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My monies on this, if they have replaced the steering rack they may well have knocked the connector off, or hit and moved the hall effect sensor (crank sensor) out of alignment with the star gear behind the crank pulley. Especially if it is true that they say you have spark, fuel and it turns over. Can only really be down to timing or no compression IMO.

Something to do with a ballast resistor needed across positive and negative at the LED light cluster, to fool the warning light system that you don't have a bulb out. LED's simply don't draw enough current compared to stock lights and therefore the system thinks you have blown a bulb and registers it as a fault.

Possibly rear quarter window seal leaking into the plastic surround guiding water into the passenger seatbelt mechanism, alternatively check window seal between glass and rubber on the passenger door at the top.

Had 18000 miles over 3.5 years out of a set of Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta (they are are medium/harder compound tyre), Similar driving style to you, not too much hooning about. Tried these after a new set of Bridgestone Continental Sport lasted 3000 miles on the rears! The Vredestein's are a great tyre, what they lack in grip to say Toyo's in the dry they more than make up for in very wet and snowy conditions. I think they are the best all round weather tyre for the money. ~£130 inc. VAT a corner last time I checked. Sometimes soft compound tyres seem to be made out of butter to get the grip in the dry and don't last between MOT's. As I don't drive like Lewis Hamilton I compromise a little dry weather grip for a fatter wallet.

Maybe, I'm no expert but by say lightly heating (boiling water) and putting an insert to get it to keep its shape it may stay bent after its cooled. But the proximity to the engine's heat and vibration would probably initiate a 'memory' effect in the hose and it would try to go back to its original form and cause a kink at the bends, reducing flow rate. I think S hoses are moulded to there finished shape at the factory. Especially as they contain reinforcing strands to deal with the pressure these hoses are put under. It would be fine on malleable (sp?) metals such as copper as they have no memory and since rigid will stay in there bent form. Anyway im sure Chris will get it sorted. May be worth people checking there hoses and hose clips. As I'm seeing so many threads where boost pressures/coolant have been lost and I'm sure a lot of the reasons why are the age of these parts have led to them failing.

That's more like it, thanks for your help Keron. I wish it was, unfortunately its S shaped. Mr Wilson can fabricate the straight pieces out of spare hose, but you can't bend straight hose without kinking - especially the tight S hoses. Cheers Chris. I sent you an email this morning with some info regarding the extra jobs to do. Can't wait to get her back, didn't think I would miss driving her so much.

I think its some sort of supra gnome or supra scarecrow. Keeps undesirables out of the garden. Good idea IMO.

I'm assuming its the manual chain pulley attachment/and chain he's after. Try this link http://www.directrollershutters.co.uk/partscategories.php?pcatid=16 scroll to the bottom although you may have to register to view prices.

Screwfix are doing 8.5kW showers for around 65 quid all in and 9.5kw for around 80 quid.

Arty (Twin towers of tinsley viaduct before they were demolished). Abstracty in terms of elongated bonnet.

I'm an electrician, since you have had the wiring checked I would assume its plumbing related. I'm not an expert in this area but all electrically heated water outlets (hot water hand wash boiler,shower etc) have a low pressure switch which cuts in and turns electrical supply to the unit off. Since you have cold water coming out I'm assuming this part is either faulty or you do have a low pressure problem. It could be something more complicated though but your symptoms seem to point to this. It's an important safety feature as the unit is regulated on basic mains pressure, if you don't have enough water flowing through to cool the element you could in theory have a steam cleaner instead of a shower! Best get an expert in to have a look or for the cost it may be better to get a new shower fitted.

Apologies to the Op for my insurance advise but at least people in the know have corrected me with valid reasons. That is what this forum is for- good advise.

Aha you again, bad day?

Indeed, will train my children in the ways of self sufficiency from a young age or lock them up 'people under the stairs' stylee.

Yes But seriously it would be nice if all bays were the widened disabled/parent toddler space type then there wouldn't be any complaints.

