Penguin2007

try: Coggins in Raunds, Northamptonshire - just off A14. They have serviced my cars for many years. ‭01933 622242‬ Penguin

The padding on my Delta's drivers seat has started to degrade (2012). The back upright is fine. I wonder if anyone else has suffered with the problem & have had the seat re-padded. The upholstery is dusty but fine. Time taken to strip the cushion /remove and reattach the seat? Can it be done in a day? I am based A14 / M1 / M6 junction - recommendations appreciated along with 'ish' price. Else I am very happy - with the car, bought in 2014 - it has only had a new battery x 2. Nothing else! Except the service items / wipers (have found Bosch the best but a bit more expensive) and a pair of headlight bulbs. Kind regards Penguin

My car has passed MoT cleanly again yesterday - but has come back with a comment 'offside & nearside front bottom arm bush starting to debond slightly - ok at present'. 70k miles DELTA M-JET SR NAV

I had a similar problem to this with my Delta diesel. Garage said I was not doing mileage during pandemic ...... Eventually replaced battery with an uprated unit. Took into garage - put onto computer checker and battery good, but was drying before their eyes 14.71 .... 14.XXX etc Error code came back to the clutch system! Elaboration: I have size big feet. In the intervening weeks when having this problem, I had somehow 'kicked / nudged / moved' a make break switch on the clutch pedal. There is no warning light - but it throws up an error code. Effectively there was a closed circuit draining the battery. Remedy: Replace the switch* above the clutch pedal and then fabricate a 'box' to prevent it being nudged. The *switch was ok looking from outside - but refused to open / close on examination. Stupid place for a switch was the mechanics commentary. Has worked now for 18 months without any further problems. Hope this maybe of use

Taken car in for MOT. 24 fault codes have come up! They breed in the system. The error code worth noting is apparently C1161 Brake switch. (*) Apparently my size 14's had kicked it into a stuck UP position. (*) If you get someone to check brake lights they are permanently on as well. Remedied by a rubber stopper on brake pedal switch. Also solved the speed control / cruise control! Remember don't put size 14's into the top of the brake pedal.

I have lost 'stop navigation' in the drop down menu of my 12 plate Delta. (60 kmiles) Battery fitted by Halfords - because original was down to very few volts as it was sat on drive and not used too much. Hill start lamp been on for a while - but told not to bother with it as it could just be a small switch under dash / on brake pedal????? Could it be related to exceptional low voltage? Will a fault trace pick these up on service? Any pointers appreciated...... TIA Penguin

Try an independent - mine sorted out in a few minutes, I thought all of one cluster had gone -but it was the s/start, of which I never use, much prefer the handbrake and older driving skills. Penguin

I have had Bravo ones on both front corners of my 1.6 Delta diesel - no problems so far over 25k+ miles. ISTR it is the latest Bravo springs that are the ones to use.

mine is 3864 - you don't know my reg plate - so I'm happy putting it on here.

Plastics degrade with age & thermal stress. Remember they wizzes around at a great rate of knots - yours by implication is at least 16 / 17 years old (2019 - 2003), so it has had a good life. Once one blade is shed - it may well catch another blade and knock it - damaging the T connecting it to the disc / hub ... etc etc Don't be tempted to fit a metal fan if it was a plastic one - as they have the suicidal tendencies of costing you a new radiator as well. Kind regards Penguin

check: https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=chrysler+gear+linkage There is one for 33 squid at the moment Penguin

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My last advisory (50k miles) advises that the rear box ( and possibly centre box) will require changing on the next MOT in 3 months time. Can anyone state categorically that the Brava(O?A?) Guileetta(?) exhaust are direct replacements? Any chance of the car & part codes please???? Hope its not a CD part :-(( Don't want to change and go to the 'hybridise yet, love the car, excellent mp (55+) no faults, other than the service items.cannot justify cost, or work out how to do 500 miles to France Flexitarian permitting - in one go. Ride height and passenger comfort superb. Mum (86) can get in and out of car easily - only walking stick is excommunicated to the back seat. Does not use oil - but can consume a tank of diesel in one go over 650 miles before the f-dreaded light comes on. Heater too efficient. Need I extoll the marque much more ....... Yes I can get in several boxes of fish or spare feathers as well. Even larger suitcases with the spare bottles of fish oil and champagne! Last summer external temperature 'too high' - internal 60oF - cooled car down to a comfortable temperature in about 10 minutes. From hot sweaty body to steamed up car!!!!! Basic Falken tyres although slightly noisy have just been changed after 32k miles ............... (swopped f to back, original brake shoes....., new tyres to fallen mid cost ones) Roll on Chrysler bring it back!!!! Only criticism, which has now been solved: for half the time - door apertures. Poor on 'dietary new carpark' but in 'blue badge zones ' no problem! :-) Penguin

