Wullie

What about those people who have never "upgraded" to a photo licence? Will they now be required to fork out for one.

Take off the door card. Disconnect the plug that leads to the motor. Support the window and pop the rollers to remove ant load to the motor. Apply 12 volts to the motor side connectors to see if the motor turns. If it does the motor works. If it does not reverse the connections and try again. If still nothing the motor or the cable to the motor is goosed. If it works move the window up and down by hand to see if it is jamming anywhere. If it's OK reconnect the rollers and apply power to the motor again. If it fails to move the motor is probably worn out and can't produce enough power to move the window. Try wiggling wires etc as an act of desperation. Edit:- Also check the cable that raises and lowers the window hasn't frayed and jammed the motor, although if this is the case a new assembly will probably be required.

Use wheels that fit??? :scratch:

I may be wrong but I think that if you raise the spoiler manually and then drive the car you have to reach or exceed the speed at which it normally rises automatically before it will go down by itself. I had an incident a few years ago where, after raising the spoiler manually I drove through town and the spoiler remained up. A cyclist decided to use the car as a resting place so I accidentally lowered the spoiler manually and unfortunately caught his fingers between it and the boot lid. Ooops.

It's an actual fuse. It's slightly set back and difficult to see without getting your head down there with a torch. Don't have the C anymore so can't go out and take a pic, just working from my fading memory.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]81228[/ATTACH] It's roughly above relay 18 in the attached pic and a wee bu**er to get at.

There is a fuse above the fuse box, did you check that one? It's not immediately obvious and you really need to get down and use a torch and is awkward to see and reach.

I bought the Aldi version of the Dremel about four years ago. Think it cost £15 and came with a load of accessories and a flexi drive. Still going strong and it gets used extensively. Every now and then they do an accessories set for a fiver with about twenty or thirty different tools.

Had both a 500 and 1200 Amiga. Remember Eye of the Beholder and The Bards Tale and innumerable other games. Desert Island Dizzy was another favourite. Probably the most addictive thing was the original Lemmings. The urge to finish a level before going to bed, then when it was complete just have a wee quick look at the next level and so forth till the sun coming up and the birds starting to sing reminded you a couple of hours kip would be a good idea.

Balance weight on driveshaft come loose.

Got a letter in to renew my driving licence as it was ten years old and my picture needed updating.One of the options was to renew it online where they would use the picture from my passport, which is three years older than the one on my existing licence.Somehow I see a slight flaw in the system and feel ever so slightly that I am being ripped off.~Plus ~I’ve got to renew it again in less than two years as I reach seventy. Bu**er.

I second this as a first step, simple and inexpensive. Had a similar thing with my 16v. After 5 minutes of panic thinking I'd left a socket set in the cylinders discovered the exhaust had a couple of loose bolts. Doh.

Classic symptom of a dead battery. Swap it over/charge it/jump leads first. My motto with this sort of thing is check the simple thing first. All to often these things can be overthought and things poked which should not be poked. By the time you have, say, replaced the battery and it starts you then find you have mucked up other things and now have to try and sort them out.

Site was fine about ten minutes ago for me, then started loading pages slowly and after two or three pages got the 504 error. Closed the browser, and looked at another couple of sites then back here to find everything running OK. Probably not very helpful.

Couple of days too late probably but I've found this works. http://guyviral.com/auto/man-hacks-unlock-car-truck-just-shoelace/ Needs a bit if practise to get this good but some patience wil get you in.

I may be some time.

So relieved to hear this, I can now rest easy. Wait though, this means the prisoner of war pigeons are now roaming freely in the skies above us. What if they......?? OMG. I will have to add anti pigeon defences to my already extensive ant precautions. Where's the single malt to help me sleep. No. I can't sleep just now. Must plan defences. what will I?? Must go now.

Has anyone found out about these huts yet? Can't sleep at night and turning towards alcohol in frustration at not knowing. It gnaws at my mind day and night, a little voice repeating over and over again. "What are those huts????"

Bonnet up, switch on wipers then switch on ignition and watch the arm on the motor till the joint is most exposed. Switch off ignition to stop the wipers so it stays there. don't switch off the wiper switch or it will return to the parked position. Get two levers and lever off keeping the levers on opposite sides of the joint. If it tilts to one side it makes it more difficult to get off.

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A very Merry Xmas to all on the forum. May everyone have a wonderful 2015. May fortune favour your footsteps. I will be grumpy for a short while when opening the birthday cards, after that all merry and bright. Wullie

When I replaced mine I used a pair of "water pump pliers", the kind with an angled head. Hold the joint together and place a large nut or spacer on top. Grip the whole lot with the aforementioned pliers and squeeze. It should pop on without any problem. The spacer is there to allow the ball joint to allow clearance for the ball part to come through unrestricted. Hope that makes sense. unfortunately if the joint has popped once it is likely to do it again at a really inopportune moment. a new linkage arm is the only permanent fix.

Get flat piece of glass, like a mirror or a bit of plate glass, wipe the edges of the rocker cover with some of the wifes/girlfriends lipstick and rub it gently on the mirror/glass. Where the lipstick is rubbed off will show any high spots. Take appropriate action to remove the high spots. I personally use coarse valve grinding paste, smear it between the surface to be smoothed and the glass and grind the two together till you get an even surface. I've been out being literary tonight which involved red wine so I hope you get what I'm trying to say.

I feel sick now, and nothing to do with tonight's real ale consumption. It was incredible to drive, a wee tad down on horsepower but it did corner well.

That was about 1995 I think. I was quite happy with my profit, a lot better than the Traction Avante I rebuilt in the late sixties. About two years work, two months on the road then some B*********** stole it never to be seen again.