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Carver Rapide Water Heater Wiring

Unlike the earlier Carver “Cascade” heaters which had a complicated external controller for the gas side the Rapide simply requires a 12v/GND feed and then has two 12v outputs for …

T5 Transporter / VW

VW Transporter (T5/T5.1) Steering Rack Replacement

I don’t really do detailed “Tutorials” but after doing the steering rack on my T5 I thought I’d write up a few pointers! It looks like a fairly daunting job …

Uncategorized

Protect your Keyless GO Mercedes from Transponder Theft

Not a lot of people realise if you double click the lock button on a Mercedes FBS4 keyfob you temporarily disable the transponder in the fob and as such render …

Smart Car / MCC

Smart 453 Transmission Fluid / Oil Change

Drain plug: 8mm Allen KeyFluid: 1.7 Litres of Castrol Transmax Manual FE 75W The very early Smart 453’s have a filler plug on the side of the differential housing which …

Smart Car / MCC

Smart 453 6DCT250 DCT Transmission / Clutch Deep Dive

Unlike earlier smart cars that featured an automatically actuated single clutch manual transmission, the later “Twinamic” version introduced in the 2014 to 2019 (A453) Smart ForTwo and ForFour models employs …

Bayliner / Mercury / Force / US Marine / Reflexx

Chrysler Force 90-125hp 2-Stroke Prestolite Ignition Wiring

I bought an old 90s Bayliner that had a Chrysler Force 90hp power head (0E prefix serial number) mounted to am in-board Mercury Sport Jet and most of the wiring …

Mercury / Force / US Marine / Reflexx

Chrysler Force 70/75/90 Technical Specs

This post is basically going to become my ramblings about the technical details of Chrysler Force engines as and when I work them out so, Enjoy! Cylinder Head Bolt Size: …

Reflexx

Bayliner Reflexx / Jazz Wiring Diagram

I’ve recently acquired a Bayliner Reflexx Jet Boat with a Chrysler Force 90 Sport Jet engine as a project, there is limited information available for this boat online so I …

T5 Transporter / Uncategorized / VW

VW T5 Transporter Face-Lift Caravelle/Sportline Tail-light Upgrade

While the face-lift (T5.1 2010 onwards) sportline/caravelle taillights literally bolt on to a T5 and plug in the wiring is in-fact different to the earlier T5. Thankfully its a very …

KIA / Hyundai

Fix Kia (Sportage) 7 speed DCT gearbox clutch judder or shudder

I’m not sure if this is just clearing the glaze from the clutch plates of if it actually forces the gearbox ECU to rediscover the bite points but it definitely …

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