Glad to be of help - ps ordinary bulbs now last a long time and are far cheaper than LEDs and the associated cabling / transformers / additional bits!! A couple of extra fish for my supper or beers for you! :-))

As you have changed the specification of the car - your insurance may not be valid. I would be extremely careful. The Police could if they felt really bolshy say that its a modification - check insurance - not valid and have your car off you! There was an article in 'Dear John' or on 'BBc radio 5 Mr (midnight) Mechanic' within the last few months. Maybe just before clocks went back ..... pedantic but, if you needs to be safe and wants use of car, I would seek alternative sources of info first.

Hi Jeff, to fit LRD lights to a non-LED car will result in a fail at MOT time. You are changing the original spec of the car. Hope this helps.

Is your indicator stalk set at 'zero' ie no flashing indicators?

Why not drive on dipped headlights (aka the Swedes, Finns, Icelanders & Norwegians ..... French) In the IAM test this is a legitimate manner of saying 'I am here'. I have always driven on dhl, my father too - perhaps that's why I seem to have a cocoon of space around me - even on a mega hot summers day - that seems so far away! I have still to replace a set of headlight bulbs - having bought my car in April 2014. They are cheap - in comparison for a life. Penguin

my supplying garage said 'no', when I asked why were front DRL on with rears off. Penguin

symptoms of MA problems Mine well maintained, 8k servicing etc, MOT fine - needs some new tyres - but they will be on prior to funny stuff arriving. (3mm front / 4.5+ back) water pump / belt done / filters / two new front springs etc etc Tell me more plz????? 40Km coming up Love the car and wanted to make it my last (I'm 62 and will probably give up at 75. Its a 12 pate 1,6 turbo disel Penguin

BE Kindly advised if the car has incandescent lamps and you fit LED lamps in the UK - it will unfortunately fail the MO`t as it changes it 'conformity' tag. HSE in its wildest and poorest mode. I would far prefer to have some higher intensity `lets than of the 55W halogens in my main beam. `LED power would equate to approximately + 40%. Pengiun :-) - luckily the suns over the horizon and I can turn off my tail lamps down here in Antarctica.

Have you still got the originals? If so compare the lengths of both blades. When I bought a Bravo pair - in the same pack, they had put in a 'longer' shorter blade by accident. This was only about 3/4 inch - but sufficient for me to get tangled up on a trip going into wet welsh Wales. Stopped in Abergavenny and replaced on a cold wet Friday or Saturday night. Penguin

Simple one this - the service light needs resetting. You can check this from the right hand stalk - and troll through the menus. You will find that the mileage is probably in the -(number) mileage. The computer plug is above your right foot in the drivers footwell, and you will need access to the Delta codes / to reset. My garage now do it for free when I get my car serviced and MOT'd. IT is a little disconcerting, when having serviced the car, and you are 70mph ing the car down the M4 to catch a flight from Gatwick, when this light comes on! Providing the car has been serviced its OK - but me being OCD on lights and bulbs etc - I would get it reset fairly soon. As far as the fill volume - if you do your dip stick on a flat road, the oil should reach about half way up the hatched portion of the engraved section on the dipstick. Kind regards Penguin Not enjoying the heat - its melting my glacier.....

I had the same problem too. Brava / o blades are not a correct fit. I have fitted Valeo blades ref: VM442 they are about £20ish for the pair and come in the same box. I am sure a Yahoo search / or Guggle will find a supplier in your area. I struggled to find any Bosch ones - my preferred option, but was assured that these are of decent quality. Penguin