facebook car collection last night

[theshadow]

upgraded the headlight bulbs this afternoon 50% brighter from lidl 4.99 set with few other bulbs,fuses,yet to do plastic lenses,added 50p granville screenwash,topped up oil,driving ok,radio coming out of one speaker,

[theshadow]

smoll up date bought and fitted crosland airfilter,right palaver fitting it four of the screws in plastic housing were rusted,got the grinder on them,new filter fitted,bosch sparkplugs cheaper than ngk,that will do me,the old ones well worn,also got crosland oil filter,bought some oil 4 litres made in taiwan only fiver,,that will go in tomorrow,

[Burnside]

My Brother brought my Auntie one of these in base flavour about 3 years ago. She sadly done her best to ruin the poor thing much to our annoyance including taking out a Corsa D with it but it just keeps going. Great little cars and parts are cheap and plentiful and at £30 you can't go wrong.  

[Lacquer Peel]

Where did you get the ultra cheap oil? Is it for a lawnmower?

[mercrocker]

£30?   I used to get Cortinas and Mini Clubmanses for that down at the auction......Mind you that was fucking decades ago!   Even then the auctioneer used to gee up the bidding, saying that the car was cheaper than the trainers on the nipper's feet.

 

Good buy, they are quiite fun to drive - my daughter had one.   Didn't have a Hub Nut sticker, more like "Drott" the way she drove it.   Only her vanity killed it - chopped in for a leased One Series (where did I go wrong?)

[theshadow]

got it the cheap due to some api ratings etc not displayed.seems fine,changed the oil filter,lost the tool for removing sump plug,trust fiat to be different,   me thinks the front pads are low...

[theshadow]

punto went for test,passed ,3 advise one tyre,underseal,oil leak,seems to need rocker cover,emissions went well,another banger saved,even if its a punto,he said he had not done one for a while,as most had gone to scrappers,due to rust .

[theshadow]

new timing belt will be going on tomorrow,it prob will have 17 year one still on,heater fan stopped working,checked the risistor,the plastic thingembob had melted,like v/all,one of the connecters had melted,touched the other,put some insulation tape on,all now good :mrgreen:,nowt spent,

[clayts450]

I will be disappointed if this isn't advertised soon for a gazillion quid, shadow...

[1duck]

Christ, my mate bought a similar one with around 35000 miles on the clock for 800 quid last year. He is pretty chuffed with it tbh.

[theshadow]

just hope its 8v engine,belt goes no damage to engine,16v it all goes titsup if the belt snaps,my belt is in stock,pickup later £9.00 bosch jobbie,will change belt after 1 today.

[LostnotFound]

A friend of mine had one that I had a pootle around in, it impressed me by being one of the very few small cars that I had to being the seat forward for.

 

I always felt it looked a lot flasher than the mk4 fezza I was driving at the time but didn't feel as well screwed together especially inside.

 

His was sold for not a lot (more than 30 quid tho...) at not a great age after more clutches than the average taxi amongst other things. He might have had a lemon but the aforementioned survival rate suggests otherwise.

[theshadow]

timing  belt went pretty well,tippexd timing marks,or made my own,was well starting to crack up,only had one bolt shear off,only on timing cover,changed the engine oil,was well manky.looks like it had new sump a few years ago,rocker cover gasket to do sat,..