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[Lankytim]

Lets see a pic of the Mondeo Auto!!!!!

[dollywobbler]

Nice colour!

[Partridge]

State blue?

[Lankytim]

Dunno, to be fair I haven't had much chance to check it over, but it does need a front bumper in whatever colour that is.

[oldcars]

Here's the brown one when I owned it

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The Evans ones cost £1000 and £2000.

Your famous! I see one of the others was from Joe, it seems to have been a van and TG added windows in.

[DVee8]

One of the yougens i work with(19) around 6 weeks ago,drove out of a parking bay in the works car park into a passing Leaf.His insurance covered the Leaf but not his Corsa (56) plate.So a £600 bill to repair the Corsa.

 

On Saturday gone he was driving past our local supermarket when his engine went bang.Talking to him yesterday,I asked what happened?It just blew,any oil in?don't know.Any water in? don't know just went bang.

 

So what are you doing with the corsa then? Errrr scrap man.

 

So how are you getting around then? Errr just went out and signed for a 14plate Corsa SRi on Saturday afternoon.Said so nonchalantly like he was going for a mars bar.

 

Is it still that easy to get credit for a car?

[Bear]

Is it still that easy to get credit for a car?

 

Yes. But it may or may not be cheap...

[Bear]

Also, christ, he got all that damage from hitting a leaf? I know Voxhalls r shite, but imagine if he'd hit a car!

[Alexg]

It is if you've paid your bills. I sold a 6 month old Focus ST to a 18 year old at £500 a month. He was accepted instantly the moment I uploaded his details meaning a computer had made the decision rather than a human at the other end. I sat him down and explained to that he really needs consider the impact of such a commitment - the monthly payment, fuel consumption and insurance - but he was adamant he had done his sums, was earning a bundle and had no problem affording it. 3 months later his Grandad bailed him out because he was skint.

[mercrocker]

Hey LT!!!! I think you should put an MX-5 engine in your Minor.

 

I don't know why this isn't more of a thing.....People were stuffing twincam Fiats into every sleeping Minor not long ago.

[Bear]

Probably the amount of wiring/ECUness involved in dropping one in. Which is daft, because you just transplant the lot, and the MX5 comes complete with a lovely gearbox instead of trying to hunt around for r@re $carce Toyota ones.

[The Moog]

 

Hate cars.

 

£1000 of repairs in under 6,000 miles. Could only happen to me...

 

 

Did mine on the driveway 

 

http://autoshite.com/topic/10017-the-news-24-thread/page-777?do=findComment&comment=835205

[fordperv]

Nope, the type 9 box is the expensive part, then you need a water rail for the back of the engine block, but it's all very reasonable. I hope to run the original injection system on a cut down loom, the world of banger racing holds all the secrets for doing this stuff cheaply.

Carl the fella I sent you the phone number of for the type 9 should have 1.8 cvh parts if you need those as well

[Coprolalia]

MsJ's 06 90k Yaris is at a local independent getting auxiliary belt changed following this conversation:

 

"-When was the auxiliary belt last done darling?

- It has a cam chain

- Yes but it still has an auxiliary belt, has that ever been done?

- Do they do it with the oil?

- No, not unless you ask

- Never then"

 

Phone conversation from the independent:

 

"That noise coming from the engine; the aux pulley is falling off, do you want us to change it now or next month?"

 

Phone conversation with MsJ following the above:

 

"I was just ignoring that noise until it went away. What happens if we don't do the pulley"

 

 

 

[xtriple]

As it is a glorious day (really) and I woke up feeling relatively healthy, I played with green dollop. First I got underneath it and waxoyled the shit out of it everywhere I could reach - discovered the big bang I heard/felt the other week was the boot floor/spare wheel bulge hitting the road rather hard! -  so waxed that after blobbing some paint on it, and then touched up all the little marks on the bodywork with my new correct colour touch up. Also went over it with a microfibre cloth and cleaned it up a treat. Also checked all the fluid levels and they are all as they were, so it seems third rack is a good ;un!

 

Took the dogs up Daddyhole and just sat in the sunshine for an hour or so, It was soooooo pleasant to not be cold and just have a jumper on, no coat, hat or gloves. Lovely.

