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    Thread: Cold start issue- fuel pump?
Post: RE: Cold start issue- fuel pump?

Thanks for the reply, Engine off the pedal is normal, once started it goes quite stiff and engine belches out a lot of smoke but after being depressed the pedal returns to normal however the lumpine...
Blaze Addict XUD Section 3 1,785 19-01-2019, 10:38 PM
    Thread: Cold start issue- fuel pump?
Post: Cold start issue- fuel pump?

Hi wondering if anyone knows of a quick fix. When I start my car it has a lumpy idle and a lot of smoke but it's been getting progressively worse over the last few months. Glow plugs were changed (wel...
Blaze Addict XUD Section 3 1,785 18-01-2019, 06:48 PM
    Thread: xud9 gearbox ratio question
Post: RE: xud9 gearbox ratio question

I once drove a 405 1.6 petrol with an XUD TD box on it (owner done it for extra economy) and it was pretty dire acceleration after 3rd. I can't imagine a 1.9 NAD being man enough to make 5th feasible ...
Blaze Addict XUD Section 4 2,182 18-01-2019, 06:38 PM
    Thread: Car you miss most?
Post: RE: Car you miss most?

For me undoubtedly my Mk1 MR2 closest thing to a road going go kart I've ever owned. I bought it to hammer it and it took it well before being disposed of on ebay for £400 that was ten years ago now.
Blaze Addict The Couch 51 6,961 28-03-2017, 06:50 PM
    Thread: Newbie after a 3 door HDI
Post: RE: Newbie after a 3 door HDI

partybish Wrote: (03-03-2017, 09:12 AM) -- Thanks for the welcomes guys, I'm probably being overly fussy about the colour but I do enjoy hunting down rarer cars. I've just managed to source some...
Blaze Addict Newbies 17 2,565 03-03-2017, 12:03 PM
    Thread: Newbie after a 3 door HDI
Post: RE: Newbie after a 3 door HDI

Hello and welcome Good luck with your search 306's are getting a bit thin on the ground and Astor was a bit rocking horse to begin with even though it suited 3dr nicely. They are still out there ju...
Blaze Addict Newbies 17 2,565 03-03-2017, 12:05 AM
    Thread: Clones swap for dturbo wheels
Post: RE: Clones swap for dturbo wheels

Mattcheese31 Wrote: (24-12-2016, 01:42 PM) -- Blaze Addict Wrote: (24-12-2016, 10:56 AM) -- Bash I have a set of 4 that are redundant now (can't fit over HDi callipers) where are you based? -- str...
Blaze Addict Misc & Wanted 14 2,718 24-12-2016, 04:51 PM
    Thread: Clones swap for dturbo wheels
Post: RE: Clones swap for dturbo wheels

Eeyore Wrote: (24-12-2016, 11:10 AM) -- Ipswich stowmarket way -- Thought he was. I go that way regularly on containers might be able to sort something with him.
Blaze Addict Misc & Wanted 14 2,718 24-12-2016, 11:20 AM
    Thread: Clones swap for dturbo wheels
Post: RE: Clones swap for dturbo wheels

Bash I have a set of 4 that are redundant now (can't fit over HDi callipers) where are you based?
Blaze Addict Misc & Wanted 14 2,718 24-12-2016, 10:56 AM
    Thread: Black Friday Bargains
Post: RE: Black Friday Bargains

Danny Wideboy Wrote: (25-11-2016, 06:53 PM) -- As above. Bought a pint of guiness for £3.50. Does that count? -- In all the chaos at half time in the rugby bar last night I got 3 beers at half pr...
Blaze Addict The Couch 14 3,558 26-11-2016, 09:12 AM
    Thread: Towing Question
Post: RE: Towing Question

maxaret Wrote: (14-10-2016, 09:37 PM) -- Not really relevant to this thread but here is a pic of my old glider trailer,taken in 1990 at Old Sarum airfield near Salisbury, Wilts. Car was an Auto - on...
Blaze Addict The Couch 22 8,439 15-10-2016, 07:56 AM
    Thread: How far have you gone?
Post: RE: How far have you gone?

