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Yes, carefully prised the plastic away from inside the hose. Got a pair of pliers in there, followed by a small metal hook to scrap out what was left. A couple of small pieces fell down the hose and I was unable to retrieve. Driven 100+ miles since then and no problems (touch wood).

I've only lost about 300ml (that's what it took in water to take me back to the MAX line) so thinking I've been lucky as it's likely I've been driving around for at least five days with this hose hanging off. The other hose has been disconnected and I've joined the two ends together with a 2"...

So, I went to top up my oil last night, noticed brown splashes all over the engine/bay. After taking a proper look this morning, I've found that the plastic connection for the right-hand hose coming out of the HCV has snapped off. I expect this happened the other day when I was forced to hit a...

Thanks Yog!

To be honest, I only bought the bushes within the last month.

Hi, Replacing wishbones and drop links soon using ScubaSteve's "How to" which only mentions torque required on the wishbone bolts. Anyone know how tight the drop link bolts need to be? Thanks in advance

Wishbone Front Bush x2 (18mm thick housing unit) Wishbone Rear Bush x2 Anti Roll Bar Bush x2 SOLD I recently bought the full set from Flo-Flex but decided not to fit them now I've decided to sell my Puma soon. Fits all models. Orange Poly bushes.

Passed the MOT today, those three previous advisories didn't show this time. Unfortunately, they did give me one new advisory (Offside front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated) which is going to be easy enough to sort out.

Ahh balls!

Thanks TastPiotr. I've read about others on here using the Flo-Flex bushes without any problems (decent enough quality), so I might go for those instead of purchasing the actual wishbones... It'll work out cheaper and I will be selling the car soon anyway. Can you (or anyone else) tell me if I...

After spending the afternoon in doubt, I was surprised to learn that my X-reg 1.7 has just passed its MOT... Thank God!!! Three previous advisories have disappeared to be replaced with just one: Offside front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement...

Hoping there's someone out there who may have some insider knowledge on this. My MOT is due end of this month, I have three advisories on my previous MOT - corroded rear brake pipes, excess movement at rear upper strut mounts and some rust to the chassis. If I leave these "repairs" for the...

thanks dude

Just for ref (as I had to get one of these a few months ago), it's this bit, yes? Got mine from Ian, bugger to change - did it from above and below without removing any other parts. I treated mine against rust before putting it in (especially the metal parts that hang right at the front of...

Thanks lusid666 - I know the four nuts securing the rocker cover are def 10nm but I wanted to check on those other three nuts too.