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    Thread: Scary rear handling!
Post: RE: Scary rear handling!

Martin306 Wrote: (14-06-2018, 11:11 PM) -- Stef205 Wrote: (14-06-2018, 08:41 PM) -- Martin306 Wrote: (13-06-2018, 05:39 PM) -- My experience of IM axles is that they simply re-use old bars and just...
plugy Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking 11 3,980 15-06-2018, 12:37 AM
    Thread: Scary rear handling!
Post: RE: Scary rear handling!

Took the car to my tyre place today and they checked the car over and when i said take it out.. Within minutes the lad was back and confirm theres deffinately a serious issue. Believes its the axle at...
plugy Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking 11 3,980 13-06-2018, 11:53 PM
    Thread: Scary rear handling!
Post: RE: Scary rear handling!

Piggy Wrote: (12-06-2018, 06:26 PM) -- Imaxles. Enough said. -- [hr] All mounts are brand new from gsf. The 2 smaller ones near the spare wheel and the 2 bigger metal ones in front of the spare whee...
plugy Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking 11 3,980 12-06-2018, 08:31 PM
    Thread: Scary rear handling!
Post: RE: Scary rear handling!

Piggy Wrote: (12-06-2018, 06:26 PM) -- Imaxles. Enough said. -- I can see or feel any moverment in the radius arms nor any knocking..  The torsion bar is the correct thickness for the cab. 19.3...
plugy Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking 11 3,980 12-06-2018, 07:10 PM
    Thread: Scary rear handling!
Post: Scary rear handling!

Hi gang!  Well ive had my rebuilt cab on the road for the last few months and as good as it goes there is one major issue clouding the overall experience. I stripped the cabriolet leaving only t...
plugy Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking 11 3,980 12-06-2018, 06:21 PM
    Thread: Steering issue losing the will to live
Post: RE: Steering issue losing the will to live

Magenta Sunset Wrote: (11-04-2018, 10:07 AM) -- do you get more lock in the opposite direction? -- No same amount of lock both directions. At the minute it seems okay having messed about this mor...
plugy Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking 3 1,875 11-04-2018, 03:29 PM
    Thread: Steering issue losing the will to live
Post: Steering issue losing the will to live

Hi all  Im really hoping someone can advise me or give any possible ideas.  I have a 2000 306 cabriolet 2.0  So... To explain i had been driving the cab with no problems and parked it up for 2 ...
plugy Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking 3 1,875 11-04-2018, 09:47 AM
    Thread: steering issue please help
Post: RE: steering issue please help

Nice one thanks fella Btw forum40 works all the time ;). Reckon this was the cause then?
plugy Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking 6 1,876 24-03-2017, 09:28 AM
    Thread: steering issue please help
Post: RE: steering issue please help

Thanks for the help guys this is hugely appreciated!!  I will keep the uj in mind and should ths aux belt not ve the issue the uj will be next.  I've had the wheel off and arch liner and taken a...
plugy Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking 6 1,876 23-03-2017, 10:49 PM
    Thread: steering issue please help
Post: RE: steering issue please help

Not entirely sure fella the belt doesnt squeel although you can hear the steering pump struggle as the engine revs are raised and struggles when the steering is stiff.. could be caused by the aux belt...
plugy Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking 6 1,876 22-03-2017, 11:54 PM
    Thread: steering issue please help
Post: steering issue please help

Hi everyone, I have a strange steering issue with my phase 3 306 2.0 16v petrol. the issue is it had been stood for a few months over the xmas period and when i came to use it i found the steeri...
plugy Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking 6 1,876 21-03-2017, 10:09 PM
    Thread: X plate 2.0 cabriolet couple of issues
Post: RE: X plate 2.0 cabriolet couple of issues

On the drive to work tonight I actually noticed that lift off results in engine movement. So.. I wonder if the jerking at lower speeds is due to a fubard mount or shaft?. I.E accelerate quickly and it...
plugy Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking 4 1,227 01-05-2016, 07:58 PM
    Thread: X plate 2.0 cabriolet couple of issues
Post: RE: X plate 2.0 cabriolet couple of issues

Thanks fella  To explain a little better... go round a roundabout in town in 2nd as you would at around 10mph and as you accelerate to exit the roundabout it begins to jerk as if it misfires once a...
plugy Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking 4 1,227 30-04-2016, 11:27 PM
    Thread: X plate 2.0 cabriolet couple of issues
Post: X plate 2.0 cabriolet couple of issues

Hi all,  I have today swapped my rover 75 with my brother for his moonstone cab. ( not too long ago we both had cabriolets).  His cabriolet has been very well kept i.e some huge bills and masses o...
plugy Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking 4 1,227 30-04-2016, 12:50 AM
    Thread: Practicality of the cabriolet?
Post: Practicality of the cabriolet?

