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Old Toyota Rav4 loaned it to a freind and now it wont drive foward or back ,manual box , its like something locking in the gearbox or rear diff , I took the rear drvie shaft off and put diff lock in and drove it home ok ,,,,an thoughts or common problems , Cheers |
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How to tell if Dealer is good My car has just been written off so now I need to get another one. I'm feeling very overwhelmed by all the options. What do I need to look out for to make sure I'm not using a cowboy dealer. |
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Cleaning inside of windscreen Probably that blasted silicon that people sray on the facia to make it look pretty . but it leaves a pretty awful mess that some dumb prick has to clean up, meths and window cleaners and elbow grease won't budge it ,,,mineral turps is almost at it, maybe ... |
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Truck chiller box body weight Probably doable (most things are) but I think much safer to get it put on a flatdeck truck myself. Just think of the size of the sail if you strike a cross wind never mind the weight you are trying to tow. The fridge gear might make it nose heavy as well.... |
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Loving this idiot bureaucracy. AT sent "a car dealer" a copy of a ticket for a car in their stock. ##It happens. Then records are checked and at the time of the offence the dealer did not own the car. That is a matter of public record. The dealer sent AT an e mail pointin |
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Marketing fail by Mitsubushi? Currently advertising 2 special edition Triton utes. The Beast and the very rugged looking, er, Hunterway? Hint for Mitsubishi - dont name your vehicles after a dog! Especially where tThe Hunterway is way more The Beast. |
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Windscreen dampness in my van Van lives outside & of course, subject to all weather conditions & the shade of the house. Been trailing a Damprid canister overnight recently & it's working well. Stick it on the dash against the screen overnight & the screen is dry in |
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WLT engine 2004 Ford Courier with (I think) WLT engine. Is this an interference engine? |
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Perished Tyres 1936 Morris 8 I have been rejected a WOF on a 1936 Morris 8 as the mechanic said the tyres are perished. I showed my tyre guy and he said it looks ok to him and the car doesn't go over 60km/hr very often. I looked up the VTNZ site but I understood that severely perishe... |
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Sergio Marchionne passes away Former FCA chief Sergio Marchionne passes away at 66yo. https://www.re |
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Fitting a 2l pinto and 5 speed seirra box in2 esky i currently in the process overhauling 2l pinto 205 block to fit into mk2 escort, the motor conversion itself i believe is fairly straight, foward,using escort mounts it will bolt straight in, then just a case of fabbing exhaust and and running new fuel l... |
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Nissan maxima blinkers not going at all Hi Guys. When wiring my trailer I created a short in blinker lineand now blinkers dont go. Fixed the short but still no blink. on car or trailer.disconnected trailer still no blink. Would this be a fuse or the blinker module?in car to fix? |
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Honda civic S or Toyota Corolla GLX? Both 2017, both about the same price, give or take. Civic has a few more KM Will test drive both but wondering what others think? Thanks |
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Dose this sound right to you. It was silly for the car yard to have no insurance, but if the car yard owner had insurance wouldn't his insurance take the guy that crashed his car to court to recover their costs.So why can't a private person do the same. Also what has his age got to do... |
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99 Hiace questions? Does 65psi sound right for tyre pressure? the door label is Japanese. Says 42psi for 6prlt and 65psi for 8prlt, tyres also say 65psi on them it just seems allot compared the cars I have had which take half that. What oil should I use for a 5L |
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Paddon Rally Finland Slowest of the Hyundai drivers on the shakedown - 8th on the overall list. https://youtu.be/ljcR0l0N__4 Wouldn't read too much into how things |
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Portable solar panels for caravan I'm after a bit of guidance here. Looking at getting a folding solar panel (100 - 120 Watt). I don't feel like spending upwards of $800+ for some on the market. Looking at Camec at around $400. I see some on here that are in the $220 - 250 price range. Ma... |
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Secure dry storage wanted in Onehunga area? Anyone got ideas on something around the $50 a week price ? Cheers. |
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2012 Subaru - advice for a jap import Hi is there a Forum out there to swap advice / info for details of Subu imports that differ from local spec here . . Took me a while to realise that you cant alter the Macintosh premium stereo Tone or HDD controls whist the car is in motion. cheers |
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VW Golf GTi revs dropping? Sons mk 4 golf has just started dropping revs when coming to a stop (when completly lifting the throttle). Revs will drop momentarily to about 400revs, then it corrects itself to about 800 at idle. Idles fine on start up, but after an increase in revs and... |
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So you don't need insurance in NZ So you can drink and drive and cause an accident and you don't have to pay as the vehicle/business you hit didn't have insurance. I seem to be missing something here, but I think the Magistrate is missing a lot more |
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2005 Honda Fit auto When cold auto is a pain in the a$$! If you try to take off at anything other then snail pace it clunks like its jump out of gear and just sits there until you hit throttle again. When its warm its as good as wood, auto rebuilt at 114,000 and its no |
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Insurance - what if both parties deny liability? If A says B is at fault but B says no, A is at fault. Do their respective insurers try to determine what actually happened or they just charge their respective client the excess and be done with? For example if photographs of the d |
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Now THAT needs respecting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agykNZw-368 Near 100% perfection |
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Scrappie value 97 Primera - damaged Hi, Son has a 97 Primera sedan, 270,000 ks, auto. Got run into a tree a few months back, so the front is bent in (still drives fine, no damage to running gear), Then stopped on the motorway and the mechanic says $800 ish to fix (alternat |
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