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if you have a seperate belt for the alternator, run it up to the point where it starts whining. turn it off and remove the belt. turn it back on again and see if the whining persists. at least then you will know whether it is the alternator or a/c pump. you will be able to run for a while...

I just walked past one of these accursed vans in A*DA's car park. The sliding door sticks out the back beyond the rear pillar when open. Damn thing nearly had my eye out !!

check out the Top Gear boys comments - don't mention Clarkson to her, just tell her that the small cute one with shiny teeth hates it with a vengeance as it is overweight and underpowered. Those electric doors are stuffed full of gizmos waiting to go wrong and so much strengthening that the...

if you modify any part of your vehicle beyond standard specification you need to tell the insurance company. in the case of the braking system they will require you to provide an independent engineers report as to the safety and design tolerance of the modification. it aint worth the...

headlights: place front of car against wall during evening with lights on, make chalk mark in line with centre of headlamp, roll car back about 15 feet and adjust headlamps so that the centre of the light pattern is now about 1" below and 1" left of the original mark. This will give you a...

tried it several years ago with black leather stain. It went horribly wrong and left a stain similar to oil on water. various shades of black/grey/blue/purple were all that we achieved. interesting situation though as my cousin dropped a gallon can of indian ink on his bedroom carpet and...

Plasterboard on dabs is more thermally efficient than render&plaster. That's why it is the usual spec on new builds since the 80's. Speed, and therefore cost is another consideration. personally having tried the two I'd tell your builder to throw away the plasterboard as you are saving up...

2 metre dash in the rain...hmm, try this http://www.elc.co.uk/toy-42219 how about removing roof and side wall and giving him a small caravan. when he's done with it you can get shot of it and reinstate the garage. (subject to pp of course)

check the spare tyre pressure first. My avensis started doing it the other week - found out that the TP was down and it allowed the wheel to rattle against the retaining bolt when chucking it round lefthanders. Wheel is centrally mounted but sound came from offside rear.

solar power. wash clothes - leave out in sun - nice and dry and didn't cost a penny to heat them up. sun-dried tomatoes, fish etc - nice... wind power. sailing ships, dinghys, washing lines again.. it's only when you use a stonking diesel powered digger to extract precious minerals to...

Nope - but they'll be your best mate until they've drunk the contents of the radiator ;)

agree with neo - radweld for a small leak if this doesn't work then drain it down while hot (be careful) so that all moisture evaporates from the hole and coat it with a dollop of araldite. refill it after 24 hours and see how it goes. at the least it should slow the leak down so that...

I would have thought that any settlement cracks would have appeared within the first 5 years of the house being built. To begin after 16 years would worry me as well. Are they all towards one side of the house? Have you planted any large shrubs or felled any trees in the past year...

you say you are on a corner plot. The 1m boundary may be to preserve the line of sight around the corner for traffic. I have a similar problem as there is a restriction on the height of my garden wall and planting within a set distance from the pavement. This leaves a dead space on the plot...

I'm keen to know the answer as well. I'm about to render some medium density blocks and want to avoid a c*ck-up. Usual rendering style consists of trying to press it on with a trowel gradually descending to standing about 3 foot from the wall and lobbing handfuls of muck at it until it...

so the clonk has now gone but the rumbling persists. get an independant mechanic to verify the gearbox mains before spending on this as it won't be cheap compared to the work you have just done.

Pray that it was the old fashion style and that it had run out of film. If its the digital type then the record goes straight to computer and the fine issued automatically. computers don't have mood swings (25yrs in the IT industry and I'd really like to believe that statement but I've met a...

bent or worn selector fork. it should be using the same synchro cone to get to 4th from 2nd as it does to get to 3rd from 2nd. if its the synchro then 'double declutching' will ease it into gear. if it is the selector fork the problem should persist.

try left foot braking - but in a car park with plenty of space around and nobody behind you. it takes a while to work on the sensitivity :oops: regarding going from auto back to manual - if it is a Mercedes stick to an auto box as manual versions are notoriously heavy to use. if you do...

hopefully just the inboard CV joint on the noisy side then and not the splines on the output shaft.