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One of my favourite threads right now. This car has a bright future having had all this care and attention given to it.
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Rover 820 - Scrap car, back on the road! (Update; 16/01/24)
mk2_craig replied to Austin-Rover's topic in AutoShite
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I would guess neither Cyprus nor Malta with the car being left hand drive and those two being right hand drive countries. But more likely southern Europe than Northern?
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I fixed the Bini driver side window mechanism, at the fourth time of asking. Would anybody like to read a write-up (shite-up?) about how much of a bitch of a job that was?
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Opinions on thread deletion…let’s try again…
mk2_craig replied to NorthernMonkey's topic in AutoShite
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What a colour!! Easiest option might be another Jag lump, but isn’t the default fix for stuff like this simply an LS swap?
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Really? Would have thought 10k nearer the mark. Though I guess it depends which average. Mean? Median? Are they much different? Regardless, that manta sounds like it would've been a bit of a barg, though I reckon the price suggests G reg could've been a typo for C reg.
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I don’t know what you lot are bitching about, check out the Vehicle Emissions Duty payable on first registration here. (Ok it’s a one time thing with no annual road tax thereafter, offset by a few p extra on fuel) Want to import an old Range Rover? Hope you have deep pockets.
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Those things were launched shortly after I first discovered Autoshite.com and I remember checking one out in the Sandicliffe Ford showroom in Leicester. Seeing them in end of life condition makes me feel damn old.
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Had one. (at six years old) Ran it for a year. No faults encountered. Liked it. Then read afterwards about all the things that could have gone wrong haha
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So good to see it escape death, well done!
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Scrappage scheme stalwart. My aunt had one on that basis. Until she recently crashed it into a bollard
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Got some other potential sources in Malta and Cyprus, ok probably slim pickings these days but you just never know. Or something hiding in Ireland
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Hey @Barry Cade, help me answer a pub argument. Mate says you can’t fit a towbar to a Focus ST (current shape). I say there’s no reason why not but I can’t find anything to confirm either way. Got any intel?
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Motorcycle fans, were any bikes ever fitted with a 6 digit odo before digital displays came in?
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Wow what a spot!!
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Wheels suggest it’s the standard 1.8. Being six spokes instead of the five on the VVC. Though to be fair its done well to retain the original rims all these years. How many fan speeds still work?
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Think you're right. Might have been a development of what was fitted in the 1990s Escort RS2000?
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Apologies for thread hijack JJ - I’ve got that Brink detachable towbar on a 2016 facelift F31 and it’s never been quite right in that the reversing sensors aren’t disabled when a plug is in the electrical socket, so they go mental when a bike rack is in place. @Barry Cade what would you recommend? Previous car was a J11 Qashqai with a switch in the socket that disabled the sensors, but on the BMW there isn’t even a dashboard switch to turn them off (this car has rear sensors only) so I just have to put up with the audible torture when reversing!
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Got it in one. Three cables in the mechanism and the one that has failed has chewed up the pulley which is directly turned by the motor. Much as I'd like to just get a fresh cable, it looks like a massive ballache and my patience is in short supply. So it's new regulator time. Now, where do I get a replacement from? There's a very good reason why I don't want a secondhand one, and a new part needs to be a decent balance between cost and quality - open to suggestions