Alfa 159 2.4 JTDM Sportwagon TI

[Iain C]

Found one at last then.
Whats all this unreliability crap all about. Haters?
Looks good fella. Brave going for the 2.4 with the auto box tho.
Think the box is a toyota item so may be ok.
Ive got roof bar envy.

Mine has been fun.

 

[Iain C]

Btw see alfa workshop for a quote on the cambelt. Mine was 350 from them inc water pump.

 

[Waitey]

Anyone got a good way of getting an air con line off an condenser?

They are both made of Ali and are basically welded together now...

 

[bashracing]

Boil the kettle and get the joint hot

 

[Waitey]

Boil the kettle and get the joint hot

Plan

 

[Waitey]

Dropped the wheels off for a refurb in standard silver along with getting the Super Sports fitted.

Also won a set of new genuine centre caps on eBay for £18 so thats good!

 

[Waitey]

Not sure what day we are on with it now.

Still on axle stands and no one seems fussed about posting stuff quickly.

The guy with my wheels said they’d be ready 2 days late too!

The pas pump came today, so I slung that on in the dark, what a t**t to get back in to its casing, seemed just raving it out and not thinking about the revserse fitting wasn’t clever!

It’s also hard to see in the dark, even with an expensive BMW plug in torch.

 

[Cookie]

Gotta say, you had me there in the first half

 

[R3k1355]

Why are you doing this s**t yourself??

It's winter, it's dark and f**king freezing and you easily earn enough to have a garage sort bullshit jobs like that out for you.

 

[davo172]

Did the math, every 12k miles in the Alfa means its paid for itself...

You reckon you will do 12000 in this before it wears out your patience/pays for itself!!!???

I admire you ambition but f**k me that's optimistic!! 🤣🤣🤣

 

[Coops Mk1]

what a heap, still loving it and I will buy one to enjoy the same pain

 

[Waitey]

Why are you doing this s**t yourself??

It's winter, it's dark and f**king freezing and you easily earn enough to have a garage sort bullshit jobs like that out for you.

I'll be honest, I really enjoy it.

 

[Waitey]

Parts are actually turning up!

Used air con line (lol at the packing..)
New aux belt
New (genuine!!) centre caps which are still in the boxes!

 

[Waitey]

What I've spent so far:

PAS Fluid - £10
Tyres - £200
Wheel Refurb - £200
Key Refurb - £18
Air con line - £50
Parking sensors - £16
PAS Pump - £75
Idler pulley - £9
Side lights - £8
Centre caps - £20
Spacers - £47

Total - £653

 

[Waitey]

What it still needs:

Alignment - £120
Air con re gas - £40
Front and rear Badges - £50
Paint - £300

Total - £530

 

[R3k1355]

I'll be honest, I really enjoy it.

Fair enough.

I don't much like working on the car I use to go to work, maybe due to the high chance I won't actually complete the job.

 

[McGherkin]

So you’ve had it 11 days and already got up to a grand in repairs?

 

[Waitey]

So you’ve had it 11 days and already got up to a grand in repairs?

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£600 of that is cosmetic stuff because I'm a tart..

 

[McGherkin]

That’s like saying ‘It’s only Heroin, I can stop any time’

 

[Waitey]

That’s like saying ‘It’s only Heroin, I can stop any time’

If I can't get the aircon line off the condenser tonight, I might just fire it tbh.

 

[Christopher]

Fair f*cking play tbf.

It's good reading for us lot too 😆

 

[Waitey]

Fair f*cking play tbf.

It's good reading for us lot too 😆

Tbh I wish I'd filmed it all.

Me having a melt down with it last night would have been a great watch.

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Called it..

This should be a YouTube channel..

Live streaming from the side of the A1 when cylinder 3's piston assembly decides it wants to do a Brexit / Berlin wall reinactment tribute etc..

 

[Waitey]

So tonight.....

fitted the side light bulbs

shouted at the aux belt that won’t go on

called the air con fitting that’s seized on a c**t loud enough to be told off by a passer by.

This evening wasn’t a success.

 

[Cookie]

Ever thought about buying a Merc?

 

[Crybert]

I like tinkering with cars too but not in winter at night 😂. I spotted one of these in red the other day and it looked epic. Actually looked quite wide from the rear, could’ve been the angle

 

[Waitey]

f**k you fitting

 

[td_dan]

Nice motor.

If this is the same engine as the 1.9 cdti in the astra then you dont need to remove the cambelt to do the swirl flaps

I had a customer with the 1.9 and if you pin the fuel pump (with the bolts taken out of the fuelpump) it holds it all in place and you can remove the inlet, sort the flaps and refit

 

[Crybert]

Nice motor.

If this is the same engine as the 1.9 cdti in the astra then you dont need to remove the cambelt to do the swirl flaps

I had a customer with the 1.9 and if you pin the fuel pump (with the bolts taken out of the fuelpump) it holds it all in place and you can remove the inlet, sort the flaps and refit

Giveaway is the title

 

[td_dan]

Not the best video in the world but shows you what i mean

 

[td_dan]

Giveaway is the title

Also says on page 1 that it was a 1.9 with an extra cylinder and that he has had to jam the swirl flaps open hence why i thought it maybe of use.

 

[Waitey]

Guess who back. Back again!!

 

[Tez.]

I had 2 in about 2008 . A silver 166 JTD deisel . If thats such a thing . ( it was a long time ago) that thing was fast and had amazing interior.

Second was a 156 . Wheel trim spec in red slow as s**t ! Still a impressive car even in that povo spec

 

[Jack!]

That's much better looking that most estates.

 

[Gally]

The neighborhood thinking ... He's actually working on his own car. In the dark. Don't we have peseants to do such things?

What a car. What a laugh. Well played.

 

[davo172]

Must admit it's a fine looking motor and I'm not an alfa fan can see the appeal of am estate thou a lot look better than the saloon versions.

 

[Bluebeard]

Such a good looking car.
But you’re still a lunatic.

 

[R3k1355]

The neighborhood thinking ... He's actually working on his own car. In the dark. Don't we have peseants to do such things?

What a car. What a laugh. Well played.

Given his neighbourhood is one where a total stranger will reprimand you for bad language I bet they're all just worried about him bringing the house prices down having the car apart on the driveway.

 

[Waitey]

They hate me round here. They don’t get on with me angle grinding at 9pm...

 

[R3k1355]

Freaking Nazis man.