Jimbo73

Will I have enough room if I put a brick under the wheels... I dont have ramps... Never took my undertray off... Also, whereabout is it located...??? looking at it from the front, is it to the right or left,???

It took me about 4 hours start to finish, and that was taking my time.... You need to make sure you follow the superb thread by MuMof4. If you do that you cant go wrong.

Thanks for that.... Just to get peoples thoughts on what they think it is... Wont jump start when connected to wifes car... Swapped the battery, still nothing, Voltage dips when I try to start.. Bumped it and it started and it went, drove great, stopped and then it wouldn't start again. No even an attempt to trunover,

Right, tried to bump start, and it worked,,, Started no probs.,... Went around the block, stopped outside the house, and tried to start, === Nothing,,, Not even a click... Are we guessing the starter motor? Could it be anything else....??? That is obvious....??? Also, how easy / hard is it to change a starter motor,,,, Priced one up at

well I have just been out to the car, no water in the footwell under the passenger seat. The light on the drivers door goes off when I turn the alarm off, then when I put the key in, it stays on until I try to start the engine then it goes off. There is a little noise like the engine readying itself (normal I think) for a start, and then it stops after about 2 secs, then when I turn the key, the headlights dim and there is a clicking noise like a relay. But nothing... Arrggg.,..,.,.,,. Starter motor or one (or a number) of the relays?

Adding that when I turn the key, the headlights dim like its drawing amperage from somewhere......?? Is this relay 30.... I will check all the other bits tomorrow, like water int he footwell....LED on door activity...

Hello All, Got in the Gal this morning, and it wouldnt start. Though it just needed a jump start but got home from work and tried to jump start and still nothng, Not even a click or an attempt to turn over.... When it is connected to the other car, all the lights work okay even the windows are up and down without any probs, so I guess its not the battery... What is best to check next ,and how do I go about doing it. These things happen at the worse time, as I am (or was) going on a camping hol next Monday with the wife and kids to Devon..... Thanks for any help.. Jimbo.

This happens to my Gal, I just thought it was normal..... I unlock the doors, and open the door, then close it, if I dont start the engine it lock after about 1 minute. I learnt the hard way when my keys got locked in it. Dam... Thank god the mrs has the spare key..

My galaxy is 2000 V reg, 2.3 Ghia, all works, even the air con, and has never failed me. It has 2 of the intergrated child seats in it, and is in great condition inside. How much extra would the intergrated child seats raise the price by? I am going to put it in the auto trader and thinking about e-bay. Never really sold a car before, and not sure which is best. Anyone have any good tips..??

I had to do mine again today. It took 4 hours start to finish, and my back is done in.... One very good tip for knocking the spindles out, it to put the nut back onto the spinsdle, and instead of hitting it with a copper hammer, which not a lot of people have, and can be expensive and useless for most other things, I use a very old cricket bat. Its recked now like, but it is such soft wood, that it compresses extremely well, and does the job superbly. I had one mishap, I dropped the washer off the wiper into the land of never.

Erm...... I am stuck.... My Gal failed on the o/s indicator lamp, it is a 2000 V reg, and I looked at the dam thing and after reading this, a five minute job has just turned into a couple of hours. Is there no easier way to remove the lamp?? It also failed on the rear reg bulb... Any help on how to remove this...???

Thanks very much..... Just seen national tyres will do it for

Right,,, I am going to be doing this on the weekend on my Gal... Can I get one of them ratchet tools from a motor factors or Halfords, or are the dealers the only place to go... I am now scared as well...... The gal was low on oil the other day, and I put some oil for a petrol engine, it is not 5w -30w, it is 15 - 40. Will this damage the engine? I have only been around the block with it since putting the oil in. 1 more question - Where is the sump?

OKay... It started again tonight... Wasn't as rough as yesterday, but wasn't as she should be.... Round the block and back , all okay. Question is - Can I put anything like Redex fuel cleaner or anything like that? Is anything recommended or are they just marketing ploys for people like e who do not know much about cars...

Defianately no oil leak, it spends most of its time on the drive here, or the same spot in work and there is no oil on either ground below the car... Could the lack of oil prevent it starting though?