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Thanks BP and HMR. Useful tips for next time. I did have to admit defeat but luckily she's had no more trouble since so maybe it was mostly the driver's side. I'm going to get the garage to put new shoes on when it goes in, as daughter is moving away from home, so want the car to be as fettled as possible for her 🙄😏

Thanks BP. That looks like where it was on the driver's side. I just sort of prodded it and it worked - the drum pretty much fell into my hands. Now I've had a reminder, I'll give it another go. After that, I'll have to call it a day as daughter needs her car in the morning. It's due for service and mot in not many weeks so if I fail, my trusty garage can sort it for her. She can manage until then. Thanks for your help anyway both. Much appreciated. Long time since I've played about with drums.

Okay, tried towards the rear and there doesn't seem much to see through the holes, unless I look much lower down than the first side. Just a flat metal bar of some sort which doesn't move when poked. Lower down shows a couple of springs close together but nothing that looks like a wedge.

One would think so - but sadly, I didn't think to do something sensible like take a photo while the other drum was off. That one happened so easily, once I'd found a useful little video, that it didn't even occur that I'd have difficulty with the second. Thinking about it, the driver's side was towards the rear, so that may be my issue - I've been poking around mostly on the wrong side! I'll go and have another try while my coffee brews and report back.

Any tips on finding that damn wedge? I'm having a frustrating afternoon not being able to locate it on the passenger side. TIA.

Is there any "trick" or tip to make this easier? I've done one side, clearly by pure luck, but I'm damned if I can do the passenger side. Finding it hard to see much through the bolt holes.

It's been a while coming but finally, here's an update. A couple of days after posting this, I arrived at work, put the car into reverse and parked nicely - then realised there had been no horrible noise and there were no longer any even horribler warning lights on. To say I was baffled is an understatement but I'm happy report that, for the time being at least, all is well in that department. Think I got out of jail, at least for now 🙃

Thanks guys. Looks like it's time for a plug-in baby! 😉

Sorry ords, it did. Forgot that one. Would that bring about all the other issues then?

Evening all, Took my September 2013 1.6tdi to my trusted regular garage for a puncture repair the other day. All good, half a screw removed and hole plugged. Cheap as chips. The next day, the tyre pressure warning binged, so I stopped to check the culprit wasn't looking deflated and went on my merry way home, where, next morning, I topped it up and reset the system. During my commute, the TPMS, ESC and traction control all threw up errors and warning lights, one after the other. No effect whatsoever on the behaviour of the car, so I decided to monitor the situation. On arrival at work, when I selected reverse to park, there was a long high-pitched beeeeep, which stopped when I deselected reverse and came off the clutch. Sounded like an extended version of the rear parking sensor audible warning. Selected reverse again and no noise - but no rear parking sensors either and no diagram on the screen. Been like it ever since. Has this, or anything similar, happened to anyone else? It seems a weird load of things to go wrong all at the same time. Is the puncture repair a coincidence or could it have anything to do with it? I'm thinking I'll probably have to get a diagnostic done and take it from there - but any hive wisdom gratefully received. By the way the car still isn't driving any different to normal. It's done 145k and goes sweet as a nut. Cheers all.

I did wonder about that kind of thing, thanks BP 🙂

Well, all I can say is apologies for wasting everyone's time - and thanks for the suggestions and moral support. It's clearly good to talk 😊🤪

36 is possibly second from left bottom row - but it's a little 10a fuse.

Breaking news: It's bloody working now!!! Tried both cameras again in the Citigo. Spare worked, original didn't so swapped the little clear cylindrical fuse in the end of the plug-in bit with a spare cable I had - and that worked as well! It does need the ignition switched on (just so the dash lights up) - which my Octy doesn't - but I definitely tried that before and it wouldn't play ball. Baffled, to say the least 🤔

Not like that apparently 😏 46 is bottom row sixth from right.