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It's a few years now, but in the case of my Ford Laser, the blockage was in the fuel pipe (dust from someone driving with no fuel-filler cap), so changing the filter didn't help. I had to physically unblock the pipe. When my Micra fuel pump failed, my RAC guy took out the air filter and got me...

I recently parted company with my old Super S. (a sad day!!) If anyone in Perth is interested, I have a used red rear hatch and two front seats for free. The hatch has a some rust around the lower edge of the glass, the eye-level brake light is buggered and so is the number plate cover, but the...

I agree it has to be fuel pressure related. I had a similar problem on a Ford Laser - a bit different because it was a carby system, not fuel injected, but it was a blocked fuel line. If the float bowl had some fuel in it, it would start, but would only idle. If the float bowl was emptied...

4 year update! First cold wet morning in ages, and she wouldn't start again. Fired once and flooded. First time since replacing the dizzy cap, which I haven't touched in the meantime, but someone else may have - the rubber seal was not seated properly and a loop of it was hanging out. I'm...

I ended up replacing my fuel pump with a GOSS GE195, from Veale Auto Parts. $130 off the shelf and fits straight in. A bit better than $6-800 and it even works !-) Then I pulled the old one (original UNISIA JECS) apart to see why it stopped. Nothing to do with dirty fuel. See attached...

I had the same problem and replaced the hinge. If you undo the bolts on the door you can sort of lean it out of the way while you get to the bolts on the A pillar, but there's still not a lot of room to get a ring spanner over the bolt heads, so I damaged the paint work a bit in there. Chris

Hey Nick, I'm newly into the market for a replacement pump, 51 mm. Mine stopped last night. How do I get onto you from Perth? Chris

That was it. The switch itself was fine. Thanks.

My brake lights have decided to stay on all the time, even with the ignition off. Given that the headlights switch to high beam when a lowbeam globe goes I suspected a faulty globe somewhere else but haven't been able to find one - all the other lights work fine. Will a faulty earth somewhere...

It's right next to the wiper motor on the bulkhead, under the bonnet. In the end I had to replace it. Local wrecker had one, but he's packed up & gone. Mine is 95 Super S, but I guess all that series are the same. Dunno about the later ones. good luck.

The car still stopped OK, just the rotors and pads looked bloody awful. I took them to the brake shop & the bloke there reckoned they must be off a boat trailer! They're not, but I do spend a lot of time parked near the ocean. He says rust is harder than the parent steel of the rotors, so...

The front rotors on my Super S are only wearing in the centres. Outer part of contact is hardly touching the pads at all, and has gone rusty. Same thing on inside and outside surfaces. The wear pattern on the pads matches the disc pattern. Is that a problem with the callipers or anything, or...

Mostly it would fire about 3 times and then nothing. The computer apparently thought it was firing but still detected too much oxygen in the exhaust, so injected lots more fuel, flooding the engine. When the RAC guy pulled the plugs out they were visibly wet. Turning the engine over with the...

Started beautifully after a couple of wet nights so I'm sure that build-up of grunge was the problem. Possibly partly a result of frequent parking at the beach? At least worth a look for anyone else who gets the same problem. The crack is only around the mounting screw but I'll change the cap...

Took the cap off the dizzy yesterday. Some clown in the past thought it only had two screws and there is a crack around the third screw. But no evidence of the spark tracking out that way. There was also a big build up of some grunge - zinc oxide? - on the inside terminals. Chipped that off...

After overnight rain my SuperS fires about 3 times and floods. Previous threads have suggested a crack in the dizzy cap. The RAC guy who last got me going said there was no error light message. As a temporary measure I have taken to covering the engine with a towel overnight, and that works...

Nope. Next time I drove it, back to the same problem. I have already replaced the stalk switch. Is there anything else it can be or do I go the wrecker and geet another black box? chris

I pulled the black box apart. Nothing obviously wrong or dirty, but it has a little solenoid in there so I gave that a blast of CRC and bit of a wipe. So far it's done about half an hour without wiping the window by itself, so fingers crossed. thanks sparcolite & Henry chris

My wipers have decided to wipe my windscreen even when it isn't raining. For no reason they just go into intermittent mode. Then sometimes they stop for a while, but always work properly when I switch them on. Have resorted to pulling out the fuse when they drive me nuts, then putting it back...