All, perhaps someone might know the best way to get the LED instrument pack
on a 2000 Merc C-Class fixed or replaced, preferably whilst I wait?
The LED info for odo, gear, clock etc.  have degenrated to illegible
Klingon... quite common, I understand?

BMW E39 528i.
After a cold night on drive. Unlocked the car, put the key in to start car.
Instrument display dead. Nothing showing at all.  Started car. No fuel, rev
or mileage reading.

i have an opel corsa b in trinidad, w.i it's called a chevy monza.
the prpblem is they stop importing the cars and i can seem to locate
the oil unit and the temperate gauge in the engine can some one help
please the oil light on the dash keeps coming on and flashing amd the

My '96 Escort (1.6 Zetec) was partial to the odd cut-out when cold, but it's
become really bad recently. I don't know if it's the cold/wet weather, or
the underlying problem is getting worse.
It'll start fine from cold, but for the first 2 or 3 minutes it will run as

Some while ago I bought one of those 12V DC tyre inflation compressors that
run from the vehicle's cigarette lighter socket.  It was absolutely useless.
My nephew has now asked for one of these in his Christmas stocking.  I guess
there must be a 12V DC compressor that does work ...

Ford Focus Ghia 1.8 2000W.
The LED clock on my Focus has lost its backlighting, making it impossible to
read.  I called into my local Ford Dealer to by a replacement bulb, but
there isn't one listed.  It seems I have to buy a new clock unit.

Recently I've been noticing a slight diesel smell after getting out of
the 93 Rover 218SD (1900 Pug). Yesterday I noticed a very slight trace
of diesel on the wet drive (emanating from under the front of the
engine somewhere).

I my youth if you wanted to paint your car you could nip down to the local
ironmongers and buy a tin of Valspar and good brush and the job was done, of
if you really wanted to push the boat out your got your mates Dads who
worked for London Transport to get some red cellulose ...

I just had my wife's car serviced and they did a full service and
replaced front brake pads.  After leaving garage I drove for less than
5 miles when the brakes failed completely! Luckily I was driving
slowly in a side road so was able to slow down and stop before I hit

If a careless person were to disconnect one spark plug lead on a 4 cylinder
engine to improve access for some maintenance work, and afterwards start the
engine from cold and sit there thinking "hmm... that sounds a bit lumpy" for
30 seconds before realising their mistake and ...

Folowing on my my thread who sai golfs don't rust, I started reading some
guides on deailing with rust. I read some about Hammerite Kurust Rust
Remover  which basically you dab on and it changes it from rust to a more
stable metal.

Hi, just got a Fiesta TDCi, great little car apart from a couple of
(linked I think) problems,
It kangaroos at low revs, isnt smooth at all, and it can stall after
first being started in the morning.

The rear tyres on my Focus TDCi  are 195 60 R15 V.
I inflate them and after about two weeks the pressure is down to 10 lb psi.
Could it be coincidently leaky valves on both rear tyres? or could it be a
leaky tyre seal to the alloy rim?   Is there an easy fix?

On most modern heads, the journals for the camshaft or shafts are machined
as part of the head. Therefore if the head is skimmed flat because of
distortion, a permanent error is being put in the line up of the camshaft
journals.

3.9 V8i Discovery
Symptoms.  The problem normally starts with what sounds like the
alternator breaking through on the radio.  Sometimes this will go
away