goosey 203 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 41 minutes ago, bunglebus said: Unfortunately it was @goosey that paid £150, ours was a bit more, still happy for the price though. Current Mrs. bungle_bus keeps going on about pink seat covers and headlight eyelashes. I've told her I thought she had taste and they will be going in the wheelie bin if she does. I feel I should add as well as service items my sons Lupo needed.... new clutch Replacement gearbox - original had been run dry due to leaking selector shaft seals brakes front and rear - 3 years on damp grass had ruined everything front wheel bearings bottom arms and arb links cambelt and water pump in tank fuel pump and sender unit Roof rot repairs - VW had offered to carry this out FOC under warranty for the previous owner would of been around 2011 but she declined as she didn’t want the hassle 🙄 there was a load of other stuff done but I can’t remember It’s currently off the road as my son is looking at doing a 1.8 turbo conversion on it as he has a Suzuki Jimny as a daily now. the Lupo group on Facebook is an excellent source of parts and info- we got a replacement gearbox for £30 bunglebus 1 Link to post Share on other sites
2MB 1143 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 20 hours ago, Datsuncog said: Oh, nice - I missed this thread earlier in the week. My mother bought an identical one new in 2000; I only ever drove it a handful of times (usually whenever my Datsun had eaten a wheel bearing or some such) but I also found the clutch very odd - a high bite point, and oddly wooden. The only problem I recall it having was that the steering lock would occasionally kick in on roundabouts, making it impossible to steer the bloody thing off the roundabout until it was forcibly released. I think it had a new steering column fitted under warranty. She got £1000 trade-in allowance for it against a new Fiat 500 nine years later. It had 11,000 miles on the clock at that stage, had been dealer services all the way through and really was like new. The guy in the Fiat dealership said it was too good for the forecourt, and he was going to take it himself and give it to his daughter as her first car. About 18 months later I saw it parked up in the University Quarter in Belfast - both bumpers were cracked, there were dents all over it and the interior looked like it'd been used for a mud-wrestling tournament. It also had a 'Powered by Fairy Dust' sticker on the tailgate. I didn't tell my mother. Still, for £150, I think you've done alright - hope the pulley bolt issue gets sorted without too much hassle! Can’t think of a better car to drive round and round a roundabout than a yellow lupo Link to post Share on other sites
bunglebus 14905 Posted January 15 Author Share Posted January 15 Despite it being colder than a witches tit, there's no wet stuff falling out of the sky, so it was cambelt take two 1/4 inch rather than 6mm hex saw the rounded bolts removed, ground some replacements down to the required 20mm length on my Fisher Price My First Bench Grinder Two rotations and everything lines up, nothing went bang when I started it so I'll call that job done. Happy mrs bunglebus! Stanky, goosey, spartacus and 8 others 11 Link to post Share on other sites
chompy_snake 902 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Hopefully you changed the water pump at the same time (doesn't look like you did in the picture). They are prone to failure because reasons I guess. These are cracking little cars, I really enjoy my 1.0 and it's unstoppable in the snow it seems. bunglebus 1 Link to post Share on other sites
bunglebus 14905 Posted January 15 Author Share Posted January 15 I didn't but no signs of leakage. To be honest the cambelt isn't a hard or expensive job and it won't be doing many miles, especially now driving lessons are restricted to essential journeys and no doubt yet another test will be cancelled while we're in lockdown. If it fails I'll change it. Hopefully the keyring I ordered will cheer her up chompy_snake, Shirley Knott and Ted Eggs 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Isaac Hunt 1402 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 The Diamonds in the lemon are worth more than the car, proper job. Link to post Share on other sites
chompy_snake 902 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Check the price on a good Lupo these days, I reckon nostalgia is pushing prices north 🤷🏻♂️ To get one under 80k and in a reasonable condition with valve guides and exhaust valves intact is getting tough under £1000 these days. Odd because 2 years ago they were panda pops money. Vince70 1 Link to post Share on other sites
doug 3016 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Yes prices sure to rocket now we traded in daughter no2 lupo for £500.Sent from my SM-J330FN using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
