Recent content by Smack123

There was little flow coming through the manhole so I sent an auger up towards the toilet. Fortunately it's a short distance. Pushed something further up and managed to grab it when going back down the toilet bowl. Didn't feal like a clog, just kept catching on something. I guess I know...

I have a toilet which flushes away slowly and can’t flush tissue paper. The cistern seems fine, and filling the bowl up with a bucket also flushes slowly. My plunger is broken and nowhere other than amazon (of which I doubt the quality) seems to sell the good classic pull-up style ones anymore...

Yes but I had the steering wheel turned while the car was in the air. Unfortunately I don't have anyone to turn the wheel at the moment, with the car on the ground the tie rod end possibly has some play. It's not visible to the eye, but it feels like it rocks <0.1mm, though I'm really doubting...

Ok, I'm pretty sure these guys were just trying to get an extra car in the garage. I took the problem side wheel off and lubed all the rubber joints with rubber friendly silicon spray, then I rubbed some rubber friendly silicon grease over each for good measure. Unfortunately my can ran out of...

Track rod was a yellow advisory, alignment and breaks were a red advisory. The discs are also thicker than minimum, there's some surface rust showing up on the non-contact edges but not flaking off or anything, I'm changing them next time I do the breaks anyway, but when I asked these guys to...

Vauxhall Astra CDTI ecotec, 1.6cc, 2017, 90'000 mileage mostly rural/town roads and some motorways. I took my car to a garage for MOT and full Service. It passed MOT fine but had a few issues they wanted to repair immediately. - Wheel alignment and front L tyre replacement (This definitely...