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Sometimes I have problems getting my 2007 petrol Fiesta into gear. But the issue is very intermittent and not consistent. Not sure whether this is pure coincidence or not but find if the car has had a motorway drive, after getting onto local roads afterwards, can be very hard to change gear...

Only a boiler. Don't think so, has been fine up to now

Was just interested to know what things we may have done to avoid future problems.

Just had the Hotpoint engineer round to look at our gas cooker (as it's still under warranty, only 8 months old). Recently, the grill has stopped igniting and there's a smell of gas afterwards. Everything else works fine. Engineer just been round (I was out at the time) who told my wife...

Thanks all for your messages. Have replaced with a nice new pipe now. However, the 20+ year old push fit didn't come off without a struggle. Hacksaw/Stanley knife was required but luckily got there without damaging the copper pipe. All good now with no leaks... Phew!!! Cheers

To be honest, I never took much notice of the scaling up. It sits round the back of our en suite toilet. I plumbed in the shower pump years ago using JG then used HEP20 fittings recently for our shower unit. Went for HEP20 due to being more durable long term as some of those joints are quite...

Many thanks. I'm a bit concerned getting the old one off might be a pain. It's been there since we moved here 19 years ago. I've used JG fittings and Hep in the past. I know Hep require a tool to remove but wasn't sure about this one as never seen it. Don't want to force it if a tool is...

I think the one I'll be trying to remove is Toolstation product 30488. Not sure if it requires a tool to remove though.

Need to be careful not to damage the copper pipe though. Not much to play with

Something tells me, after 20 years this might be tricky to remove

JG method is to pull the red ring towards the black body I believe?

Hi, Am going to be replacing this pushfit connector and hose due to a leak on the valve screw. Am familiar with the John Guest fittings and how they are disconnected but never seen one like this which must be at least 20 years old. See attached pic. It has a red collar but no idea of brand...

Yeah, bungs are a good shout. Thanks

Is there anything else a can squirt over the top to seal it like silicon sealant?

I know. They're bloody annoying.... Need to drain the header tank to fix now....

Switched off the screw head type inline isolation valve to do a fix on my toilet. But when turned back on again (or even on off position) it weeps. Ptfe tape is not an option as not feasible to put on, so out off desperation just covered i it fernox lsx in the hope the very slow dripping will...

Good shout re leaving drawer open. Makes complete sense. Thanks

Thanks. Will give that a go

Fair enough. I'm not so worried about speed as just creating a backup archive in case my original gets destroyed. Only reason I was thinking about ssd as there's no moving parts, hence have better longevity. Plan would be to write to it once to fill it up with my photos etc and store away...