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As above...99 petrol 1.6 focus...steering isnt smooth,like the power steering pump isnt giving 100%. If your driving slowly the steering wheel rocks back and forth slightly like a wheel is out of balance...but once moving along nicely it stops however its not smooth either side of centre(takes...

Cheers ill have a look @ those see if i can see anything... it does sound though like its up higher than that the noise is coming from. Cheers, Marty.

Hey there, as above...had a look @ all the linkages underneath last week when i had it jacked up and nothing obvious. Noise seems to be coming from the top of the suspension...wondering if there is a common/likely fault with these. Cheers, Marty.

Finally got around to tackling this job yesterday. Jacked the car onto axel stands and dropped the box out was a lot if work alright as I didn't have hoist but had an extra pair of hands for repositioning the box. I can finally drive up steep hills again!!! For anyone tempted to do a clutch on...

Hi there I have a large bonsai that I bought three years ago. It has lost practically all it's leaves on the last year or so. I really know v little about plants so would be grateful for any tips. I couldn't tell ye what type it is only it's two foot tall and quite heavy!! Cheers Marty

Worked it out tensioner at de back. Seems to be smooth in operation and offering plenty of resistance so I'll stick a new belt in there and see how it goes. Cheers Marty

Hi there fanbelt squeeling on the focus. Had a quick look but no obvious way of tightening like swinging the alternator etc. I did some searches and it would appear that maybe it has an automatic tensioner??....I haven't come across one of these before but I'm guessing it's either seized or at...

Cheers ...had to wiki frieze!! For anyone else reading this its the bit between the picture rails and the ceiling. Marty.

Hi there, I have stripped all the wallpaper off the walls in my living room...and i have filled any dents in the walls and sanded aso i have nice smooth walls. The original wall color was blue about 50 years ago and its going to be white so i am putting a white undercoat on the walls anyway to...

Cheers for that I take it sand cement fine so for scratch and first so? Need to get cracking this eve!

Lads need to plaster up where a fireplace came out. Have a friend whose going to do the finish coat. What mix should I use for this?(considering it will be exposed to heat as there is a stove there now) Also where fireback came out is quite sooty will this need to be spotless for scratchcoat...

The way i did mine, i originally had a single block party wall. I built an inner leaf inside it.and i dropped my wall plate on the inner wall. Joists and rafters ~(yove no joists but as long as you prevent spread you should be OK) I put a facia board on the joist ends and i installed the...

Yeah i built one of these in 2007!! The key for me was the gutter...i bought mine from gutterline in the UK (im in ireland)...it worked out really well. What info do you need? I think you should have joists tho to prevent spread unless you have something else in there to restrain it. Feel...

Cheers Mate, Ill get a quote to get it done. Thanks for your help...appreciate it. Cheers, Marty.

Lads, Anyone done this sort of job before know if its a one or 2 man job? Ive never done a car clutch before...done heaps of them on bikes, just wondering if there is much pulling and dragging involved. Ive done work on wishbones replaced driveshafts etc but i dont have specialist equipment...

will do..rang her last night and it would appear the filling loop was not left in place and she cant seem to find it laying about the apartment either. Her cousin popping in sunday to have a look @ it as im off on hols. Thanks again, Will post back once i hera how it went. Marty.

Thanks a lot!! How couldnt i find that??!! Marty.

Hi there, A friend has just phoned me saying she has error F37 which refers to low pressure...sure enough she tells me there is no pressure reading on the guage and the manual says it should be between 1 and 1.5 bar to operate. I havent seen this boiler and would like to fix this over the...

Cheers lads, Have another few quotes/job specs got and am going for a fella who is putting in 10" hardcore. Rang quite a few guys tho and none of them put in two courses of bitumen(no wear course)...they CAN do it but insist they never do and it would be V expensive if i wanted it ;-) Ireland...

Hi, am in the process of getting a coulpe of quotes for my driveway to be excavated and having tarmacadam put down. Can i ask what the normal "layering" is? First guy said hed dig 5 inches put down 3 inches of compacted hardcore blind it with sand then put the tar down(there willbe cars...