The Reverend Bluejeans Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Noted I've had a word with my competent mechanic and if it all turns to shit we can break it between us , my AA cover runs out in 3 weeks so this will be my parting blow , though I'll probably go for their breakdown cover with £750 towards repair costs as It could be money well spent Compression loss on one pot and smoking may well be a swirl flap that's gone into the engine. You may* get away with a new slug and a secondhand head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardthestag Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 yes, much to the utter disgust of Mrs wack , fortunately I'm getting to an age where sex isn't as important as it once was out fucking standing when is the cullexshun? sex is a messy business anyway Kiltox and HarmonicCheeseburger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 sex is a messy business anywayAnd an L322 with knackered engine is LESS messy!? I must be doing it wrong. chodweaver 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted November 20, 2017 Author Share Posted November 20, 2017 I've bought many a car with a knackered engine, Ive detailed the XK8 previously and fitting a XJ8 engine in it remove engine and box from car, strip both engines back to the block and heads , swap everything over inc cams, VVT thingies, sump, inlet and exhaust manifolds , you name it put it all back in then find out the timing marks on the starter ring gear are different , take gearbox off , spend a panicked 30 minutes looking through the scrap pile, find and fit ring gear, fit gearbox back to engine , start and drive , service and MOT car that was a big job , I can't see this being as big last year I bought a 12 month old B class with a blown up engine , got another engine, steve fitted it then it was a nervous couple of days while mercedes got everything talking , even the headlights have an ecu so they won't work on another car without being programmed I could bring a jet engine in and ask him to fit it in a fiesta and he'd give it a go richardthestag, DVee8, alf892 and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted November 20, 2017 Author Share Posted November 20, 2017 out fucking standing when is the cullexshun? sex is a messy business anyway Tomorrow hopefully , amazingly for me it's less than an hour away , I've been to aberdeen, swansea, norwich harlow even cornwall once , distance is no object for the right car, whether this is the right car we'll have to see, if I'm living in it this time next week you'll know things haven't gone well at home DeeJay, The Moog and doubleyeller 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleyeller Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Sod it all, if you really want one , and aren't just feeling bored, then go buy it. End of the day, don't spend more on any car than you can stand to lose. For me it's far less than £1k and a £600 repair bill (£1600 total then), but everybody has different means. End of the day, sometimes you can just run something for 6 weeks, consider the itch scratched, and sell it on. Chances are if you do sort it out then you will sell it for more than the £1k you're paying anyway. Put it like this, it's a lot less stupid than picking up an utterly rotten R30 for £200 like I did, and I have no regrets even about that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bezzabsa Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 always someone out there that would take a dead LR off ya hands...I've yet to lose money on ANY land rover product i've owned....just dont mention series 2 that I spent £700 trying to get Brakes that worked!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted November 20, 2017 Author Share Posted November 20, 2017 I've rung up about cars before and not even gone to look at them after 2 minutes on the phone but I didn't get that from this guy, seems genuine enough , if it all turns to shit i'll just break it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted November 20, 2017 Author Share Posted November 20, 2017 always someone out there that would take a dead LR off ya hands...I've yet to lose money on ANY land rover product i've owned....just dont mention series 2 that I spent £700 trying to get Brakes that worked!!!!! I had a 90 with dodgy brakes, sold it to a mate , they work fine if you press really hard , like servo assist when the servo isn't working except it was, stripped them down, cleaned everything, replaced the shuttle valve and none of it made any difference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 yes, much to the utter disgust of Mrs wack , fortunately I'm getting to an age where sex isn't as important as it once was Really ? Me and Mrs New POD are at it like rabbits. richardthestag 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Wack, you are now the living embodiment of the low cost big liability thread. You absolute hero! richardthestag, NorfolkNWeigh, cort16 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Balls of steel. Good catch, sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted November 20, 2017 Author Share Posted November 20, 2017 Really ? Me and Mrs New POD are at it like rabbits. Maybe I'm just a bit depressed, this time next week I might be suicidal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 jusf sell it after it’s fixed to kiltox for penniesYeah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 You fucking lunatic, well played. cpjitservices 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 even the headlights have an ecu so they won't work on another car without being programmed That is, without doubt, the most absurd thing I have heard of so far on modernz. Seriously. Lamps with an ECU? Dafuq next? 23rdian and Lacquer Peel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 They'll be canbus controlled, but aye it's complication for the sake of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted November 20, 2017 Author Share Posted November 20, 2017 That is, without doubt, the most absurd thing I have heard of so far on modernz. Seriously. Lamps with an ECU? Dafuq next?I was told it's to stop theft of led headlights because they cost £££, they won't work in another car without being programmed by Mercedes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dome Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 I have a new hero. Well done that man andy18s 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 slipped liners came in at the 3.9 classic. weak fuel mapping according to eggspurts I had one, liner dropped only a couple of thou. enough to create a gap under the fire ring for the compression to escape into the cooling system on the squeeze stroke and then coolant to be both pushed and sucked back on the suck stroke. miss firey coolant spewing mess. shat the lot one day and went bang. that was the end of that v8 pressure washed piston top was a clue. Now that's interesting, your block has the outer stud provision that got deleted for cheapness / because eggspurts said so. I've been through a few of those blocks where a liner went jiggery and I was blaming the extra loading on the remaining adjacent stud area, I retro-drilled the last block and heads which has been ok thus far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted November 20, 2017 Author Share Posted November 20, 2017 For added excitement first time I see it will be in the dark, the only way it could be worse is if I get mugged when I get there Rusty_Rocket, richardthestag, 23rdian and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noseypoke Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 I once bought a RR "PIG" the V8 3.5 2 door best tug I ever had. £1200 Lasted me 5 years with no problems...I had a good paying job so the mpg didn't matter,it would run great on piss or the top octane.(was told the 3.5 was detuned so they'd run as normal on third world shit petrol. But like they say if you can't afford to run it ..don't buy it. richardthestag and For Fiats Sake 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 i like rangies noseypoke and Retro_Auto 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 *watches with antici........ppp....ation* djimbob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket88 Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 A.A won't pick it up if it's not MOT'd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted November 21, 2017 Author Share Posted November 21, 2017 It's MOT'd until April next year. No advisories at all since 1st MOT in 2006 , one fail in 2013 for a bald tyre Just having a look for a diagnostic tool , this seems to be the tool of choice but it costs 1/2 a range rover https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/IID-TOOL-BT-BLUETOOTH-PERSONAL-DIAGNOSTIC-TOOL-TFIIDBT-RANGE-ROVER-L322/281832889399?hash=item419e8c9c37:g:agQAAOSwvUlWqKTI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardthestag Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 vigorous thigh rubbing with palms of hands ooof I thought an £700 X308 Jag with 180k and no service history was ballsey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted November 21, 2017 Author Share Posted November 21, 2017 Just had a look on eBay, seems it's a buyers market for a 3.0 BMW engine , there's dozens of them from £450 AMC Rebel and NorfolkNWeigh 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Find a Mercedes diesel engine, so you can do (almost) the opposite of that horrific G-Wagen in the ebay thread that claimed to have a Land Rover TDI in it. Lacquer Peel and HarmonicCheeseburger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 For added excitement first time I see it will be in the dark, the only way it could be worse is if I get mugged when I get there You will be mugged if he takes your money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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