Adrian

my daughter has a 1.3 corsa... last week a noise has started to come from under the bonnet on starting and idling......sounds just like the fan belt is catching on something... checked fanbelt fine, timing belt fine, not catching either. tappets all whizzing nicely. any ideas on what it maybe.,,it is def coming from the fan belt side of the engine. but cannot find it at all... as soon as you rev the engine it goes, that i what is puzzling me. any ideas welcome. besides its a sunny day, so can happley play with engines on the drive

go fot it, all my wifes family are out there...there are problems but as long as you are sensible you will be ok....is worth a visit, the life style is great and ask for a good old fashion braaai..(bar b q) whilst you are there. slurp a castle or two and enjoy heaven

will try that in the morning, thanks

hope one of you boffins out there cqn help me. i have a cd radio player in my hood. has been working fine for the last few months, however now, it is fine when i am at idle, but whenever i accelerate the dam thing turns off, back to idle and it starts up again. i have done all the obvious. all the wires are fine, connected properly, no loose ones at all, earth fine, radio player secured, the only thing i havent done is put the player in another car to see if his problem remains. any ideas? i cant think what it can be??

I cut a rubber gasket out of a tyre inner tube. nice and tight and no problems at all

thank, cant get a m anual at the moment. will have a dig under the ignition console tomorrow.

my wife has a ford ka and the radio has stopped working.....having checked all ther fuses, wiring etc it is the ignition live which is duff...ie it isnt igniton live anymore, obviously must be a fault on wire somewhere..and here is the problem.the wire disapears into the loom and never reappears or if it does it is another colour. i cant find a haynes manual at any local motorfacters. does anybody know where i can find an ignition live on this tintop? thanks in anticipation

used one on my pinto before last mot.. emissions came out at 2.4. goes like stink. easy to use.. i got my adapter from frost, think it cost a fiver.

having same problem changing gear. been into local motofacters but nopne list a 55 mm pawl for a ford, does anyine have the part number at all to make it easier??? thanks

i have just had the same problem with engine catching the cross bar. have cut the bar off. on contact gbs today re this bar i was told that on the 2b/4 it is not a streghtening item and can be cut away without losing chassis integrity. so presume that it was there to proect the sump, but to far back in chassis to ddo much good. so its off. do think i will be bolting a piece of angle iron further forwards anyway.

graham ,,, boat chandlers are the place to go.. pack of 8 for fiver. just replied to your pm.

i have noticed the same problem with my 2b, engine was clear when fitted but has now settled onto the tube. cant add any more spacers as engine will catch bonnet....so i am cutting the tube tomorrow and planned to either get a new one welding further forwards or bolt on angle iron. not sure yet. but found that with the engine settling it has rubbed the sump a bit. hence reason for cutting. always something to do isnt there... anyway the garage is nice and comfy, wam and dry. aaaah

point noted, looks like i will be welding as well. good job its raining and unable to go for a spin

im having the same problem trying to find thocker mounts or ones with longer bolt thread. spoken to a neighbour who knows about these things. he is wondering about making some from scrqatch, suggesting the rubber rollers you get for boats and place between chassis and engine mount, then place long bolt through and tighten. ..if too tall can adjust height by cutting the rubber away. from what i remember when i had a boat these rubber rollers are thick and quite stiff. about £5 each. any thoughts anyone? alternative is secondary plate over chassis to lift lower mount bolt up

i am with flux again... £110 fully comp. initially they quoted 165 but did say they would beat any quote. rang them up and advised them that i had genuine quote of 120, so they beat it. so why couldnt they quote that the first time. so even with recovary is well below their initial price of 165.

iok, its in the gafrage if you want it anyway adrian

John O'Reilly hoisted his beer and said, 'Here's to spending the rest of me life!, between the legs of me wife!' That won him the top prize at the pub for the best>toast of the night! He went home and told his wife, Mary, 'I won the prize for the Best toast of the night.' She said, 'Aye, did ye now. And what was your toast?' John said, 'Here's to spending the rest of me life,sitting in church beside me wife.' 'Oh, that is very nice indeed, John!' Mary said. The next day, Mary ran into one of John's drinking buddies on the street corner. The man chuckled leeringly and said, 'John won the prize the other night at the pub with a toast about you, Mary.' She said, 'Aye, he told me, and I was a bit surprised myself . You know, he's only been there twice in the last four years. Once he fell asleep, and the other time I had to pull him by the ears to make him come

tony, just had a look and i have one but its black, has short length of pipe to it that leads to some motorcraft gizmo. yours if any use adrian

have found two in the garage which are of no use to me. one from a 2l ohc, motorcraft and has the following numbers on it, 87bb 12a297 ea 03d 2jm1 03288 has part of loom with it. and another 87bb 12a297 ea 03d 2jm7106890 just has connecters to it if any use just postage.

i eventually borrowed an electric temp gauge and fitted that to the car with its relevant sender. temp has been perfect ever since, when go back to the ford items its straight over the top. i have come to the conclusion that when it was in for its new carb tweeking the garage did something to it and the sender/ gauge are knackered. (also the fact they cannot state why it came back to me with extra 10 miles on clock leads me to the conclusion they hammered it. anyway thats another story. )cant get hold of the ford senders here at the moment but when i get a new one fitted will advise if it sorts out the problem or not.... mine is def gauge related after all that.

try this one http://www.grolsch.co.uk/game/puzzle.php?

re the cable i used marine u clamps, smaller than the ones you get at b and q, and you can get them in stainless if you want. used a pair of pliers to tension the wire then tightened up. no problems for sva etc.

http://public.aregner.com/bubblewrap.swf try it

thought this might amuse somebody!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6zkpn3LJz8

have checked the wire well, no shorts, cuts or anything in the length of it have noticed tho that when temp gets above n in nom it goes straight up to re when onder load, if you turn off, then just turn on ignition, the temp stays just under n when it always did before. could this mean the gauge is b===d, just wodering if there is a fault at the top end of the gauge which only comes about underload- ie vibration-. is there a way of testing the gauge at all? or just get another one have come to decision it is the gauge now!