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Thanks for all the advice.

Went back to TLC today to ask if I can get it replaced. Manager was not around so will ring me on monday. But the serving girl says it shouldnt be a problem to replace it. Ive removed the cable ready, fortunately ceilings hadnt been put up yet and where its channeled in the walls I only had dabs...

That absolutely correct No it def fused. I even tried pulling a bit away with a pliers and it ripped with much of it still stuck to the inner sheaths. I'll return it tomorrow.

I have some 10mm twin and earth for my shower. When wiring it up to the shower, switch etc I found that the grey sheath is mostly fused to the sheaths of the conductors making it impossible to remove completely. Is this normal and if so whats the technique for stripping it, or have I bought from...

I need to build a retaining wall about 7-8ft high. There is an added complication of a spring letting out water in three places. It is a constant stream coming out from between the layers of sedimentry rock. I have a few questions about building this wall. Whats the best way to join it to the...

Yes John got it sorted now and the car is running better than ever. It used to hesitate on accelerating away and the idle was erratic for a few seconds after stopping. Thought it was the something to do with the fuel system but looks like it was the related to the timing, maybe a few of the...

Wouldnt it be great if a big car manufacturer went back to basics and produced a good reliable car without all the computers, gizzmos, special tools etc, that is easy to work on using standard tools. Designed for people who dont mind pottering around in the garage/drive for a few days.

Excuse my ignorance but whats VCDS. Its sounds expensive :). What would an auto locksmith charge to do this?

I was offered the course with no fine a couple of months back. I have had points previously too. However they had been cleared of the licence before the new offence.

You just nominate one of yourselves. The police, courts etc are not going to waste time proving your wrong. All they want is the money. After all thats whats its mainly about. Just nonimate the person who has less points already. Seems the fairest way, or toss a coin. In fact 37 in a 30 zone...

What an idiot I am. Leads were connected to the wrong plugs. I assumed the longest lead went to plug on cylinder 1 as it was the furthest away and the shorter one to cylinder 2, despite the numbers being written on the leads. Now I have the problem that the immobiliser is tripped. The car...

From what I understand they include the rollers inline with the marks too ie including the ones with red dots. The angle of the shot and perspective may be deceiving too, making the marked roller look offset to the arrow. will try and do the spark plug thing tommorow. It can get about 5...

There is 16 rollers between the marks. I didnt notice the bottom of the chain. Maybe its not visable with the c/head on the engine. I have turned the engine by hand, and even tried to start it. Its been turned many times. The marks always end back in the same position The only thing that...

heres the cams. difficult to see properly

I asume the arrows lign up with the slits as there are no other marks, and looking at the cams they are all in a position that matches my drawing and your description that no4 should be just touching (rocking) and no1 not touching (valves closed) That tensioner was also concerning me. Although...

Rechecked the marks on cam an have attached som pics Over all pic. Haynes manual states that there should be 16 rollers between the two marks on the cams and the exhaust cam mark (left of pic) should be offset slightly TO the centre of the cylinder head. Now there are definately 16 rollers...

So all I should look for at TDC is all valves on cylinder 1 closed and all valves on cylinder 4 in transition ie slightly open. I havent got the cam cover off at the moment so cant look, but should I see the cams (exhaust and inlet) on cylinder one turned away from the tappet and cams (exhaust...

Just confusing myself from what you wrote above and the hayes manual. It says 'No1 piston at TDC is on the compression stroke' so I assume this means at the end of it (if it was the begining the piston would be BDC), and it is now TDC ready for the power stroke. If this is the case then the...

I just put the head straight on I didnt put any oil in the tappets or do you mean they will suck it up after the engin is turned over a few times? I dont know if I have oil pressure. Would this be done just by looking in the oil cap and seeing if its running

Thanks Burnerman I will check that. Do you know looking at my 3rd pic on my earlier post which are the exhaust and which are the inlet valves?