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Over the years, whilst working on old cars and bikes, I’ve come to hate Philips [slot headed] fixings with a vengeance, it’s that sinking feeling of knowing that you will round the head off before it will screw out. New to me, is that the Philips headed fastener was doing just what it was...

Posting both here and NSXCB. I run gas discharge xenon ignitors and bulbs on all four headlamps. Went to use car last night, fully rotated lighting switch; L & R headlamp retractors up, hi[full] and lo[dip] beams on, blue hi beam warning light on. Pulled turn signal/dimmer switch to go to...

In the UK the price of a replacement wheel and tyre after purchase tax is some 3,000 USD further, the supply of replacement folding tyres is denied to the retail market. Similar wheels are tyres are fitted to other vehicles; with adaption those from a Mercedes SLK can fit, see my post on the UK...

In searching for what I suspected to be failing capacitors in the OEM audio I removed the front [footwell] enclosure and split it to access the pcb. Whilst I thought that the unit was unmolested, the internal wiring is jumped with 2 pink 'scotch lock' connectors. Is this standard? If the wiring...