the key points are Tthe ANTI CLOCKWISE BITS!!!!!! don't be suprised if one tensioner goes to max that is very normall, the other one allways sets it right. Basically this is it: His marking the belt with a white out pen and then counting the ...

juyst a quick update if you get an allen bolt rounded off on thes eand youre doing the belt anyway, cut or prise the belt off the the tensioners are free, just use the square toola nd turn the whole tensioner in the undo direction and hey presto the bolt thats through it turns as well!! and can now ...

If you want to join LHM return lines, why not use LHM return pipe? best source is all those perished strut return pipes we all seem to do every other year!! have a bucket full of them and usually find there sone section which didn't see much flex which is perfect for repairs!!


Ollie

The important one is the abs sensor, if youre using youre old arms then unthread the wiring and leave the sensor in the arm, if youre getting new arms then you will almost definately wreck the sensor and they cost £70 plus last time I got one - do you're old arms!! best trick if youve got access to ...

xsaras and berlingos use the interchangeable sensors to fit the BE box

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I have a copy of the Alan S guide somewhere on a disc, and it reckons the haynes one is actually wrong! pins are readily available in a franklin tools timing kit for less than a tenner, and I've never used a guage ever on anything! best system I reckomend is simply starting them up and watching how ...

Pretty sure I have some, will have a look in the boxes, sorted them all out last weekend so theres a small chance I might know where to look!!

The main gasket used to be available from GSF and was labelled as xantia 1.8 2.0, the rest usually reseal ok with some silicone, just be very carefull with the bolts, they are a machined item not rolled so are actually quite weak and therefore break off......... and then theyre hard to replace as we...

oh no, its hardly going anwhere! more part of my garden than the lawn!!