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[320touring]

So would I but good luck finding a Bosch pumped, roadworthy 306/405/ZX TD at short notice for minimal coin. There's a ZX in Devon for £500 but pffff.

 

My friend has a veg friendly Hilux and a car trailer but I wouldn't want to drag him outside of Scotland.

Any old turbo'd xud car would do, 300 on the car, 200on Bosch pump new cambelt and waterpump;)

[Lacquer Peel]

I'd rather buy an engine that's ready to drop in complete with a Bosch pump and injectors. It's looking like £322 for the engine and transport, and £70-odd for a cambelt and water pump from Mister Auto, and I wouldn't have a car to dispose of or transport.

[Guest Hooli]

What's the cheapest way to shift an engine from too far south to a Highlands postcode?

 

Shiply?

[Lacquer Peel]

Good call, I forgot all about Shiply.

[320touring]

That is true, however you also won't have all the looms (you'd be reliant on the seller to remove it properly) and you also wouldn't have a reference model sitting to look at.

 

Fair comment re getting shot of the car after though:)

[Lacquer Peel]

That is true, however you also won't have all the looms (you'd be reliant on the seller to remove it properly) and you also wouldn't have a reference model sitting to look at.

 

Fair comment re getting shot of the car after though:)

All you need is one wire for the stop solenoid. Seriously.

[twosmoke300]

No oil light , charging system , starter , or temp gauge / fan then ?

[Guest Hooli]

It's french, those bits won't work anyway

[Richard]

I think the starter and alternator are Mitsubishi. The French bits do work.

[xtriple]

Have I missed the thread for this years calendars? I need a new one sharpish!

[Eddie Honda]

No, you're too early!

[hairymel]

Hullo

 

Welding my old master van up when I do the sills do I have to include a lip/ridge? Or can I just make them rounded ?

11 more patches to go.

 

as long as it performs the same function it doesnt matter.

 

although 1 big repair is a lot less work than 11 patches 

[phil_lihp]

I've just been speaking to a friend who owns a 1994 Toyota Carina E 1.6 petrol saloon - she inherited it about 10 years ago from her parents and loves it but that love doesn't extend to servicing...it hasn't been serviced once in 80,000 miles and 10 years!  It's of course been dead reliable, the only fault I've heard about from it is a knackered alternator earlier this year.

 

Quite astonishing really, I've been in it and it seems to run alright and goes pretty well considering, it uses oil and gets topped up when the warning light comes on (!) so it's at least not all the same thick black treacle from a decade ago.  Having got onto the subject, she was asking me whether it should be serviced - my immediate answer was yes, of course it bloody should but I'm wary of offering to do it, I'd worry that thinner new oil would kill it.  Certainly a new cambelt and some spark plugs wouldn't be the worse thing for it and I can't believe the oil filter's not rusted through yet.  

 

Should she leave it now?  I'm not going to get involved as I don't want to be the one who killed it but I'm curious as to what the best course of action is on something that's gone this long between oil changes!

[Jerzy Woking]

Years ago I was going out with this girl who had a ropey Mk3 Escort as it was all she could afford. It failed the MOT on sharp edges on the rear arches, so I offered to repair them. A wire brush, Kurust and a dollop of wob sorted them. I stupidly offered to service it as it hadn't been done in years. Oil was like treacle, and the oil filter was really bunged up. Thought I'd done her a big favour.

 

A week later the engine grenaded itself after "it was making a horrible noise". Didn't see much of her after that.

So my advice is to leave well alone!

[phil_lihp]

I agree with that, much as I'd like to help her out, there's no way I'm going to do it personally as I don't want the responsibility!  More curious as to whether it's better off left alone now, I remember someone (WilsonWilson?) had a 205 which exploded after receiving new oil for the first time in many years.

[DodgeRover]

I always service a vehicle when I get it, most have been neglected and none have ever died because of an oil and filter change.

[stephen01]

Have I missed the thread for this years calendars? I need a new one sharpish!

 

+1

[Alan_Green]

Right, we all know car covers can be a bad idea because they trap moisture and make things worse. But what's wrong with this idea?  Cling film. Genius or Jenius?

[KruJoe]

For trailering it to a show or whatever, I'd say it's a good idea. I wouldn't suggest it was ideal for protection from sun or rain for longer than a day or so.

[steveo3002]

yeah fine for a temp thing , would trap moisture same as  a cheapie cover

[spike60]

Is there any way of checking outstanding finance etc on a car for free? My son briefly owned a rough Astra about a year ago and his mam has had knock on door from a man asking for him regarding the Astra, won't discuss it with anyone else. Historical debt on car? Unpaid parking tickets after dozy son didn''t return V5? Don't know if he did but would be a fair bet.....

[Kiltox]

Anyone ever switched from trade insurance back to private? Could you find an insurer to accept your no claims bonus?

[Richard]

Is there any way of checking outstanding finance etc on a car for free? My son briefly owned a rough Astra about a year ago and his mam has had knock on door from a man asking for him regarding the Astra, won't discuss it with anyone else. Historical debt on car? Unpaid parking tickets after dozy son didn''t return V5? Don't know if he did but would be a fair bet.....

 

Totalcarcheck will do it for £8.99.

[stephen01]

​Vetech batteries from GSF, any good?

[MrDuke]

What's £scrap like at the moment?

[bub2006]

Around 55 a tonne last I knew.

[MrDuke]

  

 

Cheers!

[bub2006]

I've took some scrap to local place and its not been worth the paper the cheque is written on.

[scaryoldcortina]

I've been getting £120/tonne for mixed scrap recently.

[bub2006]

Shit. Area differences? I've been thinking of cutting kia up n weighing it in but doesn't seem worth it