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[andrew e]

What’s the deal with scrapping an LPG fitted car? Donut tank is in spare wheel well, and filller is a Polish one behind the filler flap so outwardly bar a grubby gas pipe you’d never know. Play daft or own up? Obviously if you can shift/want a mega mile beyond recommisioning E39 that’s sat 7 years let me know!

[omegod]

i've had a few quid from salvaged LPG stuff in the past, bit hairy stripping it as you'll inevitably get some leakage but doable 

[loserone]

March.

 

Is that dog doing a poo?

[DodgeRover]

What’s the deal with scrapping an LPG fitted car? Donut tank is in spare wheel well, and filller is a Polish one behind the filler flap so outwardly bar a grubby gas pipe you’d never know. Play daft or own up? Obviously if you can shift/want a mega mile beyond recommisioning E39 that’s sat 7 years let me know!

Breakers usually knock a fair bit off the price with a gas tank in as they are a PITA for them to get rid of.

What type of conversion is fitted and where are you?

[Mally]

I never ever took a tank out of a Mk 2 Cortina and let the contents escape in the middle of nowhere.

Can't be true anyway. Who would run a Cortina on LPG?

[Kiltox]

Removemycar - I scrapped an LPGed car and nothing was said about it

[andrew e]

Breakers usually knock a fair bit off the price with a gas tank in as they are a PITA for them to get rid of.

What type of conversion is fitted and where are you?

 

Its a multipoint 6 cylinder Stag set up - I'm in Essex.

[Sigmund Fraud]

I've potentially got an early MK2 Ibiza diesel to view this weekend, weather dependant.

Non turbo.

Are they alright? I'm betting grim 90s diesel, but I love them.

 

Stuff to check :

 

- Rust, check everywhere but rear arches/ends of sills.are the most common and fail the MoT due to seat belt anchorage points.

- Gearbox, if it whines or struggles to select gears it's fucked. TADTS, and it's unlikely to be on the original box if over 100K. Diesel boxes are getting rare, so make sure it still has a diesel box with long ratios. Will be screaming at 70mph if not.

- Cambelt, make sure it's done at the correct time/mileage intervals because they do go if overdue.

 

VAG quality* means you're likely to find dozens of other, minor faults but they're generally easy and cheap to fix. 

[bramz7]

Stuff to check :

 

- Rust, check everywhere but rear arches/ends of sills.are the most common and fail the MoT due to seat belt anchorage points.

- Gearbox, if it whines or struggles to select gears it's fucked. TADTS, and it's unlikely to be on the original box if over 100K. Diesel boxes are getting rare, so make sure it still has a diesel box with long ratios. Will be screaming at 70mph if not.

- Cambelt, make sure it's done at the correct time/mileage intervals because they do go if overdue.

 

VAG quality* means you're likely to find dozens of other, minor faults but they're generally easy and cheap to fix.

 

Cheers buddy.

 

Think I'll have to abandon the viewing though as due to some issues with cars lately I'm going to stick to the ropey but known quantity 218 diesel in Bristol.

[Wack]

Welding torch question

 

I've bought a mig welder but it's missing the torch , I've looked on ebay but just got confused , it's a euro plug apparently ,smartmig 152 is the model, are they all the same as in universal fit guns or have I got to buy one from the manufacturer

 

Expect a how long does welding arc eye last post sometime after arrival of the torch

 

Thanks

[Tickman]

Euro torch is a generic fit.

There are good ones and not so good ones, mig welding forum is where to ask.

[DodgeRover]

Its a multipoint 6 cylinder Stag set up - I'm in Essex.

That's actually worth stripping off carefully and advertising on ebay or elsewhere, sadly I'm in Surrey otherwise I would be offering to remove it and dispose of it in a careful manner.

 

Have you tried a speculative advert on Gumtree I would have thought it would have had more value for export than the breakers would pay.

[SiC]

Anyone know of a way to respond to Preloved.co.uk adverts with no contact details on? There is a car of a fair amount of interest but the site won't let me contact the seller until the advert is at least 12 days old.

[holbeck]

I recently bought a lock-up garage. It's in the middle of a block.

 

I hadn't thought about it until now, but what would be the appropriate insurance to have on it?

[dave21478]

The fuck is this bullshit?

 

The Panda has these silly continental style fuses which have proved to be hopelessly unreliable in use....constant fiddling and cleaning of contacts required.... so while doing other stuff I sacked off the fuse box and fitted a newer one that takes standard blade fuses.

 

Now, blade fuses are colour coded for their rating...red is ten amp, blue is fifteen etc etc....thats fine and I had assumed these continental ones were too, but are they fuck.....

 

 

Left to right, the ratings stamped on the back of each fuse are 8, 8, 16, 8, 10, 10, 16, 16, 10, 16 which seems to match roughly the width of the fusible link, but the colours seem to be totally arbitrary....is that normal?

 

 

[Mally]

Anyone know of a way to respond to Preloved.co.uk adverts with no contact details on? There is a car of a fair amount of interest but the site won't let me contact the seller until the advert is at least 12 days old.

