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Mursal - I assume you mean pull the handbrake whilst driving? Just pull it on, then off again - or leave it on slightly (one click) for a while? The handbrake lever comes up 2 or 3 clicks without having to heave at it, but the wheels wont turn even when I only pull it onto the first 'click'.

Right, we now think that we made an error in how we did the adjustment on saturday.... we tightened the handbrake up and then did a final adjustment to the adjusters in the drums. We've undone that, slackened the handbrake cable right off, done the adjusters up so the shoes are tight on the...

Thanks John, Dad has been out of the mechanic job for the last 10years, and worked on farm machinery and ar-tic lorries rather than cars, but no, I'm sure he hasn't forgotten the basics in 10years!! I'm no mechanic but am quite mechanically minded, quite practical and think logically, so...

I assume that my description of the adjuster made sense then? Will have to get it all back up on the stands, wheels off, drums off etc.. again, so will try all this you've suggested, but its not a job for tonight!! The handbrake cable does have a threaded adjuster under the handbrake...

Too many letters in that sentence John - after the last couple of weeks, I'd have left out "handbrake cable" and left it at "I don't like Ford s" :wink:

Thanks guys. I thought I'd put it in the original post but it appears it only happened in my head - my dad used to be a mechanic and he helped me do the work. He checked the cylinders and that's why we ended up replacing one - he was happy that the passenger side one was free and working...

....other than ring the scrap-man that is!!

Hi, Got a '52 plate fiesta which has failed the MOT test on the rear brakes. The passenger side is under-powered on the foot brake, the drivers side doing next to nothing on the hand brake. The hand brake does hold on a hill, but presumably it must be the passenger side brake doing it all...

That's worked...kind of... The text is smaller, and so I have more bookmarks visible now, but the line spacing is still leaving bigger than normal gaps between each bookmark. Why do they change things when they don't need changing???

Hi, I'm using Firefox on Win 8 and it has just upgraded itself to Firefox 25.0. Since doing so, the text size in the bookmarks sidebar has increased so where I used to have around 70-80 bookmarks visible without scrolling down, I now only have 30-35. I've tried changing the default font...

Thanks, found it now - wasn't sure what file type I was looking for, but found the .mab files now. All back as it was. Didn't think the windows update would mess about with other installed programs - wish I'd never bothered upgrading now!!

Thanks Cylon - wasn't quite in the same place, but you helped me know what to look for!! All e-mails restored now. Any idea where the Thunderbird address book files are stored?

Hi, We've recently bought new PCs which came with Win8. After the initial shock of the touch-based OS on a PC, we've got used to it. Now we've had an update notice for Win8.1 so updated it. What a mistake, I wished we just stayed as we were. Brought back all the c**p I had got rid of...

Hi John, Thanks again. Got both hub nuts off last night and got the drum off one side - I've borrowed a drum puller so it came off relatively easily. Looks a mess inside though - definitely due some attention!! Any idea what torque I should do the nut up to when I put them back on?

cheers john, I had read about taking out the bolts on the rear but took one look at them on my car and decided to go down the alternative route! they didn't look keen on coming undone! so a socket on the whole thing? do you know what size it should be? 30mm seems a bit loose but next size...

Hi. ive got a 52 plate fiesta (think its Mk 5?) and im trying to get the rear drums off. popped the hub cover off and behind it is a nut which looks like its got a metal shroud on covering it. do I need to get this off and get a socket on the nut underneath, or just get a socket on the whole...

Not a problem any more - the delivery estimate for the new light cluster was Oct 25th - Nov 5th. It arrived today - 3 days early! If it fails now, it wont be because of the rear lights!!

Cheers guys, The hole is a little too big to attempt a patch up with glue - i'd say its about an inch square but its right at the bottom of the lens so away from the bulb itself (rear fog light). That said, from a low angle, you can see a little white light (I don't think you'd see any white...

Hi Guys, Can anyone tell me if a crack and small hole in the lens on my rear lights will cause my car to fail its MOT? All the lights are working, just the lens is slightly damaged at the bottom (slight altercation in a car park...) I have ordered a new light cluster but delivery could take...

well its progressed.... boiler has stopped working now. flashing light says its a air flow fault, so to my ignorant mind, that suggests fan was making a noise and its not stopped working altogether. the noise has stopped though... :wink: