Ah thanks Not seen anything today, though I do seem to remember a mobile mechanic ( now no longer operating :( ) a few years ago plugging in somewhere and telling me that fuel flow and air flow etc were all 'good' within spec. I was thinking it was burning way way too much fuel . Crazy when a little...

This is the vehicle

can any one tell...98 0r 99 Model?

Yes, did wonder about that throttle body. I am actually surprised to see a reply to my post. All the indications when I posted it , told me th epson failed to post with a server error and File Access not allowed. Only cam back this morn gin to try and post again. My knowledge is based on old diesel ...

Thinking this is electrical intermittent issue. Wondered if any one has seen this before. You can crank the car all day, tow it and it wont start or fire. Squirt ether in to the inlet manifold and it does not fire. No spark. Plugs are not getting wet either, no fuel coming in .it will not flood Seem...

I am going to have a look at a friend JLX tonight as she is complaining that the heater does not work very well. I had a very brief glance at mine this morning hopign to see an easy to access hto water flow control valve...but not can't see one in the engine bay. What I assume is the hot water pipes...

The rear axle casing should be exactly the same so just swap all the parts over from your old axle, including the diff, the axle shafts will be the same in both axles . You should also be able to swap the yoke from the gearbox end of your prop onto the new one. did not want to do that in case there...

OK, thanks..sorry for the very late reply..I never received e-mail notification about your reply

thanks for that info though

OK, thanks I was hoping to use the donor internals too, as I am not sure how good the internal are on the bent axle. As a temporary measure we welded some girder to the tow hitch, added chains and a Sealey port power hydraulic body press, straightened the axle..only to find it was twisted too. so ha...

Cheers My initial post is a bit disjointed..got a call to go to work, so had to cut and run. in work now...my job is very much hurry up..and...OK, now you re here...wait...wait ...wait. I did try looking up chassis numbers to get a year...but so far the only list I have found state the 10th digit..a...

OK, my axle got bent the other day when the Vitara got rolled back under a slight tug from a vehicle it had towed across a car park. We forgot to disconnect the tow rope from the other vehicle , and 4 hours later when he drove off, it pulled my Vitara backwards about 12 foot, where the back wheel st...