Hiya G! I have to wait until the w'shop reopens. I've priced a s/h hub housing in Ashburton - Hunt parts/wreckers? It's a just in case it does break in that press. Otherwise it seems to be ticking along quiet well at the mo'.

Hmm, I have to replace a wheel bearing on the rear left hand side. There is no way I can get the the hub housing off the drive shaft splines! Tried a puller, heat / cold... I may have to pop the driveshaft out of the diff' and send the whole assembly to an engineers and put it in their 100 tonne...

Yesterday I was rock crawling up a steep track in 1st gear. The day was hot too, about 25ºC and it had been a long climb so the engine oil temp' was showing about 120ºC. I stopped for about 15mins with the bonnet up just to let things cool then carried on for a bit more. I know if I pull the...

Have not been impressed with the performance I've been getting with my 'new' head which I fitted a few months ago. [98 FL1 K series 1.8] Car drives okay but it seems to lack the same, dare I say, 'punch' on those hills and seemed to require changing down sooner. Hmmm So in the last few days I...

Those look quite 'hefty'. Will the change the wheel's balance much?

:D good plan!

Love to see any pic's - mines starting to go as well. There's a particular adhesive auto trimmers use - it that what you bought?

Cam belt change is not that tricky. It is best if you do have that cam locking tool. When all the timing marks line up correctly the replacement belt goes on quite easily. If they are NOT perfectly lined up it can be quite hard. Seeing as you have the area 'open' will you change the coolant...

Yes I believe that's correct.

I had an unpleasant surprise this weekend. I was under the FL1 trying to work out where an irritating noise was coming from when I reverse on lock. I looked around each rear hub and noticed on the passenger side the mechanic had left his brake hose clamp still clamped to that flexi hose. I'd...

What I've had done is: new 'Green Stuff' pads on the front - I believe they're a bit softer and bite a bit more, guide pins cleaned & lubed, on the rear: new drums shoes, springs & wheel cylinders, plus fresh brake fluid. I can't say there has been a great improvement. These things take a bit of...

:D yeah oil, coolant whatever!

I ran the wiring across to the drivers side and came up through a rubber grommet in the floor being the corner plastic trim panel. The power source is the reverse lamp cable to the rear light cluster. If yours is a wifi then that's prob' about it. Mine isn't and I then ran the cables to the...

Take that plastic off and attach some 6mm alloy plate of 3mm steel.

When I flush the heater matrix, water seems to pour out OK, so I don't believe there's a blockage. Possibly my 1.8 is very well cooled! The radiator is quite new, less than 4 years old, new coolant pump & coolant... 2 months ago, replaced the coolant bottle for a VW one, as in comeinhandynow's...

I had my brakes worked on today in an attempt to lift the braking performance at WoF [your MoT] time. It had been coming in at the low 50% efficiency rating. Replaced the front pads to the slightly softer EBC 'Greenstuff' ones, checked & re-greased the guide pins, fitted new st'd brake shoes...

The heat output from my heater is very poor in cold weather. I watched a presentation from 'comeinhandynow' on youtube. see here. It explains why the heat output is poor and how it can be improved. Has anyone else on LZ looked at this. I'll have to rewatch it a few times to understand it...

I was messing about today fitting an updated coolant level sensor. I've fitted a VW polo coolant tank and it had the sensor set-up in it. So I just bought a switch thingumabob from Aliexpress... I had to take the instrument binnacle apart to trace out my wiring for the warning LED I fitted in...

Lol - we feel your pain - o_O

Hmm, that turret idea could be a great idea for getting parks or sorting dick-head drivers!