Jcr's thread. 38k mile Convoy ex-minibus

[jcr]

[PhilA]

A very, very early start.

Interesting.

[Spurious]

Good luck. If the profile photo and the destination is anything to go by it's something suitability BL

[jcr]

Made it to Manchester

 

Destination and profile pic are not indicative

[bangernomics]

Slightly borked w124 estate?

[jcr]

22 minutes ago, bangernomics said:

Slightly borked w124 estate?

Estate and slightly borked is accurate, however not a Merc. £500 is the cost.

[grogee]

I think it's a 1987 Fiat Regata Weekend. But more importantly, may your public conveniences be clean and fully functional when you need them. 

[jcr]

Here is the wagon of excellence:  

Bit tatty and sills quite crusty but decent MOT XUD9 avec pompe Bosch (needing seals as it is trickling diesel everywhere) and a boost leak.

First impressions quite good. Second impressions 200 metres down the road less good when the rear shoes collapsed.

Guy I bought it off was a sound guy and took it back.

For now.

 

[tooSavvy]

Absolute definition of "gatepost warranty"*

*sub-clause ".... If I hear you shouting 'Oi, m8!' you can come back" 🌠✔️

Nice waggon....

[stuboy]

looked good, whats the deal with the other one? if u know.

[JMotor]

Nice choice of Longroof there. 

Those 406's are friggin large inside. Very comfortable too. 

Just the rust scared me. Well it did with a Saloon I had earlier this year. But that was a faked up pile of shoite unfortunately. 

Hopefully it'll be sorted soon enough. 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

13 minutes ago, JMotor said:

Nice choice of Longroof there. 

 

Estate. It's an estate. Not a longroof.

Estate. 

 

OP - Hopefully the seller will be true to his word. It looks surprisingly good on the 205 GTI alloys too. I wonder if it was the original FIREMOTH before the younger, snazzier model came along?!

 

[Rod/b]

20 hours ago, JMotor said:

Nice choice of Longroof there. 

 

 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

1 hour ago, Rod/b said:

 

This. Fucking longroof. 

[Tenmil Socket]

21 hours ago, Dick Longbridge said:

Estate. It's an estate. Not a longroof.

Estate. 

 

OP - Hopefully the seller will be true to his word. It looks surprisingly good on the 205 GTI alloys too. I wonder if it was the original FIREMOTH before the younger, snazzier model came along?!

 

Alloys? Or am I missing something???

[JMotor]

Well. Moving on....

I do hope it's not long before the cars sorted and he can enjoy his new shooting brake.... 

Aw shit! *RUNS AWAY* 🤣

 

 

[Missy Charm]

I plugged 'Firemoth' into Google and found the results rather confusing, lots of drawings of weird robots and one photo of a creature called the Colorado Firemoth.  Have you any other pictures of the modified 406?  Not enough of that sort of thing around these days.  A friend's mum had one many years ago; it was a nice car to travel in, but you already knew that!

[Timewaster]

52 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Alloys? Or am I missing something???

They are wheel trims. Very good looking ones which are in the 1.9Gti alloys style. 

[loserone]

9 minutes ago, Timewaster said:

They are wheel trims. Very good looking ones which are in the 1.9Gti alloys style. 

You can get them on a Partner too

 

They aren't such a stretch to my eyes.

 

[stuboy]

45 minutes ago, loserone said:

You can get them on a Partner too

 

They aren't such a stretch to my eyes.

 

ahh i see it now........................

[jcr]

On 12/27/2021 at 8:37 PM, stuboy said:

looked good, whats the deal with the other one? if u know.

The HDI was the original one, mine was bought to run veg but leaky pump stopped that. Was a cool car

 

 

[jcr]

Car in my possession as of Friday. Did an 80 mile round trip today:

 

 

154k on the clock but still rides pretty well. 

Urgent things:

Fuel pump leaking. It is leaving a little puddle of diesel everywhere it idles for a minute or two. I have the kit, just needs doing some time next week. 

Boost leak. Over 2k rpm there is a whoosh under acceleration and a big loss of power. A little bit gutless on the motorway as a result. 

Thermostat needs replacing. Never gets warmer than 70 ish degrees.

 

Significant things:

3 tyres are borderline legal and almost into taking the piss territory 

Inner sills are rusty

Pooling water in space behind boot panelling.

Electrical gremlins: 12v socket and driver's window not working. Blower motor has a dodgy connection, as does indicator stalk turning right. 

Missing gear knob and gaiter (?)

Belt squealing and power steering very notchy as if the belt is slipping, but only after startup. Might be diesel leak related I reckon.

 

Little things:

Radio broken

Clock backlight broken

Instrument cluster steams up from the inside (?)

Absolutely filthy inside and out. Previous owner parked it up for a few months after fuel leak was discovered not long after purchase. Owner before that used it for taking out the dog. Reckon it will come up pretty presentable with a good seats out hoover, polish, wax etc.

Passenger mirror held on with tape

Door cards in typical fashion are grim, fabric peeling off

Remote is broke but central locking still works!

 

Not too bad for £500. Will be ramping up the veg % shortly, should pay for itself doing delivery driving soon enough. 

[jcr]

First job was the fan as I quickly got tired of driving one-handed whilst wiping the condensation off the window with the other. That was relatively simple, ordered a set of brushes for the motor and swapped them.

Next job was the belt. I can see why the power steering was notchy:

New belt stuck on and tensioned correctly this time so the above doesn't happen.

Then acquired this:

which was very welcome indeed! although next year's one will not go the same way without the inner sills being replaced. The rest of the car underneath is solid however.

I decided that I wouldn't waste time cleaning it before a new MOT was obtained... because the last time I did that it very quickly turned out to be a wasted effort.

However I couldn't stand the interior being 50% dog hair woven into every surface so I had already given that a good amount of attention. The exterior though had not been touched in many years, so this was a pretty satisfying quick scrub up and polish:

I won't be getting too obsessive over the looks on this one, but it is nice to finally remove some of the greener touches to the paintwork. 

Next jobs are swap the thermostat and track down the boost leak.

[Hogie]

Interested to see how you get on with this, I still think these are one of the best looking estate cars made.

Regarding your boost leak I am sure you know you can buy kits for this (maybe you have one) .......or you could do it the tight arse way I did.....1 sradder valve, some 50p plumbing fitting from wickes and pump of your choice.....some pics below of how I bodged my setup together...

 

 

[sierraman]

How come it’s got a square plate on the front?

[Out Run]

8 minutes ago, sierraman said:

How come it’s got a square plate on the front?

Look at the one it was parked next to, for the answer to that and more.

[jcr]

Unfortunately, this 406 was much rustier than expected, and head gasket was beginning to go. Along with a coolant leak developing (potentially related, although it never overheated.) I think I've picked the right time to get rid. Definitely quids in from vegging

 

I am currently en route to near Braintree for a possible collection. This time, avatar might be relevant!!

 

 

[jcr]

Hint: it's not the Jag

[jcr]

One year+ later, Rover has gone very nicely without any major issue. But it definitely needs to come off the road for a while for some big ticket suspension items, some welding, along with a plethora of niggles. I'm definitely keeping it long term, but in the short term something bigger is probably needed.

So, with that in mind....

 

Hold my industrial action, I'm going in.

[jcr]

Wasn't aware I was heading to an auction 🫨