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94 Pajero Misfire Please Help I have recently purchased a 94 Mitsubishi Pajero. It has a misfire on startup, runs on 5 for the first 5-10mins of driving. I think it cuts onto 6 after a while however it still runs rough. Ive replace the Sparks/Leads/Dizzy/DizzyCap/Airfilter. Its booked... |
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WOF inspectors setting lights too low The other headlight thread reminded me of this but I didn't want to ruin it with a tangent. Has anyone else found certain WOF inspectors set headlights dangerously low! I have bought a couple of cars and seen others where the headlights have been adju... |
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Subaru Forester (1999 Turbo) Cam belt replacement Does anyone know of a place in the Hutt Valley area that does cheap cam-belt replacements, and/or approx how much it costs to get a cam-belt changed for a Subaru Forester! |
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Servicing and repairs around central Auckland for VW Golf Anyone has a good recommendation? It is an old-ish mark 4. I drove a Japanese car previously so pretty much anywhere would do.. |
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Great Wall problems Has anyone had problems with rust and corrision in and around the firewall brackets, or any rust coming between the seams! |
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Professionally Discredited in a Public Forum. I sold a watch I refurbished to a guy. I gave him good feedback as he made fast contact/payment. He then emailed me asked if I could / would refurbish a collectible watch his dad had. I said I could and he was goiing to bring it here. I then read on a pub... |
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Rebuilt auto transmission problems I had my transmission fully rebuilt under mechanical warranty approx $3500. I have had it back for 8 days now and it has been fine tonight I stopped at the light and went to take of and for a split sec there was nothing there no power or anything when I p... |
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What is better - cvt or tiptronic? i am looking at purchasing either a 1998 mazda capella or a 1998 nissan primera (yes they are old, its all i can afford) both are roughly the same price, done similar kms, and looked after - iyo - what would you buy! |
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How to lift the forkhoist. mrpg aka macguyver needs to check the brakes on the forkhoist but we cant lift it! lol just had the tractor out with the forks but it ended up with the tractor wheels in the air. |
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STOLEN CERT PLATES,VIN NUMBER,etc Bought a classic car on the strength of the rego being live (on exemption) however upon receipt of the car found the plates, cert plate and vin number are all gone. vin number etched into back window confirms plates etc are still live and on exemption.All... |
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Local wreckers buy stolen vehicle,police no action What can I do! I found my stolen vehicle at a local wrecker. I asked them about it and was told "I remember the guy that brought it in, he wanted to deregister it so I drilled the chassis plate off for him" He looked through his records and does... |
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Help identifying some lights. Can anyone tell me what these lights are off or how i would find out. TIA. Will try and add a pic if i can work it out. |
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What is the best and worst .car to drive you have ever owned, not counting ones you currently own! I am talking about sheer driving pleasure. Best - 1977 Mk2 Escort Sport Worst - 1976 Hillman Avenger Estate. |
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Does a driveshaft just break suddenly? My mother was driving our car to my brothers place and looks like the driveshaft of something has broken bolts and oil all over the driveway. We just had the brakes machined and sway bar boots replaced. IF it was faulty wouldnt the garage have pick it up ... |
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O/T - rusty nail heads in timber Folks, has anyone got a decent method for sorting out rust leeching from galvanised nail heads in my home windows and weatherboards! We get a lot of salt - and even ten year old nails, punched down 4mm, then covered with Selleys Permafill and acrylic pain... |
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Sr2- question re racing Hi, just picked up on your comment in another thread. I have always had an interest in cars, and would love to get into a bit of racing/ or restoration, but my financial position does not allow for this. How much time and committment would generally be re... |
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V8 Supercasrs. I see len is going to spend 21m of our money at pukekohe each year for the next 5 years what is wrong with hampto I see Len is going to spend $2.1m of our money at Pukekohe each year for the next 5 years, what is wrong with Hampton Downs, or is it Tony cant take all the profit and leave the bills |
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Tapu to Corroglen Is it all tarseal now!Been a while since I drove it. |
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Questions for Mazda MPV owners Hey guys, I recently bought a Mazda 2005 MPV, has 47000km on it, I noticed when it's in idle, it rattles a bit and after driving on a motorway and then about 5 mins drive on normal road, the radiator fan starts spinning, which seems to me that it gets... |
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Toyota Granvia/Reguis Does anyone know the difference between the two! I suspect the Reguis is narrower and slightly longer, Is that correct! |
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Escort alternator hi would anyone have an alternator for a 1981 mark 2 Escort van.cheers |
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A/c pump pressure does anyone know what a standard a/c pump operating pressure would be! |
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Holden employees in $2.5m stolen parts racket WHAHAHA, and they've just worked this out. I worked at International Trucks in Dandenong in the early '90s and you would NEVER believe the stuff that used to go missing from there. Suffice to say one of the painters had a B |
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If you dereg a car . just wondering if you dereg a car that has current reg and still has 6months reg left on it, do you get the refund for the 6months of registration! or you dont get anything back for it! any help will be great. cheers |
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Chainsaw mechanic Hi Guys my Homelite 20cc saw idles ok but BOGGS down while opening throttle, cleaned carb. plug, checked fuel filter etc. new fuel also, could it possable be ignition{elect} !hoping some one has possible answerThanksLou |
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