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94 Mazda 626 2.5 V6 - likely tappet noise With high mileage examples is there much you can do to either a) reduce the noise, and b) prolong the life of the engine when it has reached this stage! This aside, the car is otherwise in very good shape mechanically. Cambelt and waterpump recently done ... |
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Tyres for wiffy's car (225/65/17) It is a Mazda Tribute 2002 V6 (200bhp) FWD. It is running Toyo SU Sports which have done very well and I'm very happy with them but I can't seem find new ones in NZ (slowing down for corners is not anticipated). We do a lot of open road running ar... |
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95-96 nissan terrano looking into buying one of these trucks,iv heard they are cam chain driven. does anyone know the price to replace the cam chain and how often they need replacing! is there any thing in particular i should be paying close attention to when i inspect the ve... |
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Awnings for camper! Hi, wondered if anyone had any feedback on Cvana / Fiamma or Omnistor awnings.We have an extra large horsefloat, doubles as a camper for us too, so looking to put an awning on the side. |
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Unwanted crap in your Man Cave Just wondering if anyone has a Pottery Wheel jammed up in the corner of their man cave under untoldpiles of engine parts and important stuff in the Manawatu district that can be sold to buy more man stufff.! |
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Yep I'm keen I'm really keen to trade with you. http://www.trademe.co.nz/Members/Listings.aspx!member=2647290 Why someone with this number of bad trades is allowed to carry on is beyond me |
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Anyone interested in a copen! Copen is the best car ay! |
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Yuck! http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/nissan/silvia/auction-428982372.htm |
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Need to change the Category Listings on a car.! How do you do it. |
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Panel Beater recommendation please Righto - some bugger keyed my gf's car the other night so now need to repair three panels. Any recommendations for a reliable repairer in central Auckland, preferably Newmarket so we don't have to disrupt our day too much. Cheers |
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Stolen- Quad- Quingqi 80cc, Blue. Avonside Dr Chch Our daughters quad (a 2006 Qingqi, 80cc, in blue) was stolen from the garage (our house is yellow stickered and in the red zone - we couldnt access the garage but some lowlife has!).Someone told me to post details on Trade Me incase it appears. Would be y... |
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Kids 4 wheel m'bike 49cc my friend has one of these for sale but doesn't know a lot about them, all we know is it's 49cc don't even know the make of the motor etc.It has good new rubber all round and could probably hold the weight of a teenager if it had to but really... |
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Question about my s14 Last weekend me and a few others put a sr20de motor, gear box, clutch in my 14. I bought it from osaka which was complete just had to stick it in the car. Then this weekend I was driving it felt like the clutch was slipping when I put my foot down. At one... |
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Tyre Size recomendation! I have a set of 16x7 'sfor my caldinanow, and although the offset is about 3mm off ( should be max 45, but is 48 ) they will fit nicely with minimal rubbing i guess, Now as far as i can tell I should put 205/45 R16's on the rims to suit the new ro... |
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Judgemental (applying personal values) to cars Going by the comments here, we're all rather judgemental when it comes to cars, placing our personal values on others' vehicles. However, that's fine (and fun) as long as no-one takes it for anything other than it is (just an opinion and more ... |
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Pressure spray pots got 2 15l marquip pressure pots and another bigger,say 25l! a couple of guns (old ones ) hoses. are they worth anything to anyone!do people use them anymore!the guns would needa serious rebuild and pots would need new seals gauges as well perhaps. |
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Rattling noise- help my car has just started making a kind of tinny rattling noise. any clues! thanks Btw, its a 1990 mitsi lancer, and only started making the noise today |
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2003 Falcon Ba Cd player help Just got a 03 Falcon xr6, put a cd in, played for not even 30 seconds before stopping, and then rejects the cd, radio goes fine,any one else have this happen and how did you solve the issue!.also can an Ipod connector be hard wired in! |
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Type-r 15z alloys. how wide are they! 15x! i always forget this =/ are they 15x6.5! |
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600 holley i have a 351 with a 600 holley on it, witch has started running to rich.the engine runs a bit ruff and pops out the exaust.any ideas what could be the issue! |
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Weird Coincidences I was looking at a Kawasaki ZX9 today up in Auckland that a bloke I know is selling, so I thought I better check out similar bikes on trademe - http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/sports/auction-428798661.htm - the weird thing is both bi... |
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Do BOVs need certification! A mate has put one in my 01 Legnum, taking the vehicle in for a WOF in the next few days so was wondering if it needs a cert! |
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Horror stories - are they really justified! So many folks on here hate certain marques or manufactures, the mechanics amongst you loath certain cars to work on, many will say "It's Mitsi!", or "It's a Daewoo" or "They crack heads" in answer to questions. maybe ... |
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I just put new brushes in starter motor and bench tested ok. Its out of a WB Holden 202 and I hadnt started it for a while. I had to charge the battery and jump start to get even a moderate turn out of it. It managed to fire and ran for about 10 mins. I turned it off and tried to start again with no resu... |
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End of cheap cars http://nz.finance.yahoo.com/news/High-Court-ruling-means-fewer-irnnewstalk-3766857337.html;_ylt=Agng_7a5xGwfVG3oWvYjNe5SK5NG;_ylu=X3oDMTE4cW1zMWQzBHBvcwMyBHNlYwN5ZmlUb3BTdG9yaWVzBHNsawNoaWdoY291cnRydWw-!x=0 |
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