 

Have you got full membership?

Have to pay £5? for full membership to reply early.

[lesapandre]

Have you got full membership?

Have to pay £5? for full membership to reply early.

Yes you have to join. Or wait. Of course seller may be keener to sell by then...

[Sigmund Fraud]

Left to right, the ratings stamped on the back of each fuse are 8, 8, 16, 8, 10, 10, 16, 16, 10, 16 which seems to match roughly the width of the fusible link, but the colours seem to be totally arbitrary....is that normal?

 

Yes, trust the numbers (or the width of the fusible segment), not the colour !

[bunglebus]

Mother's 1995 1.4 8v Astra has an oil leak from the back of the cam/distributor area - but I'm having fun finding out what part I need to fix it, bearing in mind it's a coil pack fitted where the earlier cars had an actual distributor. Is it an o-ring? A cam oil seal (all seem to be listed as fronts on eBay)

Thanks

 

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Anyone?

[twosmoke300]

The fuck is this bullshit?

 

The Panda has these silly continental style fuses which have proved to be hopelessly unreliable in use....constant fiddling and cleaning of contacts required.... so while doing other stuff I sacked off the fuse box and fitted a newer one that takes standard blade fuses.

 

Now, blade fuses are colour coded for their rating...red is ten amp, blue is fifteen etc etc....thats fine and I had assumed these continental ones were too, but are they fuck.....

 

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Left to right, the ratings stamped on the back of each fuse are 8, 8, 16, 8, 10, 10, 16, 16, 10, 16 which seems to match roughly the width of the fusible link, but the colours seem to be totally arbitrary....is that normal?

Aren't glass / cuntinental fuses rated at their continuous capacity and blades at their blow ? Or the other way round or I'm dreaming

[dave21478]

hmmm, that rings a bell actually.

 

Stuff like the headlights is easy enough, I can add up the watts used per circuit and work out the current drawn to find a correct rating...the other circuits, I think an edumacated guess going on the old fuse and wire thickness should suffice.

There isnt a lot to it electrically and I have a good fire extinguisher.

[SierraMikeHotel]

I'm a bit excited about this:

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Saab-9-5-Vector-Auto/123004116550

 

Anyone on here with experience of 9-5s?  What should I look for when I go and look at it?

 

The last MoT had these advisories:

• Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage slightly distorted (2.4.G.1)
• Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage damaged but not seriously weakened (2.4.G.1)

I have literally no clue if that's serious or not.  Indication of a crash, or just wear?  What should I expect to pay to get it sorted?

[taxi paul]

Attention you spray painter chaps. I done a few rust scabs on the primera today. Ground out and rust treated then filled. I got an aerosol made up to the paint code.so after doing it and using proper undercoat from spray paint place. It looks ok but is just Matt finish. So do I need to wet and dry the paint then buff it up to get a shine.

[DodgeRover]

Either it's gone wrong or it's clear over base and needs to be lacquered. Check what's written on the can

[Guest Hooli]

I'm a bit excited about this:

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Saab-9-5-Vector-Auto/123004116550

 

Anyone on here with experience of 9-5s?  What should I look for when I go and look at it?

 

The last MoT had these advisories:

• Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage slightly distorted (2.4.G.1)
• Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage damaged but not seriously weakened (2.4.G.1)

I have literally no clue if that's serious or not.  Indication of a crash, or just wear?  What should I expect to pay to get it sorted?

 

I can't even recall what's under mine as it just works but I think those are just drop links. Cheapos that can't take the load maybe?

[SierraMikeHotel]

I can't even recall what's under mine as it just works but I think those are just drop links. Cheapos that can't take the load maybe?

 

Somehow "drop links" sounds less scary than "anti-roll bar."  If it was an old Citroen I'd be shrugging that off as a service item.

 

Thanks dude, I think there may be an insulting bid on its way to that.

[SiC]

Somehow "drop links" sounds less scary than "anti-roll bar." If it was an old Citroen I'd be shrugging that off as a service item.

 

Thanks dude, I think there may be an insulting bid on its way to that.

 

15: front sway (roll) bar

19: sway bar links

[scdan4]

Attention you spray painter chaps. I done a few rust scabs on the primera today. Ground out and rust treated then filled. I got an aerosol made up to the paint code.so after doing it and using proper undercoat from spray paint place. It looks ok but is just Matt finish. So do I need to wet and dry the paint then buff it up to get a shine.

If the tin says it’s correct, Try a heavy tcut and polish.

[NorthernMonkey]

Somehow "drop links" sounds less scary than "anti-roll bar." If it was an old Citroen I'd be shrugging that off as a service item.

 

Thanks dude, I think there may be an insulting bid on its way to that.

If that insulting bid should happen to be not quite insulting enough for the vendor, let me know...

I’ve got a set of brand new brake discs for a 9-5 sat here gathering dust.

[Bobthebeard]

Has a thread just vanished? The one about mechanical aid from the beast from the east or similar.....

Or am I going mad?