I've took mine to Szczecin in Poland a few weeks back via Hamburg, Berlin and Nurburgring (where I got the nice avatar). The car can still hack 500-600 miles a day at 19 years old with no bother but i...
Blaze Addict The Couch 28 4,394 30-09-2016, 07:34 AM
    Thread: lorry sat nav
Post: RE: lorry sat nav

Chris_90 Wrote: (20-09-2016, 09:08 AM) -- 306carter Wrote: (19-09-2016, 08:32 PM) -- Yeah just checked the absolute maximum trailer weight is 750kg with a C licence. Yet with my normal B licence...
Blaze Addict The Couch 10 2,097 21-09-2016, 02:11 AM
    Thread: lorry sat nav
Post: RE: lorry sat nav

306carter Wrote: (19-09-2016, 08:32 PM) -- Yeah just checked the absolute maximum trailer weight is 750kg with a C licence. Yet with my normal B licence I can tow a heavier braked trailer. Strang...
Blaze Addict The Couch 10 2,097 19-09-2016, 09:39 PM
    Thread: lorry sat nav
Post: RE: lorry sat nav

I personally use a snooper s7000 its a bit old now but hasn't let me down with weight limits or low bridges etc and the massive plus is the freeview tv for nights out. It's not all great news though t...
Blaze Addict The Couch 10 2,097 18-09-2016, 04:00 PM
    Thread: What's happening to the GTi's?
Post: RE: What's happening to the GTi's?

r3k1355 Wrote: (13-09-2016, 12:23 PM) -- C2K Wrote: (13-09-2016, 12:10 PM) -- Unfortunately, there is false inflation which is also being fuelled in part by dipshits on ebay thinking shit cars with ...
Blaze Addict The Couch 61 16,623 14-09-2016, 08:18 AM
    Thread: What's happening to the GTi's?
Post: RE: What's happening to the GTi's?

procta Wrote: (10-09-2016, 11:15 PM) -- Ben_w Wrote: (10-09-2016, 07:39 PM) -- I have been saying for a long time that the market for clean, factory standard spec cars is only going to get stronger....
Blaze Addict The Couch 61 16,623 11-09-2016, 05:47 PM
    Thread: bury st edmunds- cars on the green
Post: RE: bury st edmunds- cars on the green

Toms306 Wrote: (15-06-2016, 08:30 PM) -- I'm gonna be there at some point... Does anyone know what's going on with the 40 limit on the A14 up towards there btw? Literally no-one except me was doi...
Blaze Addict Meets 74 29,552 17-06-2016, 02:24 PM
    Thread: classic car insurance
Post: RE: classic car insurance

+2 for Lancaster Had my Mk1 MR2 insured with them and that was only nudging 20 years old when I got it
Blaze Addict The Couch 11 8,140 16-06-2016, 04:17 PM
    Thread: Thread of fails...small and large...
Post: RE: Thread of fails...small and large...

I saw that accident on the M6 too and thought HTF did he end up in that position?
Blaze Addict The Couch 30 8,132 02-06-2016, 11:07 AM
    Thread: D turbo brakes converted hdi brakes
Post: RE: D turbo brakes converted hdi brakes

I've done the conversion to 266mm HDi brakes and callipers, it's relatively simple but a quick tip make sure you can loosen off the brake bleed screws of your donor callipers before you buy- nothing m...
Blaze Addict Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking 10 1,810 26-05-2016, 04:17 PM
    Thread: A great visit - Classic Cars,Brewery,Old Airfield
Post: RE: A great visit - Classic Cars,Brewery,Old Airfi...

Technik museums at Sinsheim and Speyer also worth a look maxaret, one of them has an ex-Air France Concorde and Tu-144 on the roof as well as tonnes of old cars good mix of European and American and a...
Blaze Addict The Couch 6 2,262 11-05-2016, 01:21 PM
    Thread: Your First car
Post: RE: Your First car

Passed: November 1999 First car*: 1993 K reg Renault 5 Campus Prima so basic it didn't have a clock or rear wash wipe Price paid: £1995 Insurance: £349 (I even have the original cover note i...
Blaze Addict The Couch 67 14,129 30-04-2016, 12:00 PM
    Thread: Best place to sell classic mini.
Post: RE: Best place to sell classic mini.

carandclassic.co.uk also worth a shout. Be prepared for plenty of dreamers when selling anything classic
Blaze Addict The Couch 14 2,362 10-01-2016, 05:55 PM
    Thread: Popular cars vanishing from our roads
Post: RE: Popular cars vanishing from our roads

procta Wrote: (31-12-2015, 11:28 PM) -- Blaze Addict Wrote: (31-12-2015, 01:31 PM) -- I used to have a mint Mk2 Cortina 1600E that I had for 3 years and sold in 2006. The irony of ironies is that pr...
Blaze Addict The Couch 17 3,837 02-01-2016, 08:38 PM