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  1. Finnon

    whats the point of headlight washers?

    i have them on my uk spec 87 n/a. i think there standard right through for us. My other car has washers and wipers on its headlights. its a 1992 ford sierra saphire 4x4 ghia
  2. Finnon

    suport points

    hmm ok. i also need to bleed the brakes of as i had to replace the abs pump thingy. looks like some point of the subframe then. ta
  3. Finnon

    suport points

    I need to remove my fuel tank as theres a rather large leak from somewhere. Can anyone advise me where the best suport points are for axle/jack stands. I wont use the factory jack points on the sills as theyve been welded up in the past. Would the rear sub frame be best? cheers all
  4. Finnon

    abs speed sensor malfuncion

    mine was just kapput. the wiring was fine etc but i had the code for open circuit on the front sensors and it turned out to be the drivers side sensor.
  5. Finnon

    abs speed sensor malfuncion

    right. check the sensor with a multi meter as per the tsrm. you need to check for a resistance between the terminals in the plug (something like 1.3k ohms) and for no continuity between the sensor body and each terminal in the plug. depending on how old the car is and condition of that area (is...
  6. Finnon

    steering column locking up

    out of interest can key blanks be got from toyota? so there the black plasticy things on them? that would be cool.
  7. Finnon

    steering column locking up

    this sounds like the ignition barrel is worn. mine did this and i just swapped a different barrel into it. pisses me off that i have different keys to open and start the car like. Does anyone know if a toyota dealer would rebuild an ignition barrel?
  8. Finnon

    Im quite bored

    hmm man i dont know where id go, ill probably go to australia for a little bit as ive a lot of family over there. theres some very old buildings in town deffinately. though there was a lot of them destroyed by bombs in the 2nd world war. (1939-1945) Its quite weird in the town centre where it...
  9. Finnon

    Im quite bored

    click on "westoe" its where i live. the westoe pub is my local. And that gazeebo thing is at the top of my street
  10. Finnon

    Im quite bored

    some of the better parts of town i should imagine: http://website.lineone.net/~d.ord/aspsosh.htm
  11. Finnon

    Im quite bored

    shields is a big shit hole. i want out sometime lol
  12. Finnon

    Im quite bored

    u lucky boy. i live in a small town in the north east of england. full of council estates and girls of nastiness. also home to the 18 yr old lass with like 3 children. man i hate shields. the lasses are fookin nasty. but easy mostly i guess. it just makes it harder to pull nice birds:nono...
  13. Finnon

    v v v quick answers needed

    hmmm apparently he txt her with the "we need to talk" thing. well i dunno wots goin on just now lol she txt me lst nite afta clubn and she was like im nt spkn 2 him lol. ahh i dunno ive been txtn her for like 3 weeks but seem to be gettn nowhere fast. perhaps ill give it another week see what...
  14. Finnon

    Who's drunk right now!?

    well i been to tha pub and had a few beers, dunno if i shud go to town now or not. hmmmmm mayb lol
  15. Finnon

    steering knuckle

    ohh well ill know for next time. Theres a dodgy creak noise from the front suspension. But it has always done it and never failed an mot. guess ill change all the parts over gradually to fix it.
  16. Finnon

    steering knuckle

    its fitted. A passing friend saw me looking at it so pulled in to help me out. He works for the aa so is a fully qualified mechanic. edit. the lower ball joint nut was a 22mm, the upper ball joint was a weird sized nut aswell. Is this usually the case?
  17. Finnon

    Auto Transmissions Question

    did you replace the fluid with dexron ii? if you used dexron iii ive heard of people having slippage issues with that stuff
  18. Finnon

    pulling codes

    do early n\as have o2 sensors?
  19. Finnon

    v v v quick answers needed

    lol yeah he dont like me i reakon. looked like a bulldog chewin a wasp last time i saw him lol:aigo:
  20. Finnon

    steering knuckle

    well i havent had a chance today, had to go and measure up a house for some architects drawings. place had a swiming pool and everything lol (fairly unusual in the uk) still i bought a can of plus gas to help with the release oil i put on yesterday. hopefully it will sort the nuts out so they...