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26562
Damn, I knew I had forgotten something.... ....'though you don't actually need to split the caliper [with the 7mm allen key]; if you retract the pads and...
mark_at_snydale
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Jun 1, 2009
9:42 am
26563
I've just done my discs and pads and I took lots of photos with the intention of doing a write-up. Not quick enough, obviously! Andy:- I could send you some...
Jon Wellingham
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Jun 1, 2009
10:13 am
26564
Hi Mark, thankfully the pads were a doddle. I changed the discs this morning, but lost 2 of the disc studs, 1 each side. Getting some new ones from Fiat this...
Andrew Dawson
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Jun 1, 2009
12:08 pm
26565
Hi Pete, thankfully the pads were a doddle, and I changed the discs this morning. Just need 2 new disc studs, 1 each side. Thanks for your help. Andy. ... ...
Andrew Dawson
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Jun 1, 2009
12:09 pm
26566
Hi Jon, I finished the work this morning, what a fantastic response from all the guys of the Multipla Owners Club. I had help coming out of my ying-yang. Well...
Andrew Dawson
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Jun 1, 2009
12:11 pm
26567
Hi, Glad your ABS does actually work! The keycode is used for emergency starting, if the imobiliser doesn't recognise the chip inside the key. If you look on...
Jon Wellingham
wellij81
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Jun 1, 2009
2:51 pm
26568
Hi Jon I knew about the key-code via the manual but had expected something like a bank card (as needed to pay for a key!). I had read somewhere that the...
victor.sylvester
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Jun 1, 2009
3:11 pm
26569
£20 sounds a bargain. Some people have reported much fiddling about while trying to connect the sensor. I looked on ePer (the online catalogue), and it shows...
Jon Wellingham
wellij81
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Jun 1, 2009
3:33 pm
26570
Does anyone know about how to find the rubber bushes for the rear sub-frame on a 53 Multipla? I'm told that these are not available without the complete...
Nick Barnicoat
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Jun 1, 2009
7:03 pm
26571
thanks for the advice mark, i was thinking about putting the stands there myself. will certainly do so now....
robmcgivern
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Jun 1, 2009
9:13 pm
26572
By disc studs do you mean the small crosscut screws which hold the disc until the wheel is on? One a side will be fine since the discs won't go anywhere with...
Dave Pallant
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Jun 2, 2009
12:28 am
26574
I took the family to Dublin yesterday, we drove up from Cork with no problems but on the way back whilst on the motorway doing 70mph the engine suddenly lost ...
DAVID
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Jun 2, 2009
9:57 am
26577
I was lucky enough to be given a roof box the other day that had been sat in my neighbours garden for years. After blasting out the colony of snails spiders...
DAVID
dave_reeder6...
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Jun 2, 2009
11:10 am
26578
If you were at the UBB you would have seen the BAK RAK on my multipla it carried all our gear from Ireland to UK in the box I fitted to it (pics are in the...
DAVID
dave_reeder6...
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Jun 2, 2009
12:46 pm
26579
My roof box fixes to the roof bars with 4 'U' brackets which go up from underneath and clamp the box to the bars. The Fiat roof bars are quite wide (same as...
Ian Helmschrott-Bowden
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Jun 2, 2009
1:23 pm
26580
Hi Dave... you did the right thing. What you experienced was a sensor reading outside of its given parameters and flashing up a warning. It also sounds like...
Nick Walton
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Jun 2, 2009
4:02 pm
26581
How can I get to the ePer stuff - the link on Multipla Owners appears to be broken? Peter...
pod3491
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Jun 2, 2009
5:00 pm
26582
Pleased to report that my 9 year old multi has just passed it's MOT with no work needed and no advisories for next year!! Last year it had it's first failure...
Tracy
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Jun 2, 2009
5:05 pm
26583
It isnt/wasnt broken its always down when I try it. Try the one from the fiat forum (the same link) in case they have changed it or type eper into google.... ...
Nick Walton
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Jun 2, 2009
5:29 pm
26584
Well done to your car. my nine year old car was driven like a dragster by its old owner and it has failed every M.O.T since i have had it. I have spent a...
andersonliz66
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Jun 2, 2009
6:24 pm
26585
The bug goes in on the 12th for her first MOT with me – I know I need to sort the ARB’s and the exhaust (started blowing) but im seriously hoping that she...
Jim Oliphant
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Jun 2, 2009
6:37 pm
26586
The ARB isn't normally a failure point, although the drop links are. Ian 2009/6/2 Jim Oliphant <jimoliphant@...> ... The ARB isn't normally a...
Ian Helmschrott-Bowden
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Jun 2, 2009
6:44 pm
26587
Hi Mark I've just read your reply about replacing the bushes on the front struts. Are these bushes easy to come by or do they have to be bought only from the...
Kenneth Buckfield
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Jun 2, 2009
8:43 pm
26588
Thanks I will watch it carefully from now on it behaved itself today as if nothing had happened, I even got the kids to clean Pugly and hoover lol. Pugly has...
DAVID
dave_reeder6...
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Jun 2, 2009
9:23 pm
26589
I've asked before and I'll ask again.... Has anyone tried a spray that sprays into the inlet manifold and is intended to help unstick the EGR valve? I have...
Dave Pallant
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Jun 2, 2009
10:01 pm
26590
I've had difficulty getting to it, and the one on the Fiat forum didn't work. I googled it and a Dutch one came up which worked very well, and it was in...
Jon Wellingham
wellij81
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Jun 3, 2009
6:50 am
26591
mine (51 plate - 91,000 miles) passed with flying colours only a couple of months ago... and the poor bug would have been the sure winner of the UBB most...
Giovanni Guarnieri
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Jun 3, 2009
8:00 am
26592
I've looked on ePer and the subframe is shown as a unit with no separate parts, so they probably aren't available. The bushes that usually go are on the rear...
Jon Wellingham
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Jun 3, 2009
12:31 pm
26593
If the thermostat was faulty and it allowed water around the radiator before the engine had warmed up, this would only affect fuel consumption during warm-up....
Jon Wellingham
wellij81
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Jun 3, 2009
1:09 pm
26594
I would go back and ask what he did. It shouldn't be necessary, but did he perhaps remove the engine? It is posssible that not all the damage from the belt...
Jon Wellingham
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Jun 3, 2009
1:23 pm
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