french crap fanatic
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french car specialist based in dagenham east london
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Post by french crap fanatic on Dec 2, 2012 10:51:11 GMT 1
hi everyone,got a wiper problem and possible clutch to do on this next sat,had a look at it yesterday.
the wipers on intermittent keep stopping half way across the screen,they work fine on 1 and 2.
and clutch looks like its subframe off job,cos its gona be done on sat just looking for a few pointers and any potential problems to look out for.dont wana find out at 12pm on sat that a bolt has snapped off!!!!
thanks.
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Post by Rhubarb on Dec 2, 2012 12:59:27 GMT 1
Well the wipers, you'll need another motor unless you want to strip and clean the original.
Clutch, subframe out..Go easy on the subframe bolts, crack them off by hand.
Gear linkage can be a faff to undo.
Watch the power steering reservoir, easily cracked with the up and down.
Check the concentric slave housing threads aren't weak..Last one I did I had to have a thread helicoiled.
Don't even slightly compress the new concentric slave prior to fitting cos it'll flip the seals and leak.
Have fun ;D
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french crap fanatic
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french car specialist based in dagenham east london
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Post by french crap fanatic on Dec 10, 2012 20:35:17 GMT 1
this bloke left the car with me on saturday,i lent him my xantia,he needs his car during the weekday and its impossible for me to get everything done in one day.
well well well,what a bucket ;D ;D ;D
he said clutch is noisey but it only makes a slight squeal on take off,like what rover 214 used to do.
the wiper motor is faulty the front window regs are sticking judging by the state of the pollen filter it hasnt been serviced for ages,the back box tail piece has fallen off,engine has an oil leak and the windscreen is cracked!!
well i dont know what he was thinking but the estimate for that little lot made him choke on his food ;D ;D ;D ;D
found a second had wiper motor but regs seem to be rare as hens teeth!!!!!
so he says forget clutch ill live with it,ill live with wndows n/w ill get my insurence to sort out a new screen,we agreed on a figure to do full service,used w motor new back box and investigate oil leak!!!
suits me,that clutch looked well involved!!!
personally i couldnt live with a car on which the lecy windows didn work,buts thats just me ;D ;D ;D
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Post by critch on Dec 12, 2012 0:34:35 GMT 1
Clutch on them is pain the hole lol.
Takes even longer when your using someone else's tools. (Took me 8/9 blo*dy hours to do mine on v6 vectra. Never again lol)
The wiper motor has a poor earth inside that you can strip an solder a wire on a feed it to a good external earth. But more hassle than its worth for customer car.
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