Joey spud Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 The "send a van to assess" first is a real gripe for the Patrol too. We know it's going to be fooked or not towable (even to a place of safety) but we still have to attend even if it's just to do a membership check. The mindset is if the job is sent to a patrol it is off the dispatchers screen and someone elses problem. Then there is the problem of not enough recovery trucks and contractors available to do the recovery work,so if you send a patrol it looks like you are at least managing the breakdown. Then you could argue that breakdown cover is too cheap. All the time the AA,RAC and Green flag are undercutting each other then the money available for more recovery trucks or better rates paid to the contractors isn't there.The breakdown bussiness in the uk is in a race to the bottom. A big contractor in SE London went bust last week. Vince70 and Captain Furious 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Furious Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 I can understand it from the breakdown services perspective, flatbeds are a finite resource so you don't want them tied up on jobs that could be fixed at the roadside or towed with a smaller vehicle. And you can't trust the average motorists evaluation of things. With mine the thing that griped was I'd already had the transit van out to assess....they called the flatbed, a flat bed from the same company came out and immediately declared he couldn't take the caravan because "he didn't know there was one" and didn't have the correct electrics for the lights (24v instead of 12v) - flatbed #2 (from a different company) came and declared they could take the car and caravan but not all the passengers because they didn't know there was 3 of us and it wasn't a crew cab... fortunately he stayed until flatbed #3 arrived - he could take the passengers and car but not the caravan because the driver didn't have a class 1 licence...in the end flatbed #2 took the car and one of the passengers while flatbed #3 took the caravan and the rest of us. It was a pretty cool adventure in the end.. Incidentally, Crouches were pretty spot on in the effort to eventually get us home, the problem seemed to be communication from AA dispatch, even though I was onto them almost constantly to make sure they knew the situation. They_all_do_that_sir, UltraWomble, Lacquer Peel and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Hunt Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 OMG, Three Flatbeds and a Van, epic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 FFS it's some old shite - if we are expecting fit for purpose the majority of us better stop selling cars on here It's not a £200 banger, it's an older pickup advertised in glowing terms that davenumbers may have paid something in the region of ten times that to purchase. I'd be pissed off even it was a £200 banger, not everyone has oodles of disposable income. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyG Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 It's a 52 plate. That may be new to people on here, out in the real world it's a nearly 15 year old commercial vehicle and there's no chance of any redress unless the seller flat-out misdescribed it. Kiltox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Didn't say he can't be pissed off but getting all "OMG FIT FOR PURPOSE" will undoubtedly get him nowhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 £1600 and a private seller. I thought it might have been from a dealer. At least davenumbers has the means to fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave21478 Posted July 25, 2017 Author Share Posted July 25, 2017 The whole "fit for purpose" misdescribed thing boils down to can i prove he knew about the fault at the time of the sale? I can't. Simple as that. I am not going to get all trading standards on him because it's a dead end and I have neither the time nor the inclination for it. The sale was done outside of eBay so there is no redress there either. Of course I am pissed off about it but it's not the end of the world. The price I paid is fair for what the car is. It's going to cost me a gasket set, a check and skim, then a little more in travel costs. It's stored safely off the road now so I can fly home tomorrow to get back to my job and earn some pennies, buy the parts I need, assemble the tools I will need and then book travel back over when prices are low.... Among the many errors this weekend doing this during the first week of school holidays was a bad one. Exiled_Tat_Gatherer, cobblers, Asimo and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
They_all_do_that_sir Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Be prepared to buy a complete head, these are well known for cracking them. We had one at work, needed a new head at 33k!Also needed a new EGR valve which was eye wateringly expensive due to being water cooled....Bear in mind being a government vehicle we were stuck with our contracted service provider so Probably paid more than we should have Sent from my SM-A510F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave21478 Posted July 25, 2017 Author Share Posted July 25, 2017 Yeah, there are plenty of new heads on eBay for a few hundred pounds. They_all_do_that_sir 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
