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thanks Frank . thats opposite to my car which has the shorter wiper on the nearside ..also the wiper arms are pick n mix in length , which side does the longer arm go one ... ? both my cars differ at the moment !!!

bit confused at the moment , my facelift has a 19" and 16" ( measured ) wipers on it , but all the cats are telling me 20" and 18" ,but it looks a very close fit at the moment . Do the described lengths of the wipers tend to be optimistic ? Also one wiper arm is longer than the other , can any...

check out the EPX bit first , I think it stands for Extreme and involves the use of additives that can attack certain metals in a gearbox , it was not recommended for use in a Fiat I had for that reason . for example :- http://www.fiatforum.com/x1-9/182923-gear-oil.html

may of found the problem , the piece of plastie card that has the lettering on it had expanded in the heat and was catching the blunt end of the needle when it was in the 10 11 and 12 o'clock positions, loosened the mounting srews and held it flat whilst they got re tightened and also put in a...

what can go wrong with a cable driven speedo ? the cable has not snapped but the speedo is under reading since the car went over a bumpy road , nothing looks out of place or broken ?????

yep as Franks says ..with the engine off , you can pump the brakes till they go hard , keep the pressure on the brake peddle and then turn on the engine , the peddle should drop a bit , confirming the servo works ... sounds like you still have air in the system ..

does the MAF need to be on the TB , I have seen cars with it on the air supply hose a couple of feet away from the TB , I ge the impression as long as the diameter of the hose is correct at the MAF mounting point it should be ok ????? . It would make sense for making them last longer , cooler ...

watch out for the load limiting valve at the back , it only kicks in and lets the brake fluid throu when the back is loaded down with weight. . The haynes manual suggests bleeding the brakes in the following order .. left hand rear right hand front right hand rear left hand front you may need...

you should see 12v on the wires on the back of the door switch , this will be via the bulb , if not , work your way back to the light assembly , does it switch on at the light switch , that would prove it has power and a good bulb . I have had cases in the past were the door switch does not...

a pair of ex Volvo 240 thick rubber floor mats cut down to size ... more pratical than comsmetic and they really keep the muck and water under control .. and they say Volvo on them !!!

noted the bit about trimming the rear bumper , pity I have a facelift car with its slotted bumper , always wondered if there was a way to smooth it up a bit ?

not much behind that panel , bit of pushing out , filling and another door ? unless the B piller has bent I would presume its still a runner ..

2 wires on the sensor , wire the resistor across them , ie one leg of the resistor to each wire ... that will put the resistor in parallel with the sensor .

had a look at this out of interest as my cars have shown this tendency to flood if I just move them around on the drive .. and a lot of cranking to get then going . The coolant sensor has 2 wires going to it , so Nissan have retrofitted a 15kohm ( 15,000 ohms ) resistor across the terminals of...

tend to go off the beaten track , got a stock Nissan parcel speaker shelf and some discs for the wheels

a "engineers' decision" normally making calculated and educated guess at how a part can be reliably and cheaply made to safely do a certain job . If its cheaper to leave excess material on a drum or bracket then that will happen . It would be interesting to see what the weight reduction does to...

no ABS on my car , their is a box that can go in the back for parking sensors but that is a lot bigger and is not fitted on my car . but I do find it strange the rear wiper has a constant wipe action !!

can any one tell me what the little relay type box is for in the right hand side of the boot space , its next to the rear speakers connector . I am also wondering if the rear wiper can be made to be intermittent as opposed to constantly wiping ? thanks Mike

does the optical sensor need 5V ? , the Bosch MAF is made to run off a 12v supply but has a signal output in the range of 2 to 5v , with a output signal of 0v or 12v being a fault condition which is recognised by the ECU .

guess on 15 to 25mA for starters , so you need to drop from 14 t 5 volts , thats 9v / .025 = 360 ohms , 9v /.015 = 600 ohms , so try a preferred value of 560 ohm first . or try building a regulator circuit using a 7805 type device . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/78xx regards