5 years ago : 2003 peugeot 206cc (still own) 1999 Discovery 1 (still own) 1989 Mercedes 230E coupe
10 years ago : 1994 Discovery 3 door
20 years ago: 1996 Ford Escort ( my mums car.She sadly passed away 2001)
30 years ago : 1982 Subaru pick up

Moting a 2006 MINI cooper S auto this morning, my glamorous assistant drove it in to work and said she heard a very loud crack from the passenger side. At first I couldn't find anything then onto the brake rollers and CRACK felt it through the car. The same again coming out of the rollers so it's no...

We have a customer with Essential Tremor or wobbly head as we call him (behind his back). There is an old dear that goes nextdoor with the same. That BMW would be doing a slalom if people like that got behind the wheel.

Replaced a rear light bulb on a Mini convertible today..What a faff.There is an inspection cover which is useless so you have to remove the carpet. Remove the plastic trim with two torx.You have to lift the back of the roof first.It won't get completely out of the way due to the glass and rear seat ...

As Eddie says it is supposed to blow through. Have you checked to see if it is blowing or sucking ? Hot air sucked from the engine bay isn't going to cool the radiator very well.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/145091910907?hash=item21c826dcfb:g:44MAAOSwjyVkZ49W I remember as a kid my dad owning a red HB Viva. Sunday evenings sat in the back in the Kesteven Arms car park with a bottle of pop and a packet of crisps, listening to radio luxembourgh whilst dad was in the pub getting ...

Well it got him to the Dr's and then home.The piston had come out of the wheel cylinder as it wasn't seated correctly on the back plate. New cylinder and brake shoes are on their way so should be fixed this afternoon.

Came into work today and a mate is parked outside with the bonnet up on his car. " I've got no brakes" he says. Put the car on the ramp and when he put his foot on the brake fluid is pouring out of the rear drum.Looks like a piston has come out of the wheel-cylinder. He is all of a panic a...

As the weather is picking up I dragged my 206cc out into the light.Gave it an engine service, fitted new discs and pads on the front, a new Lambda sensor and a side repeater (removing the wheel-arch liner to do so).The rear beam seemed to be seized due to standing. As I have a four post ramp and a j...

Been signed up for a while but never posted , until now. Atleast one of you knows me in real life as I run the MoT station in....Barnack. On the same industrial estate as Practical Classics workshop so , unfortunately , myself and my workshop have been in the mag. Usually my best side, the back of m...