Recent content by Hairymary

Thanks Terryplumb, This morning I took the whole assembly down the local plumbers shop. And with a new tapered rubber washer this time facing the right way, plus the addition of a thin plastic slip ring, it did the trick. Everything you said made sense and is exactly what I did in the end...

Is it now working? On another tack, there should be a flow (or pressure?) switch on the boiler to sense hot water demand, therefore kicking the boiler hot water heating into life. Maybe this isn't working properly. If the boiler starts but doesn't heat the water up properly, maybe its the...

Yep its No. 2 - Valve to flush pipe...the flush pipe is presently going up inside the valve threaded 'pipe' (but obviously not so far as to interfere with the valve seat). I am reusing the existing locking nut and washer to make the connection onto the valve threaded 'pipe' . I just don't...

Hello, I have got myself into a bit of a mess with a replacement flush valve. Background: The flush handle was broken on my very old concealed low level wc. So feeling adventurous, I decided to replace it with a push button version, so I bought a Fluidmaster Pro550UK cable dual flush valve. I...

Thanks Nick some good advice here. According to my manual the hydrostatic unit is a Sundstrand 318-0750 Hydro. Searching on the web for any info on this didn't bear any fruit, however. I think I will investigate option 1 (and then may get drawn into option 2). However a full replacement...

Thanks John The drive belts all seem ok I will check the gearbox price although I suspect the cost will make it prohibitive (could be in the order of £900 ). Do you/anyone know if the gearboxes can be dis-assembled and fixed? cheers Mike

Hi I have a ride on mower about 8-10 yrs old in good condition, that loses traction when it gets warmed up and is getting steadily worse. Must be the hydro-static drive,- does anyone know of any history of this malfunction? Also, it easy to fix/replace ? Thanks Mike

Ok this is the definitive answer, as fixed by the Audi dealer today. They diagnosed a siezing alternator pulley mechanism. The freewheel pulley (which has some sort of clutch mechanism on it) was replaced and she is now running very sweetly. So, in the end, quite cheap compared with...

No, the timing belt has not been changed. Thanks

Hi guys My car is about 5 yrs old - an 03 plate. The 1.9 Tdi has been faultless and has done about 52,000 miles and has been serviced regularly. It suddenly developed an intermittent rattling noise at the front of the engine, noticeable at low speeds, and mostly when parking, manoevering...

trazor its microsoft xp home edition, browser is ms internet explorer, all standard stuff really thanks

Has anyone had recent problems accessing the Barclays web site over the last few months. I can't even get to the page to log in my details, as it just hangs. All other web access is fine. I think it is something to do with my browser settings that is quite specific to Barclays. Barclays...

Yes I have tried all avenues - even visited another building supplier (Jewsons) they all seem to be 2m in length. Clear plastic is no problem for 2.4m but would prefer the bitumen sheeting

Hi I need some 2.4m long corrugated bitumen roof sheets of the type supplied in Wickes, to replace some rusty old corrugated metal sheets. However the sheets in Wickes are 2m long only. Any suggestions for alternate suppliers? thanks Mike

Hi I have recently had problems with my email servers, via outlook express. Incoming is fine, but outgoing is giving me a problem. Incoming is via easyspace, outgoing is via btconnect, as I generally access via btbroadband. Error message is 550 <my email address> ...not permitted. Error...