Hi Guys,

Can someone please explain to me where I find one of those places where you can get parts from scrap cars and also how it all works?

ALSO,

Does anyone know what the following are and where I might get them from (other than a dealer)

One of my windscreen wipers has stopped working and this is because, under the bonnet where they attach to an arm, the plastic ball socket has worn away. Initially I was told by a dealer that I would need a whole new wiper blade arm and this is gonna cost me quite a bit inc fitting, however he AA man said I didn’t and I could buy the socket only for a couple of £’s. Whats it called and where do I get one from???

Thanks

There's chap up the Loxley Road at Malin Bridge who specialises in Fiats - he's repaired my lads Punto before now. I'm sure he'll have 2nd hand parts and will be able to fix it for you. I'll try and dig out/remember his name and number and edit this post.

If you get that freebie paper The Gazette, he normally has a small boxed ad in the back of that

The same happened on my Punto (apparently it's a common fault for the offside wiper), and after pricing it up at various places, my brother did a temporary repair on it with a cable tie through the joint where the pin had sheared off.

That was a year ago, and it's still going strong! :o

If none of the scrap yards have the part ebay is sometimes worth a look for bits for cars.

There's chap up the Loxley Road at Malin Bridge who specialises in Fiats - he's repaired my lads Punto before now. I'm sure he'll have 2nd hand parts and will be able to fix it for you. I'll try and dig out/remember his name and number and edit this post.

If you get that freebie paper The Gazette, he normally has a small boxed ad in the back of that


Found it - Riverside Motors, Low Matlock Lane,Loxley, Sheffield S6 6RN Tel 2345412

can i just say punto's are rubbish we have one and the power steering has gone altogether i have been quoted 1000 to have fixed i have been told you need the power steering motor and ecu i dont know how true this is but it is going to cost abit to get fixed and is a common fault with punto's

who told you the ecu would need replacing? ive never heard that before when the power steering has gone. i would have thought you would need a new power stearing pump and thats it

Punto's tend to have an electric PAS mounted on the column so quite often need pump and ECU as combined unit, however sometimes is down to poor fitting of the block connectors on the ECU

Bought my first M reg punto brand new ,bought another brand new r reg and now have a 56 from new
They dont owe me a bean and have never had a serious /expensive problem could be i am lucky but lads at work have bought them on the strength of me having them including one lad who does fairly high mileage in a m reg one hes also had from new

wiper arm is a £45 permant fix and i can also supply and fit new steering/motor/ecu collom for about £600 depending on punto,i am a service manager in a chesterfield based fiat specialist

may not be a classic now but in 20 years it may be...u never know

CL Auto's on Chambers Lane