They_all_do_that_sir Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Beyond that they are quite nice things to drive, and perky enough given how heavy they are.Allegedly the one we had would drift quite well on wet roundabouts but I wouldn't know about that now officer Sent from my SM-A510F using Tapatalk DodgyBastard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mally Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Be careful when lifting your bag full of tools into the overhead lockers Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Amma just sit this here Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/142519256070 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John F Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 320touring, on 26 Sept 2017 - 10:24 PM, said:Amma just sit this here Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/142519256070 That frontal pic looks like an Allegro! Aston Martin and Lacquer Peel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiled_Tat_Gatherer Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 I hadn't seen this first time around....... luckily I've only had one kit car strand me in similar circumstances. I train'd it back to Belgo-ville. What's the latest on this Dave? Any idea on a timeline for fix n roll home? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave21478 Posted September 27, 2017 Author Share Posted September 27, 2017 Dunno. I am tempted to just get cartakeback to lift it and move on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Dunno. I am tempted to just get cartakeback to lift it and move on.Do that and buy the beige honey with the proceeds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Dunno. I am tempted to just get cartakeback to lift it and move on.How much are you after for it? Sent from my F5321 using Tapatalk Exiled_Tat_Gatherer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiled_Tat_Gatherer Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 How much are you after for it? Sent from my F5321 using Tapatalk I knew this was in the offing from one or another Shitter............... go on, go on, go on, ad infinitum Lacquer Peel and oldcars 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 It's off to the FOAD of dreams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mally Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 If it had landed up near me I'd have had it running and delivered it to the ferry by now..............Maybe.It is a lot more expense and still a risk for Dave to do though.Must be worth a go if you live up that way. It looks quite nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave21478 Posted September 28, 2017 Author Share Posted September 28, 2017 I will be in Aberdeen in October so will decide then. There is no solution that leaves me with much change from a grand, and a few that will cost significantly more, plus I dislike the idea of doing a major job like a head gasket and then immediately driving it 1400 miles. If it breaks down again with a similar fault RAC will just laugh and hang up the phone. If I sack it off I take a big hit on the purchase price, and I still need another truck, but buying something else leaves me wide open to more of the same fuckery.... This seems like a good one apart from the obvious and has one of the cleanest MOT histories of this type of truck at this price you will likely find....not a hint of structural corrosion ever mentioned. The chassis has surface rust on the back end, but its just a wire-brush and paint job rather than 4 days of welding as most others are. I am not going to lug my tools over to fix it.....too heavy, too expensive and what about when something rounds off and needs a nut welded on....do I bring the MIG just in case? what about the helicoil kit? maybe I should bring some...etc etc.... I have some ideas in the pipeline so will decide when I have given it another look over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Shirley the correct answer is the ARSE relay to end all relays, push it onto a ferry or the chunnel, then trailer back to Chez Numbers for OMGHGF repair at your leisure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 If you want some help* with it in October I'll be available on some week days (13th, 18th)Do you need much more than a well equipped socket set and a torque wrench?Happy to follow you to Dundee or somewhere to make sure it's running okay. DeeJay, somewhatfoolish, dave21478 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave21478 Posted September 28, 2017 Author Share Posted September 28, 2017 A very kind offer LP, thank you. Im not going to decide anything until I have had another look round it though. Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 In a similar vein, I'm in Aberdeen and available most weekends in October apart from the 7th / 8th dave21478 and Lacquer Peel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave21478 Posted September 28, 2017 Author Share Posted September 28, 2017 Groovy...might be the time to have a extra-northern meetup? I have met Tayne, but nobody else from the area....fish supper/pint/whatever? I am there from the 11th. Supernaut and Lacquer Peel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Groovy...might be the time to have a extra-northern meetup? I have met Tayne, but nobody else from the area....fish supper/pint/whatever? I am there from the 11th. It's about time I saw Tayne again. I live about a mile from him! Been a busy couple of months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 I'd love to see a big group shitter repair thread! Surely the svm/Northern contingent have enough tools for a full engine rebuild and square sausages all round? Or just hammer an xud over it Supernaut and Lacquer Peel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 It's about time I saw Tayne again. I live about a mile from him! Been a busy couple of months. Dave's pickup is closer to you than I am. I sympathise with Dave because everything thats wrong with the new truck could be fixed by taking bits off the old rusty truck, however the two are separated by about 1200 miles and a rather deep salt-water filled ditch. Had the head gasket gone in northern France I think this whole sorry affair would have had a much better outcome. Supernaut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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