ukrainespacemonkey Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 I have a problem car for sale with MOT till August and no tax. The car starts and runs, albeit very briefly, before cutting out once it reaches operating temperature. It will then cut out at idle. I'm told it's is symptomatic of many problems, mainly carburettor. The body has no rust although some degenerate has keyed one of my doors which can be seen in the picture. Got scrap value of £150 so that's all I'm really looking for as I would hate to see it squashed. Also, following an issue I had with a previous buyer and a focus I would like to point out this car isn't fitted with airbags. It will probably need towed away too. If you need anymore reasons not to buy this car, please ask michael t 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukrainespacemonkey Posted April 7, 2014 Author Share Posted April 7, 2014 I'll add side photos tomorrow evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Someone really expected it to have airbags?! Bellends. Good luck with the sale. brickwall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukrainespacemonkey Posted April 7, 2014 Author Share Posted April 7, 2014 Someone really expected it to have airbags?! Bellends. Good luck with the sale.Not on this one, but when I sold my Focus the other month it turns out it didn't have any airbags and the man that bought it was unhappy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Ah, yes, i remember the story now. as you were... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveb47 Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Location? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
castros_bro Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Someone really expected it to have airbags?! Bellends. Good luck with the sale. WOT? In case of accident a bellend safety device will self-inflate ! Those Japanese* think of everything * other oriental stereotypes are available trigger and derek9213 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 I have driven this car literally twice and confirm if it was a Volvo I'd have bought it by now.But it's not.It's about five minutes from Glasgow Airport and with prior arrangement CMS206 DELIVERY SERVICE may* be available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobthebeard Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 WOT? A bellend will self-inflate ! * other oriental stereotypes are availableIn my experience it can self inflate at totally inappropriate times, yet fail to inflate just when needed. As you were...Ahem. Billy - Medhurst 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbotman Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Sounds like the vacuum pipes running from the carb have degraded and perished internally, a common fault on these apparently and does have quite an effect on their running. It might be worth a last ditch try swapping them over for some new pipe. ukrainespacemonkey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 What? No airbags?That in conjunction with overtaking being risky, means only stiffer upper lippers should apply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Station Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Something to note on carbs - if they're even slightly out, they will give you a whole shedload of running problems. I have a spare carb for the 1.0/1.2 K10 if anyone needs one. It is also the mirror image of my one: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukrainespacemonkey Posted April 7, 2014 Author Share Posted April 7, 2014 Something to note on carbs - if they're even slightly out, they will give you a whole shedload of running problems. I have a spare carb for the 1.0/1.2 K10 if anyone needs one. It is also the mirror image of my one: Hmmmmm. Getting a carb may tempt me into fixing it. I couldn't previously get a carb without a K10 attached to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micrashed Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 At £150 its almost worth me buying it for the tailgate struts then scrapping the rest of it. Believe me cheaper than many of the options so far for strut replacement on the Cherry. eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rtlkyuubi Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Hey up dude if you could take some pictures of both sills showing no rust ill have it off you tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 you haz imcoming....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukrainespacemonkey Posted April 7, 2014 Author Share Posted April 7, 2014 I won't be able to take a picture until tomorrow, but will do Sent from my Lumia 900 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDuke Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 At £150 its almost worth me buying it for the tailgate struts then scrapping the rest of it. Believe me cheaper than many of the options so far for strut replacement on the Cherry. I tried some K10 struts when I owned it - I'm afraid they're a totally different fit (as in, not even a Dremel will help). Unless they changed the design radically during production, which wouldn't surprise me on an 80s Nissan. Mustard mitt, I'm sorely tempted by this one - 2dr, no sunroof, clean arches, metallic beige, and one of my all-time top-ten favourite dashboards of EVAH. If Mrs_Duke wasn't looking directly at my crotch while caressing a Stanley knife, I'd be all over it like a nasty rash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micrashed Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 I tried some K10 struts when I owned it - I'm afraid they're a totally different fit (as in, not even a Dremel will help). Unless they changed the design radically during production, which wouldn't surprise me on an 80s Nissan. Arse. One forum suggested K10 struts would fit. Then I approached a company that said they could refurb both existing ones for £40, this then altered to make up sme new ones by welding the fixings from the old ones to some custom made struts at a cost of £260. Piece of wood still in place.... tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rtlkyuubi Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Looking forward to the pictures! if they are mint then Ill send you £60 deposit and ill come collect monday (based in glasgow?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratdat Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 There was somebody breaking an N12 on ebay. He might have some. eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Of no use whatsoever but this has taken me back to Summer 1990, and evening drives with a lady called Angie. However she was my driving instructor and a total cow but she got me through my test. Once I passed she let me smoke in the car on the way back home and took me for a pint too. Always had a soft spot for the K10 after that. Learner car extraordinaire. Steering was about eleventy turns lock to lock if I remember rightly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Station Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Micrashed - just get a 'place' to get second hand ones, and weld the ends of your struts on? Surely 20 quid max?I know what it's like to have ropey boot struts - I still have the dents in the back of my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micrashed Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Micrashed - just get a 'place' to get second hand ones, and weld the ends of your struts on? Surely 20 quid max?I know what it's like to have ropey boot struts - I still have the dents in the back of my head.They are some weird and fecking wonderful fitment peculiar to that car and that car alone. A car 20 years out of production, and you might as well be looking for the Holy Grail. The next option when its being tickled with a Mig is to weld in some more modern fittings off a Primera (same size strut) and use a pair of Primera ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rtlkyuubi Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Just wondering if you got them pictures of the sills dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 sill pics kthxbai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukrainespacemonkey Posted April 8, 2014 Author Share Posted April 8, 2014 sill pics kthxbai I'm waiting on the girl getting back from her papas just now. She's been tasked with taking the photos. If she hasn't I'm obviously not beating her hard enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukrainespacemonkey Posted April 8, 2014 Author Share Posted April 8, 2014 I'm waiting on the girl getting back from her papas just now. She's been tasked with taking the photos. If she hasn't I'm obviously not beating her hard enough.Ok, so she took pictures, but from a standing position so you can't see the underneath of the the cills. Admittedly I didn't ask her to but I thought it might go without saying... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben_L Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 My K10 did the same thing, would not idle once warm. Sold it to some odd folk from the country and never saw it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyG Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Totally off topic but what airbags was the Ford Focus missing? I'm fairly sure they all had at least drivers and front passengers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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