I would check you're getting 12v to the electronic ignition when it's cranking. Whoever fitted it might have tapped into a feed that isn't live when cranking and it only goes live once the key is released. Pot luck whether it will start in that case, seen it before on a couple of cars.
I researched this quite a bit a 4 years ago as I wanted one for occasional DIY use and whacking a hardcore base for a wooden summer house. I came to the conclusion that the electric ones were too light and eventually went for a C80 petrol model which weighs 84 kg. There's smaller versions as...
Done a few Golfs that have the same setup, double nuts worked for me every time. The studs have a locking compound on them and this tends to stay behind in the block thread, I just run a tap down there to clean it out prior to fitting the new stud.
Ok, that's the yellow / green earth wire connection. Just going back to this again:
Red to red looks good, as does the black to white. However the black to yellow reading of 0 ohms is concerning, that says you've got a short from a motor winding to earth. Did your meter read zero for this test...
Were these readings with the two red, black and yellow wires disconnected from everything else? It's just that you mention white to black and there's no white coming off the motor, white is a capacitor wire?
Your insurance company will find his from the registration. A family member had a bump last year (her fault), she was gutted and promptly rang her insurance company first thing next morning to report it. They already knew as the insurance company of the car she bumped into had been in touch. No...
That shouldn't affect your insurance as it'll be a claim against the drunk driver's insurance company (if he has any) or the whatever it's called pool fund for uninsured drivers.
If the sensors are inductive then the generated voltage is very low at low speeds. A sensor to reluctor ring gap a bit bigger than it should be could be enough for the ECU to not register a speed signal and therefore it thinks the wheel is locked or not turning as fast as the others.
Visual...
Thanks for the warning, Mrs Neilj has a 1.6 Tdi Golf and I recently noticed two of the injectors had little puddles around them. They'll be getting a closer look ASAP :thumbup:
Ask for a tour round the shop, they're usually ok with that if they're not too busy. Only a small place but they usually have some interesting stuff in for work.
Wherever you take the block, give them your pistons as well so they can get the skirt clearance spot on rather than going off nominal dimensions :thumbup:
I've had a few things done at Quasar Engineering in Stockport, just near Portwood roundabout (M60 J27) on Mersey St. Quite a old school place, no website so you'll need to ring them, but I've always found them decent.
Where are you getting pistons from if you're doing a rebore?
Yes, if the schrader valve was stuck open then removing the switch would release all the gas, which would have been very obvious to them. The pressure switch has a little pin that pushes down on the schrader valve plunger when it's screwed in place, so unless they've not screwed the switch on...
Inner diameter of the drum and width of the friction surface of the shoes are the two normally quoted numbers, so something like 160 x 35, 200 x 50 (mm) etc.
The brake adjuster is the bolt at the top, which will protrude out the rear of the backplate. Tightening this pushes the top end of the...
For some peace of mind knowing what you've got, it's easy enough to pop off a hub cap, undo the nut and remove the drum for a peep. The handbrake should be vertical when pulled on as mentioned above by @James1979 and there will be manual adjusters on each brake drum to take up shoe wear. These...
Has it always had sooty plugs or has it just started doing this recently? Where did the Weber come from, is it original fitment or aftermarket addition?