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    Thread: Engine let your foot of the accelerator pedel
Post: RE: Engine let your foot of the accelerator pedel

i had a similar thing on mine.......letting off the power sounded and felt like the engine was about to fall out......thought it was a the roll restrictor (lower engine mount), turned out both my lowe...
chris.rawe DW10 HDi section 17 7,437 09-05-2013, 08:04 PM
    Thread: standalone engine management?
Post: RE: standalone engine management?

megasquirt dude, i have it on my v8 defender, either ebay or www.diyautotune.com either buy it ready made or built it urself, uses ford ignition controller (edis), and crank sensor, can have normal ef...
chris.rawe XU Petrol Engines 41 7,849 25-03-2013, 02:11 PM
    Thread: 6 speed hdi???
Post: RE: 6 speed hdi???

damn do you recon you could take the mechanical bits and swap the over?......iam guessing i am not the first person to have this idea? lol
chris.rawe DW10 HDi section 13 3,641 12-03-2013, 08:46 AM
    Thread: Do I need another bloody cable!
Post: Do I need another bloody cable!

i had this problem on mine from where some knob had fitted it last and not routed it properly.... I had the same thing low biting point and then couldnt get it in gear..... The cable as you can see h...
chris.rawe DW10 HDi section 18 5,356 12-03-2013, 08:43 AM
    Thread: 6 speed hdi???
Post: 6 speed hdi???

has anyone tried to fit a 6 speed to a hdi 306, ive seen i few 406 hdi's as a 6 speed, just wondering if anyone has tried to fit one, the only issue's i can for-see is the engine mount and the n/s/f d...
chris.rawe DW10 HDi section 13 3,641 12-03-2013, 08:37 AM
    Thread: electronic brake force distribution??????
Post: electronic brake force distribution??????

Wicked cheers matey, ill do that, i recon for both abs light and warnings light for the ebd system to be on, its probably the module but ill get it checked....... Cheers
chris.rawe Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking 6 1,576 08-03-2013, 11:13 AM
    Thread: rear brembos......sizes?
Post: rear brembos......sizes?

yeah thought........ Worse case is i can break the car and get most of my money back on the brakes alone lol.......... Wrong lol
chris.rawe Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking 50 14,106 07-03-2013, 05:29 PM
    Thread: rear brembos......sizes?
Post: RE: rear brembos......sizes?

lol it has got a sticker on the bumper but i dont want to take it off in case it hiding a hole or is a major structural part lol.............oh turns out i have painted brembo/gti 6 calipers so better...
chris.rawe Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking 50 14,106 07-03-2013, 10:41 AM
    Thread: hdi break wear sensors
Post: RE: hdi break wear sensors

cool cheers, i went to change my pads today, thinking i had standard brakes.....turns out i have gti6 calipers......which explains the sensors on the pads and not the car lol.......cheers all
chris.rawe Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking 6 1,801 07-03-2013, 10:38 AM
    Thread: hdi break wear sensors
Post: hdi break wear sensors

hey any one know why someone had cut off the break wear sensors from my car, is this a common fault etc or was someone being huge donkey cock....... oh also has anyone got a pic of wear the wire co...
chris.rawe Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking 6 1,801 06-03-2013, 10:49 PM
    Thread: electronic brake force distribution??????
Post: RE: electronic brake force distribution??????

yeah i might have to take it to pug, i used a scanner and couldnt communicate with the abs module, but apparently this is common, but since i have this other fault i am now thinking it might the abs m...
chris.rawe Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking 6 1,576 03-03-2013, 05:47 PM
    Thread: electronic brake force distribution??????
Post: RE: electronic brake force distribution??????

do you know if its only on gti's or all phase 3's.......i have a ph3 hdi. just trying to work out what the problem is, maybe the pump or something?
chris.rawe Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking 6 1,576 03-03-2013, 05:00 PM
    Thread: electronic brake force distribution??????
Post: electronic brake force distribution??????

hey all just wonder wtf????? Is this thier fancy name for abs? my dash lights are on for abs and handbrake/ fluid level and this electronic force yardy yarda, anyone know anything? Cheers
chris.rawe Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking 6 1,576 03-03-2013, 04:45 PM
    Thread: rear brembos......sizes?
Post: rear brembos......sizes?

lol priceless matey i think ill keep them and change them onto my next car lol
chris.rawe Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking 50 14,106 03-03-2013, 01:57 PM
    Thread: rear brembos......sizes?
Post: rear brembos......sizes?

Ok so i had to change my p bushes and track rod ends so thought id take a picture of my lucus made brembos lol still at least its cheaper on parts lol
chris.rawe Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking 50 14,106 03-03-2013, 01:22 PM
    Thread: Brake pad/caliper problem?
Post: RE: Brake pad/caliper problem?

if they were mine id take the caliper off clean and grease up the slider pins, and replace the disc and pad, it could just be a crappy pad, were they pattern part? (cheap)......the calipers dont norma...
chris.rawe Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking 10 3,320 25-02-2013, 08:16 PM
    Thread: Sudden loss of grip..
Post: Sudden loss of grip..

mine does it but i have 2 good tyres on the front and 2 budgets on the rear...... But thats how i like it lol works well with the torque of a weasle
chris.rawe Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking 26 10,727 20-02-2013, 06:50 PM
    Thread: abs sensors
Post: abs sensors

Wow thats random lol was the abs ring on the drive shaft?
chris.rawe Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking 2 1,044 19-02-2013, 04:08 PM
    Thread: abs sensors
Post: abs sensors

hey all not sure which section to put this in 50/50....my abs light is on and i have just tested all the sensors which all came out about 1600 ohms give or take.....does this sound about right?, i tri...
chris.rawe Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking 2 1,044 19-02-2013, 02:38 PM
    Thread: handbrake light wiring
Post: RE: handbrake light wiring

oh yes.....just had a good look, there are 2 connection but they are linked, so...1, and earths through the bolt hole............hhuuummmmm strange, hey ho, worst case ill read the guide to removing t...
chris.rawe Interior, Exterior, ICE 2 1,175 19-02-2013, 02:33 PM
    Thread: handbrake light wiring
Post: handbrake light wiring

hey just a quickie, when i brought be hdi a month ago therewere a no. if isses to sort out, most are dont only things left are abs light and hand brake light, i check the fluid level incase it was tha...
chris.rawe Interior, Exterior, ICE 2 1,175 19-02-2013, 01:41 PM
    Thread: rear brembos......sizes?
Post: rear brembos......sizes?

Good shout i have a few spares in the toolbox.... cheers
chris.rawe Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking 50 14,106 15-02-2013, 08:01 PM
    Thread: rear brembos......sizes?
Post: rear brembos......sizes?

Lol surprised they stayed on so long, didnt even know you could buy caliper stickers
chris.rawe Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking 50 14,106 15-02-2013, 05:34 PM
    Thread: rear brembos......sizes?
Post: RE: rear brembos......sizes?

funny you say that, the hole thing is red on the front, iam gonna check and measure the disc tomorrow.........just in case..............that would be pony lol
chris.rawe Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking 50 14,106 15-02-2013, 04:34 PM
    Thread: rear brembos......sizes?
Post: RE: rear brembos......sizes?

wicked that makes life easier............isnt it funny what some people do....:rofl:
chris.rawe Suspension, Transmission, Handling & Braking 50 14,106 15-02-2013, 04:03 PM