AndyP

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Have a look here :- http://www.tuneparts.co.uk/cgi-bin/shop/shop.cgi/page=lambda.htm/SID=PUT_SID_HERE Don't know if they are the right ones though ...

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Well if the car was yellow I may have been having a w8nk, but you know what I think of red cars ! LOL :D

Git !!!!!! But at least I look slim standing next to your Dad ! LOL :D

So is that a trick of the camera/light or is my hair really not grey all over ???? :confused:

Lot's of 'em ! http://www.mingers.com/

You have to be quick and because I'm only ickle I can hide behind you fat buggers ! :D

In case anyone is interested, just went down my local Motaquip (helpful couple of geezers who know their sh1t) and got a Platinum battery for £31 + VAT. 70AH, 570CCA with a 2 year guarantee. Was interesting to note that they can also supply one with a 4 year guarantee. I was tempted because I thought it would be better, but matey checked and informed me it was an identical battery, but with a National rather than a local return policy, difference would have been about another £15.

Because my battery died - the snow was loadsa fun ! ;)

Probably not if it's been quarantined, but you'd wanna get rid of it properly.

So what about a pair of Hawker SBS60's wired in parallel. Would provide a capacity of 102AH, about 500A for 2 minutes are less affected by cold than std lead/acid batteries. £35 each incl. postage at :- http://www.bullnet.co.uk/shops/test/batterie.htm Specs: http://www.hawker.invensys.com/product/content/pdf/product17.pdf Not sure whether the charging cycle would be right from a std car system though .... any thoughts ?

Didn't mean like that you tart ! Just turning the case over may have done the trick if the disk had decided not to spin up. ;) As the machine is about 3 years old I'd guess you have something like a 20GB disk, so something similar would be fine, but you could probably get a larger one pretty cheaply now. Have a look at http://www.dabs.com or http://www.scan.co.uk/todayonly etc

It could well be that the hard disk had just stuck and you bashing it about while taking the cover off etc freed it up, so next time you turned it on it worked. It's not unusual for a disk to croak after three years, it might be worth buying another of and copying all yoiur stuff over, while it's still working, or failing that start taking backups of the stuff you really need !

Sometimes mine smell very much like hydrogen peroxide (which is used in perm lotion)

Read this before you get them skimmed ! http://www.stoptech.com/whitepapers/warped_rotors_myth.htm

Hmmm, well I never got home - car is still abandoned on someones drive in a remote Essex village ! :( Back a work in yesterdays clothes ...

Looky here :- http://www.impul.co.jp/

Surprisingly little actually, but you waste tons in getting all the air out. 2 litres should be more than plenty.

Mine packed up on the way home tonight and had to pretty much abandon the car in a snowdrift ! Now I have the hassle of getting a new battery (tomorrow) - bummer

There's also a great new article from those wonderful chaps in the land down under, which has yet to make it onto my site :- http://www.aus300zxclub.com/tech/reliability.htm

$8 they certainly are not - more like $60 I think. I was all set up to do mine, it was even the easy side (passenger), but in the end SE did it at the same time the gearbox was swapped over - dead easy to get to then.

You're looking at around £65 ea in the UK. Changing them is a bit of a pig, you really need a special tool, plus arms like a spider monkey. Also helps if the car is an auto (no clutch m/c in the way) Diagnostic info: http://www.twinturbo.net/ttnetfaq/FAQpages/O2s.html http://www.aus300zxclub.com/tech/o2.htm

You're right, the basic ECU test only tells you whether they're completed dead. You need a Techtom/Consult/ConZult to suss it out properly and even that can involve a bit of guess work as they often tend to get lazy before that actually completey fail. I had to replace one of mine and it immediately made a difference to the fuel consumption and the colour of that exhaust. An emissions check will also help to diagnose the problem, but that doesn't always make the cause obvious.

Mine certainly get a bit grubby after a couple of weeks. Will always be worse with short journeys, cold weather etc. Autosol, made by Solvol is what I use.