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I have a Steelmate ET-710AE set on my C5, mainly in case of a sudden puncture, but it does mean you don't have to religiously check pressures manually. It cost me £46 from eBay brand new despite it retailing at £100 on Amazon. I definitely rate this set, I fitted them mid September, and my pressures have only dropped from 36 down to 32 psi in that...

I feel a Photoshop session coming on ...............

like these we did for our Tiger book...(Initial Tiger - Normal and Submerged Air Flow)

Oh yes, definitely :) That would be wonderful Alasdair ;)

Good update Mike, normal service has been resumed. Thanks.
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They look interesting Alasdair...

Mine is currently SORN - but only for financial reasons - As a soon-to-be retiree I can no longer afford to run two cars...

Yes......

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Your will do more damage going over speed humps fast. :)

Peter

Looking at it in IE11 on a Windows machine, Bing does a good on-the-fly via right-click job of translating the Swedish Alasdair.. Looks good :)

Dom, that is excellent and very valuable for anyone doing this job subsequently :)

A very good point about the leak-back spigot positioning... I must have been lucky in the past as I've not had that issue... Must be slightly different routing perhaps between different cars...

I leave the rear wheels dangling so that I can jack the training arms...

I remember that one Mickey... Thought for a moment he still had it.... My brain has gone on strike today...

Aha! Thanks!

It's a no holmey, read between the lines

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Looking around and found this...

Now I don't have a leak but was wondering if it could be the culprit?

That's a good thought Chris :D Although it has a shape I think if the replacement material was a bit malleable then it could mould itself to the required shape by virtue of being clamped in place when in service.

Hi Dave,

I think your best option is maybe speaking to a local brake remanufacture and ask for them to reline some current pad sets with a better material.

In the U.K. You could try Pagid directly. 5they used to be very good a few years back and blue and grey were their best ones for heavy road use and then a company called 3G did dimpled and...

All sorted got a universal fitting kit from woodauto's £25.88. Fitted in a couple of hours with help from some small hands.

Potentially if it is sluggish to get started and up to pressure... It's worth eliminating it if nothing else James..

I hope it is an enthusiast. Or at least someone who appreciates what they have

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That beds looking at urgently... Pump will be a little noisier when under pumping load but not by much. You may have a flat accumulator....

I'd love to see a road test of an Activa against some of today's cars...

I think the comments about 'firmish ride' would be revised.. somewhat now.. By current standards Activas are a very soft ride but firm when needed to be so...

George, that’s excellent news :D

I never bothered replacing mine... It's not a problem...

There's a huge wealth of knowledge on the 406 Coupe Owners Club, here's a guide to replacing the spark plugs which covers the inlet manifold removal process:

David.

Agreed - both the upstream and downstream sensors staying at zero when the problem begins is a major red flag. Unless the sensors themselves or the wiring is going faulty this means the engine is running really lean, or it can be caused by a dead misfire on one or more cylinders - in that case the unburnt oxygen from that cylinder goes into the...

Well unfortunately mine dont count.

First one was a french importation and died in July. :(

Second one is lisend and taxed BUT based in sunny Spain. :) ;) and not going elsewhere. Lol.
Btw tinupic is not working hope I can upload some pics later.

First one was mint...this needs some restoration. :(

If you turn the volume off it's not a bad song . :shock:

My speakers turned themselves off when I hit play!

I've sent you a PM George ;)

Sh1te ?

:lol:

So, the base groups are ?

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I believe, from comments on the forum that it is. The leakoff pipes become hard and brittle with the heat. The end plug is sometimes a problem.

anyone know if there is a pdf of this somewhere ? o_0

Being made from a softer material is probably a good thing as anyone who has replaced more than one set of guides will know if you look closely the guide rods themselves suffer wear from rubbing hard against the rubber/plastic guides. Having a softer and more sacrificial guise material is probably better long term to make the rods last longer...

But I can!

a few rain soaked nights ahead.....try it ?

I can however see the attraction of a set of selectable messages :)

( you could get away with U & F, and AUDI, BMW,JAG,VECTRA)

Agreed David :rofl2:

Also SmartArse & LexArse are others for other makes.

Thanks Jim will get onto them in the new year.

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that's why its on a stick....get close to the bolt/spanner etc and they jump up to it, more spear fishing than fly :)

I thought it was Dragon. Thanks.

These are the normal dashboard light bulbs. I cannot speak for this seller, but the reason I chose this one is because the image shows a good close-up of the bulb, which shows how the wire loops around the base;

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no wonder the person at Citroen here couldn't find it...

It is a good looking car :-D

I saw it in the metal at the Conservatoire back in April. It really is gorgeous 8-)

look up a hose shop and take any 'old bits' and tell them what it's for, I just used some copper pipe, spare DS hose, some smaller plastic tubing and some fuel line to patch up the mess I created when wrestling off the resevoir to clean, if someone set up a run on replacing these, bit of 3D printing?... they could make a bit on flogging A LOT of...

I'm running a solid one at the moment, the same as Jim's design but I made it myself.

As soon as I get any problems with it then I'm going to put the Peugeot one in.

David.

Sticky if Jim has one and is happy to let you have the other thats ok for me :)

That's perfect by me :-D

Same goes if either of you have a spare TCT hose :D

I will have but not just yet...

Good man - mine has done the same, just not got round to sorting it out yet. Nice that I can pop along to the local pug dealer with the part number ready for this one :D

Plus lots of them got pillaged for their engines into Pug builds...