Recent content by DanS

I have the main rear light on the passenger side out. I have swapped bulbs over to the other working side and both work so must be a problem with the light unit or electrics. All cabling looks ok into the unit, and all other lights on that side work. What else can I check?

what tools to replace the ball joint?

how much are ball joints and what do you need to replace?

Only notice this at slow speeds when moving in traffic over bumpy ground but the front end has quite a bad rattle which seems to be coming from the drivers side front suspension area . Top mounts are tight, jacked the drivers side up and the everything seems tight, the outer of the tyre seems to...

well greenlight don't insure my postcode, looks like elephant it is! just had a quick look into the postcode ratings and although I live in an LS1 postcode with a secure underground garage seems the postcode has a lot to answer for, rated F...

Just tried Sky and they couldn't beat my elephant renewal, will give brentacre a ring and if no joy looks like i'll be giving my money to elephant again!

Just got a quote from Adrian Flux, i'm 30 this year, 3 years NCB, 0 points, never made a claim, clean license, member of CS and live in a good area, a 2002 172 valued at 3500, wait for it.... £1146.19, are they having a laugh? best I can get is an elephant renewal for £470, this still seems...

nice one, thats what I was looking for, shouldn't be too much of a hassle tosort that then!

another thing is that it only does it when the engine is warmed up; if its idling and I dump the throttle to the floor quickly (this isn't something I do often, its just to test it) the the engine seems to splutter & hesitate for a second and its almost as if the revs drop slightly before they...

what is the standard thread for that bolt and what corresponding helicoil size would I need. also would this cause an air leak like I think I have, or could that be something else?

not sure what you mean? the thread is/was in the rocker cover (if I remember rightly) so I didn't want to remove that, just repair it, I dont mind taking the plenum off, thats easy! there is something that is a bit odd that I'm trying to get to the bottom of; the engine hesitates and splutters...

Are they easy to fit, or should I say are they easy to balls up more like. Is it simply drill down into the hole to clean, re-tap the thread then turn in the helicoil to fit? Also how do you know what size helicoil to fit?

had this for a while but not got round to sorting it yet. When I rebuilt my engine a while ago I managed to strip the thread on the pic below its the right one of two that holds the top of the inlet mani on to the rocker cover. What's the best fix without dismantling everything? Helicoil...

is that Mickleton garage? (I noticed it says it on your spoiler too)

Sorry to hijack thread but what exactly does a misfire feel like as mine does a weird thing just low revs when I floor it, sort of hesitates and splutters for a split second before picking up and going! is this the same?