Masked Marauder

My patriotism comment was based on someone saying flying a 99p flag that was made in China was being patriotic! It was witty and in line with the joke. Well I thought so!

OK, I pressed a 10mm splined socket into some modeling clay and then tried a T50 bit into the impression left. It fitted loosely with the Torx splines only just catching.

Well standard splined bit have 12 points. My set is 5mm, 6mm, 8mm, 10mm, 12mm, 14mm and 16mm. I would not be surprised if they are an odd size though, some car manufacturers do that to stop DIY work! But I seem to recall that splined are slighty larger than Torx, I will look in a bit....

We have loads of speed bumps in Northampton and mine failed after about 6k! I can't help but think a rubber bush in an eye type would last forever compared to these.

Well look on what you have done as maintainence then! In any case, there was movement in the tomounts.

Byt the way, if your removing the whole drive shaft you don't need to touch the CV boot on the outer end, the inside joint is held on by a circlip that when pressed open the CV joint slips off.

Splined and Torx are different though. You can get both at Halfords. The parts catalogue describes it as a "Bolt with polygon socket head" which does not help much! EDIT: Elsawin says it is a hexagonal head bolt, which is normally an allen key. It just thickens the plot!

Now I know why it has been quiet round here lately, you all play for England!

Ah right, I thought it was a non-PD model. Well on the PD model the fuel pump and vacuum pump is combined. From SEAT & VW it will cost about

My daily drive is a Rover Metro. It is totally crap, it got the award for worst handling, design, build, suspension everything! But I still bought it because it is a British car. Now thats patriotism! I was counting flags in the gutter/central reserve the other night. On a one mile stretch of the A14 I counted 24.

Well the TDi turbo uses the vacuum to set the blades or wastegate, so no vacuum, no turbo. A new servo is

So what your saying is you want a hinge to bond on? It is going to be much easier to get I would have thought. And cheaper to post.

Yes

This is from another manual. The interesting bit is where it says to remove the shaft from the flange. That would not be possible if it did not just unbolt, as you do it first! The only advice I would add is to make sure you support the joints on the shafts as they are a pain if they fall apart, which should not happen, but why chance it!

I might be loosing the plot here, but does the CV joint not bolt with the flange onto the output of the gearbox? If so then all you have to do is remove the outer CV joint from the hub, Split it off the drive shaft, put the new boot on the inner CV joint, replace the outer joint and put it ball back together again and your done. If you want to clean or change the jont then I think it just unbolts from the flange. I don't thing you will lose any ATF fluid.

Nice link SeatKid! Did you have more than one browser window open? http://www.fordgalaxy.org.uk/ford/index.ph...roll+restrictor

Someone who is clearly breaking an Alhambra can not spell and his mis described all the bits on eBay as being for an Alambra/Galaxy/Sharran This means a search on the correct spelling will not show them up and an opportunity for a bargain may arise. You can see all the bits here: http://search.ebay.co.uk/seat-alambra_W0QQfromZR40

Now your scaring me!

I bought something for a penny but with high postage and it was rubbish. The seller would not refund saying "What did you expect for 1p?" Not much, but when your paying

Just feed the hamster and it will run on it's wheel faster and create more power!

I think it sad when people think they are equivilent to their computer's processing power......

If the compressor is cutting out and in, then the pressure in the system is too high or to low due to not filling it correctly.

OMG How old?

That makes sense, because evaporator the cabin would fill with gas and you could sniff it out, with the condenser the fans will just blow it away!

I think it has more to do with it being less bruising to yours.