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Have you had a flat battery recently? I've had similar problems (on a different make car) when I've drained the battery. Sometimes the auto stops working completely, but sometimes the auto works but not to the right position. I've wondered how to reset it, but it always seems to sort itself...

I've just done the same and bought an 80GB iPod classic so I can put my entire music collection on and have it in the car without scratching the CDs rolling around the glove box :roll: I downloaded iTunes before I even connected it, and it has so far gone very well. It takes a while for it...

I've had some good experiences with the RAC, once being recovered from an accident in London in someone else's car and being returned to Southampton in the wee hours. The other was not long ago, when my dodgy battery had gone flat when I left the ignition on, which then proceeded to activate...

Have got one, it's never worked though, except the odd occasion when it reads 75 deg C. Sounds like a logical explanantion - cheers Dave.

Hmm, hadn't thought of that but I've used the horn since the wire appeared so it's not that. Last time I fitted a new horn it was spade connectors, this is a properly moulded connector block. The only place the wire would reach would be the radiator (no place for it there though) and...

Thanks for the idea - I've just been to check it and it doesn't have enough cable to reach as far as the brakes. I've also run the engine with the sensor detached and it made no difference with no warning lights.

I've got an L reg astra 1.6i GLS hatchback which is still running well despite it's 150k, but a few day ago I noticed something odd. When parked up I discovered a wire hanging down below the front nearside bumper with what I assumed was a blue electrical male plug on the end. Try as I might...

Sounds very dodgy to me. Why on earth would he want to install it like that?! The beam is unlikely to collapse as it will have quite a capacity for bending about it's weak axis, but the joists sound like they're effectively sat on a knife edge! He hadn't nipped out for a friday pint...

Sounds like your problem is more with the original photos than with the printer. Alot of the time a picture looks good on a bright screen, but if it's not calibrated to the printer then they'll never look the same. By brightening it with the image viewer you're brightening a dark picture...

I assume the bow is noticeable along the ridge of the roof. This is most likely to be eaves spread caused by insufficient tying of the rafters at wall plate level, quite probably by the alteration of the roof truss arrangement/structure. Addition of a new heavier roof covering will have made...

Not sure there is any such thing as a 152 UC 39, they're made in weights of 23, 30 and 37 kg/m. Corus are doing a couple of higher weights of 44 and 51 kg/m in ther 'advanced' sections, but they're not that widespread yet. This is an odd question to be asking - there's only going to be a few...

I've come across this with a number of different people, and the best solution is possibly the easiest - can you not use the phone to send the pictures, either by picture message or bluetooth to someone who has got a phone working with their computer, or by email (from the phone) to your own...

It's looking alot better, but I've got a little niggle with the details of the main trusses. Firstly, as this is an evolved design, we're kind of missing a major point. A standard trussed roof will either be similar trussed rafters all along, or trusses at regular spacing and smaller...

When I said that the ridge would probably be good enough - ignore me - I don't think I'd grasped the 6m span. I've just had a play with a spreadsheet and using a ridge beam in this situation really isn't an option, unless you've got access to some pretty damned big bits of timber. The most...

Looks like you've had some fun with a 3D package :) There're just a couple of things that would concern me from a structural point of view: There's nothing to prevent eaves spread. The rafters will have a horizontal reaction where they meet the wall plate which will be trying to push the...

If they're trying to charge you the earth for fitting vents, you can do what my mate did when he had it done. He asked them where they should be and fitted them himself. He also told them to leave the filling holes open so he could plug them and dress them himself, making it look much better...

Building regs notice for fitting a vent - I'd be surprised if this was necessary. I know that gas fitters will be very insistent that proper vents are fitted, but I always assumed this was to ensure any possible gas leak would vent out of the house when it sank to floor level. As long as...

Well just for anybody else googling this, you can get Teks screws which will self tap into the lintel. If memory serves they can be bought from Expamet. I've never used them myself, but have specified them to others and never received any complaints.

If I want a warm house I have no option but to get a decent fire going in the hearth - it's not a cast iron fireback but an original fireplace. But in an area with no gas, and only night-storage electric heating installed there isn't much more of an option without room for an oil tank. Have...

You'll need to fit some temporary support (acrows/strongboys) to hold it up while you put the lintel in. No offense meant, but it doesn't sound like you're very familiar with this kind of job. I'd suggest you get a builder in and get it done properly.