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 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 …
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 …
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: …
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 …
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 …
Potential solution to Kia Sportage 7 speed DCT gearbox judder??
This “trick” was used in the past on the earlier Kia Souls that had a DCT gearbox. I have no idea if it forces the gearbox ECU to rediscover the …
VW Transporter T5 Facelift Head Light Wiring / PINS
I’m going to explain quickly the process of modifying the wiring on a VW T5 to allow the use of T5.1 (facelift) headlights. The pins can be easily swapped using …
Smart Fortwo 451 Transmission Wiring Loom Damage
If you’re having shift issues on your Smart Fortwo, P0707 & P0914 error codes [The signals from the incremental sensor of component M17 (Gear motor) are implausible] that you just …
Smart 451 Gearbox Selector Motor
The gearbox selector started playing up on our 2009 Smart Fortwo and diagnosing the fault led me down a rabbit hole of trying to understand how the selector motor works …