Arthur Foxhake Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 I've bought a 2005 BMW 325 touring with a misfire and lumpy running for £600. Have I done a mistake? Will I make any money with it if it remains broken forever?I don't want to spend money on it trying to chase a problem I can't find, as a cheap car gets expensive pretty quick.If I fix it I see profit but if it stays broken will I see any return?What say the collective brain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 I've bought a 2005 BMW 325 touring with a misfire and lumpy running for £600. Have I done a mistake? Will I make any money with it if it remains broken forever?I don't want to spend money on it trying to chase a problem I can't find as a cheap car gets expensive pretty quick.If I fix it I see profit but if it stays broken will I see any return?What say the collective brain?Possibly a coil pack failure giving the missfire - can swap them about to see if it moves. Not the worst engine (pokey enough and reasonably robust) but in a cuntofacar Arthur Foxhake and mrbenn 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Valve clearances? Mate had on (but older) with those symptoms and the valves had closed right up. Reset and all good. Arthur Foxhake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Foxhake Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 I don't think I want to run it, it would be nice to fix it for minimal price and least grubbiness and get shot of it.Ford Cougar is a lot cheaper to fix and probably as fast. And there is also the fact the Cougar is worth fuck all so dings don't cost anything and Mrs Foxhake is slightly spacialaly unaware so I don't get cross when new wounds appear on it on a fairly regular basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Foxhake Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Valve clearances? Mate had on (but older) with those symptoms and the valves had closed right up. Reset and all good.I'm going for a diagnostic session with a mate on the weekend so if that doesn't flag anything up I'll check that. DeeJay and xtriple 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingz123 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 I made it back in one piece from collecting the doors and trailer. I called by work yesterday to find a minor panic. They had jumpstarted a friend's MK1 Connect which had then auto locked and was happily rattling away with the bonnet open and doors locked. Obviously it only had one key, I tried to open it with the key from a MK1 Focus but apparently Ford locks aren't quite as bad as I've been led to believe. When I left the owner was trying to Jimmy the door using the wire numbers from the workshop dartboard.Bend the top of the door back then once open whack a wheel with tyre on and inflated between the door and the van and bend back. It will actually retain its shape! catsinthewelder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRi05 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Is that N118 MFV?It is not, although I have tried to win it via roffle many many times Laseraligningfoofooflanges 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 It’ll be injectors or could packs . These being what they are it’ll probably need all the injectors replaced to fix the problem . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowperil Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 I handed my garage keys back to the local authority landlord this morning. As much as I like having a garage, this one and the others on the estate where I live on are a bit narrow. They were built in 1969 so ideal for Morris's and Vauxhall Vivas but less so for portly 21st century cars. I almost completely ripped off a wing mirror about a month ago. It'll save me about £420 a year. There's plenty of space to park outside my block as not many people there have cars. I'll contact my insurance co later to inform them.Liked for your signature. ProgRocker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowperil Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Which has not appeared on that post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Belated xmas present from son delivered from amazonias mrbenn, Laseraligningfoofooflanges, chodweaver and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 201901-11.jpg I cut that out of a trailing arm today, which is a job. Reason being, I collected the two suspension units I dropped off at a machine shop yesterday. They confirmed what I'd already found when trying to un-seize the parts, which was that basically you can't without destroying the trailing arm and the pivot shaft. The issue is the part of the suspension unit where the displacer joins the pivot shaft. Both components are made of steel, and both are exposed to everything that gets chucked up underneath the car. There's no easy way to protect all this and the recommendation when new was that this is a service item, requiring regular greasing. Of course, this never got done with the majority of cars. So, both pairs of my spare displacers will now have to sacrifice the trailing arm so I can liberate the displacer and pivot shaft. Then, because of the shape of everything, the machine shop can't press the shaft out unless it's fairly flush to the displacer socket, which means sacrificing the pivot shaft too. This wouldn't be a problem except for the fact that I suspect the pivot shafts on the car are also seized. Spares don't really exist and sometimes when you have a unit that seems to have unseized shafts actually turns out to just be spinning the bush in the trailing arm instead. There are two solutions to this issue. The first is to actually grease the suspension as regularly as suggested, keeping it in top health. The other is to manufacture/modify a T-shaped boot to go around the bottom of the displacer and the trailing arm which would keep all the dirt and grime out and the grease in. I have no idea how to go about the latter, so I intend to do the former when I get the rear suspension sorted out.I'm a big fan of Issigonis suspension but these problems just sum up my frustrations with it: the miserable penny-pinching engineering that went with the clever springy bits, and ruined the reputation and for many, the experience of the whole Hydragas / Hydrolastic system. edit - suspension due to Dr. Alex Moulton of course. I blame the Port. I'd get replacement