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    Avocet reacted to Mottie's post in the thread 2005 Rover 75 Air-con with Like Like.
    It’s normally on a plate on the bonnet slam panel.
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    Avocet replied to the thread Changing pads - advice.
    But the calipers won't be new and zinc plated any more. Neither will the ends of the pistons where they bear against the back of the...
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    Avocet reacted to dishman's post in the thread Changing pads - advice with Like Like.
    You have a good point there.....and yet nearly every guide I can find says to use grease. Could it not be that fresh out of the...
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    Avocet replied to the thread Changing pads - advice.
    Tends to come in through the flexible hoses. They're slightly permeable to water. Also the piston seals which are designed to resist...
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    Avocet reacted to Stivino's post in the thread 2005 Rover 75 Air-con with Like Like.
    It's a vacuum test they put on it. If it doesn't hold the vacuum, they won't re-gas it.
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    Avocet replied to the thread Views in this please..
    At one point, I think the Outlander was also a re-badged Peugeot model. (5008, maybe)? Not sure if this one is later than that.
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    Avocet replied to the thread Changing pads - advice.
    Personally, I'd prefer Option B). The dirtiest, most contaminated fluid in the system is likely to be at the wheel cylinders where all...
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    Avocet replied to the thread 2005 Rover 75 Air-con.
    I agree with Wayners. Assuming you've checked obvious things like fuses, the gas pressure in there is probably too low to allow the...
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    Avocet reacted to Wayners's post in the thread 2005 Rover 75 Air-con with Like Like.
    You start with recharge and see if it holds pressure. Many garages advertise as working on air-conditioning but in my experience they...
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    Avocet replied to the thread Enamel for alloy wheel?.
    Ah, the old Dunlop gauges! For us, it was soot from the inside of any particularly dirty tailpipe, but the effect was the same... The...
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    Avocet reacted to Mottie's post in the thread Enamel for alloy wheel? with Thanks Thanks.
    On the subject of old workshop equipment, who remembers the old wheel alignment tool with the eyepiece that you would put black grease...
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    Avocet replied to the thread Enamel for alloy wheel?.
    I can remember seeing one, once, as a kid. My parents had a Citroen DS and my dad would swear by on-the-car balancing. The car might...
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    Avocet reacted to Mottie's post in the thread Enamel for alloy wheel? with Like Like.
    Yeah, we had one at the Vauxhall main dealership I did my apprenticeship at. An angled wheel, a spring loaded plunger you fitted under...
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    Avocet reacted to Burnerman's post in the thread Enamel for alloy wheel? with Like Like.
    Turning the clock back ages..... Remember the 'on car wheel balancer?' The operator sat astride it and it spun the wheel when on the car...
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    Avocet replied to the thread Enamel for alloy wheel?.
    Er... I'm not? I get new tyres when I need them (which is rather more often than you, because I actually drive my car quite often), I...
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