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Probably one for Mottie, Carmemoranda, and anyone connected with the MOT scheme, please! Long story (slightly!) shorter... My dad had to give up driving recently. He has an absolute howling dog of an old Freelander, (2001 vintage) with about 175,000 miles on it. Really, it needs scrapping...

Long story short, son's car has a big crack in the screen. It's a 1990 Alfa so it's a rare car to start with. The screen has stainless trims round three edges, which are no longer available so I'd need to cut the old ones off the old screen and clean them up - plus I might need to treat some...

I've been thinking of getting a sand blasting cabinet for various bits and pieces of rusty car. Plenty to choose from, on the likes of eBay and Machine Mart. However, most that are of the size I'm thinking about, seem to want an airflow of around 10 cubic feet per minute. I have a cheap...

Had to rescue youngest sprog yesterday! Ran out of fuel. I was going to give him a thick ear for boing daft, but on arriving (in my EV with the can of petrol for the lawnmower) and tipping the fuel in, imagine my surprise when it started dripping out of the bottom of the car! Turns out, there...

Just looking online for an oil filter for youngest sprog's velociped and came across this: Is it just me, or is a 5 year warranty on an oil filter a bit like an ashtray on a motorbike? :ROFLMAO: (Well, unless you're Nutjob, of course...);)

Hi all, I posted this in the garden section, but without success, so I thought I'd try here as well. The terrain around our house slopes. A couple of years ago, we had to have the retaining wall rebuilt (it's a boundary we're responsible for). The drive is block-paved up to the retaining wall...

Hi all, The terrain around our house slopes. A couple of years ago, we had to have the retaining wall rebuilt (it's a boundary we're responsible for). The drive is block-paved up to the retaining wall. In a few places, the blocks have now sunk (I assume it's the disturbed earth settling...

Hi All, The boiler circuit breaker keeps tripping. However, it's fine if I disconnect the pump, so I'm assuming the pump has had it (As far as I'm aware, it's the original one, so it's been there since 1995). The pump is a Grundfos UPS 15-60 Our local Screwfix is open until 1600...

I have my sister's cruelly neglected shed of a 2009 Clio 1.5 diesel to try and get an MOT on and have a general look over. No service history, but she won't have done anything with it! Does anyone know what the cam belt replacement interval is on one of those, please? And how much you might...

Hi All, Our house was built in 1995. It is roofed with "pretend" grey slates (some sort of fibre reinforced cement). It is very mossy and I was wondering about having the roof cleaned, but people have told me that those slates only last about 30 years (I think they're Marley Eternits), so I'm...

Hi All, I've been asked by my neighbour to have a look at his chainsaw, which won't start. It isn't that old, it has a spark, and the plug gets wet after a few pulls of the cord with the choke out. Yet it really isn't even showing the SLIGHTEST sign of attempting to start. Not even with a...

Guys, just a heads-up for everyone on here. This arrived in my "work" inbox just now. Looks like an informal government consultation on the future process for registering (among other things) classic cars. If there are any classic car buffs on here, this may be of interest, so I just thought I'd...

Hi All, Our oil boiler (Worcester Heatslave 20/25) fan keeps running after the burner shuts down, rather than just running for 30 seconds or so, and then shutting down. Even with the heating and hot water switched off, it just runs continuously, as soon as there is power to the boiler. I'm...

Can anyone help with this, please? The house was only built in 1995. Concrete blocks, with a cavity. The inner leaf blocks have patches of foam sprayed on each block for insulation. The outer leaf is pebbledashed. The interior walls are just plasterboard stuck to the concrete blocks with...

Hi all, 1995 Worcester Heatslave oil combi boiler. It's roasting here at present, so the central heating is set to "off" on the programmer, but the hot water still comes on twice a day. I was surprised this afternoon, to feel the radiators getting hot, when the boiler fired up to heat the...

Hi All, I'm thinking of putting one next to the house. I'm imagining a sort of heavy timber "pergola-type" structure, but with an ordinary pitched roof, covered with slates to match the house. It'll be right next to a boundary, and somewhere between 3.5 and 4m tall, so I'm assuming I'll need...

It belongs to a mate, who has just e-mailed me, asking for thoughts. On one occasion, they had stopped during a long run. All dash lights normal, but no cranking. No messages or warning lights. It went with a bump start. Also sometimes won't start cold, either - even with a push. He's...

Could I pick everyone's brains, please? 2010 Mazda 2. To open the tailgate, it has a momentary switch which just sends a pulse to an actuator which pops the catch. It's the daughter's old car, but there's still life in it yet, and the youngest is now 17, so I'm just tidying it up a bit for...

Hi everyone, I've just drained my central heating system to fit a magnetic filter. Having done so, I refilled it, bled all the radiators, towel rail, and the three bleed points on the boiler, pushed the diverter valve arm to the latching position, turned the hot water thermostat fully...

I'm thinking of fitting a magnetic filter in our central heating system, having replaced a few microbore plastic pipes that were full of black crystalline "stuff". It's an old oil boiler (Worcester Heatslave). I gather these filters should be fitted in the return line from the radiators and I...