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Toyota Corona engine stopped- - advice please. Our car is a 1995 Toyota Corona 2.0 3S-FE auto with 215000 km on the clock. Last Wednesday evening my wife was returning from visiting our ailing Son when the engine just died on her. I spoke with her on the mobile phone to try and determine what ma |
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Replacement van needed Trusty old 95 Nissan Caravan is getting a bit tired now & i'm tired of fixing niggly bits all the time. Recommendations please The obvious points I need in a replacement vehicle are . Reliable Modest performance Easy to |
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Seatbelts - Suzuki Vitara. Less than 2 years old my Vitara is giving me a problem. It’s upsetting the wife! Seriously, on two occasions in past week I have had to brake suddenly due to 1. another driver cutting in - and 2. indicating at a roundabout to turn left but carryin |
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Personal appearance. Car dealer Hey Folks. I'm trying to get opinions here. no one right or wrong just your opinions. You are looking to buy a used car. So you are looking at the non franchise type dealerships. The sales person heads towards you. How is he/she dress |
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Interesting article on Ferrari F40 It was Enzo's last car. https://www.completecar.ie/features/post/7374/Ferrari-F40-thirty-yea |
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Full tank of gas when buying from a dealer? Do you expect this? |
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WOA thats insane. Last couple of days ive been trying to price up a Volvo trade in. High miles with no indication the cam belt had ever been replaced except the customers word that "the mechanic said it had been done-at some point". Rang my mechanic for a pri |
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Trolley Jack What is a good lightweight DIY jack for the home mechanic. And how much do I need to spend to get one. |
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How to build your own Helicopter https://www.facebook.com/875894882513079/videos/3068571849887881/ |
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Called *555 last night - idiot driver nearly. had a head on while passing me over the yellow lines, along with the other cars in front with oncoming traffic coming the other way, dunno how he didn't hit the other oncoming car(s). This was while I was travelling to Putaruru from Tokoroa. O |
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Corrosion WOF 09 FG Falcon. Failed on corrosion in the engine bay. This is surface rust only, I could clean it up with a steelo pad or wet and dry. I thought you could fail if it was within 150mm of a structural point. This rust is 310mm from the suspension bolt, the p... |
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Suzuki Swift - Ball Joint id fit new disks instead. and balljoint all depends if its a whole suspension arm or bolted joint etc. post plate of car for better idea. you can also go look at partmaster supercheap what it cost and then about 2.5h labour as sortof max what ever they ch... |
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Recalibrate A Windscreen! Son in law has a nine months old NZ new Mazda CX5.On a trip a stone caused a large chip which apparently couldnt be "Novused" so he had to get a new screen.The company he went to(large NZ company with two identical names not Jones and jones but very simil... |
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Wipers on auto, (The Nissan van saga continues) 95 Nissan Caravan TD27. Right, so it hasn't been used much recently & thers been a nasty dose of condensation appear in the van. The only thing that is acting just a tad odd , are the wipers. Turn on ign key & the wipers run. Somet |
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Bmw mechanics To any bmw whizzes my son has just purchased a 2005 320i e90 sedan 4cyl he’s just had the orange over heat light come up and has just replaced the water pump thermostat second hand rad as he broke his second hand fan switch and temp sender switch but af... |
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Random Drive Shaft Falcon FG This drive shaft is not in the workshop manual. There are 4 or so different drive shafts for this vehicle. Most have a cv joint at the diff and a rubber joint at the gear box with a universal joint in the middle beside the center mount bearing |
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Range Rover Evoque. have you had one ? thoughts ? nice to drive? is visibility ok ? |
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Headlamps, fog lamps, daytime and position lamps Is it just me or is it just in Taranaki that drivers don’t know the difference? Or do they just turn everything on because they can? Fog lamps are only meant to be used when it’s foggy which is less than once in a blue moon around here. |
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Nissan XTrail We own a 2007 X Trail When driving with the head lights on I have knocked the lights off when changing to dip or indicating .never done this with any other vehicle.Any body out there do the same or is it me ? |
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Awesome cambelt tool https://hamsterspark.com/products/camshaft-engine-locking-tool |
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'J ' wheel collar profile Will most commercial van tyres sold in NZ have a J bead tyre profile? I'm trying to get something compatible with my J wheel collar profile rims but this spec is hard to find online |
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Cameras stopped working My car has four cams, reverse, top down (wing mirror ones) and front. They were working this afternoon but then stopped. It isn’t the button as they start automatically ie when in reverse etc. none of them are showing, ie if the screen Is di |
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2003 e320 mercedes 220,000 K's good condition and drives well and well cared for $3000. Worth buying for a nice runabout or not? |
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Worth a look https://para-rigger.posthaven.com/top-ten-car-producing-countries-1950-2019 |
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Surf ecu caps hey guys my ecu caps have begun to create some issues have read its a common problem with them was wondering if anyone's done the repair themselves and if so could give me some pointers on how to do so thanks in advance for any info |
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