Hi all, I got this from Steve Evans on The Crypt! The latest issue of our famous magazine is now out. Issue 44 is entitled "Who killed Jack the Ripper?" So...
hi quadies, "Grays of thrapston" northants are holding a open day on 8th july, between 10.00am-2.00pm and will be serving free food and drink. they are showing...
Picked up the car on Saturday, WS having pulled out the stops to get the crank sensor replaced on Friday(big thanks to them). Unfortunatly I dont feel...
hi i am looking to sell my aixam red v reg car. full mot and tax. i live in pontypool south wales. please can you help me. kind regards, sara [Non-text...
i will take any suitable cash price offered. im in a hurry to sell as i have put in for my car test and need to buy another car. if you know of anyone looking...
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I reckon the headlights on my 1999 Aixam will fail a MOT. They are the earlier type. Before I have the shock of pricing them at the local Aixam dealer can ...
Thanks Steve for forwarding - I didn't actually email that but replied to a post on the group website! Funny system they must have there. All the best, JJ. ......
Ok so few weeks ago i thought i had changed the coolant. But i don't think i did it right! The car has just a few mins ago overheated, not erupting steam just...
Hi Jon, ... Is it a 'sealed' circuit, a-la the old Renault 4 and 5 series? If it is, at the highest point of the heater hose run, you'll see a knurled 'tap' in...
Always have the heater control set to hot when changing coolant. Fill with 50/50 antifreeze/ water. Mix it first. Add mixture till it comes out of the top of...
Decided to take the oppertunity to visit Grays becaus they had their Aixam Open Day today. We were a little disapointed to find that there was not a Scouty to...
Thanks, basicaly what i did, i must have messed it up some way or.... somthing terrible has gone wrong!....Im no expert with cars and water cooling, seems odd...
Sorry to post on my own post, however you wont believe this... 1 week and 300 miles later, A14 slip road 55mph ish and engine dies, second or two later back...
Duneoh, I'm sorry too, that someone has had such a trial :-[ It does sound like a short circuit on an unfused wire. Once the loom is well melted, there's a...
Hi Dune, ... Whoah! Sounds like you had a lucky escape there! How terminal is it? (No pun intended!) As long as no-one was injured tho'! <sb> Take care, Chris,...
Hi Jon, ... With hoses having smaller bores and matrix pipes getting finer, there's more chance of iether debris blocking something completely, or to 'choke'...
Been told the A751 petrol version uses the same Lombardini engine as the Microcar MC2. Would love to know if this is true? If it is, then the only real...
Oh flip... just spent all day under the car, took bottom rad hose off, jetted water up read, up block, down rad and down block and round the heater matrix... i...
... Chris,JJ, Jon, thanks for the replys. Unfortunatly the whole of the wiring looks to be affected lots of bare twisted discoloured wire and blobs of plastic...
Hi Jon, ... The thermostat will be fitted on the engine end of the top hose. It may be fitted inside the top hose (like the old Renault 16) or in a housing,...
The thermostat appears to be as you say on top on end of the top rad pipe.... i suspect the stat as when the "too hot light" is on and the rad cap off, no...
Sorry to hear of your problem. It does sound as if the alternator was giving out an overcharge. This would account for the wiring loom melting as the cables...
Had stat out, put it in hot water and it opens fine, hopeing id fixed it in some way i put it back. Ran car , warning ligth comes on after about one minute of...
Hi Jon, ... There are three things that the head gasket keeps separated; oil, water and fuel charge! If the gasket were blown, there's only a 50% chance of...
