Car Mechanics Xantia

madasafish · Post by **madasafish** » 21 Mar 2005, 00:12

Good articles in current edition on changing spheres...
http://www.carmechanicsmag.co.uk/

alan s · Post by **alan s** » 21 Mar 2005, 15:16

Tell ya what; if this guy was trying to take a sphere out where he has his hands he's in deep trouble.[:D][;)][:o)]

Alan S[:o)]

NiSk · Post by **NiSk** » 21 Mar 2005, 16:50

Nah - he's changing the glowplugs (must be one of Haynes mechanics with 3m long arms)
//NiSk

Stuart McB · Post by **Stuart McB** » 22 Mar 2005, 00:49

Come on guys stop taking the p**s. It's obvious to us all he's in fact an approved Halfrauds tecnician checking tyre tread deapth.

TheWorker · Post by **TheWorker** » 22 Mar 2005, 00:59

or trying to put the dust cover on the strut

NiSk · Post by **NiSk** » 22 Mar 2005, 01:37

Or - he's trying not to cry since his matey thought "I wonder what this funny little lever beside the gearlever does" just as he was getting to grips with the front tyre . . .
//NiSk

bernie · Post by **bernie** » 22 Mar 2005, 02:13

It says in the book 'pollen filter passenger side footwell'
I can't bloody sse it!!!!!

Kowalski · Post by **Kowalski** » 22 Mar 2005, 15:33

The pollen filter on my Xantia is under a piece of carpet that screws to the underside of the dash in the passenger footwell. Once you've removed the carpet, you should see a large black vessel (the evapourator for the air con) which has a long strip of plastic on the base. The long strip slides lengthways to unclip then drops off. Behind the strip is the pollen filter which should slide down and out. Reassembly is the opposite....
The pollen filter cover takes a large amount off effor to remove, I was sure I was going to break something the second time I did it, but I won in the end and it came off unharmed.

bernie · Post by **bernie** » 22 Mar 2005, 15:48

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The pollen filter on my Xantia is under a piece of carpet that screws to the underside of the dash in the passenger footwell. Once you've removed the carpet, you should see a large black vessel (the evapourator for the air con) which has a long strip of plastic on the base. The long strip slides lengthways to unclip then drops off. Behind the strip is the pollen filter which should slide down and out. Reassembly is the opposite....
The pollen filter cover takes a large amount off effor to remove, I was sure I was going to break something the second time I did it, but I won in the end and it came off unharmed.
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I was joking re. the picture[8D]

tfurness · Post by **tfurness** » 23 Mar 2005, 20:30

I think it's a case of truth being more amusing than fiction. He is supposed to be checking for wear to the suspension/wheel bearings, which according to the MOT book says it should be done on the floor as well as in the air. Have you ever had a bearing or bush so bad you could feel it wobble by hand with a 1/4 tonne of car on it?..... No me neither....

mbunting · Post by **mbunting** » 24 Mar 2005, 00:19

I found the creaking and the worn inside-edge to be a bit of a give-away !

Stuart McB · Post by **Stuart McB** » 24 Mar 2005, 01:45

Still, inside the mag it's got some good pictures on sphere removal.