seth Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 What you need is a lovely 2.0 Pinto with a badly-jetted carb off a V6 Granada, different-coloured HT leads and a poxy K+N air filter mounted cock-eyed on the top, you'll be able to go a little tiny bit faster and at the same time enjoy hugely increased fuel consumption. Win Win Win!Fortunately I don't live in Essex or South London. Mike, The though had crossed my mind but I'd rather do an almost like for like swap in a couple of days than spend ages doing all that again. I have a Morris Oxford to weld! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogweasel Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 What you need is a lovely 2.0 Pinto with a badly-jetted carb off a V6 Granada, different-coloured HT leads and a poxy K+N air filter mounted cock-eyed on the top, you'll be able to go a little tiny bit faster and at the same time enjoy hugely increased fuel consumption. Win Win Win!Is that the set of modifications thar instantly turns it into an 'hi-po' 2.1 with burton cams, as per every bloody OSF ever "4 SAIL" (part ex Mk1 / Mk2 / plate-whacker / crates of stella UKT) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Westminster passed its MoT today! Just some advisories about brake pipes being slightly corroded, so quite pleased with that. Also, both Citroen estates have been cleaned AND polished this week, and the 2CV is halfway through a roof-clean/waterproof session. Making the most of the dry weather... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Worked out the Herald's fuel economy - 22mpg. That'll teach me to drive around with the choke out instead of sorting the mixture/idle speed properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Worked out the Herald's fuel economy - 22mpg. That'll teach me to drive around with the choke out instead of sorting the mixture/idle speed properly.I had a guesstimate at the Westie's consumption. It was lower than that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volksy Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Changed a CV boot on my housemates ageing D21, sorted out the headlights and put on new discs and pads. Just two track rod ends and a tyre and it should be back on the road. Whilst I was doing it gained a job to change a fuel filler neck on a Suzuki WagonR+, well it'll provide me beer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gompo Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 What you need is a lovely 2.0 Pinto with a badly-jetted carb off a V6 Granada, different-coloured HT leads and a poxy K+N air filter mounted cock-eyed on the top,That sounds a bit too much like my old Escort, but it did go well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 £22.00 is pretty good as you say. Can't remember soz but is your's an auto or manual? If it's the former at least you have 'park' to rely on!Tis indeed an Auto, I wanted full waft-o-maticness. Good 'box actually, seems to guess what I want pretty well. Kickdown is immense! Currently pondering whether to get rid of the Passat. Heater now working (albeit it a bit noisy) and water leaks cured plus we've done a couple of other jobs.Had looked at the 'strange' turbo problem whereby it seems to pack up when warm, moore Googling reveals probably blocked pipes or something like that.We did remove the badly fitted 'thing' on top of the rocker cover that feeds the turbo and although it did make the turbo appear to work when warmed up it runs a bit rough like shit in the fuel or something at high-ish revs. I get the feeling we're getting nearer to the problem (and fixing it) though slowly but surely I'm finding things like this are getting fucking annoying.I still want to like the car and the extra room (and economy) over the car it replaced are very handy.Have you plugged it into a VAG-com machine? They're bloody good, it'll tell you what's wrong. If it does it regularly, I'll bring my OBD freezeframey thing. All you need to do then is plug it in and take it for a spin, if it plays up the OBD thing will find it.Thanks Pete, I'll give you a shout about that, much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Laurel is off for the clutch doing tomorrow, so I stuck the battery back on and fired it up to see if I could move it up the drive (I could). Sitting in my plastic/vinyl interior, I remembered why I wanted to get the car sorted out. It's GREAT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearoil Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 A little bit later than planned, this £40 21 gave up its gearbox... Car looks okay in the pics admittedly, but had rotten front wings, crossmember, backs of the n/s sill too. Interior soaking wet as it'd been laid up on a farm for a year with a broken window. And full of dog hair. £150 over the weighbridge though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethj Posted September 3, 2010 Share Posted September 3, 2010 I found some engine dimensions earlier and just wandered outside with a tape measure. Phew! Its not going to fit without drastic surgery to pretty much everything. Back to plan A then.Is it the bulkhead that’s in the way, or the inner wings? We all know a V8 is the most sensible option in the world, but is there a smaller one which might work? Is the one in a Sunbeam Tiger any easier, although it’s no longer “an engine your mate’s got, going spare†Can you move the bulkhead back in the middle and brace it to the inner wings? Put the heater where the glovebox would go? Wiper motor can be remote with wheelboxes, like old BL stuff. Convinced yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seth Posted September 3, 2010 Share Posted September 3, 2010 Oh, I'm convinced it would make the car proper good (like that really low V8 FB Victor estate thats been around for yonks). A Ford engine like the Tiger one is smaller. Obviously the 318 could be made to fit but I'm not going to chop up the car (and end up in "beaver" territory) And anyway, its all pipe dreams as I really have enough car stuff on my plate. No way am I going to turn another car into a project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M'coli Posted September 3, 2010 Share Posted September 3, 2010 Surely a Tagora V6 would be better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted September 3, 2010 Share Posted September 3, 2010 Just deposited the Golf at a mate-of-a-mate's who is going to give it me back with a new* engine on Sunday. Lets hope the oil consumption is now less than that of a supertanker! * to me..... scrapper special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greengartside Posted September 3, 2010 Share Posted September 3, 2010 A little bit later than planned, this £40 21 gave up its gearbox... That was originally from my neck of the woods - Norwich. So had gone quite a way from home! