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  1. david, thanks mate! will try with to buff it out manually with a cloth first, as you suggested. i should have gone to repco to buy the polisher compound today, now have to wait till the weekend. cheers.
  2. Hi guys, The other day, I was keeping too left on the road, and got the cars body scratched by the trees growing by the road. The scratch is not too deep, but it goes almost for a full length of the car http://img846.images...64/forforum.jpg If I use that scratch remover http://www.superchea...201#Description with that electric polisher/buffer http://www.ebay.com....m-/170752297378 - would I be able to remove it? Any tips how not to make it any worse by polishing this scratch out? Cheers.
  3. I did find this link too, which is at the top of google search results for rego hornsby, but it does not say much about these mechanics, rather what their web site has been search engine optimised. I was asking for someone whom you can recommend from own personal experience. I personally can recommend Payless Tyres in Chatswood - probably the best place I did a rego, was very quick, haven't been charged for anything other than a check itself. So, if you can recommend someone particular from a Hornsby/Waitara area, would appreciate that. Find an Authorised Safety Check Station http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/index.cgi?fuseaction=inspectionstation.form gives the list of 30 check stations for 2077 postcode ...
  4. Hi guys, Can you recommend a place to do a rego check (e-safety check) in a Hornsby/Waitara area. Thanks.
  5. Thanks (mr2). Is this the metal rod you were talking about: (from http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/103-3rd-4th-generation-1992-1996-1997-2001/264887-diy-interior-door-handle-replacement-gen-3-a.html) Will try to remove the door panel to see what is blocking the handle / if the rod got off - not particularly handy with the cars, but would not hurt to try. Thanks mate.
  6. hi guys, The driver side door - never had issues with it before, but since a few days ago it just wont open from the inside. when I pull the door handle (from inside) it only goes half way through and does not open the door. I can still open the door from outside (by lowering the window) or using the remote - but not from inside. Can't tell how did it stop working - because it was not me who found it. Could be just the rainy/wet weather affected the wiring, but can't really tell whether it a mechanical or an electrical issue. I remember that a year ago or so a driver door window was playing up - could not close it by pressing a button - but it only happened once and somehow fixed itself. Could be relevant to the todays door issue. Before I embark on trying to fix it myself - would like to get some pointers on what could that be and where to start. Cheers.
  7. Hi guys, where can I find a shift pattern plate (for automatic transmission). for Camry 2004 (v6). 4yo kicked it hard and somehow broken half of it off ... Tried searching on the net - but found nothing... Any directions would be welcome. Cheers p.s. I would not mind buying a used one as long it is in one piece... so if someone got unneeded one and willing to post - please message me. Thanks.
  8. Hi guys, where can I find a shift pattern plate (for automatic transmission). for Camry 2003. 4yo kicked it hard and somehow broken half of it off ... Tried searching on the net - but found nothing... Any directions would be welcome. Cheers
  9. Thanks, I haven't noticed that ham1748 have a new car, probably makes sense to keep it shiny.
  10. that might sound like a stupid question, but I would rather be seen as ignorant than to stay ignorant, so I will ask anyway: what is the point of fixing these small scratches? since my missus started driving my ... hmm ... ours Stivo, I see the new scratches almost every week and all I do is touching them up with a touch up paint. They are almost unnoticeable from the a few meters away, so why bother and spend hundreds of dollars on professional repainting?
  11. Ron, check your email.
  12. Just noticed your post. Will do today.
  13. I would hate to say, but if you are feeling this immediately after filling up, what you are feeling is most likely the placebo effect. Unless you are noticing a difference in feel due to slightly more weight being over the rear wheels causing less squat on acceleration, thus making it feel like something is different. You could be right about placebo effect. Went to my usual petrol station yesterday with a full tank, stopped there for a couple of minutes, and drove off the same way I usually drive from the gas station. The car was accelerating a bit quicker than just a minutes before... or so it felt on a long empty highway (just off the station) compared to the usual 40k limit neighborhood streets. That is actually air rushing out. Petrol is volatile. For example, (hypothetically) if you were to pour petrol onto the ground in one spot, then pour an equal amount of water on another, the petrol will evaporate faster. I would hope that you would know that already because if not, I'm not sure what they taught you in school, and that may be concerning since I'm sure most school kids go through the metho on the back of the hand lesson on evaporation. Anyways, when you have fuel in your tank, the lower boiling point of fuel means that part of it will become a gas and pressurise itself in your fuel tank. I won't go into the dynamics of that one because there is no need to. If you want more information, research "vapour pressure". When you open your fuel tank, you are releasing this evaporated fuel into the atmosphere, hence the hissing sound. It is nothing wrong with your car, it is just basic physics. My physics is a bit rusty and I don't know much about how the car works (a time to start learning perhaps) - but I though if the fuel somehow goes out of the tank into the engine through the fuel system, that should be creating a bit of vacuum in the tank.
  14. I found that after I fill up the car with a full tank of gas it drives (for a quarter of a tank then it gets usual) a bit more responsively - accelerates faster, feels like it gets more power somehow. I also noticed that when I remove the gas cap I would hear a sound of air rushing in, and a bit of googling get me that it could be the issue with mass air flow sensor. Any ideas of what it could be?
  15. I have already got a "genuine" remote at the dealership.
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