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My Dad had a Rootes group Hillman Minx, I remember as lad the chassis members were rotten after just 3 years - but it had leather seats and arm rests - in the front and back. It had a side valve engine and was a lot faster than cars of today cos there were not many cars on the road then.

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Hi Mj The BSI is an interface for the CAN bus - it has a two twisted wire (High & Low) Pair signal wires. It works by sending packets of code to different things it controls - saves on wiring and is supposed to be sensitive to priorities in what it serves. Only theory buffs like me are allowed to ta...

Hello MJ I was going to say that there is no return spring on my clutch pedal - you have to lift it up and down to bleed it. This may be where you are stuck. As for Mr jasper - I agree I find him too much and have felt that I should comment when something is not correct when giving advice to many pe...

Mj
I had trouble bleeding my slave - there is a small rubber seal on the end of the connecting pipe that blocked the pipe when trying to bleed it. Remove the pipe and examine the rubber seal.

John

Hi It matters more on modern systems because they are all split divided systems and nothing changes in hydraulic theory or practice. There is a group operating in the uk that occupies 75% of garages they are called Boggit & Leggit Co Ltd , beware since they have no procedures worthy of the title ski...

Hi MJ One other test you could do is use reverse gear, if he growl clears or changes tone then you may have confirmation though the gear will still try to part. Spiral Bevel and Hypoid gears put the thrust on the end of the shaft and had more sliding motion on the teeth whereas helical pinions have ...

The correct procedure for bleeding brakes/changing fluid is to start with the furthest away. The reason is that the pipe expands a little when the brake is pressured so if you bleed the longest first when you shut the nipple there is enough pedal movement with the expansion to allow the others to fo...

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Yes the tone would change on cornering and speed variations but if it's just the pinion maybe only a bit - these pinions are helical and so growl when knacked - Hypoid would whine. The planetory gears don't spin much to cause a lot of noise. Hope I'm wrong.
Regards
John

MJ
It's your Diff.
Regards
John

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Philg .. Jasper is absolutely correct and I saved the last parts of the list for him.. I did not want him throwing his dummy out the pram

Oh - I forgot to add that they also get blocked when tiny grains of grit get in through poor service cleanliness - the most common cause. The needle pounds the grit - which could be granite particles and quickly knackers the seat up even if it does not immediately block the holes. Another issue is w...

Hi If diesel is the best cleaner, why do the holes that the diesel is injected through get clogged up? The holes get blocked when the needle and seat get worn to the point where when the critical crack point of the injection pressure starts to widen and then the pray pattern starts to blur and then ...

Hi If you have smoke problems on load (dark grey/black) the most probable cause is injectors and if so you cannot service them any other way than with specialised injection equipment. The reason is that the needle and seat are worn and not seating properly this leads to the next phase where the tiny...