bunglebus 14905 Posted January 16 Author Share Posted January 16 10 hours ago, Isaac Hunt said: The Diamonds in the lemon are worth more than the car, proper job. It came from wish.com, I don't think they're real diamonds Link to post Share on other sites
bunglebus 14905 Posted February 22 Author Share Posted February 22 Doing duty as an car, picking up our new cooker And with a yellow friend during the journey the exhaust started blowing, sounds quite good but I suppose I'd better fix it GrumpiusMaximus 1 Link to post Share on other sites
chompy_snake 902 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 If it is the middle section or the rear silencer thats blowing, my spares car still has reasonable ones on it I just can't be bothered to take them off it. Not sure if it will be the same system as its a 1.0mpi AUC car bunglebus 1 Link to post Share on other sites
bunglebus 14905 Posted February 22 Author Share Posted February 22 Yep same as ours. Sounds like the rear box but I've not crawled underneath yet Link to post Share on other sites
chompy_snake 902 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 If I recall correctly this one has a Bosal rear and centre section and it didn't blow when I parked it before tearing it to bits. The only issues would be removing it and getting it to you with current situation from chesterfield. Would be a shame to throw it out when the shell is disposed of if someone can make use of it. I am in no rush to dispose of it so it isn't going anywhere for a while yet. And it is the best price of FREE for a fellow Lupo botherer 👍 bunglebus 1 Link to post Share on other sites
bunglebus 14905 Posted February 22 Author Share Posted February 22 Brilliant cheers. I'll look into costs of stock replacements or maybe a cheeky cherry bomb if it's a straight bit of pipe chompy_snake 1 Link to post Share on other sites
bunglebus 14905 Posted Saturday at 10:29 AM Author Share Posted Saturday at 10:29 AM EML came back on the other day, coupled with a slight hesitation/misfire. Fearing the worst, got a code reader plugged in - which suggested an EGR fault. This is in some ways good news, as the EGR is leaking coolant anyway so was on my list of bits to replace I will fit a new thermostat (doesn't get past abot 75/80 degrees) and temp sensor (reading drops to zero intermittantly) at the same time as I'll be disturbing the cooling system anyway. Interestingly while we had the bonnet open, a tell-tale TICK coupled with a brief engine miss reveals that the sparks are escaping somewhere too, so new leads and a coil pack have also been ordered. Still haven't looked at the exhaust... Link to post Share on other sites
chompy_snake 902 Posted Saturday at 08:06 PM Share Posted Saturday at 08:06 PM I didn't actually realise these egr units had a coolant jacket on them. Embarrassing as I have removed and refitted mine while doing the head repair. I guess the coolant feed is through the water jacket in the head to the egr?? Something for you to check out while in that area is the brake booster hose. They have a tendancy to rub through and leak badly, also tend to cause a random misfire. I do know that the egr if faulty will cause misfire and they are well documented doing this. bunglebus 1 Link to post Share on other sites
bunglebus 14905 Posted Saturday at 11:31 PM Author Share Posted Saturday at 11:31 PM Cheers. I did actually check the servo function as the brakes feel about as effective as the ones on my BMX. Probably just cheap pads so they'll get upgraded once they're worn out. Link to post Share on other sites
chompy_snake 902 Posted Sunday at 06:12 PM Share Posted Sunday at 06:12 PM The brakes are a little like playdoh feel wise. They are comedic size wise and solid discs so I would imagine a low quality pad would feel awful. I will be upgrading mine to ebc grooved discs and matching performance pads for a better bite and feel as the current toss fades so fast if you ask even a modicum of speedy braking of them haha. Your BMX possibly has better stopping power 😄 bunglebus 1 Link to post Share on other sites
chompy_snake 902 Posted yesterday at 04:38 PM Share Posted yesterday at 04:38 PM Just had a dig in the shed and I have a spare EGR that was removed from a car in fully working order . If you want it I can post it out to you if you like? No signs of leakage and didn't show faults on the car it was removed from. bunglebus 1 Link to post Share on other sites
bunglebus 14905 Posted yesterday at 05:14 PM Author Share Posted yesterday at 05:14 PM That's very decent of you - I've ordered a pattern one but if it doesn't work I'll take you up on that chompy_snake 1 Link to post Share on other sites
spartacus 4194 Posted yesterday at 07:16 PM Share Posted yesterday at 07:16 PM Smoll cars like this look great in yellow, I like a 'fixing up' thread too! chompy_snake and bunglebus 2 Link to post Share on other sites
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