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Andy Brown

Welcome to my channel!
Also known as Junkendriven

You'll find a mix in here, some electrical and electronic tear-downs and attempted fixes. Some car maintenance and general HOWTOs and generally anything I can get my hands on and pull apart to show you good people how things work or why things do what they do!

I'd like to hear from you too, if you have something you'd like taken apart, figured out how it does what it does then send me a message.
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Andy Brown
It's MOT time on our Vauxhall Corsa 2010 model D edition, and it's a fail unfortunately! Take a look at the fail and the repairs needed to get the car back on the road
MOT on the 2010 Vauxhall Corsa D in 2023
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I continue to try and stop water leaking into my restoration Volvo 480 2.0litre through the drivers door. This time replacing the electric window motor with a new unit, putting the vapour barrier back on and solving a mysterious blue connector! This year I'm aiming to get the Volvo 480 MOTd and back on the road. Do you think I'll succeed?
Volvo480 Replacing the electric window motor and trying to stop water leaks
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This video shows me changing the front crashbar on a Vauxhall Corsa, a few tips and tricks along the way and reminder that to remove the headlights you have to remove the bumper or at least pop the sides off the bumper to get at all 3 bolts that hold the headlights in. To remove the bumper you remove the series of bolts along the top, in the wheel arches and along the bottom, the bumper then unclips from both sides and lifts up and off. The crashbar is held on with two torx bolts either side. Enjoy the video and please remember to like and subscribe for more videos.
Changing the front bumper and crashbar on a 2010 Vauxhall (Opel) Corsa D
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This is an easy fix, if your Vauxhall Corsa D (2008 in this case) fan will only work in 4 (or sometimes 1) then it's because the resistor pack has failed. It's an easy fix, the resistor pack is just under the glovebox on the passenger side, no panels to remove. Just a 7mm bolt to undo and you can remove the old unit. The part is easily ordered: https://amzn.to/3vl28HF Comes with replacement bolt as many times it's been lost! Should only take you 5-10 minutes and will get your Vauxhall Corsa heater/blower motor working in all positions.
Vauxhall Corsa D heater blower fan only working on 4, replacing the resistor to repair it
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In this video my 2012 Volvo XC60 D4 2.0 FWD went to the local Volvo dealership to have a full service, inspection, check engine light investigated and solved. The check engine light was a simple sensor (TMAP sensor) which was replaced. The full service was oil, oil filter, diesel fuel filter, air filter and cabin filter change which is pretty standard, an inspection was also carried out and found my track rod end/balljoint worn so that was also replaced. At the same time my car had an oustanding Volvo recall carried out, which is for the front seatbelt pre-tensioners, and it's a bit of a controversial change as it's REMOVING a part of the safety system for seatbelts. Volvo and safety normally go together but this one has me thinking! Let me know what your thoughts are on the Volvo safety recall for the seatbelts in the comments.
Volvo XC60 2012 2.0 D4 Service and the dealership did a controversial change to my seatbelts?
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This is a job I've put off for a while, changing the coolant on my daughters Vauxhall Corsa which has 130,000 on the clock! It's an easy job, doesn't take long, just don't do what I did and wait until a cold day to do it, do it in warm sunny weather. For this you need approx 5litres of coolant (Book says 6litres but you rarely will be able to get all the old coolant out) and I also used a nifty hand pump to get some of it out also: Hand pump (for oil, coolant, etc) - https://amzn.to/3if1IPS Coolant I used (Ready mixed) - https://amzn.to/3VcYfQw
Changing the coolant (antifreeze) on a Vauxhall Corsa petrol engine
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As most of my cars do, they break down and this time I got an engine management light on my 2013 Volvo XC60 D4 2.0litre FWD. In this video I try out a couple of OBD scan tools, a cheap ebay bluetooth elm based chip and also an Autel Maxiscan to read the codes on my Volvo. I've even booked the car in to the local Volvo Dealership for a full service and diagnostics, so that is to come on a follow-up video. Also, an update on the electric boot strut replacement, improvement on the previous video - https://youtu.be/ai_nyqmetWc Cheap OBD scanner from Amazon - https://amzn.to/3GKOMLU £9.00 Please Note: it does not read AirBag, ABS, SRS, Oil Service Light, TPMS or any other non-OBDII related lights. I'm also trying the obd scanner tool Torque on an android phone to get codes. Buying a cheap Volvo XC60 off Autotrader - https://youtu.be/X9gKhjb6dfg
Engine management light on my Volvo XC60 2013 - What has gone wrong?! Which obd scan tool works?
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On the Volvo XC60 2012 an optional extra is the power tailgate which you can operate by remote or a button which lifts or lowers the boot. On mine it droops after reaching the top spot, exactly like on a regular gas strut where the gas strut has worn over time and doesn't hold the boot open. In this video I show you my replacement of one of them, showing how to remove the boot liner and where the boot electrical harness connects to. It doesn't fully solve the problem so make sure you watch to the end for the verdict! (I'm not going to link to the part since I'm not 100% this part works correctly or is a suitable aftermarket part)
Replacing the electric tail lift gas struts on a Volvo XC60 2012
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The first fix on my newly purchased Volvo XC60. The Xenon headlights were starting to flicker which is one early sign that the Xenon bulb is failing, it's better to replace it sooner rather than later to avoid losing your headlights but also so that it doesn't cause strain on the ballast which is the controller electronics that provide the power to the Xenon bulbs. The Xenon bulbs I purchased were OEM spec Osram D1S 35watt Xenarc original bulbs, purchase link from Amazon: https://amzn.to/3STGggx As with all bulbs, replace in pairs so buy two!
Replacing Xenon headlights on a 2012 Volvo XC60
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