spindles made with a hole bored and cross-drilled so a grease nipple could be fitted to allow regular injections of lube into that displacer bore. Actually I think I'd get the displacer bore sleeved with a bronze bush. Displacers are now rare enough to make the effort and cost worth it. Skizzer, vulgalour and Exiled_Tat_Gatherer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 I'd not thought about sleeving it with bronze, that's very doable and inexpensive I'd expect. Presumably you don't get issues with dissimilar corrosion or wear between steel and bronze? For now all I can think to do is load up the pocket on the ones fitted to the car with penetrating fluid on a much more regular basis in the hope that when I do come to replace the displacers I can get the units on the car apart. I had thought the ones fitted had free pivot shafts because the displacer moved as it ought but having taken this one apart today, I'm concerned it might actually just be the bushes spinning instead. Getting the new pivot shafts drilled is an idea I'd not thought of either. You should be able to have the grease nipple stick out on the outer threaded end if you do it the way I think you're explaining which would be incredibly easy to access even without taking a wheel off or jacking the car up. It would also likely completely eliminate the seizing issue providing you greased it once a year. Asimo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 I'm a big fan of Issigonis suspensionHydrolastic was Big Al Moulton wasn't it? Eddie Honda, Asimo and Skizzer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Ah of course, I should have know that, thanks. The seats are Clio Williams-ish i.e. that soft fuzzy material...very comfortable too. 20181231_155228 (1).jpg I can smell that just looking at it. Very very 90s. RobT and egg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 It was the good Doctor, yes. Issi had no real input on the Princess, thankfully, which is probably a big reason for controls to be aligned correctly with the seat. Asimo and Eddie Honda 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 I have restored 4 way directional adjustment to the 75s mirrors. Doing the easy jobs first is a good motivator! SierraMikeHotel, mrbenn and Bucketeer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SierraMikeHotel Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 I have restored 4 way directional adjustment to the 75s mirrors. Doing the easy jobs first is a good motivator!I never did this during my time with the Saab, and my Merc has exactly the same fault - they go down but not any other direction. Really must get round to it. Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobT Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 I can smell that just looking at it. Very very 90s.Is it an intoxicating smell of rubber you're getting? I think it's due to the floor mats, so I've binned all bar the driver's one and need to figure out a cheap way of deodourising it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 I found these neutradol efforts quite useful Rob, link as an example, you can get them cheaper. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Neutradol-Freshener-Original-Destroyer-AD12MS/dp/B004Q0VWMU RobT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Must get hold of two new front tyres for the Borat. Currently on legal limit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 One of the Corolla's fan belts is bollocksed. It's started to split down the middle. Sorry for potatocam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 This parking bay is so short it makes the Princess look as big as a modern car. chadders, JeeExEll, MarvinsMom and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Kwik Fit is the only place open round here at the moment, so two front Hankooks later.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drum Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 While the Perkins is chugging away warming up in the background, I thought I'd fire up the Olds. Batteries were dead. Laseraligningfoofooflanges, fairkens, Joey spud and 21 others 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 While the Perkins is chugging away warming up in the background, I thought I'd fire up the Olds. Batteries were dead.https://youtube.com/watch?v=lK6jgX5B0d4Sounds just liked I hoped it would - fat and mean. Reminds me of the Peterbilt in Duel. drum, mrbenn, Stevebrookman and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingz123 Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 ^ have you got a sticky lifter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 While the Perkins is chugging away warming up in the background, I thought I'd fire up the Olds. Batteries were dead. Probably an entire threads worth of content in 'start up videos'. You should get the ball rolling! xtriple, drum, Skizzer and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabRat Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Boring modern alert... Mrs LabRat got pissed off of the Punto after it shat it's front suspension yet again, so has gone and bought a 15 plate Ssangyong Tivoli diesel, in bright red. It's actually surprisingly nice to drive, still solid gold future shite, mind you. She picks it up on monday, so hopefully we can limp the Punto until then! Even got £1800 trade in for the bastard, which is a solid win in my books. jumpingjehovahs, mrbenn and Fat_Pirate 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 214 continues to fight me every step of the way. Trying to swap out the cranskhaft position sensor held in place with two weeny 7mm bolts on the flywheel. It's in a really tight space and you need arms like a gibbon and preferably made of spaghetti - I do not have said arms. Tried from above, nope, tried from below, nope, tried feeding ratchet in from above then grabbing wedged in tool from below - success. Got the socket one of the screws, rusted solid. Plusgassed. Dropped tool. Forgot how I wangled to get tool in right place. Gave up and googled flexible ratchets. Halfords do one for £20, could be handy. Drove to Ilkeston. None in stock. Found some random tool in Wickes which might do the job. Dark by the time I got back. Reconnected battery to PT Cruiser, started first time.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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