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My sons car is due for an MOT and I suspect that the handbrake travel may be excessive (8 clicks). I've checked the adjuster by the handbrake lever and it has no more travel. has anybody any idea about the most likely reason for this?

My sons escort TD has suddenly decided not to start. Turn the key and nothing happens. Not even a click. If you put the red key in you get rapid flashing from the immobiliser led eventually followed by what I assume is a fault code. The code is 3 flashes followed by 2 flashes. Any Ideas?

I've been asked to mount a pair of moderately heavy (6-7kg) loudspeakers to a steel framed stud wall in a local school. I would normally use expansion bolts in a solid wall but obviously they would be no use here. Being a school building, safety is very important. Has anybody got any suggestions?

Can anyone help with an intermittent but continuing problem with my sons car. Every so often, the engine will just die whilst driving . Speed seems to be immaterial. If you re-start using the key the car will always start. The problem seems to be worse in wet weather . Has anybody any ideas

Just bought the car which appears to have one intermittent problem. Occasionally, when accelerating, the engine dies suddenly and completely. When you stop and re-start, it starts ok and runs totally normally. Any suggestions appreciated. Could it be the stop solenoid?

Following a diagnosis of a blocked injector by a couple of your professionals, I booked a service with a local 'corgi registered' "engineer".Having taken all the front plate screws off and disconnected the piezo,pilot and thermocouple connections, he tells me that he cant take the thing apart...

The Boiler seems to work OK except that the water never really gets up to temperature. I've checked the W.G pressure to the main burner at 7" W.G which should give 51000btu. A check on the gas meter shows a flow of 3 minutes per Cu ft or 20 cu ft/hour. This, I think, equates to 20,000btu/hr Any...

Can anyone tell me why my new cooker hood says it should be connected via a FCU. Whats wrong with an appropriately fused 13A plug/socket?

I'm currently installing a separate ring for my kitchen but I've run out of ways in the consumer unit. Currently, the immersion heater is fed from its own 15A MCB in the consumer unit. If I re-wire the water heater as a fused spur off the upstairs ring this will free up the MCB that I need...