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well took her in today - got a call this afternoon saying the old alternator was burnt out and its a wonder there wasnt a fire at some point - fitted a new one on and done the rewiring - new battery connectors and hey presto he said it's starting mint again

now for the invoice ouch!!

yes i too thought that about the battery spesh being a new one.

well it's off to the doctors tomorrow for a good service

cheers

Stu

Hi People thanks for the help and advice in the past - up until now ive had no problems the problem - left my car standing for a day and the battery was dead, hadnt left anything on, had a jump start and all ok again for a couple of days - went to start it and DEAD nothing not even a clunk - managed...

hi dude

as i say it only came on twice for a couple of seconds, drove about five miles after i topped up and never came on

so it could just of been a glitch but something to watch out for i think - better keep a 2 liter bottle of the stuff in the boot

cheers

Stu

yeah could be - topped it up with fluid and checked for leaks but nothing so i'm gonna take it for a blow out tomorrow and see if the light comes on after a bit - think it's me just being a para cat thou whilst looking under the car i did notice a pipe - strange thing is i have never noticed it befo...

hi guyz me again - ive noticed tonite that the coolant light came on a couple of times for only a couple of seconds and then went back off, it's not on constant and only came on twice .. i think i was going up hill the 2nd time - ive recently replaced the rad and topped up with coolant etc - the tem...

how do you know it's corroded if you don't know where it is? i know were the switching system is but i cant seem to find one for sale cheepish - Do you mean the switches? How on earth did they get corroded :? Ebay or breakers me thinks think it may have had a broken window at some point - water get...

cant seem to find the locking ring - can only find a nut/bolt thats in the compartment on the back shelf

Cant seem to find the unit anywere, mines all corodid so need to swap it out

hi dude

im based in the west midlands - so i think it's a bit far - looking to get it replaced asap thou for just peace of mind as the guy before me said he had it changed but had no paper work

it's the TD or is it the DT p plate 96

i didnt actually ask him that -

ive been getting quotes for about 200 thou thats including the fitting kit etc

hi guyz just been speaking with an old chappy who fixes cars, he gave me a quote for a cambelt change - he quoted 70 quid all in :? he explained how he changed the cam belt over - he said he splits the old belt in half keeping half of the old belt on the cam - then gets the new one and slides it hal...

hi guyz went for the plunge today - bought a sony system - ripped the old standard out and hey presto took me all of 20 minutes to fit the new one in - ordered a face plate off fleabay for 6 quid . .. . speaker system upgrade now - but to be honest it sounds bang on with the standard - just having t...

cheers dude, off to buy a cheepy mp3 player

hi loverly people i'm sick of the old phillips cd changer in my Pug and i want to get rid of it now - usual problems of multidisc only works sometimes and tape doesnt work - speakers etc are sorted thou. so just wondering a few things - can i just buy a cheap cd/mp3 player and take old one out and t...