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    Thread: 306 running problems
Post: 306 running problems

right people patients is running thin with this car changed filter head and hand primer and car is still idiling bad when started its going from 900 to 1000 rpm and just being a spluttery pile of crap...
john85cw XUD Section 1 815 11-12-2013, 11:08 AM
  Thumbs Up Thread: Many Members in Ireland??
Post: RE: Many Members in Ireland??

carlow member
john85cw Newbies 41 12,220 01-12-2013, 06:53 PM
    Thread: heater matrix pipe question??
Post: RE: heater matrix pipe question??

see now where it goes onto a plastic housing with another two pipes but the heater matrix pipe seems to be joined onto somthing else ?
john85cw XUD Section 4 1,312 26-11-2013, 02:27 PM
    Thread: heater matrix pipe question??
Post: heater matrix pipe question??

bit of a noob question but here goes.... the to pipes that run to the bulk head are cut and blocked i can only find one the one under intake manifold closest to the battery where does the other one st...
john85cw XUD Section 4 1,312 26-11-2013, 12:52 PM
    Thread: 306 hard to start letting diesel run back?
Post: 306 hard to start letting diesel run back?

have a 306 d turbo here sometimes its very hard to start heater plugs are spot on i have a feeling it could be letting diesel run back to the tank would i have to change the filter head or the hand pr...
john85cw XUD Section 3 1,585 11-11-2013, 02:04 PM
    Thread: Turbo Adapter Plate Sheeting
Post: RE: Turbo Adapter Plate Sheeting

ive thrown away hundreds of pieces of flat steel away now i see people selling it on the bay ? ....business idea perhaps ?
john85cw XUD Section 17 4,702 10-11-2013, 10:49 AM
    Thread: Girlfriend Picture Thread [NSFW]
Post: RE: Girlfriend Picture Thread [NSFW]

holy shit ! that little stripper bird is unreal well done lol
john85cw Photos Of Members / Cars 1,049 698,567 09-11-2013, 02:29 PM
    Thread: wiring airbag light to oil light
Post: RE: wiring airbag light to oil light

cully Wrote: (13-09-2013, 11:54 AM) -- cut the plugs out under the seats and link the wires through most of the times its just the plugs loose. there is another set of plugs to check close to the ai...
john85cw Electrics 6 2,309 13-09-2013, 01:01 PM
    Thread: wiring airbag light to oil light
Post: RE: wiring airbag light to oil light

devils_fuel Wrote: (13-09-2013, 11:25 AM) -- speak to cully and get some magic plug-ins ;) I am gussing its the same airbag ecu that came with the car? Do you have a pssenger airbag? -- kinda wa...
john85cw Electrics 6 2,309 13-09-2013, 11:34 AM
    Thread: wiring airbag light to oil light
Post: wiring airbag light to oil light

anyone do this before ive spent all morning at this airbag light i have tried everything all plugs etc etc and would like to get it done today as i can get a retest for this evening any guides tried a...
john85cw Electrics 6 2,309 13-09-2013, 11:08 AM
    Thread: fuse for dash lights keeps blowing
Post: RE: fuse for dash lights keeps blowing

bulbs loose in dash were earthing and blowing the fuse
john85cw Electrics 3 1,270 13-09-2013, 07:28 AM
    Thread: My cherry red project
Post: RE: My cherry red project

update on the way later !
john85cw 306 Projects 22 5,298 10-09-2013, 09:26 AM
    Thread: The gym thread
Post: RE: The gym thread

CJ_Derv Wrote: (09-09-2013, 12:36 PM) -- john85cw Wrote: (09-09-2013, 12:09 PM) -- whats everyones thoughts about eating before bed or before a certain time in the evening ? -- Ive always been tol...
john85cw The Couch 339 100,303 10-09-2013, 09:01 AM
    Thread: fuse for dash lights keeps blowing
Post: RE: fuse for dash lights keeps blowing

sorted !
john85cw Electrics 3 1,270 10-09-2013, 08:58 AM
    Thread: Dturbo 'hissing' noise
Post: RE: Dturbo 'hissing' noise

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john85cw XUD Section 5 1,258 09-09-2013, 12:11 PM
    Thread: The gym thread
Post: RE: The gym thread

whats everyones thoughts about eating before bed or before a certain time in the evening ?
john85cw The Couch 339 100,303 09-09-2013, 12:09 PM
    Thread: fuse for dash lights keeps blowing
Post: fuse for dash lights keeps blowing

done a heater matrix in a 306 awhile back and never drove it at night till last night and noticed the dash lights weren't working looked this morning and fuse no.19 was blown i presume this is for das...
john85cw Electrics 3 1,270 09-09-2013, 12:00 PM
    Thread: gearbox leaking at shaft
Post: RE: gearbox leaking at shaft

when the shaft is held in the intermedite bearing its not pushed into the box enough to seal i think the shaft is too short is there a difference in phase one and phase two shafts ?
john85cw XUD Section 3 1,129 15-08-2013, 08:38 PM
    Thread: gearbox leaking at shaft
Post: gearbox leaking at shaft

i have a 306 here its a 1998 d turbo and the gearbox was crunching in second so i got a man to put a gearbox of a 1995 d turbo in it i noticed it was leaking oil on the drivers side shaft so i jacked ...
john85cw XUD Section 3 1,129 15-08-2013, 07:52 PM
    Thread: Irish 306 van. Before and after.
Post: RE: Irish 306 van. Before and after.

Darren123 Wrote: (07-06-2013, 07:16 AM) -- john85cw Wrote: (06-06-2013, 03:02 PM) -- nice looking van where in the country are you ? -- Co.Clare lad :) -- only a few hours between us im in carlow
john85cw Photos Of Members / Cars 68 23,468 09-06-2013, 11:51 AM
    Thread: My 306 Project
Post: RE: My 306 Project

the picture of that magneta sapphire is lovely is it a cosworth ?
john85cw 306 Projects 35 7,408 09-06-2013, 11:48 AM
    Thread: Irish 306 van. Before and after.
Post: RE: Irish 306 van. Before and after.

nice looking van where in the country are you ?
john85cw Photos Of Members / Cars 68 23,468 06-06-2013, 03:02 PM
    Thread: The gym thread
Post: RE: The gym thread

CJ_Derv Wrote: (24-08-2012, 08:30 AM) -- ben87 Wrote: (23-08-2012, 06:13 PM) -- If you do want to lose weight and want some assistance i personal found thermobol did nothing for me but Grenades w...
john85cw The Couch 339 100,303 03-06-2013, 08:56 PM
    Thread: changed matrix car wont start ?
Post: RE: changed matrix car wont start ?

miles Wrote: (27-02-2013, 10:19 PM) -- Dead easy, Takes me around 5 hours now all in. -- i take it you have loads of practice then lol
john85cw Electrics 11 3,965 28-02-2013, 09:20 AM
    Thread: changed matrix car wont start ?
Post: RE: changed matrix car wont start ?

got it sorted ! got the little wire that was broke soldered and bob was my mothers tea pot !also i am NEVER doing a heater matrix again its the worse job known to man how much do people charge to do i...
john85cw Electrics 11 3,965 27-02-2013, 09:30 PM