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You may not have been using much power but you are still being charged about 50p per day standing charge. Peter

Yes, it was from my workshop, I was a TV engineer for 50 years. Well a new section of pipe a good clean and some S. grease has cured it:cool: I just have about another 8 to do. Had to dig a 4' hole in the hedge to retrieve the coil of pipe, found all sorts of other interesting things under there...

I'm just off down there to take one of the worst sections off and cut a new section of pipe. I do have some silicon grease somewhere but its quite old, I think it came from 'Radiospares'! I have a coil of pipe but its grown into a hedge so I will have to sort that out first. Peter

Thanks for your comments. The pump is near enough the same, I have replaced it several times over the years and have had this problem before but each time I dismantle it the leaking is worse. I have also had other problems which entailed dismantling so its been taken apart a number of times...

I have had this problem on several Peugeot 406's and it was due to the brake backplates rusting between the two layers which pushed them apart and against the discs. Peter

We have a well with a centrifugal pump in the pump house (small shed) with the control gear including a UV system. Its all connected together with 25mm HDPE pipe and fittings. I have just replaced the pump and several of the fittings are leaking especially once it gets up to pumping pressure...

Sounds exciting.;)

I don't understand them either, I thought a key was a key. Anyway two new pulleys later and its OK now if a bit battered. Peter

These were so tight John that I bent the pulleys out of shape trying to remove them with a puller. Never thought about heating the pulleys although its obvious really, anything else you want to remove you heat the part with the largest diameter, makes the centre hole bigger. Peter

I'm still here. To get mine off I had the assistance of a local mechanic and his acetylene torch, even when red hot they were still reluctant to move, we did get them off eventually but I had to replace the pulleys and grind the end of the shafts down to get them back on again. Coincidentally I...

Yes it does but no bubbles, the air must be getting in at the pump end. No in tank pump only vacuum from the HP pump. Peter

Just that it is a vacuum pump in the HP pump and I wondered if the leak off was connected to it. Peter

Been there and done that John, had the whole fitting out of the tank then couldn't get it back in again because the tank had warped! Mine has an inspection cover in the floor. There are no air bubbles in the fuel line at all whereas before I changed the fuel filter there were. The problem seems...

Thanks John and hope you are keeping well. I have the carb off and bowl removed but that was as far as I got so will give it another go tomorrow if we don't get blown away tonight. I also have another car problem, I know this is the wrong thread, if you want me to move it just say. I have a...

Hi John I know this is a somewhat old post but I have a similar problem with my Izzy, its always been such a good starter but this year it would only run with the choke on. It starts and runs briefly on easy start but even with the choke on now it wont run on petrol. The fuel is getting into...

The car in the picture has the engine the right way round, they were much easier to remove than the front wheel drive ones are, I might have a go at a RWD but I think I'm to old for a FWD. I did repair the box for my sons Ford Ranger but that was on condition he took the box out and put it on...

True but most diesels do substantially more MPG than a petrol, far more than enough to make up for the price difference and in my opinion they are nicer to drive with much more torque at low revs. Savings depend mainly on how many miles you do. Peter

I wouldn't have anything else but a diesel, but we live out in the sticks and most of our journeys are fairly long and we rarely go to big towns or city's.. We also go to the north of Scotland and north Yorkshire every year and my C5 estate always does 60 mpg+ on the motorway. The 2.0.l Peugeot...

I did my first job on an E93A in 1956, thrust washer had broken behind second gear and the gear had slid down the shaft and jammed it in reverse. I was on a steep learning curve had only been driving about 6 months. Cars were a lot easier to work on in those days being RWD but the Ford didn't...

I would concur. Peter