Hi all,  Me and missus have just found out were expecti g our first little'un.  I have a 306 cabriolet and despite the ongoing niggles its okay but.. we have thought about getting something more c...
plugy The Couch 8 1,217 22-10-2015, 04:46 PM
    Thread: Help :( :( cooling issue 1.8 cabby
Post: Help :( :( cooling issue 1.8 cabby

Hi all,  Got a serious issue. Chose to change the coolant due to it smelling inside when blowing warm/hot air through the vents. Smells of hgf/ burning water.  Dropped the coolant and it was very e...
plugy XU Petrol Engines 4 946 23-09-2015, 09:04 PM
    Thread: ebay bargain £480 china blue phase 3 cab SE!
Post: RE: ebay bargain £480 china blue phase 3 cab SE!

Its not how much it would contribute but more a case of how much it needs to sort it out and then the 250-300 quid running costs a month. The tddi dates back to the old escort diesel engine. Relia...
plugy 306 Projects 7 3,597 08-12-2014, 08:47 PM
    Thread: ebay bargain £480 china blue phase 3 cab SE!
Post: RE: ebay bargain £480 china blue phase 3 cab SE!

7057sam Wrote: (07-12-2014, 05:47 PM) -- Get some pictures up mate Nice time of the year for a cabby :lol: -- http://i1058.photobucket.com/albums/t411/boybiffa/20141018_145343_zps13e8d5cf.jpg (ht...
plugy 306 Projects 7 3,597 07-12-2014, 10:23 PM
  Tongue Thread: ebay bargain £480 china blue phase 3 cab SE!
Post: ebay bargain £480 china blue phase 3 cab SE!

Hi all,  Been some time since i last visited, anywho last time i was here i owned a tie break 306 cab and loved it. Sold it due to financial issues. However im back behind the wheel of another cabb...
plugy 306 Projects 7 3,597 06-12-2014, 10:33 PM
    Thread: couple of questions - 1.8 cab
Post: couple of questions - 1.8 cab

Hi all, 1st thing - "possible headgasket failure?" This week I started work 2 minutes from my front door (currently on training). It's roughly 2.1 miles (round trip there and back is 4.2 miles) I've ...
plugy XU Petrol Engines 1 869 02-12-2012, 12:32 AM
    Thread: plugy's 306 cabriolet 1.8s Tie-break green 2001
Post: RE: plugy's 306 cabriolet 1.8s Tie-break green 200...

Thanks C.A.R I had another look earlier, the plastic blob (that at first looks like a screw) on the bottom of the heater blower? (directly behind the glovebox) well... around that fake screw was st...
plugy Photos Of Members / Cars 11 5,488 01-09-2012, 08:43 PM
    Thread: plugy's 306 cabriolet 1.8s Tie-break green 2001
Post: RE: plugy's 306 cabriolet 1.8s Tie-break green 200...

Thanks for the kind comments guys :) and I'm located in Castleford - photo's taken at the side of the river aire the other photo's were taken at ledston hall (near sherburn in elmet). I love th...
plugy Photos Of Members / Cars 11 5,488 01-09-2012, 04:35 PM
    Thread: plugy's 306 cabriolet 1.8s Tie-break green 2001
Post: plugy's 306 cabriolet 1.8s Tie-break green 2001

Hi all A while ago I made a few post's about getting a 306 cabriolet and finally found a good one and bought it (1st one I looked at). 3 previous owners, full year's mot (on purchase) no servic...
plugy Photos Of Members / Cars 11 5,488 31-08-2012, 09:20 PM
    Thread: fluttering idle? possible misfire?? HELP
Post: RE: fluttering idle? possible misfire?? HELP

well.. after having a look at the ICV and re initializing it again... checking the plugs and such... I've come to the conclusion that is down to the power steering! when warm, do this experiment: P...
plugy XU Petrol Engines 13 6,302 21-07-2012, 08:26 PM
    Thread: fluttering idle? possible misfire?? HELP
Post: RE: fluttering idle? possible misfire?? HELP

BlackSix Wrote: (21-07-2012, 01:44 AM) -- ive got the same thing going on with my gti 6. ive hooked it up to a code reader and it comes up with no codes (snap on modus) before it came up with lambda...
plugy XU Petrol Engines 13 6,302 21-07-2012, 02:09 AM