My '94 golf CL failed its MoT today on one of the rear shocks. They
suggested both were replaced, and also both bumpstops which were both
broken. They want 180 quid. I asked around locally and nobody seems to
carry the bumpstops, but Kwik-Fit will do both shocks for 120 pounds and

Hi guys n gals, this is my 1st time on here so be gentle with me
please!
Bit of a story so bare with me please.
I have a V-reg 2.0 DTI vectra (x20dth engine)  Bought it for cheap

http://www.manheim.co.uk
Can anyone use this?
It offers a phone line for joe public to register but at 50p / minute.
Worth it?

My Girlfriend has just bought a nissan micra march 1999 and the light
have gone,
I was looking in the manual for fusebox layout but it is all in chines
as the car is an import.

Help!!!!
My daughters Clio has this problem, when you indicate left or right the
left indicators come on, both indicators come on when you unlock the
car with the remote key so they do actually work. so far we have had

just brought one of these and i have no idea on what grade of oil it
needs?? also does anyone know where the fusebox is for these cars? all
my dashboard lights are dead so im hoping its a fuse...

Car: 1991 Polo G40 (Supercharged 1.3)
Just bought this car recently, plan to have a look at the brakes over the
weekend as there is a lot of travel on the brake pedal before anything
happens. Brakes seem reasonable (but not great) at that point. They *are*

Hi all. I've got a problem with a 1988 Nissan Bluebird 1.6LX chucking
out some of its coolant even though it hasn't overheated. It only does
it occasionally (usually on a hot day). With the coolant filled to max
in the expansion tank with the system cold, if i then get stuck in

I am trying to find the information to allow me to restore our old Rickman
Ranger to its former glory. We need to know how difficult it is to change the
old ford kent engine for a ford pinto one? and do you know what modifications
it requires??

The glovebox lock has packed up and keep falling open. I'm having trouble
getting a replacement before the MOT is up. Just now I've used a piece of
duct-tape to hold it closed - but is that an MOT failure point? (Seems trivial
to me but I never know about these things.) - Thanks

Hi, just been back out fiddling with the wiring on the rear wiper motor.
I connected up a new wire to the negative terminal on the battery to the
motor, then ran a new wire to the permanent live from the battery to the
motors permanent live, the wiper then worked non stop. I then ...

As per subject: Cambelt snapped on a VW PD TDi
We currently have a 2002 Ford Galaxy Ghia 1.9 PD TDi (VW Sharan) with a
snapped cambelt, snapped 10k before due @ 109k (changed every 40k)
Does anyone know if its possible to do a compression test on these engines?

Hi - can anyone help with several minor things on a 1997 Daihatsu Hijet
van with the 993cc engine.
1. I recently changed the oil and filter, using 15w40 semi-synthetic.
Could be my imagination but since then when starting from cold it seems

The wife's got an auto Clio - and the gearbox /still works!/
But what actually fails on them? I notice from perusing eBay that the
world seems full of Clios with dead autoboxes. I know the standard cure
is to replace the entire box - or bin the whole car, but what is it that

My son's Astra came to a stop on the motorway with a lack of power, no
other symptoms. On being relayed home the RAC comment was "sounds like
yer camshaft" after some investigation I checked the cambelt, it is
intact, the camshaft turns and seems fine.The engine does start but