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[SiC]

Right. My only chance this weekend to fix this heap of garlic flavoured piece of shit is to go out now and get going tonight. That way I have a hour or two tomorrow to finish it off in the morning. Just 0C to -1C ATM. Not only cold for me, but cold for bits of plastic I have to undo.

 

Supposed to take around 1.5hrs - so 3hrs at my speeds.

 

Why do I do this to myself? Why didn't I just go down to my nearest VAG dealer and sign their paperwork.

Done! Took 2 hrs 45 minutes. However that was coil pack (manifold off), replacing all 6 plugs, giving the throttle body a good scrub and snapping a stupid rigid breather pipe. Currently fixed by jamming in a bit of silicone hose and taping it up with insulation tape. Can hear it leaking a bit of air though, so may have to seal that bit with silicone sealant.

 

Ultimately find a replacement part, but it's got alsorts of junctions on it. No doubt silly money from Renault.

 

Runs really well now though. I'm sure the butt dyno is registering a power increase.

[Guest Hooli]

You've got form with breather pipes!

[Mr_Bo11ox]

well done SiC!!!!!!

[SiC]

You've got form with breather pipes!

I know! Why do they make them out of the shittest, most brittle plastic ever? Or maybe I should stop fixing cars in silly weather?

 

This stupid pipe connects to the bottom of the throttle body and you'd think they'd made it a bit more flexible - especially considering there will be movement. Mrs SiC was not very impressed when I said I fixed part by stuffing a pipe inside another! Her reaction "You're not a mechanic, how do you know that's ok and safe??" My response of "It's fineeeee" didn't sooth her fears. Tbh, it's only a silly engine breather pipe.

 

Anyone know of a Peugeot/Citreon/Renault 3.0 V6 being broken up for parts?

 

Oh yeah, another thing I noticed was that the MPG was going up when it had a misfire. Not quite sure why that happened considering it was stuck running open loop...

[SiC]

I got to this stage in 15 minutes:

 

The engine was still quite warm at this point, so wasn't that bad a job to start.

 

Guess which is the coil that failed...

 

Incidentally according to the paperwork from the previous owner, Halfrauds Autocentres were supposed to have replaced all 3 of those coils under the intake after one had misfired previously!

 

This is the stupid bit of pipe that I broke at the base of:

You can see the brown insulating tape and black silicone pipe of the bodge repair. Once it's a bit warmer I'll put silicone sealant (too cold to set atm) around the gap to seal the air leak - while I try and source a replacement.

[Jams]

Smart car is in for a service Wednesday new rear shocks to go on then it's mot!

Wish me luck

[holbeck]

One of my mates is in Iran for work ATM. He sent me these:

 

[meggersdog]

^^^^ is that Peykan Hunter ? wondered what happened to him.

[stripped fred]

It's a good job the tip's not too far away. Think I may be a bit over loaded, 10 large bags of plaster.

[egg]

Just popped the Favorit down to my new local* council rental lockup. It's 6 miles away. Standard issue rubbish everywhere from some light flytipping. At least the Fav can dry out now! Having doubts that the Mondy might not fit, bloomin narrow. Defo wouldn't get a Mk4 Mondeo in there...

[stripped fred]

I can't fit my 406 estate in my council garage, not even close.

[phil_lihp]

This slightly green Rover 45 belongs to a colleague and has been sat in a local garage's yard for most of the last year.  MOT has just run out, looks very tidy and had just had the head gasket done - only 56k on the clock, too.  1.4 K series, new front tyres.  Apparently, after the head gasket was changed the engine started 'knocking' and he gave up on it, dumped it at the garage and obtained another car.  I'm tempted to make a slightly insulting offer for it but it depends what the 'knocking' is - I find it hard to believe it could be the bottom end at that mileage unless it had so much coolant in the oil it's knackered the engine.  I'd like to think it was injector noise which these are apparently known for but who knows.

 

I might see what he wants for it and stick a battery on it so I can hear the noise myself, could be worth a punt although these things still seem pretty worthless.

 

On the other hand, it's currently keeping exceptionally shitey company.

 

[twosmoke300]

Did they disturb the ladder that holds the rank when the gasket was done ?

[phil_lihp]

One has absolutely no idea.  All sounds a bit odd to me, he's not mechanically-minded and I've not had a proper conversation about it yet so details are sketchy.

[phil_lihp]

I've just remembered what happened last time I bought a Rover hatchback with a 1.4 K series engine with 50-odd k on the clock.  Hmm.

[twosmoke300]

Bottom pulley loose ?

[twosmoke300]

You can have that civic outside my workshop for cheeps if you want a project

[phil_lihp]

That's the sad thing, I don't really, I haven't got time for the projects already in progress!  Only reason I've even considered this one is because it's on my doorstep and belongs to someone I know.  

 

I should probably leave it alone.

[M'coli]

You will need a hub puller to get it off, the screw in type rather than a slide hammer. Probably best to buy a fitting kit with the new shoes as well, linings coming adrift on these is quite common. I am surprised the breakdown people didn't try to get it off at the side of the road. A few years ago I went out to a 306 that had done the same thing took about 3/4 of an hour but came off in the end without too much damage.

Pug 106  rear brakes update: hub puller bought, drum came off no bother.

 

 

And there's the lining on the drum.

 

Just need a shoe set, a fitting kit, and by the looks of things a wheel bearing too.

