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General Discussion Area / much appreciated help

« on: 08 July 2009, 19:05:55 »

today i decided to have a go at cleaning the tractors  lift pump. i got as far as being able to see the beast then was stuck. Ian D - i,m very grateful to say came round to the house after he finished work, and needless to say within 20 mins i was up & running. i would have been all day tomorrow and may have even ended with it broken.  many thanks ian   

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General Discussion Area / scrappers - american co

« on: 09 June 2009, 10:08:02 »

a pal of mine was looking to replace an engine in a zafira. he contacted various breakers before obtaining one. One in particular situated 10 miles east of york (used to be simpson bros) U-Pull-It has about 600+ makes & models.  the idea is you buy the complete motor , and then have a day to strip the parts. because of H&S regs engines & gearboxes has to be removed by the breakers staff & there is an extra charge for this . eg - miggys 3@ £285  1@ £200 . apparently its an american firm looking to make inroads into the UK. find them at www.upullit.co.uk. it would be interesting to see if other oofers think this idea will catch on. :-/ :-/

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General Discussion Area / scrappers - american co

« on: 09 June 2009, 10:16:53 »

on reading my own post , just to clarify the prices of £285-£200 is for the complete vehicle xtra £60 for removal of engine. 

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General Discussion Area / abbreviations

« on: 11 May 2009, 19:12:54 »

my problem is i whenever abbreviations are used, i haven,t a clue most of the time what they stand for, i would like to see a list with them on. i can understand they may be thousands and to publish one may take ages, so may be on reflection it,s not a good idea  

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General Discussion Area / paraffin

« on: 15 May 2009, 13:37:58 »

went on to google & typed in " diesel injector cleaner " hoping i,d find a link to suggest which products best. i saw a link leading to a guy say ing that he he uses paraffin . that then led me to a alpha romeo forum & upon reading the posts it seems loads use it, a cupfull to a tank every 3k miles  incidentally the guy is a lab tech  :-/ :-/ :-/

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General Discussion Area / job offer

« on: 12 May 2009, 23:51:21 »

being a brickie for 18 months things workwise have been desperate, but today i thought my luck had changed. i recieved an email with an offer oof employment , location south humberside. my problem i was unable to read it. i wasn,t born in warsaw or gdansk. the only thing that was in english was " other east european language interpreters on site. going to send it to my mp.  

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General Discussion Area / grateful member

« on: 25 April 2009, 13:45:44 »

after appealing for someboby in the york area to give me advice regards egr valve, and other things. i was contacted by Ian D. he only lives a 2 minute drive from my house which for me was a boon. he doesn,t know it yet but because of his help my car his running like new. thanks very much ian,,
ps  we talked about how i could help somehow at the york meet and i suggested because of an answer i got regards a sightseeing trip, then i,d be just the guy to offer a free taxi service - offer is still on.  

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General Discussion Area / dodgy blokes

« on: 06 May 2009, 13:12:41 »

i have a mate who has recently done filters & oil changes for me. iv,e used to wonder why the dipstick always showed overfilled. his receipts were for pattern filters (which i didn,t mind) i recently did the work myself and i had a struggle getting the fuel and oil filters off. my shock & horror when i managed it was they were genuine vx filters. they to my recollection were done 14k ago by a guy that retired.
did the pc test & found fc  44 .. it looks as if iv,e been shafted.   there are some tw*ts about

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General Discussion Area / my mates nissan

« on: 27 April 2009, 23:23:24 »

my nieghbour has recently bought himself a big japanese 7 seater job. one day i saw him with his wife getting off the bus with his weekly shopping. i asked him what was wrong with his car, reply was "don,t ask". a week later i asked his mate if my neighbour had his motor sorted, and he told me what he,d done. simply had taken a fuse out  whilst dong something and fitted it back in a position meant for a spare fuse. nobody could find the problem. in the end the dealership towed it,and charged him £185 to put the fuse to its proper slot.