Thank you all so much for your suggestions. You gave such a lot of information. Today we got desperate and managed to get through to the distributors in...
Thank you for pointing me to the zip file for the french version LGW 523. Since looking at that I just googled LGW 523 and came up with the same file in...
I wouldn't blame the RAC. They only get about an hour to fix things at the roadside,anything longer and it gets towed. The engine earth was obviously working...
But every time i've had the RAC out they put a meter across the battery, even if they have it started by then... that should have told them it wasn't charging....
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Feb 3, 2011 2:00 pm
As far as I understand it charging wasn't the problem? I assume it was ignition so I suppose he tried the usual things eg plugs etc and still couldn't get it...
"There is a limit to what you can do at the side of the road" Not a Microcar, but the exception that proves the rule - I used to drive a Wartburg Knight...
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Feb 3, 2011 5:17 pm
Yeah it's the curse of the modern car "electronics". If you watch the rescue people when they come out they usually go straight on a laptop database of...
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Feb 3, 2011 5:21 pm
ps I should have said there is a limit the "rescue services" can do at the roadside. You are obviously from the time when we all did our own repairs and...
Really i come from the "too skint to afford the AA" generation. But now i got given it with a bank account. And i've used it three times, once exploded gear...
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Feb 4, 2011 8:53 pm
that's the problem getting one without the electronics. Cars(and bikes) are much more reliable these days but when they go wrong it hurts the pocket. Only...
Has any one other than me, wondered the purpose of the shims on the Variator shaft and Reversing box shaft. With a new Belt being 42.6 m/m wide after 1500...
Hi there OGP. The reversing box pulley only rests on the shims at liftoff, so a narrower belt would give, IMO, a higher "bottom gear". After that the springs...
Hi,Thanks for that JJ, You've given me plenty to mull over, So in my minds eye I see that the spring in the Variator keeps the pulley open and centrifugal...
Could use some advice about bleeding the heater on an Aixam A751 petrol micro. The heaters stopped working and only blows cold air through even though...
Kim, I'm no expert on the Aixam engine and haven't got a microcar or Aixam to refer to these days, however I suspect they don't have a very powerful water pump...
One thing to check out is the switch that opens the heater matrix to the whole system. Mine snot worked for years, it just stopped opening and closing the...
Hi - just to add my experiences - with all the salt and water and dirt that was about recently because of that awful weather I also found my drive system...
Trying to save money wherever you can is important to us all. Insurance should be no different. Do not assume that your agent knows everything about you and...
it says here...http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/index/your_world/travel/driving_licences.htm#The_type_of_vehicle_the_licence_covers ..."if the vehicle has more...
Hi all I've got an '06 MC2 LWB & would like to carry a bicycle with it has anyone fitted a tow or roof bar for this purpose? Just to state this would not be...
