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Re: Not the best condition but -
03-25-2007
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"SteveH" <steve (AT) italiancar (DOT) co.uk> wrote: I'll get them working. BL switches are notorious for gumming up, and dust and crap crap gets into the motors turning the grease to custard. You can flush the switches with contact cleaner and get them working most times, and the motors can be opened and the custard removed and then regrease them. Then they turn again. Again, if it was something that simple, wouldn't the previous owner have done it already? You say that, but a lot of people really can't be arsed with fixing all the niggly little faults when they're selling a car on. For a whole variety of reasons. I've been in the position with a few cars I've sold where a few things would have been fairly simple to solve, just that I really couldn't be arsed. |
sort of enthusiast and has obviously done a fair bit of spannering on
that car, so it doesn't make sense that half hour jobs haven't been
done.
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I wouldn't be so sure, I was running a 3.5 V8 manual with tyres of a similarly silly magnitude last summer, even on petrol it was capable of 22 mpg on a run and around 16 mpg in town. On gas that'd be ok. |
jobs, surely they'd, erm, impinge on the ride quality somewhat?!
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Might even treat myself to a Mig with some of what is left over. I might get to learn to use it. |
pimp yourself about maybe.
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Strip the kit and either sell it or fit it my next big tank. There is an F reg W124 at a local "cheap cars and part worns" |
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The thing is, there's sheds that work and sheds that don't. You've bought one that largely doesn't. What is your evidence for that? |
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Elder <carl.robson (AT) bouncing-czechs (DOT) com> wrote: In article <1hvjjrn.1bsgz33ms0wghN%steve (AT) italiancar (DOT) co.uk>, steve (AT) italiancar (DOT) co.uk says... The thing is, there's sheds that work and sheds that don't. You've bought one that largely doesn't. What is your evidence for that? The list of 'issues' in the ebay listing is a bit of a hint. *AIRCON NOT WORKING, SUSPECT IT NEEDS A REGAS ?* |
*LPG SYSTEM NEEDS TUNING- A LITTLE ROUGH ON IDLE BUT FINE WHEN CRUISING.
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Plugs, leads (X8) and dizzy not cheap if you selling, but no biggy if
you are buying.
*REAR ELECTRIC WINDOWS INTERMITTANTLY DIDNT WORK SO I DISCONNECTED THE
SWITCH-PROBABLY SOMETHING SIMPLE BUT HAS NEVER BOTHERED ME.*
Switch, motor or earth, not rocket science. And let's face it, if you
are mainly using it for offroad trips, do you car that you can't open
the window over a vacant seat when the sunroof opens?
*TOP TAILGATE A BIT ROPEY, BUT STILL LOCKS AND OPENS OK.*
"They are all like that sir" but at least this one locks, a lot don't.
You telling me, in the Sub £1k banger category, any of those things
would put you off buying a car?
Yet you buy Alfas then send them off to live with a welders for the
winter?
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Elder <carl.robson (AT) bouncing-czechs (DOT) com> wrote: In article <1hvjjrn.1bsgz33ms0wghN%steve (AT) italiancar (DOT) co.uk>, steve (AT) italiancar (DOT) co.uk says... The thing is, there's sheds that work and sheds that don't. You've bought one that largely doesn't. What is your evidence for that? |
SWITCH-PROBABLY SOMETHING SIMPLE BUT HAS NEVER BOTHERED ME.*
Switch, motor or earth, not rocket science. And let's face it, if you
are mainly using it for offroad trips, do you car that you can't open
the window over a vacant seat when the sunroof opens?
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I mis-read that, no leccy rear windows wouldn't bother me, people in the
back are free-loading bludgers :-)
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Strip the kit and either sell it or fit it my next big tank. There is an F reg W124 at a local "cheap cars and part worns" Who's that then? Cheap Cars and Tyres, Longford Street. |
tax.
Very pikey place. Next door to Budjet tyre and exhaust
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Iridium <iridiumdan (AT) googlemail (DOT) com> wrote: What is your evidence for that? *REAR ELECTRIC WINDOWS INTERMITTANTLY DIDNT WORK SO I DISCONNECTED THE SWITCH-PROBABLY SOMETHING SIMPLE BUT HAS NEVER BOTHERED ME.* Switch, motor or earth, not rocket science. And let's face it, if you are mainly using it for offroad trips, do you car that you can't open the window over a vacant seat when the sunroof opens? ************************************************** *************************** I mis-read that, no leccy rear windows wouldn't bother me, people in the back are free-loading bludgers :-) They'd bother you if you were sat in a hot car and needed some airflow through it. |
I've gone soft heh. Or a ragtop would be a suitable compromise hehe.
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A lot of people seem to be forgetting that you've spent very little money on this car. |
payments equal to my mortgage, either in monthly cost, or in repayment
time.
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Something like two months HP payments for some people I would have thought? |
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Anyway. Best of luck with the car Carl. |
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It's the type of thing I could very easily be tempted into with the correct prevailing wind on any given day. There ain't nothing like a Rover V8, and I hope you enjoy every single minute of it. |
reverse light didn't work, and one headlight was dim. Everyone said
don't buy a £300 turbo that is 20 years old.
I owned that car for nearly 2 years and forever regret selling it. The
only fixable fault it had was the oil leak, and I found that the day I
sold it while giving it a spruce up. Turns out either the oil cooler or
one of the hoses had split and that was it had sprayed oil over the
gearbox/wishbone shared mount. It only happened when the engine was
running at speed and airflow blew it, so even running the engine
stationary couldn't locate the leak to easily, and the oil cooler is
down under the bumper. And believe it or not, oil rotted gearbox
mounting is one of the most common causes of the old Saab popping out of
bear, which mine did, but only with a combination of load and turning
right.
If it had been load only I would have said worn box, but load and
turning and a shagged mount is a sign that the box is moving, and
shifting the shifter rod out of gear.
I wish I had kept it and sent the seller on his way now.
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May all your repairs be simple. (As an asides, until around a month ago, my Golf had three faults which seriously compromised the car. All three were very easily and cheaply fixed once I got the finger out. Hope your experience is similar). |
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(As an asides, until around a month ago, my Golf had three faults which seriously compromised the car. All three were very easily and cheaply fixed once I got the finger out. Hope your experience is similar). Does it have a soft touch dashboard? |
Absolutely not !!
This is the oft misunderstood MK3 and a half. 2000W, looks like a MKIV from
a distance.
My workmate has a MKIV, complete with soft touch dashboard.
I lust after it on a daily, nay hourly basis.
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