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Am after a cordless drill that can drill through wood, metal, plastics and walls to put up shelves. I don't want a super duper £200 job. Just something that will function. Not sure what sort of spec I should be looking at. Ideally priced £50-£100. Cheaper the better.

ok made some test holes in the bumper. theres a part where it hits the beam behind within 5mm.

The parts where theres some depth of 2cm would need to be made where the lettering is on the number plate or too centred.

What length screws should I be using ? I think the one's I've been given are slightly too long.

Cooper B5.5TDI wrote:I drilled into the beam.....

Dont think my cheap cordless drill is powerfull enough to drill into a steel beam !

changed my mind about sticky pads.

I've got a load of holes on the front bumper from previous but most of them i use seem to be blocked by the beam behind.

Can anyone recommed where about i should be making the holes on the bumper ?

I want to stick my front number rather then use screws.

Can anyone recommend some strong adhesive to use that wont fall off ?

So basically rev the engine and then take off gently

The car vibrates when moving off too the point of need to press back down again.

It's got 102k on clock. It doesn't jump out of gear, just when taking off in slow speed in 1st it'll vibrate. Doesn't vibrate or slip on hard acceleration.

Recently my car has started juddering when am moving off in 1st gear. Could this be a sticky clutch cable or the whole clutch ? If its the clutch, i wouldnt want to replace the DMF aswell even though most would recommend as i dont cover much miles and probably only keep it for another 18 months. Its...

Hi, My side mirror is OK, but I need to pop off the glass to check the non-working heating element. I read that the clip behind the mirror can be prised off, when the mirror is angled down and in. However, I can't work out which is the clip behind the mirror glass, and am afraid to use force and ig...

someones smashed my drivers side wing mirror glass.

anyone know where i can pick one of cheaply. no breakers yard here.
Doe the glass just stick on ?

Anyone know where the biggest carboot sales are in England ?
Am from Leicester and been to Saddington.

Thinking of going to one next sunday. (weather permitting)

Am doing a euro trip to Belgium Germany & Holland.

Just wanted to know which side they all drive on and which way round you go on the roundabout if they have any.

Took car back to halfords autocentre for retest and they passed it. They were even generous to not charge me retest fee. But I still won't be taking the car there again at there prices.

Just got car back from garage. replaced wheel bearing.

Feels like a different car now. smoother ride. There used to be a slight droning noise when driving at speed which i always thought was from the gearbox but now thats gone.

Been to a local garage. He's gonna do it for £90 all in using skf part. I used to use this when I used to drive Vauxhalls. Should be 1-1.5hrs.

Its the n/s front wheel bearing. The guy on the desk said suspension arm needs to be taken off aswell.

They want £75ph x3 plus parts

How much should part & labour be at a small local garage ?

Only went there coz they were doing mots for online price £35. Thinking of taking it to a smaller garage to get the job done then back to do retest if i'll be saving a fair bit.

My car just failed the MOT at Halfords Autocentre for a wheel bearing and they quoted me £200 to replace excluding tracking.

Does that figure seem correct ? they say its a 3hr job.

I get a similar noise. Mines a sort of metal rattling sound when the turbo kicks in but goes after over a certain RPM or if i take foot off accelerator. My boost is very little and was going into limp mode alot but after wriggling some things around the engine bay i don't get limp mode but still get...

The most it let me put in was 45L when the indicator was saying 10 miles left. I filled it till the nozzle started clicking at the pump.

I drove 500 miles on that 45L. 95% on motorway @ 70MPH all the way.

Am driving to Edinburgh City from Leicester next week. Can any recommend an easy route to take ? Not looking for anything scenic. Just the quickest and most economical. I've looked on google and it either says use M1 then A1 or M6 then A74. Both taking the same distance and time. I dont wanna be stu...

When you've got the 50 miles warning on the cluster, how many litres of diesel have you put in to fill to maximum before it over flows ??

Jonny_doe wrote:i never knew about this hidden fuse bit , now i too have a working rear lighter socket , thanks

Which fuse was it for the rear lighter ?

Mine rear lighter dont work either.