ruffgeezer 4334 Posted January 7 Author Share Posted January 7 I mean yes, it's rather unrefined but very smooth when motoring. Link to post Share on other sites
ruffgeezer 4334 Posted January 8 Author Share Posted January 8 And the fuel pump has shat itself big style. Stranded. I think this car wants to die. Burnside, Craig the Princess, loserone and 2 others 5 Link to post Share on other sites
ruffgeezer 4334 Posted January 8 Author Share Posted January 8 Cavcraft, Burnside, Jim Bell and 2 others 5 Link to post Share on other sites
purplebargeken 15270 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Oh FFS. This is the same bugger that you just fixed. Oh bollocks, ungrateful bastard car. Link to post Share on other sites
ruffgeezer 4334 Posted January 8 Author Share Posted January 8 Luckily not too far from base, so we gave it a tug with my dad's van. I shall have it apart again tomorrow I suppose for an autopsy. Burnside, colino and Cavcraft 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
ruffgeezer 4334 Posted January 8 Author Share Posted January 8 It's a gift that keeps on giving... A pipe I'd tried my hardest not to disturb broke anyway, on the plus side at least it isn't the total pump fuckerage that I'd feared. Stevebrookman, Craig the Princess, Low Horatio gearbox and 2 others 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Isaac Hunt 1402 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 FFS.... you might not have disturbed it, but it doesn't mean it wasn't disturbed via previous attention. as you say, good that it looks as though it is other than the pump ruffgeezer 1 Link to post Share on other sites
ruffgeezer 4334 Posted January 8 Author Share Posted January 8 Aye, I easy started it at the roadside and it was gushing everywhere hence I thought it was a pump issue. Cavcraft 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Isaac Hunt 1402 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Looks ideal for the ‘coventry method’ of fuel pipe retention ‘a la fuel filter stylie’. Link to post Share on other sites
ruffgeezer 4334 Posted January 9 Author Share Posted January 9 Not my style, ordered another one from Merc (after an attempt and fitting a new end to the hard pipe failed). Another fifty odd quid in. Cavcraft and colino 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Minimad5 968 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Well done for sorting this properly. Scares me when folk bodge up shit, 'Yeah but it's just an old car ain't it ?' 🤦♂️. Low Horatio gearbox, loserone and Cavcraft 3 Link to post Share on other sites
ruffgeezer 4334 Posted January 9 Author Share Posted January 9 I don't have a choice really. Too much money in it not to, and the Volvo's attempt at self immoliation means I need a working vehicle. Link to post Share on other sites
bezzabsa 1525 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 pity as they look a decent old barge Link to post Share on other sites
Isaac Hunt 1402 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 5 hours ago, ruffgeezer said: Not my style, ordered another one from Merc (after an attempt and fitting a new end to the hard pipe failed). Another fifty odd quid in. Not cheap. If the clips are available, what is the pipe in between made of ? Is it that hard type plastic Link to post Share on other sites
ruffgeezer 4334 Posted January 9 Author Share Posted January 9 Yeah, it's that hard stuff that is shit to work with, I spent nearly an hour gently heating a bit to try and fit a new end but it was having none of it. Isaac Hunt and Low Horatio gearbox 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
vaughant 1417 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 1 hour ago, ruffgeezer said: Yeah, it's that hard stuff that is shit to work with, I spent nearly an hour gently heating a bit to try and fit a new end but it was having none of it. Fair play for sticking with it, I did the same with my ml when the turbo went again only 10 months into warranty. I did the maths (man) in my head and at the time even with the issue it was still a £1500 car and they're simply was nothing else out there that could do what it did for that or even double that and then was I just walking into further issues down the line? Swapped it out after pointing out basic engineering failures (turbo technics main main was spot on to be fair, goons on the phone not so) and had another 4 or 5 years out of it relatively * trouble free. Gave up in the end when the key brain thing decided to shit itself and bought a Toyota that naturally, worked perfectly. Got £450 scrap for it when they were struggling to make a grand on gumtree..... Now of course when I fancy another they're £8,000,000 for a basket case!! Link to post Share on other sites
ruffgeezer 4334 Posted January 12 Author Share Posted January 12 "So, how did you have a nice evening?" Why yes actually... VID_20210112_185900.mp4 chaseracer, Low Horatio gearbox, Stevebrookman and 3 others 6 Link to post Share on other sites
ruffgeezer 4334 Posted January 14 Author Share Posted January 14 Yes it's true, other than smelling of diesel, the Merc is in fact sorted once again, and I'm pleased to report the auto box has emerged unscathed from it's trip behind the van (that'll be for sale soon too if anyone fancies a slightly down at heel Peugeot Expert Hdi) colino, cort1977, The_Equalizer and 3 others 6 Link to post Share on other sites
ruffgeezer 4334 Posted January 21 Author Share Posted January 21 Now looking for a new home as I am (a) moving soon and therefore brassic and (b) overdue collecting a car I agreed to buy last year. Burnside and loserone 2 Link to post Share on other sites
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