Recent content by AcesHigh

Well, after 10 years of Honda ownership, I am moving to a new family. I have placed an order for a Toyota Auris HSD for me and a Toyota Yaris for my wife, they come in the next couple of weeks. The main reason for switching was because I have had enough of constantly paying out to keep my...

Paper clip in to one of the blue plugs that are located under the dash. Passenger side. There is a guide on here. try a search for paper clip method

If you have a changer on the hatchback version it will be in the boot on the left, behind a piece of the trim. I know the xcarlink can be fitted to the CD player head unit (I have one), I would ***ume that the tape deck has the same port on the back. Look on the head unit, if you see a source...

What side does the rear washer tube go down? Could it be that?

Scrap yard is probably your best bet. I managed to get a handful for a fiver. It is easy to remove just disconnect the rubber hose and pull the plastic valve straight up. Then with a pair of needle nose pliers or a small flash head screw driver ease the plastic or rubber seal from the engine...

Yes, all in the manual. However, without the use of a weigh bridge, I don't know how you would get the exact weight of the car. Plus, bear in mind it changes all the time - full vs empty tank, full vs empty stomach...

Good shout with the pipe work, I have already wire brushed and repainted the brake lines after my father in laws lines failed due to corrosion.

I'm in two minds about undersealing the entire car as I am worried that if the slightest bit of water gets between the seal and the chassis then I am totally screwed because it will rust completely and I won't see it. In all fairness apart from a couple of small patches on the two members that...

Yeah, mine is like that, and the copper has "corroded" and gone green. I have been advised to replace it. Use the sandpaper to clean up the faces of the connectors and also where it actually makes contact with the chassis. After putting it all back together again, it may be worth giving the...

Well the old girl is showing her age... I've had a slight rust bubble on the rear arch (where the screw is that holds the rear bumper to the wheel arch), I scraped out as much as possible from behind the arch and then plastered it (& both rear arches) with waxoyl. Step forward a few months and...

Battery to chassis Alternator to fuse box Fuse box to chassis (near passenger side suspension strut) Engine block (I think) to chassis - easier to see when under the car Rear earth point behind trim in boot on passenger side (might be able to get to it through removing bulb panel There may...

It is possible to get a spoiler for the hatchback, just find a 1.8 Sport in a scrap yard. I'm pretty sure that trim level all came with spoilers

Even with abs there has to be some degree of the wheels locking up. The computer system detects the split second that the wheels stop turning and then releases the brakes for a split second so they start turning again, then it reapplies the brakes again until they lock and rinse and repeat...

Do a search on the forum for the gap sizes, I'm on my phone so can't get you the link now. Skhell posted them up sometime last year in a thread about adjusting the valves

Hissing sound as you open the fuel cap = good Big bang = not so good