Ok then how can insurers prove this? By checking V5 ownership? What happens when two people share a car equally but one is main and the other is named driver? I think on policies where usage is split between main and named drivers then are the named drivers - driving uninsured unless they can prove they aren't the main driver? This is a massive grey area and in my mind another insurance loophole to not pay out on a claim.

Erm, not fronting if its not your main vehicle, If you read my post correctly it states the runaround, which I assume she will be using for work commutes is the main car. The supra is the 2nd vehicle which she can drive at her leisure. Probably weekends. If i drive my dads car occasionally of which I'm a named driver does that mean I'm uninsured. Of course not. The advise is sound. I would be more worried about declaring any current/future modifications. As this is the area you will be caught up on if you need to claim.

Maybe next time leave the kids at home if they are that much of a problem, taking tham shopping surely adds to parents stress levels My gripe is the supra has long doors. So to open it and be able to squeeze out you ideally need 2 foot of room on the drivers side. Hence wider bays being needed. I cant see how parents with kids are classed as 'DISABLED' and are therefore allocated wider parking bays, especially as they are normally located close to the store entrance where IMO thats where the disabled bays should be given priority.

Hi, Since you are getting a runaround it may be worth doing the following. Buy Supra get parent as MAIN driver, you are named driver you pay their insurance (No, No claims being built up on your policy). Buy the cheapest to insure runaround for your age, value it at £100. You being main driver and get your parents on as named drivers you pay insurance (Your No claims will be built up on this car). Also with your Father/Mother as main driver on the Supra it could be insured through a classic car scheme (search for classic insurance threads on this forum for insurers). This could be as little as 300 pounds fully comprehensive for the year. I think limiting factors for a classic policy are 25-30+ years old for the main driver, limited mileage policy eg 5000 miles, Main driver to have second vehicle as main car, possibly garaged or secure overnight parking and the age of the vehicle to be at least 15 years old.

Agreed regarding the disabled spot, people who park there deserve any 'accidental' damage that happens. Or ideally a fine and 3 points if supermarket security can pass the details onto the police. However I don't understand parent and child parking bays and I feel they are fair game for anyone with an expensive or wide vehicle to use. Most prams fold flat and are stored in the boot, and you don't generally need to open the door fully to get baby/child out. If supermarket made bays as wide as parent and child spaces then there wouldn't be an issue. Also as an added bonus if the disabled bays were full then disabled commuters could still park and get out in a normal bay. However as they may lose out on 50 odd spaces by widening the existing ones they see that as a profit loss. So until they do I park at the furthest edge of the supermarket across two bays, or if its full I wait for a parent and child space to open up, as IMO I am not hampering anyone or causing un-necessary problems.

I used to think that, but if your 3k car hit a bugatti veyron and caused 200k damage (wont write it off unless it was more than 300k damage maybe) then that would seem cheap alongside the claiments obvious whiplash PI claim that followed. I do agree with your second point about location affecting insurance massively. That needs addressing by the insurance companies IMO. Totally unfair and not wholly accurate based on limited crime statistics and accidents rates.

True, My issue was the actual control mechanism how it actually provides assistance only when the steering wheel is turning and providing no assistance when the steering wheel is held in the same position. Although now I may need to find out how the control valve gets its feedback from a modern rack and pinion steering system. Wonder when landrovers got power assisted steering as my old series 2 didn't have it, felt like it did as it had a bout 5 inches of play in the steering wheel until it actually moved the vehicle. Very comical watching me drive that, twoing-froing all the time to keep it going in a straight line!

Always wondered how assisted steering works, although this is a relatively simple system. I'm sure its workings is still relavant to modern vehicles.

LOL....... Then I realised my girlfriend is blonde Although she would understand the MPH and answer the question correctly but then last week she thought chickens had nipples .

LOL did you get the same disappointment when the film 'Free Willy' came out? My Mum thought the same, oh wait I've said too much.................