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greengartside Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 Astrashite is FIXED! Was the ICV that was at fault, a new one from Euro Car Parts was £35. Fitted it and idle went down to 900rpm. Happy days. It's just been cambelted and the aux belt was changed too. Didn't need a waterpump or new tensioners as they are like new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearoil Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 That was originally from my neck of the woods - Norwich. So had gone quite a way from home!396 miles according to multimap... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete-M Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 Well, went to work this morning to discover that I'm not in today, but they had forgotten to inform me. Bugger. Also, the heater in the Jag has stopped working. Climate works fine, but there's no heat. Probably the heater coolant pump. I've done the self diagnostics on the climate and that is happy enough, but there's no DTC for the bloody heater coolant pump so it wouldn't have a clue anyway. Right, gonna go and 'it it wiv a 'ammer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete-M Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 So, spent the day fiddling with the Jag's heater system. After a massive googlefest confirmed it was incredibly likely to be the heater coolant pump gone fubar I nipped down to my local Jag parts emporium and bought a secondhand coolant pump. £50, but on a "if it doesn't cure it, bring it back and I'll refund you" basis, so ok. Up to the garage and swap the pumps over. Had to wait for an hour as the Jag runs a lot of coolant and it gets rather toasty trying to change things plumbed into the system. Ten minutes to swap 'em, top up the coolant, run it for 10 minutes and..... a cold heater. Bollocks. So, remove the coolant changeover valve. Doesn't seem to be doing that much. Strip it down into little bits, clean it up and free it off a bit. Works fine. Plumb it back in, top up the coolant, run it for 10 minutes and ... a cold heater. Bollocks. Strip the coolant changeover valve back out and bypass it completely with a load of 15mm pipe. Top up the coolant, run it for 10 minutes and ... a cold heater. Bollocks. Dig out the hosepipe, strip the bits of bypass pipe I'd just fitted back out, run the hose through the matrix pipes. "POP", little bit of weird gunk pops out of the other pipe then the water runs clear. Run the hose the other way through the heater until the water is crystal clear, drain the rest of the cooling system, plumb the lot back in and Bingo. The heater works again This was not easy to do whilst wearing a beige suit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 Beige suit! Classy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete-M Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 Beige suit! Classy!I blame Autoshite. Hirsts tales of alcoholic bookmaker chic sent me off on a mission to develop a wardrobe with a distinct 70's / 80's tweak to it. I've even found a shop that sells Sergio Tacchini track suits, but they're purely for casual... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 Beige suit! Classy! I've even found a shop that sells Sergio Tacchini track suits, but they're purely for casual...If you play with the logo you can make it look like a Talbot badge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 The man from Del Monte he say 'This f**k jag is driving me mental' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted September 6, 2010 Share Posted September 6, 2010 That's no way an early Xj40. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negative Creep Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 Oh great, lost all electrics in the van. Since it was working fine earlier today I'm wondering if the battery has gone? Really odd thing is I can only get a reading of 0.8v across the terminals and nothing anywhere else. Since I'm here by myself and have to get to Auckland for a job interview tomorrow I'll need to get another battery delivered which won't be cheap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 Beige suit! Classy!I blame Autoshite. Hirsts tales of alcoholic bookmaker chic sent me off on a mission to develop a wardrobe with a distinct 70's / 80's tweak to it. I've even found a shop that sells Sergio Tacchini track suits, but they're purely for casual...Link please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete-M Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 I'll post the link when I get home. Went back to the Jag breakers this morning to return the pump - Jo Jags, and spoke to the same chap, Mark, who told me yesterday that if it wasn't that, there was no problem bringing it back, and who said "If it's not that, bring it back and I'll refund it". It wasn't that, so I took it back. I was considering getting a few other bits, so thought I could kill two birds with one stone. Anyway, walk in and he comes over, I hand him the pump and he puts it on the floor saying "I'll refund you once I've checked it, come back another day". This did not impress me much, especially as I'm a new customer so I didn't go anywhere. He wanders off into the back room and stays there for 5 minutes or so, obviously hoping I'd gone. He'd not given me a receipt or anything, so I think he thought he'd just fobbed me off, made £50 and got his pump back. It had only taken him 30 seconds to test it the day before, but now he was saying he didn't have time to check it. He then asked me what the problem had been, I'd explained what I'd done to cure the fault and that it had been a blocked matrix. He then said "Listen mate, I'm a Jag expert, the matrixes don't block in them", I replied that I'd been through it and it was definately the matrix as my heater now works perfectly, and that I'd checked everything right through, including all the diagnostics on the heater unit and that everything was fine. He then threw a strop and said "Right, I'll give you the money back but don't come here again", so I said for him to just refund me £40 and take a tenner for his trouble. He wouldn't do this, so that's that. I wouldn't normally post things like this, but his attitude absolutely stinks and to tell a new customer that it's ok to take something and if that doesn't cure the fault he'll refund for £50 worth of goods with no problem and then make it difficult to get the refund for the same part a day later is out of order. So, that'll be the last time I use Jo Jags and the last time I recommend them to anyone. Especially as at the moment there are lots of old Jags in scrapyards because of the scrappage scheme, so it's cheaper to get them from scrappies instead. Oh, and telling me that he's a "Jag expert" whilst ignoring the schoolboy basics of heaters is a load of wank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myglaren Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 An expert in his own mind perhaps, as it seems with so many self proclaimed experts. Not an expert at costumer care, clearly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 Bit far out Pete but maybe David Kelly next time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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