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- Thu Jun 27, 2024 2:32 pm
- Forum: The Garage - Technical Forum
- Topic: headunit adapter
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9101
Re: headunit adapter
Got one must have tried 10 different places and the last place I tried had 1 in a storage box that hadn’t been looked in for about 15 years another rare part then for the cars if you want to fit and aftermarket head unit ..
- Thu Jun 27, 2024 1:02 pm
- Forum: The Garage - Technical Forum
- Topic: headunit adapter
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9101
- Thu Jun 27, 2024 12:35 pm
- Forum: The Garage - Technical Forum
- Topic: headunit adapter
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9101
Re: headunit adapter
No it’s the ribbon one so I can fit an aftermarket head unit and still keep the amp running ..I can’t be assed to run all new speaker cables direct to the head unit as its a ball ache .. They must sell them in the states surely ..you used to be able to get them from Halfords but they just look at yo...
- Thu Jun 27, 2024 10:33 am
- Forum: The Garage - Technical Forum
- Topic: headunit adapter
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9101
headunit adapter
Anyone know where you can buy the leads to fit an aftermarket head unit ,,,i know you can buy them i just cant for the life of me find one anywhere and i dont want to be chopping and cutting wires...
- Fri Jun 21, 2024 8:37 pm
- Forum: The Garage - Technical Forum
- Topic: Clutch issue
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11944
Re: Clutch issue
yep check the clutch pipe under the battery it may have weakened and be bulging when you press the clutch or could be leaking ,,,happend to me a few years ago
- Wed Aug 30, 2023 8:11 pm
- Forum: The Garage - Technical Forum
- Topic: Cleaning plastic parts
- Replies: 3
- Views: 13588
Re: Cleaning plastic parts
i know an old member that used to put all the plastic bits in a dishwasher and to be fair they came up bloody good ;) you can use a hot wash remember how much heat these take on a hot day in the sun so they can handle heat,,, but as trev says you will probably get the same result with a spot washer ...
- Wed Dec 14, 2022 7:07 pm
- Forum: The Garage - Technical Forum
- Topic: Distributor removal problem.
- Replies: 42
- Views: 40594
Re: Distributor removal problem.
wow that looks like it has been hit and snapped ,,ive never seen anything like that before they can sometimes be a little stiff but normally a tap to twist it with a rubber hammer would free it off
- Fri Nov 25, 2022 8:49 pm
- Forum: The Garage - Technical Forum
- Topic: Stalled at lights, engine light on, restarted, then stopped.
- Replies: 21
- Views: 15901
Re: Stalled at lights, engine light on, restarted, then stopped.
Hi Eric Sorry to hear your having issues with what sounds like the dizzy to me ,,,but just to try and help out i dont think it would be a loose wire where the immobilizer box is as i swapped it out with a modified moby box from cpt so it wasnt done in the way of cutting and joining wires like most w...
- Sun Aug 07, 2022 7:10 pm
- Forum: The Garage - Technical Forum
- Topic: Probe Unusable -Non Tickover
- Replies: 17
- Views: 19238
Re: Probe Unusable -Non Tickover
have you checked your coolant level paul as low coolant can cause low idle and cutting out aswell ,,,one of mine used to do exactly the same and it was that the coolant was way too low
- Thu Jul 09, 2020 7:05 pm
- Forum: The Garage - Technical Forum
- Topic: 2.0 emissions, CO too high
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9489
Re: 2.0 emissions, CO too high
these cars are notorious for having very lazy catalytic convertors and most garages don't know this so don't let them get up to temperature or hot enough before testing them ,,my advice take it for a long blast and get it nice and hot before dropping it at the mot station ..