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love the idea of the solar charger when its parked at the supermarket. try one of these as well to get you going initially - it should be easy to carry and overcomes the problem of taking the battery home. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Emergency-jump-start-air-compressor/dp/B000MP4SS8

orvil, the only real way to get rid of rust is to cut back to surrounding good metal and weld in new OR to replace the panel totally. anything else is a temporary repair to prolongue a journey to the scrapyard. if the blisters are in the middle of a panel (away from edges & seams) then...

Hi Softus, I'm assuming you have a Laycock OD unit to play with then. Some info based on the D & J types.. I have a '72 GT6mk3 with a Laycock OD. It has a cone clutch, which is engaged by oil pressure within the OD unit itself. The oil pressure is allowed to build by energising the OD...

is it fuel injection or carburettor ? i'd suspect the fuel system first - possibly the fuel pump either kaput or blocked. Has it got petrol? (dip the tank to be really sure or tap it to see if it sounds hollow as you might have a dodgy fuel gauge and you are only starting on residual...

softus & yes2mud (and others affected) I'm big enough to apologise in public if you feel maligned by the generalisation. Sorry. I hope that you will also acknowledge that the automotive industry needs to clean up its customer service act considerably. From the manufacturers right through...

Replacing rusty steel is OK providing you cut far enough into the panel to remove the rot. You also need to have a clean surface for the resin to bond onto. The real problem here is to check the seam between the front wing panel and the inner wheelarch. (If the two layers are welded...

One of the motoring progs ran a test on this type of problem. They ran a diesel engine on a gallon of petrol. It ran erratic after a couple of miles but did keep going. The only adverse effect was that it knackered the exhaust system (sparks coming out the tail pipe) They topped the tank up...

I had a similar situation with a '64 build property. It has an ancient and inefficient boiler in a shed outside the back door and used to be a gravity system but had been fitted with a pump. The h/w cylinder was in a bedroom at the opposite end of the house and bore a kite mark dating it to 1973...

Jobee, with an "indirect system" the pump is needed for both water and heating as it needs to circulate it either around the coil inside the hw cylinder or around the rads. Some older systems didn't use pumps and relied on the gravity difference of the hot output water over the cooler return...

Hot water in the expansion tank is either "over pumping", overflow from boiler output too short, incorrectly sited or pump pressure too high. The fact that your boiler keeps shutting down is probably because the water in the heat exchanger is too hot resulting triggering the safety and also...

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Hi, I need to replace the section of c/h piping from the floor void into the radiator valves. It is currently 15mm copper tube and I would like to convert this to the chromed variety so that it matches the decor of the room and the TRVs. (13 year old son into shiny stuff and I hate it when the...

If you can only drain from a radiator on the ground floor then try not to disturb the joints unless you can avoid it. You could use the bleed screw as the drain point instead if you only need to empty the upper half of the system. Don't forget to open one upstairs as well to speed the process...

Saloon, Hatchback or Estate ? Usual sources are; Torn seal around aperture. Cracked rubber between glass and metalwork. Parking on steep slope causes pooling leading to water breaching loose seal. Pipe disconnected from rear screen washer. If sunroof fitted, blocked drainage tube...

Bubbers, Try bypassing the heater matrix by connecting the in/out coolant circuit directly to each other. 15mm copper pipe and jubilee clips will do this temporarily. Then see if the engine temperature comes up correctly. If it doesn't then suspect the thermostat sticking open. If the...

Have you considered a hearse? Loads of room for laying panels flat at a reasonable height for lifting in/out and a nifty 7ft x 2.5ft hidey hole underneath for storing tools out if sight. Complete with roof rack usually. Seriously though... If going for an estate car don't forget the...

If you haven't skimmed it over yet why not cut the losses and remove the offending join between two joists? Cut both edges back to the nearest joist and fit a new strip in. If you don't do it now it will bug you for years until you just feel you have to rip it down again.

Hi, GRP is a very strong material. Depending on how the mat is laid in the mould, the thickness and the resin type it can be hard as rock or reasonably flexible. GRP absorbs moisture over its life which can track between layers if not correctly made/repaired. It expands with freezing and...

IF head was removed - it could be that the new gasket was put on upside down and has blocked a couple of transfer holes for the coolant. However, it is unusual to have to remove head to fit new pushrods unless you want to remove the cam followers as well. My money will be on the valve...

Hi, Dontcha just love plasterboard stud walls - not. Safety bit: Got any electrical sockets on the long wall or near the ends of adjacent walls? Watch out where your drilling and how deep as they won't show up with a wiring detector if the cables go through the metal studs. You could...