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    Porch and front Door

    Currently getting to a finishing stage of a loft conversion ( bloody long time but hay ho) in the front room where the stairs currently enter I need to put a fire door, but at the same time i am intending to increase/fit insulated k17 boards to the front wall. to warm room up My biggest loss...
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    emptying radiator for new antifreeze

    My meriva did have a drain on the drivers side lower hose
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    Rover 45 TD Power steering pump leak

    having built the pumps from factory ( read further development etc) No The leak is from the rear seal in the ally cover there is a coupling on the rear that drives the water pump the does not part company with the shaft without destroying it. then you need to get hold of a seal
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    obdII sockets

    google paper clip test for the older corsa or brake test i know i have posted before
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    Will this car pass it's MOT?

    I was under the impression it was more a value thing ie 2 cars same make model but one is 5 years old and one is 10yrs old both sustain the same damage but the older is cat C and the newer could be a cat D or Cat D and a repair
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    Manhole in Patio

    i have one where the slabs sit inside so not to obvious
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    vauxhall zafira diesel engine light comes on then goes off

    have you tried the brake test as that also tell you fault code incase the reader not working
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    vauxhall combo 53 plate engine light

    good old vauxhall have a Brake Test which will give you the fault codes stored in the ECU save the code reader With keys out of ignition - press both brake & accelerator pedal at same time and keep them pressed to the floor.... insert key and turn to 2nd click - ignition on but DONT START...
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    Asda engine oil on offer.

    Vauxhall changed the oiil offer now trade club price £14 for 5w30 long life fully synthetic worth joining the VXON for the trade club just serviced my Zafira and genuine Vauxhall was the cheapest place to get the bits beating Local motor factors and beat ebay
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    wheel bearing gone again,and again

    as for big torque wrench stand on a standard ratchet. quick calc torque / your wieght eg 320Nm/100kg = .032m you then stand 0.32m from center of bolt
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    Alloy wheel deep scratch :-( What to do?

    Top tip when refurbed. Try wider tyre if on a 205 go to 215 Look for a tyre with a good rim protector on i used goodyear gsd3 but look around AlloyGator rim guard never used them but a college does as does the local funeral parlor
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    Best way to chase cables in?

    not sure if what i did was right, but i the wall to fit some trunking the just skimmed over the top. fitted a brushed facial and fused spur at top and run cables up the trunking (split)
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    Loft Conversion .. Steel Joist Strengtheners

    no is the standard answer quick google http://www.broxbourne.gov.uk/environment_and_planning/building_control/timber_span_guide.aspx http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/uploads/br/BR_PDF_AD_A_1992.pdf nearly finished mine ( got slowed up ) my joist are 150 but adding packer means the top of...
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    Oil pressure too high?

    sounds odd Id look at the switch not about you problem But to get the seals to blow i seem to recall the pressure was about 12bar depends on filter. You should not blow seals but worse case the increased pressure applies slightly more pressure to the seal lip so overheats the lip more, so...
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    Diy Loft conversion 2 up 2 down 1900's terrace

    slowly at the moment Money and time issues the other issues like B&Q shower install that was abit "****" I have not done anything since july!!!!! have all bedrooms complete To complete i need to plaster the corridors and stairs, fit fire door in ground floor ( now frame etc there) and...
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    What render victorian Terrace

    cheers as in remove completely, why nextdoor, ( the render does go up and form a radius on the brick dividing wall) could i trim back to the top, leaving radius, clean wall up. refix lead flashing ( one side is well grooved into the wall the other is just under render
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    What render victorian Terrace

    Would anyone know if my render on the parti wall is/should be a standard concrete render, ( the wall rises between house pitched roof) As lumps have "blown" and are blowning off, but some on the floor appears the be made with stones in...
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    vauxhall combo disk reeplacement

    or even better for a VX http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Torx-Sockets-Bits-Set-male-female-Star-T-E-Sockets-3-8-1-2-drive-Torx-/161104390301?pt=UK_Hand_Tools_Equipment&hash=item258291e89d
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    vauxhall combo disk reeplacement

    not sure of the size but if you intend to do more just buy a rail thats what did years agomk2 astra days only needed 1 for the head bolts...
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    Vauxhall Zafira missfire

    Top gasket leaking is the common one but since you done that. try searching the dodgy ecus on the 1.8 remember them on the rear off the engine block failing but cannot remember how the faults manifest themselfs
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