 

Got back to the car and a nice lady parked next to it opened her door and told me she had been admiring the dollop. We had a lovely chat about it and I told her it was glorious but 'bloody unreliable'. Guess what, when I went to leave, it wouldn't start!

 

She did smile.....

[gm]

as the sun was shining, I took the mazda for a top down blast round the country roads. I nearly papped my pants when I discovered the SVM secret headquarters :

 

 

 

secretly located here :

 

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Slamannan,+Falkirk+FK1/@55.9324798,-3.8527339,3a,66.8y,170.54h,79.45t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s-ETg2db8kKQ6P0dfLZRYUA!2e0!4m6!1m3!3m2!1s0x48887045116aede9:0xadaa21cf0b9bb59c!2sSlamannan,+Falkirk+FK1!3m1!1s0x48887045116aede9:0xadaa21cf0b9bb59c?hl=en-gb

 

[captain_70s]

Did mine on the driveway 

 

http://autoshite.com/topic/10017-the-news-24-thread/page-777?do=findComment&comment=835205

Wish I had, came home with car and sans £410 today. Didn't even use official Honda parts...

[rml2345]

as the sun was shining, I took the mazda for a top down blast round the country roads. I nearly papped my pants when I discovered the SVM secret headquarters :

 

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secretly located here :

 

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Slamannan,+Falkirk+FK1/@55.9324798,-3.8527339,3a,66.8y,170.54h,79.45t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s-ETg2db8kKQ6P0dfLZRYUA!2e0!4m6!1m3!3m2!1s0x48887045116aede9:0xadaa21cf0b9bb59c!2sSlamannan,+Falkirk+FK1!3m1!1s0x48887045116aede9:0xadaa21cf0b9bb59c?hl=en-gb

 

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Home of the legendary Volvo Jim, who is our prophet and saviour. He can conjure NLA parts with his mighty powers.

[doobietoo]

PT2 arrived today.....

 

 

cant decide whether to put a new engine in or break it..... breaking is winning out at the mo as engine replacement is such a faf and it has everything I need for the mot on it....

9 months mot left though.....

I h9 making decisions....

I used to be indecisive but I'm not sure now...

[dollywobbler]

Perkins Prima FTW.

[skattrd]

PT2 arrived today.....

 

 

 

cant decide whether to put a new engine in or break it.....

 

Do you really need to ask

 

 

Apologies for anti-PT bias.

[MarvinsMom]

this is autoshite where doing the sensible thing isn't the done thing.

 

so, the pt cruiser, that needs a new engine, so DO IT!

 

cannot think of any better choice than a perkins prima, what other choices could there be?

 

poxhall red top?

[HH-R]

Renault 1.9 dCi.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

crush it

[Tayne]

PT2 arrived today.....

 

 

cant decide whether to put a new engine in or break it..... 

 

 

A-series out of LankyTim's Morris Minor.

[Lankytim]

948cc for added refinement and towing ability.

[doobietoo]

Ha ha too much to do to be doing silly things to it.... think it will end up being finance for a certain VDP...

[Lankytim]

Gah, the rust hole in the rear door shut of the Mondeo auto looks to be a bit beyond my ability..

 

 

 

It looks like it's going back to plan A, i.e engine bummage and carcass disposal.

 

...although a panel for this bit is available for £25 odd delivered..... Hummm..

[wuvvum]

The Scudo is continuing to behave slightly oddly.  Been running it around on the diesel that was in the tank when I bought it; this evening it started to behave rather oddly, stuttering under acceleration and randomly idling a lot higher than usual.  Then it cut out at a set of lights, although it eventually restarted after a bit of cranking.  I pulled off the main road and decided it felt like it was running out of diesel - gauge was reading just under 1/4 tank though.  I pulled into Sainsbury's and stuck 7 litres in, which took the gauge back up to over the quarter mark.  It also started to run better.  Headed homewards, and noticed the gauge dropping like a stone, and less than 20 miles later the fuel light came on.  Got home, popped the bonnet and had a good look round and couldn't find any sign of diesel pissing out anywhere - so I can only conclude that the gauge was talking utter bollocks before (although it had been steadily dropping as I used the van) and somehow sticking that gallon and a half in the tank has reset it so it now reads correctly.  Weird, but the alternative is that it's doing 9 mpg...

[Craig the Princess]

A-series out of LankyTim's Morris Minor.

 

Taunus V4, has to be