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are they really that bad?

2007 56 reg

Hi all sold my b5.5 like the look of the b6 sport but all i read are bad things? looking at a full service one 2 owners but at 140k on it but i just dont know, i loved my old girl but a little unsure. or should i steer clear
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lee

So how much for pulley and fitting at mine?

leehurky wrote:My brother in law can get one for me for £107 for the 120amp will that come with the pulley as i aint asked him

sorry its only £80 + vat for a new unit, he is finding out if that comes with a new pulley in the morning

Mackenzies are very expensive
so do you think its a 120 amp unit then?
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lee

My brother in law can get one for me for £107 for the 120amp will that come with the pulley as i aint asked him

also there are no labels on the unit at all

ive had a new belt and tensioner and now this has started making a noise, and i thought it would be easier just to change the alternator?
and im in lichfield

looking at the back and i cannot see anything?

Ok cheers

Hi im looking to buy a new alternator for my diesel pd130 but they are asking is it a 90amp or a 120?
which one is the correct one for my car? im changing because the pulley is making noise on the one on the car so i thought it would be better to just get a new alternater
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lee

I have now had a new belt fitted and new tensioner but after 2 days the rumble is back buts it not all the time like before when at tickover, sometimes its there then it goes again. So now do i need a new alternator pulley? or is it just best to buy a new alternator with a new pully fitted cuz this ...

was it easy to do mate?

found this vid this is what mine is doing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3Zfcd19cCA

not my car but found this on youtube

yes the belt is wobbling around mate

Hi all my car is making a weird rumble on tick over when its hot or cold, if you rev the car it goes or if you keep the revs above 1100rpm its fine its just on tick over,
could this be engine mounts or one
cheers
lee

ok cheers thats what i thought

as above will b6 alloys fit a b5.5 i noticed that the 16" b6 alloys a et45 and the road americas are around et37 will they fit and still clear ect
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lee

The distance between top mount and spring platform is decreased mate as the car gets lower

In other words the lower the car gets the more it's compressed....hence harder it becomes

The higher the car the more distance the spring can move

No, the platform is wound down to lower, therefore ...

The distance between top mount and spring platform is decreased mate as the car gets lower

In other words the lower the car gets the more it's compressed....hence harder it becomes

The higher the car the more distance the spring can move

you have this the wrong way round mate the lower the car ...

Hi since i have fitted my coilovers both driver and passenger side boots have split has anybody else had this problem?
cheers
lee

Hi im going to replace my cv boots but i have the star shape bolt in the middle what size is it? so i can get the right adapter/ key
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lee

Ok will do cheers mate

My passenger side airbag makes noises like its moving and hitting the dash and I defo know it's that I have gone through everything else anybody else had this problem cuz its doing my head in
HELP PLEASE