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_Chris_

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  1. I'm sure that once upon a time each gen. section had stickies or a sub section at the top with download links for all the useful documentation such as BGB and other handbooks. I've just tried to find this for a gen 6 to point someone in the right direction and not found anything. Even the old bgbonline site seems to have gone. Any ideas ? I have most stored on my computer but dropbox, google drive etc. no longer allow external linking so I can't just post a link any more.
  2. MK Autos in Blackburn isn't a million miles away for a Celica specialist.
  3. I'll personally never go through a carwash again - ever since the Esso Shaftesbury one on the way up to a Rallyday a few years back. The horizontal roller was running backwards and ripped the spoiler off my Gen6 GT4 and dragged it backwards and forwards along the roof while I was inside the car powerless to do anything other than beep my horn. Yes you've guessed it - they pointed to a small sign saying cars with spoilers shouldn't use it so no liability.
  4. £230 for 10 hours work isn't a bad price, especially considering he has running costs to come out of it too.
  5. Worth a chat with Bek. Not sure whether he would take on an accident repair of that magnitude but he could possibly reccomend someone and have the parts available.
  6. Sounds about right. Petrol engines seems to chew a lot more idling than Diesel.
  7. Forecast sunny tomorrow so I may take Ezzy for a run over the new forest and try to get the sunset from castle hill. Meanwhile, here's an old picture of the pit crew getting the car ready for a Wales do a few years back.
  8. Tried that too in the past with no success. Anything like that will only work if the exhaust is solid but with a small hole, a very rare occurence. Normally a hole forms at the thinnest part with the remainder not far behind.
  9. More to the point, joints create turbulence in the gas flow reducing the efficiency of flow. Stainless doesn't rust like mild steel so this is less of an issue.
  10. Gun gum and others tend to last for an mot, not much longer. If it's a tiny hole with solid metal round it, I'd try a suitable size self tapper, maybe with some jointing paste.
  11. It usually happens after using a normal puller tool which pulls on the outside. Should use a flywheel puller which bolts to the inside section
  12. You've shown the back of the new one so I can't compare, but I'm guessing you have a misalignment (probably what shredded the belt) and it's down to the rubber for the dual mass pulley coming unstuck. If you've tried checking timing like this, it's probably miles out. Don't go for a solid pulley, as some do, or crank failure may well follow.
  13. I'd be surprised if anything changed in 1998. If it became law in 1998, manufacturers would have known years in advance and switched earlier so they weren't left with stock they couldn't sell.
  14. I thought the same many, many years ago when I modified my old escort rally car fuel tank to move the fuel outlet away from just behind the rear wheel. Half an hour flushing through with water, then welded a plate over the exit hole. Near the end, I accidentally blew a hole and there was a quick high pitched pop and I heard a rustle in the nearby hedge. When I'd finished, I realised the filler cap was missing - I found it under the hedge where I'd heard the rustle. I then went to refit the tank and found it was now too big to fit back where it had been, especially the flat sides which were now curved outwards like a ballon.
  15. I've never seen a 17p price difference before when I've looked. I don't normally buy it so I can't say exactly.
  16. Seems the petrol companies are profiteering for the 'just in case' mentality. £1-50 for V-power today in my local Shell. Normal unleaded was £1-33 Thieves.
  17. I've heard good reports of Japex near Watford. I seem to remember someone from here tried them a few weeks back and was pleased.
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