[Vince70]

I had a 1 owner mk2 1.4 306 which had a knock which was an identical sound as the Big ends going and it had only done 40000 at the time and I bought it on eBay so had no chance of any comeback from the seller.

 

I paid around £1500 for it when the going rate was around 3 grand on the forecourt for one so I guess I should of been suspicious and I noticed it when looking over the car and asked the seller about it and she said she never had any trouble with the car and its the first time it's done that and because she was fit I bought the thing believing her lol

 

When I went though the paperwork of the car the Peugeot dealer had mentioned big ends only a couple of weeks previous so I thought it was going to be a new engine as the temperature gauge also went into the red on the journey home and stayed there but I was so pissed off that I just hammered it down the A21 expecting it to go bang.

 

I got it back home and my dads mate who's a proper old school mechanic and liked old peugeots had a look for me and it was only the bottom pulley that had come slightly loose and every year or so just needed tightening up again and it was fine so it might be something simple like that apparently it was quite a common problem.

 

Also the temp gauge going into the red was only French electrics as it was a bad earth which he sorted out in no time so although the previous owner thought she was selling a knackered car I ended up with a gem of a car so you never know it might be ok.

 

Funny thing is I sold it about 9 years ago to a very elderly neighbour who was in his late 80s and looked after his cars but he didn't do many miles and by that time it had done about 60000 miles and last week I saw the car parked up in a KFC car park so it's still going strong.

[For Fiats Sake]

 

Funny thing is I sold it about 9 years ago to a very elderly neighbour who was in his late 80s and looked after his cars but he didn't do many miles and by that time it had done about 60000 miles and last week I saw the car parked up in a KFC car park so it's still going strong.

 

89 and still eating KFC?, and they say junk food is bad for you!

[blackboilersuit]

 

Not exactly a collection thread but...... 300mile round trip today (Lanarkshire-Bishop Auckland) in a 15 year old CRV to collect a replacement frame for my 33 year old GPz1100. A £50 ebay bargain that still has a few useful bits attached. The original GPz frame is bent and even using a 25mpg car for the collection run then painting the replacement etc it's still going to be miles cheaper than getting the original straightened.

 

 

[Guest Hooli]

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Not exactly a collection thread but...... 300mile round trip today (Lanarkshire-Bishop Auckland) in a 15 year old CRV to collect a replacement frame for my 33 year old GPz1100. A £50 ebay bargain that still has a few useful bits attached. The original GPz frame is bent and even using a 25mpg car for the collection run then painting the replacement etc it's still going to be miles cheaper than getting the original straightened.

 

How does that work with the bike's ID? I think the reg goes with the frame number doesn't it?

 

The only time I've known a frame be changed the garage supplied a frame with no number on... turned out to have been crashed too

[blackboilersuit]

How does that work with the bike's ID? I think the reg goes with the frame number doesn't it?

 

The only time I've known a frame be changed the garage supplied a frame with no number on... turned out to have been crashed too

The new frame has a V5 so the old bike will be officially scrapped once I've rebuilt everything onto the new frame.  A shame as I prefer the reg number on the bike as it stands just now but can't transfer the number as it is a newer reg by 1 year. 

There is no way that I know of to change a frame number on a V5 so this is the only way to do it unless you start grinding off and re-stamping numbers and that looks (is) really dodgy.

I don't actually like the practice of buying & selling frames with log books as it can be the same as selling VIN tags and a V5. Essentially a ringing kit. At the autoshite end of the market it's a harmless way to get around a £500 bill for motoliner frame straightening on a bike worth £1000. At the other end it's giving a false identity to somebody's pride and joy that's been stolen to order.

Rest assured this one all checks out ok. It's an old bike that was legitimately broken for spares and the numbers and paperwork are all sound.  

[DodgeRover]

Logbook goes with frame, anything else is just ringing..

 

The one time I saw a new frame fitted the insurers sent someone out to watch the identity of the old frame be destroyed and see the number stamped into the new one.

 

Edit sorry missed your reply above.

[Guest Hooli]

The new frame has a V5 so the old bike will be officially scrapped once I've rebuilt everything onto the new frame.  A shame as I prefer the reg number on the bike as it stands just now but can't transfer the number as it is a newer reg by 1 year. 

There is no way that I know of to change a frame number on a V5 so this is the only way to do it unless you start grinding off and re-stamping numbers and that looks (is) really dodgy.

I don't actually like the practice of buying & selling frames with log books as it can be the same as selling VIN tags and a V5. Essentially a ringing kit. At the autoshite end of the market it's a harmless way to get around a £500 bill for motoliner frame straightening on a bike worth £1000. At the other end it's giving a false identity to somebody's pride and joy that's been stolen to order.

Rest assured this one all checks out ok. It's an old bike that was legitimately broken for spares and the numbers and paperwork are all sound.  

 

Ta. I thought that's how it was but wasn't sure.

[hairnet]

want

 

cant

 

 

 

grand puts me off too

[egg]

Cheap ghia grille on eBay (was written as 'geea') couldn't be resisted. Obviously wrong colour but my base has bling! (Don't worry 2 min job to reverse it back to sanity).

 

[Fabergé Greggs]

[Richard]

Slight mojo restoration on the Volvo today. I managed to get the heater matrix and oil changed. The Pela pump gets more oil out than the drain plug does so I've come to the conclusion that it's better as well as easier.