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Re: Diagnosis before I burn the f*cker?
HAve you put it in 2nd gear, hand brake off and rock fcuk out of it backwards and forwards? Or even tried a bump start?
Re: Diagnosis before I burn the f*cker?
I just read it on the book of face and wrote a sarcastic and childish reply. I deleted it though as I thought you may not be in a particularly good mood...
Starter motor went on mine and its a fcuking pig to get to so you can give it whack.
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There are two nuts holding it on, the one on the right and in the middle. Mine been loose every now and again, no big deal.
They are not essential but they cover fuel lines in the event of a frontal accident.
So if someone offered you a 20,000 mile engine that had never been serviced or a 98k mile engine that had regular oil changes you'd rather buy the low miler??
Buy on condition, not numbers that don't mean anything.
Remove the old engine.
Strip it bare of the alternator, gearbox, inlets etc etc.
Get secondhand engine.
Fit new belts and kits to new engine.
Fit new clutch.
Refit and there's no need to tell anyone anything.
Sort my car out and you can have it?
I've just had a message off a guy on ebay saying that the 3.0's are prone for mayo in the filler neck at this time of year and its probably nothing to worry about. Read into that what you will.
There's two ways of doing it...
Buy an engine from a scrapper/ebay and pay someone to fit it. All of this *should* cost about £300.
Or, buy an engine from a scrapper/ebay and fit a new cambelt, waterpump, clutch/change oil and filter/spark plugs etc as thats good practice. Probably cost you...
My issue was, when I started this project, I had a 1500sq ft workshop all to myself.
Now i've moved to an outdoor forecourt I lost the unit as I couldn't afford both. Thinking all along ''it'll be ok, i'll rent somewhere smaller''. Well I'm s**t out of luck! lol.
Stick with the golf russ.
Cheap and (fairly) quick track cars are the way forward.
The way I look at it, if you binned it, you're not going to cry. If you binned that elise you had, wave bye bye to £8,000....
Sorry mate, but if someone asked me, i'd have never guessed that 306 and that cup were owned by the same person! lol.
Leave the wheels, Put proper spec tyres on it, gloss black roof and blue bonnet and it will look loads better imo.
Proper loving that 306 though. Looks epic.