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Try putting a jack under the spanner to push it up. You can always get away with using the wrong tool if you apply enough force...

Hi, Renewed subscription last week by bank transfer, should have my username in the reference. cheers JK

Some devices have a 2GB limit. If you have a smaller drive (under 2GB), format it as FAT16 and try again.

Lamborghini Miura, can't think of any others though

Thanks Dutchy, I tried my local Nissan dealer based on part numbers from the Courtesy site, but they couldn't find them and even if they could track down the part it would be an estimated 3-6 weeks (it's apparently quite an old car) Spoke to Mike and I should have replacement ball-joints for 35 GBP per side by Monday :)

I've had a look on twinturbo.net and it looks like a new lower arm includes the ball joint, which can be succesfully pressed in/out (if you can find a replacement), but there is a risk of damaging the arm in the process as it's apparently a bit flimsy. The ball seat is a separate cone shaped bit of metal which just sits on top of the ball joint, but I don't think that replacing it is going to do much good (which is a shame as it looks cheap). Does anyone know how much a lower arm costs and has anyone been able to source and fit a ball joint separately?

My car has failed its MOT with excessive play in the front lower ball joint at the hub end of the lower transfer link (not the only thing). This bit Does anyone know whether this is going to require a whole new transverse link, or just the ball seat? Also does anyone know the part numbers (or where I can get either of them from)? cheers JK

I got mine from ebay, shouldn't take much more than around 30 minutes per side for the front disks. For the sake of a quid, I would recommend getting hold of a couple of M10 bolts first. They can be screwed into the front of the old disks to push them off the hubs. Repeated hammering may have the desired effect eventually, but mine seemed pretty stuck (I think rears need M8). You may need to adjust the pads slightly (the new disks will be slightly thicker). Disk replacement Pad replacement

I have both, but haven't fitted the decat pipes because the exhaust alone is pretty much on the brink of how much noise I will take (just the motorway drone really). I think the exhaust is designed for the TT so has less silencing than an NA exhaust. Having said that both are very high quality, and the exhaust sounds pretty good when booting it and I may just be more fussy than most people.

Since you have datascan, probably worth checking the TPS. Should be between 0.4 and 0.5 at idle (mine was 0.38 which resulted in an idle of 1500ish). There should also be an idle signal shown on the display (showing whether the ECU thinks the car is idle or not) unplugging the grey connector from the TPS while the engine it running should reset it There is a pretty good idle diagnostic in the fuel and emissions section of the FSM

There was a suspiciously empty threaded hole where I expected it to be, but the error dissapeared when I put the old ECU back it. I put it down to the Nissan cost cutting on later cars, which explains all the other missing stuff on my car.

Yes, I have swapped mine. The only problem is that the new one (8 bit) is complaining about a fuel temperature senser problem (my car doesn't have one), but this is only noticable if you start looking for error codes.

Within datascan you can configure the wheel size, if it will let you make your rolling diameter 50% bigger than normal, it should compensate for the fact that 1/3 of your speedo signals are being lost (maybe).

The correct values/behaviour for each sensor can be found in the factory service manual, in the Fuel and Emission Control section: This bit

You can create and debug websites in VS2005 without having IIS installed. Never tried running it on XP home though. This should be suffient for educational purposes, though obviously not so good if you want to actually publish the site.