I need to fire a couple of seat mounted airbags.
I will buy seats from a vehicle dismantler - find a couple of wires
that look as if they may be going to an air bag, stand well back and
whack 12 volts down them. Result should be a loud POP and air bag

Well I have now fired two seat mounted air bags under more or less
controlled conditions.  Not sure what Duncanwood was mumbling about but
all it takes is a low current 12 volt source connected to to the
appropriate wire and BANG, off it goes.  Smells remarkably like a very

Hi i have a ford fiesta 12.5ltr one year old the problem is loss of
power and cutting out it seams when you come to a roundabout in 2ND
gear it just cuts out and at 35mph in 3rd your foot is to the floor and
takes for ever to build up any speed  /// Ive had it in the ford garage

Need to replace all my 4 tyres - 195/50 R15 - any ideas please bearing in
mind that most motoring is chugging around locally (unfortunately) with a
few motorway runs each year? It seems that there are shedloads of cheap
tyres that appear to be general purpose so not sure what to ...

Today when I tried to lock my car using the keyfob nothing happened so
I used the key.
On returning to my vehicle and gaining entry with the key, once the key
was turned in the ignition the alarm sounded and when that eventually

I am not the world's greatest DIY mechanic, and am having some problem
diagnosing a cooling problem on our E-reg golf.
The mechanic (the real one, who appears to be on holiday!) recently replaced
the heater hoses as they had become clogged and we were getting no heat

Tried to start the car yesterday for the first time in a week, and the
battery was totally gone - not a cough, not a glimmer on the dashboard,
zip, nyet, nada. Gone.
Left the battery on charge overnight, and today all is well.

My bird's 106 diseasel's playing up. Seems like one or two glow plugs are
dead by the way it's starting.
1) Can I test them with a multimeter? They don't seem to be noticably warmer
than each other when you touch the tops of them (assuming the things that

I had a nice afternoon pissing about in my mate's tiny garage trying to
bleed the brakes on my Golf GTi. The driver's side front bleed nipple is as
rusty as a rusty thing, and someone's already had a go at rounding it off at
some point in the past, meaning I can't get a spanner ...

Aaaargh!
It's one thing after another at the moment. I dscovered this morning one
brake light out and also my high level brake light not working. It was too
much to assume they were linked and replacing the easiest one (the normal

I have a nail in a nearly new front tyre on the wife's Tigra.
Now, I've always replaced tyres like this, especially on the front, but
am I being over cautious? Are there any modern repair techniques
readily available in the High Street chains I should go for. ( Due to

Having now fitted new wheel cylinders (see recent Corroded brake pipes
thread), do I chuck the old ones out, or is it worth buying a repair kit
to overhaul them and keep them as spares.
Or should I find something better to do with my time

Bastard things.
97 Mk2 Mondeo TD, PATS system immobiliser.
Right, this is what's happening.
Ign. off - immobiliser light as normal, flashing slowly like it should.

I have an 03 plate Fiesta - I have bought a pair of front fog lamps and a
switch - how easy are they to fit?
Can I just knock the blanking plates out in the bumper grill thing?
Is the wiring-loom likely to be already set up to receive the wiring - like,

My dad went to get a headlight bulb for his van today in Halfords. It was
£12, but the queue was so long he put it back on the shelf and went to a
motor factors instead, and got one for £2!