anyone near matlock? im in the shit AGAIN assistance required please

[bub2006]

Thank you again. You deserve that drink. I'm really appreciative

[Lankytim]

Amazeballs, bravo!

[mrbenn]

Bravo indeed.

 

I've met, and had to deal with, a couple of serious cnuts over the last couple of days. Like, weapons grade. Its made me a bit sad tbh.

 

Things like this restore faith that there are in fact decent folk out there. A fair chunk of them seem to frequent these forums.

[billyboy406v6]

 Great mission junkman !!     Is RAC/AA/Greenflag with recovery a sensible addition to future problems ? Sure we can fund this ourselves ? Also presume St Christopher badge has already been purchased and being displayed prominently ?

[bub2006]

I'm praying to every known deity for done luck,hoping one helps! Yes definitely breakdown cover needed

[mrbenn]

Bub gimmie your paypal addie - Fred will pay thee taxi fares

What a gesture.

 

This place IS etc etc

[Christine]

Brilliant ! Bub , junkman , get your heads down

[dollywobbler]

Junkman saves man with junk. I hope you were wearing your pants on the outside of your trousers. Should we make you a cape?

[M'coli]

Excellent work by Junkman there - mucho admiration for the man with the 405 and glad you got back safely, bub.

 

The gearbox itself - I wouldn't be averse to helping crowdfund a replacement for the Saxo.

[Six-cylinder]

Junkman my ZX needs a wash, can you nip down from Stockport and give it a spruce up☺

 

Seriously well done.

[Dave_Q]

Yo, if we can source a gearbox I can donate some time/tools to go and fit it.

Have had a look on eBay but the jokers on there are asking 3 figure sums for what I think should be about 30 quid.

Any resident French lickers got one knocking around?

Does it have to be a dizzler box or are pez boxes the same?

 

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[Cheggers]

Top bombing Junkman. There's a boozy lunch waiting for you if you ever find yourself in or near Portsmouth

[M'coli]

Yo, if we can source a gearbox I can donate some time/tools to go and fit it.

Have had a look on eBay but the jokers on there are asking 3 figure sums for what I think should be about 30 quid.

Any resident French lickers got one knocking around?

Does it have to be a dizzler box or are pez boxes the same?

 

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Diesel gearboxes have different ratios to pez ones, 5th in the 1.1 will be like 4th in the dizzler one.

[plasticvandan]

Thee only reason I suggested a bike again to bub is I've known him long before he came on to these hallowed pages of beige,and he did genuinely have much more luck on bikes,plus there a lot less to go wrong than on a car,and if he did manage to stick a conrod through the block,he could push it home.MIGHT be worth considering. I have problems with my legs yet still feel safer on a bike than in a car.

[Twiggy]

Auto shite man of the year award to Junkman.

[sloth]

i had a 106 1.5 that ate boxes. 3 in 3 months. first killed the diff, second cracked the bellhousing, third smashed second to bits.  ended up with a rallye box that had trick internals that fixed it. 

 

sounds to me like the box is fubar....

 

bub, do you have a paypal? id like so send some festive cheer.

[fordperv]

This place is definitely what it used to be, Junkman your a top bloke for making the journey

 

Bub it really is shitty luck your having at the moment it will get better, I also have been there, I had a time whenever I filled a car up with fuel it broke, from headgasket failure to gearbox borkage and timing belt failure on a belt that was well within its mileage and age, I was ready to give up as it happened to 4 or 5 cars in a small amount of time

[Dick Cheeseburger]

I really can't see that there would be many places where strangers are prepared to donate money, and turn up to help with car problems in the middle of the night. What an amazing attitude. As for a run of bad luck, we all get them in some shape or form. Sometimes it's best to keep your head down and ride the storm; other times it's better to make some changes. Difficult to know what the best choice would be here...

[Christine]

Junkman fuel costs need/deserve a whip round?

[Felly Magic]

Saxos do shit their gearboxes regularly, I honestly don't get where the myth comes from that they don't. They are mechanically weak. One of my colleagues has just bought a Saxo, and that has a dying box, pisses out more oil than the Exxon Valdez, and when I opened the oil cap the other day to top his oil up, (he is mechanically inept, and dumber than mud), there was a strong smell of unleaded. Told him to sack the fecker off ASAP

[Craig the Princess]

Junkman fuel costs need/deserve a whip round?

I'll kick a few sheckles in for that

[chaseracer]

Junkman eats free at the next Midlands Massiv shindig.

[Lacquer Peel]

Saxos do shit their gearboxes regularly, I honestly don't get where the myth comes from that they don't. They are mechanically weak. One of my colleagues has just bought a Saxo, and that has a dying box, pisses out more oil than the Exxon Valdez, and when I opened the oil cap the other day to top his oil up, (he is mechanically inept, and dumber than mud), there was a strong smell of unleaded. Told him to sack the fecker off ASAP

PSA gearboxes are quite rugged, the linkages aren't. I wonder if there are problems with Saxo gearboxes due to the ownership profile.

[Bren]

Bub if it's any consolation you are not the only one struggling at the mo.

[trigger]

Some people prefer to keep quiet about it though.

[bub2006]

Hope that's not a dig at me mate. Not really needed. Sorry

[chaseracer]

Not from Trigsworth, Daz.

[bub2006]

I've always thought trigger was a sound fella too hence why I asked pal

[richardmorris]

What are the plans for the Saxo then? New gearbox or cut your losses?

[chaseracer]

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