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Are you legitimately able to check on insurance if not the owner of said vehicle? I thought that this was not the case unless you were involved in some kind of accident and had not been able to obtain details from other driver? Anyway thanks for the comment, guys. Maybe the tax has been placed...

An older vehicle seems to have been left unmoved for several weeks nearby to where I live. Originally I thought it might have been dumped but recently I checked on the government website as to whether it was properly MOT’d etc. The MOT was due to expire on the 1st Feb 2019 so I have looked...

Only just picked up on your post, Pip. Seems to work very effectively on the 2 docs I tried. On the rare occasions previously where I have wanted to edit a PDF I used a free download called Nitro Reader V5 (its several versions behind their current offering which I guess is pretty pricey). Even...

Hi guys Could anyone please advise. A mate is planning to add a new radiator and having lifted the floorboards is rather surprised to find several deadlegs of 15mm about 120mm in length. Thanks for any help.

I managed to get it off eventually, FP. The lever is part of what is called a ‘snap-ring’ and, as you say, is designed to be twisted to let the whole WDU drop through the floor. This thing though was pretty gunged up and required a copious dowsing of WD40 before the lever would shift. But it did...

I have managed to detach an old waste disposal unit by undoing three securing bolts but remain yet to remove the supporting collar. There is a snap ring (part of the red lever) in place that I think should be shifted somehow but I am finding this confusing. Any ideas would be much appreciated...

Admit it, Secures, it was this bloke:

No worries, John, there is transport if you need it. Perhaps you have tried one or two of these already?

Fair dues to your mate for achieving a satisfactory outcome but 80,000 miles in one year sounds collossal...that's 1,600 miles per week. I would have thought that the gearbox should have been subject to at least one oil change as part of the warranty agreement. Was this ever discussed?

You bought a diesel and you're concerned about the environment? Awesome. :eek:

Could anyone give some advice here, please. My elderly folks could have done with a little extra heat over the winter in addition to what is provided by their combi-boiler CH. They have a supplementary gas heater as shown below but the guy that conducted their most recent CH service said that it...

Evidently not.

I thought one was sent a fine through the post for such transgression. Perhaps you get testers' exemption? :)

Speaking of which I noticed recently that when checking the MOT history of a vehicle the actual test centre was specified but this appears now to have been suspended. Any ideas as to why?

Thanks very for the comments, guys. I'll try to get some one-coat plaster as I am not far from a Wickes. A mesh fixing sounds like a good idea. Would you completely disregard using expanding foam for this type of job, though? It has occurred to me that I could use the foam behind the mesh to...

I will shortly be having a new boiler installed in this cupboard. Before this, though, I would like to tidy up the considerable gap that runs pretty much from top to bottom - at the lower section you can see the exposed lathes. Would I be able to apply some expanding foam into this gap or is it...

I require to replace a dead general system boiler in a modest size flat containing 6 rads with one of the following Vaillant models: eco Tec 28, ecoFit Pure 830, Eco Tec Plus 832. Is there any preference with any of these models? I can see that the Plus 832 has been out since 2009 whereas the...

The mortar around this gas-pipe had pretty much crumbled away. As you can see I have filled the affected area with expanding foam and started to cut the excess away with a junior hacksaw and stanley knife. I will try to improve things by sanding but could anyone recommend what sort of paint/s...

Well I simply do not subscribe to this 3, 4 and 5 years stuff for a car battery. A collection of ours have lasted between 9 and 14 years. An occasionally used Toyota Yaris (02) had its original Delphi battery until last November (2016) and that did not actually die but was, instead...

Yes, Dave, it would appear so. You can check this yourself by submitting, say, a battery model number into ebay and watching carparts4less present as one of the early selections. Check the price then submit the same criterion into Eurocarparts website and compare. Our efforts a few months back...