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• Ford Mustang 31 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  Nice article in Saturday's DT Motoring section about James Cracknell's '67 Mustang import. Good to see the younger brigade discovering what we've known...
• Adjusting valve clearances - Ford OHV 9 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  Hi When you adjust the valve clearances on these engines, do you press down on the back of the rocker (the end over the pushrod) to make sure it's tight...
• ford orion 92 kplate electrical prob 16 Apr 2004 (Forum)
  Have been looking at a problem with central locking and elec/windows.am getting 13.5 volts at feed side of fusebox from battery.at feed side of fuse only...
• Focus Cambelt 16 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  Mechanics: 100k, 10 years Ford dealer 'A': 60k, 5 Years Ford dealer 'B': 100k, 10 years I know its better to err on the side of caution but I would interested if anyone had a more accurate view! I'm already convinced that the 100k,10 years is unrealistic.
• focus shakey wheel and veering to left? 15 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  ? also the garage state the next serve due is in 6,000 miles or 6 months and the car has just had its first service at a year old 7000k miles. isn't the ford service interval longer? (incidently its not a ford garage i bought it from)
• Car Prices....must be cheaper. 11 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  In the process of doing some clearance at PU towers...came accross a newspaper dating back to August 1989...the motoring pages no less. Local Ford Delaer selling an F reg Ford Sierra 8k 1.6LX - £9299. Its present day equivelent seems to be a Mondeo 1.8 found one of these on the web - a pre-reg all
• Snapped Ka spark plugs! 30 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  Today I decided to replace the spark plugs on my mothers three year old Ford Ka as they had never been renewed. One gentle turn of the socket and snap!-one sheared plug. It appears now that I will have to remove the cylinder head to remove all four spark plugs which appear to have welded
• Renault's great gamble 31 Jul 2002 (Forum)
  with the Vauxhall Tigra, but what does everyone else think? Citroen must be highly delighted. Remembering how long it took for the Ford Sierra to become accepted (and even then, it needed a lot of Ford marketing money to do it), the more conservatively styled C5 might have the large French car market to itself
• ford focus hocus pocus 4 Oct 2001 (Forum)
  What makes me sick about a lot of modern cars is this ridiculous and mindless fashion for shaping the headlights like the eyes of an evil monster. Someone,...
• Jerky Mondeo 25 Apr 2001 (Forum)
  When I recently had my 1995 2 litre Mondeo serviced I mentioned the car was jerky when accelerating at the lower end of the revs in 3rd and 4th or generally hard in these gears.I felt the problem began to develop shortly after an elective cam belt change at 68k.The garage (not Ford) could find nout
• warranty joke 3 Mar 2001 (Forum)
  Helped buy K Nissan Sunny 1.6 estate for son from main Ford dealer. 3 months warranty. From beginning 2 obvious problems i) unexplained high revs while waiting e.g at junctions whilst accelerator pedal untouched ii) when cruising on level, engine starts to 'miss' if slight incline reached. Car
• Citroen Berlingo First Van 1.4 Petrol 2009 - 1.4 Berlingo Van Steering Knock & Tracking Issues 15 Mar 2014 (Forum)
  the steering side to side, (n/s/f jacked up) the knock could be felt at the centre part of the rack roughly at the middle of the bulkhead area engine side. For my peace of mind I got him to change both lower ball joints as part of an elimination process - resulting in less noise/vibration and a softer ride
• Peugeot 307 CC - Peugeot 307CC 2004 Hard Top roof won’t open 28 Sep 2023 (Forum)
  . What are the common causes and fixes or should I avoid this car as it might cost me £1,000’s to fix?
• Why can’t the Japanese make a good diesel engine 19 Apr 2023 (Forum)
  We’ve seen companies like Toyota making the most reliable petrol engines around. Earlier they were not outstanding but reliable . Take the Hilux that refused to die for Clarkson. Now we hear about Subaru s dissasterous  attempts , Mazda CX5 destroying themselves and even
• The truth about electric car range 2 Apr 2023 (Forum)
  .   https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjpyLSHjoj-AhWBR8AKHZ8DCdcQFnoECDUQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.which.co.uk%2Fnews%2f***icle%2Frevealed-the-truth-about-electric-car-mileage-aC1bt9t5jU50&usg=AOvVaw0hgBcBmiXLakTLq1fShA0N one
• N/A - Close All Doors When Filling Up! 7 Jan 2022 (Forum)
  queried this and was told it was a new H&S regulation. I then queried the value of this as the windows were still open and was met up a blank look. Is anybody familiar with this regulation?
• Vauxhall Zafira - Learner Driver Insurance - keep getting rejected 31 Oct 2021 (Forum)
  I have a 2009 1.9l diesel Vauxhall Zafira and have had no problems in insuring it. I'm in my 50's with 15+ years of NCB. I have a son who's learning to drive, taking lessons but would like extra help by practising on my car. Number online quotes have rejected my application to add him
• Maestro/Perkins Prima - Aftermarket lekky diesel lift pump question. 13 Mar 2021 (Forum)
  Never fitted an electric lift-pump in my life. I see dozens on ebay for 10-15 quid. Can anyone vouch for reliability of particular make/model? Or maybe have wind of a mechanical repair kit....not done one for donkey`s. Or cheapo complete pump. Again, seen plenty pumps/kits on ebay, usually
• Lottery Win? 28 Aug 2020 (Forum)
  Another useless, but interesting question! What car(s) would you buy if you won the lottery? rules- No Macca F1 - everyone would! No Enzo - Coz you couldnt! This should be fun...... Mines would be: If i could buy one car only it would be a Ferrari 360 Spyder, because it just makes
• Any - M6 Toll 12 Jun 2019 (Forum)
  I'm sure their overall income would increase, as the M6 in that area is still an absolute nightmare? Maybe they are just trying to get HM Gov to buy them out? It is high time it was free. But when over 75's lose their TV licence, there's not much chance of that with this lot in charge.