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Two pairs of stilsons. Peter

You need someone who knows a bit about cars to check it for you, there must be a few people left! Peter

My son has two of them, one he bought recently which is an 07 with a good body and I think he paid £2500 for it which was very cheap, that was in Surrey, we had previously looked at one locally which was older and in nothing like as good condition and that went for £3500. His other one is an 02...

I have had Peugeot and Citroen diesels that have been good for nearly 300,000 miles. Peter

If you can remove the centre part of the bearing run a ring of weld around the inside of the outer, when it cools it will shrink and you can lever it out with a couple of screwdrivers - or at least on the Citroen XM you can. Peter

If you have one that's not rotten they make good money. Peter

Diodes should be tested out of circuit and will read about 0.6v forward and virtually open circuit in reverse. I appreciate its difficult to do that but if you can disconnect everything else from the circuit you should get a fairly accurate reading. Peter

I would concur, bit of a sledge hammer and walnut job but it shouldn't have any trouble starting it - or you could as suggested take the spark plug out and run it on the battery.;) Peter

Vauxhall's are apparently now made by PSA, should be good if they use their diesels. Peter

A friend on mine had one and chauffeured us on our wedding, that was in 1963 though. I think it was a Barker Sports Special 1949. It was quite a sumptuous car but had the odd quirk of having the gear change on the right of the drivers seat which impeded entry and egress somewhat. Spares were...

On some vehicles you cant get 14.5 v on tickover, although I'm not all that sure about this modern stuff, try revving it gently, if still low voltage the alternator could be faulty and leaking current thus running the battery down. Connect an ammeter in series with the alternator cable -...

Allow me to introduce myself.:) Was a TV engineer for 50 years starting in '54, retired in 04, now coming up 82 (have had both jabs:cool:) One of my first jobs in the shop was charging accumulators, much less technical that it is now! Didn't get my licence until the '80s' via CB like most of...

I don't use a smart charger mine are good old fashioned mains transformer types. With one of those if the battery is OK it will start charging at a fairly high current immediately you connect the battery, the current should then gradually drop until the battery is fully charged. If you get...

I just bought two 12v 82 ah deep cycle batteries from Tayna for not much over £100 as back up batteries for my ham radio equipment. The previous ones I bought second hand about 10-15 years ago and they have only just failed. I charge them at a continuous 13.2 volts as that is the theoretical...

Got one duff cell - at least. I would concur on Yuasa. Peter

Don't know about a 409 but most of my 406's had done well over 200,000 and were still going strong. The previous XUD IDI engines which these were based on were capable of 300k, I had a couple of XMs that had done nearly that. I would expect these engines would be good for 200,000+ my first 406...

The ones I have at present are in 2008 C5s but I know they made them until the end of the run which was about 2017, I think they are still the same. There must be millions of them about as they were used by Ford in the Mondeo - although for some reason the don't seem to be as reliable in them...

If you want a diesel the 2.0. Peugeot/Citroen engine is about the most reliable. Peter

Batteries gradually lose capacity as they get older but will still start the car because the large plate area can provide a high enough current for just a few seconds but the reserve can be very small. Peter

If all else fails weld a nut onto it through the hole in the middle, not only will this give you much better purchase on it but the heat will also expand the head round the bolt.