RB 182
Anyhow, this is my latest
As my Mrs' MK7 Golf R had just gone back, and we'd just taken delivery of a Tiguan, I don't need a big car, so the brief was simple - as cheap as possible, preferably needing a cambelt so it would be extra cheap!
This one was listed on eBay, one owner since 2007, all standard blah blah, however when I enquired about the belts, they hadn't been done since 2007, and the owner was unaware they needed doing! He then added a paragraph into his eBay ad, being totally honest and also mentioning the engine was very noisey
So, I bid, but got outbid at the last second. Half hour later, up pops a second chance offer, saying the winning bidder couldn't collect until the weekend, if I came that day, I could have it as his new car came that week. SOLD, a promised trip to The Trafford Centre in exchange for a list over was offered to the Mrs (the car was 2 mins from TC), and I picked it up. To say the engine was noisey was an understatement, I actually had to have a think whether I was doing the right thing, but in the end I paid him. To my surprise, he had EVERY receipt from new, all in a date order file, every MOT with attached invoice, every tax disc! The body was pretty mint, with recent brakes, suspensions and tyres, but the 5 years overdue belt, and the aux belt that had never been done, meant a 50mph M62 jaunt home followed! The bonus of this was it did 52mpg on the way home haha
This weekend, I set about the most pressing job - the cambelt. The timing was out, as I thought it would be, and the aux belt was only just hanging on! I've done two of these, but both previous ones didn't have AC, the aux took me an hour to get off! I'm a technician for Audi, so I'd like to think I know what I'm doing but it was tight!
Some photos
