So had the alternator refurbished. The regulator module is no longer in production either by Bosch or as a pattern part so he rebuild the old one with the correct components and fitted new bearings that were rusty and worn, the slip rings were smoothed out and all tested. £95 all in which I was...

So this morning I took the alternator to a man in a shed who has been testing and repairing alternators and starter motors for more than 30 years. He put it on his test rig and immediately diagnosed the problem, the brushes on the regulator module were bouncing and not producing a consistent...

Been looking at clamp meters, seems to be an array of price and quality. Is there one you would recommend?

Found a copy you posted in another thread back in March, one from Wammers.

I have just sat in the car with it all locked up and the faint glow on the auto P does go out after about 3mins. With regards to the alternator refurb, I have looked everywhere for the parts to refurb it but have drawn a blank with the Bosch part numbers.

I haven't specifically l knew about the rf receiver keeping the BECM awake which I have eliminated. Is there a guide to doing the sleep tests?

One thing I haven't got. Will have to get one, might save me some time

So I have a couple of jobs to do on the car and have not had it plugged into the Ctek for about a week as it is up on stands at the moment. Needed to turn the ignition on yesterday and the battery was flat again. Since the last time I have removed the rf unit for the remote locking and am just...

I had thought that, any one you would recommend?

Now my 2002 Vogue SE has passed the mot for another year I am going to fix some of the other issues it had when I bought it. It has the Alpine radio/cassette with cd changer in the boot along with the Harmon Kardon speaker system and sub woofer. All the bass speakers in the doors and the sub...

MOT day today I was a bit nervous but after all the remedial work I have done I was quite hopeful. Sailed through with no advisories, not one. I can now have a good go at some of the bodywork issues before the winter gets here. Has anyone repaired the framework under the side steps or is it a...

My 98 DSE had the cruise control button but none of the bits that operate it under the bonnet, I suspected it was an option. My 02 4.6 has all the vacuum parts under the bonnet but the tube from the accelerator to the vacuum bellows had split in about five places, ran a new tube and hey presto...

I have totally disconnected it and its sitting on a shelf in my workshop. Using the key to unlock which isn't to much of a pain. Not seen the jog switch option is there a link to it?

Yep totally unplugged. The car is about a metre from where our router is in the house office/study and the same distance from a WiFi cctv camera and our cordless phone base stn. If its on the hard standing it's about 20 metres from anything wireless based. I normally buy Yuasa batteries but at...

I disconnected the RF receiver, just locking it with the key which works fine so don't quite understand how it can be picking up anything . Got a fairly new Varta battery too.

Does anything else in the car pick up spurious interference causing the battery to go flat? Reason I ask is the car was parked up on our hardstanding for three weeks when I was sorting out the ball joints etc this is a good distance from the house and away from any WiFi etc, the car started...

Looks like you got a state bonus or discount ;)

I have had a look and have a thin bit of angle, if I do the two that sit over the map lights can hide the screws or pop rivets. It's only got three of the lugs but that should be enough.

Finished the drivers side yesterday before it got to hot. Putting the ball joints in the freezer was a good tip Just got to change the oil in the diff and road test. Got some knee pads for my work trousers made it a bit easier. Also found the interior light hanging from the roof, looks like it...

I had that about 15 years ago and had keyhole surgery to remove rough bits on the patella and hoover out the joint. No more standing up with a knee still bent or searing pain. Ended up today taking my strong pain killers which I am loathe to do normal. Will start on the drivers side at the...