Well I've given the car a good clean today and noticed some suspicious light
scratchs. I think its the local kids passing up and down peoples cars every
5 minutes.
Whats best to way to remove them ?

Mates Celica ST185 GT4 turbo.
Has anyone ever removed, or replaced the clutch pedal box on one of these?
Clutch does not disengage completely. It's dragging quite heavily with the
pedal fully depressed. I suspect the clutch pedal box has cracked.

I have a Corsa -C and recently put a new brake shoes into the rear
drums.
This weekend I started getting a noise from the nearside drum during
travel, which disappeared when I pulled the handbrake slightly.

I have a 98 Laguna that went in for a service and MOT recently. I asked
the garage to check out the air conditioning which is not currently
working and was quoted a total of 1400 quid to fix - apparently this
included a leak on the radiator, a new dryer, and a new compressor. Is

I have convinced myself that the yellowy liquid (about 4 litres) I
drained
from the blue tap at the lower right rear of the radiator was not
coolant as the coolant in there is blue and it's full up (just tried

I would like to replace the outer casing of the drivers door mirror on a
2003 Renault Clio - The mirror is electrically adjustable and may also be
heated.
Do I have to remove the complete mirror or is the casing removable from the

I'm having a problem with the Rover K-Series engine that I changed the
cylinder head gasket on, where the engine is slow to start immediately after
it has been stood for a couple of hours, but will start instantly
thereafter, even if the engine has only turned over for a second ...

In general terms, how much more expensive is it to run a biggish car
(2.0 litre  Mondeo) than a smaller car (Focus or Fiesta at 1.4
litre)?  
The user is a low mileage user (4,000 miles annually).  The cars

I suspect my clutch is failing.
The car in question is a 1.6 16v 2001 golf. Lately I have noticed when I
change gear as I bring the clutch pedal up it doesn't quite feel like its
grabbing the gear ? if that makes any sense. Also the bite feels higher than

 I have used this group before and have been very impressed with the
answers given they have helped me learn a lot of useful information.
 I have a Hyundai Getz CDX, Reg 03 and have a general maintenance
query. The car is due to finish its warranty this year and i would

 I have used this group before and have been very impressed with the
answers given they have helped me learn a lot of useful information.
 I have a Hyundai Getz CDX, Reg 03 and have a general maintenance
query. The car is due to finish its warranty this year and i would

Clutch started slipping on the '97 Peugeot 406 estate I've owned for the
past seven years.  It's done 141k miles (about half mine) and is
otherwise a good car, so I put it into a local independent car repairers
that advertise clutch repairs.  Having had a gearbox repair some ...

Make your computer work for you
F5 or above
basic computer skill
part-time hk$ 5,000 -$ 8,000

2000 Multipla 105 Diesel. Clutch is recent, slave cylinder is new, master
cylider shows no signs of leak.
Most of the time the gears change smoothly but in particular when in hot
weather and a while into a long journey the gears are difficult to engage,

Just bought a 1992 LWB 2.4 diesel non turbo T4. Been idle for 4 month
and has developed a miss, (van has been running recently I have hear
it running bit of a tap from the top end) not injector as firs
thought, but 2 valves dont move when engine spins over or so I`ve bee