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[tunnie]

1995 3.0 Elite Estate Manual - Black Leather Interior

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Well I got it, paid £299 on 'Buy It Now' off fleabay... was expecting a shed.... and welll its kind of a shed  

Good Points:

When I arrived to pick it up it had 30 Litres of fuel in it!  

3.0 V6 Manual, according to the trip computer i averaged 37.5 mpg on the way back!!  

Someone has installed projector headlights on it

All 4 tyres have plenty of tread, but the alloys have gone walkies  

Cruise control works

Air-con acually blows ice cold!!

MID in better condition that the '98 Reflection, hardly any dead pixels

Leather in very good condition, just needs a clean, as does the floor carpet.

Boot carpet bit diry but no rips. - good clean should fix that

Bodywork is in better nick than project A, only 1 main scratch. It has less rust than the 1998 Reflection!!!

Most of the interior bits intact are in good condition, just dirty

It has the 'rare' window de-mists on the back door cards.

Exhaust in good conidtion

Bad Points

It was an auto but now a manual, after starting at some services 'Auto Geabox' appeared on the MID  :-?

Millage says 66k, but i think its more like 166k!! - Not sure what to do about that sell as 66k?  :-/

Heavy 'Tapping noise' under acceleration. It sat at 75mph easily, still feels powerfull wanted to give more. - Can't hear it on idle, mainly between 1.5 - 4k... but as i said motorway cruising its fine.

Sunroof not working (you can hear it clunk - so its not a reprogram)

A lot of electrics are not working:

Both front seats, do not move at all with any of the button pressed. Seams odd both are completey dead, but i checked all the fuses all fine (remove and inspected by eye :-/

Windscreen washer jets not working, but 1 wire seams to have been cut  

No Radio, and front speakers missing - Some god awful wiring on the loom its a right mess...

Rear boot lock a tad 'sticky'

Strip of plastic between the front light and bumper on the drivers side is the wrong colour.



















Your welcome to see it Jame, i'd like your opinion on the tappets....

[Markie]

So whats the plan......timescales and expected sale price....looks like potential is there..

[TheBoy]

Bodywork looks tidy, as you say, a bit of a clean inside. Get some speakers from scrappy, and a stereo, should sell for reasonable profit

[tunnie]

So whats the plan......timescales and expected sale price....looks like potential is there..

There is not the rush on the sale on this one as it's taxed & Mot'ed until december.

Things to do:

Radio - Need as cheap one, there were Vx ones at my scrappy, but with no codes  :-/

Speaker Grills - They look differnt to the Reflection ones, its not a bose system, but the front grills look differnt somehow

Polish it up, and try and get the eletrics working.

Try and get if fixed and sold within 14 days like the last one....

[Markie]

Yep the key is quick turnaround - i hate it when work commands i cant do car work during the week then i get dragged to shops on a saturday and forced to mow the laws on a sunday!!

Looking forward to seeing the work in progress mate - oh and dont get married or the 14 days turns into 14 week turnaround  

[TheBoy]

Tunnie's lucky, being a lazy student - he gets 50 weeks off a year

[Markie]

And tunnie you can tell your only on project 2 - look at those clean fingers in the picture  

pulling your leg matey

[tunnie]

And tunnie you can tell your only on project 2 - look at those clean fingers in the picture  

pulling your leg matey

 

Bet you wish you were a student again Jamie.... my regualr wake up time is around 11 am!  

Get married pah!? I have trouble finding a girlfriend!  

[Jay w]

i have a vauxhall radio cassette player from a Zafira, it will go straight in and will use the MID...

I will see if the code is with it

[tunnie]

i have a vauxhall radio cassette player from a Zafira, it will go straight in and will use the MID...

I will see if the code is with it

Cheers m8... be great if it works. Just got to figure out the god awful loom wiring in there at the moment.

Its also got some kind of micky mouse alarm system with sensors on the back windows and wires trailing under the boot carpet

[RonaldMcBurger]

Plan A: Fix it up a bit and sell it on. If you bought it with 66k and the MoT's match, then advertise it the same. If anyone asks if it is genuine, you were told so but cannot guarantee it obviously. Tapping? Ignore. Just clean it up a bit and sell it as is. Don't mess about with the radio and stuff mate, makes no difference to the price. Change the boot carpet, easy job and about £10. Straight into AutoTrader for £595 and double bubble this week.

Plan B: Spend a fair bit doing all the 'jobs'. Even put an autobox back in cheply enough if you wanted to. Radio, speakers, sort the seats out. Loads of WD40 on the motor ends then an allen key to start the,moving again. Sunroof, leave it!

Plan C: Strip it. Gearbox, seats, computer, radiatorts, lights, panels then get towed away.

Plan D: Sell it on exactly as it is on Ebay. Put a BIN price of £495 and make a tidy bob or two.

Plan E: Sell it to me for £30.

[tunnie]

Plan A: Fix it up a bit and sell it on. If you bought it with 66k and the MoT's match, then advertise it the same. If anyone asks if it is genuine, you were told so but cannot guarantee it obviously. Tapping? Ignore. Just clean it up a bit and sell it as is. Don't mess about with the radio and stuff mate, makes no difference to the price. Change the boot carpet, easy job and about £10. Straight into AutoTrader for £595 and double bubble this week.

Plan B: Spend a fair bit doing all the 'jobs'. Even put an autobox back in cheply enough if you wanted to. Radio, speakers, sort the seats out. Loads of WD40 on the motor ends then an allen key to start the,moving again. Sunroof, leave it!

Plan C: Strip it. Gearbox, seats, computer, radiatorts, lights, panels then get towed away.

Plan D: Sell it on exactly as it is on Ebay. Put a BIN price of £495 and make a tidy bob or two.

Plan E: Sell it to me for £30.

Humm i don't think i will be doing plan E   , it had £30 of fuel it in when i picked it up!!, well chuffed. Only cost me £23 in the train fare + £2.50 car parking to collect it.

You seriously think it will got for say £500 even with the radio in bits??

Boot carpet is in good nick, good clean with the Dyson and it should look good again.

I have to wait for the Log Book to arrive, so might as well fix it up best i can until then. Have to investigate the seats, as that will really let down a sale. Can't see any allen key sockets must have another good look. The seats don't even make any noises... just silence?

As for the tapping, i guess its just age. My dads old pre-faclift 2.0 GLS did it after 100K plus...

[TheBoy]

Sometimes a little frsh oil will make the tappets quieter.

[tunnie]

Sometimes a little frsh oil will make the tappets quieter.

The oil looked in good condition acually... good chance to practice and oil change i now have one of those things to remove oil filters.

I could pop it around today?, still insured to drive it today and tomorrow morning

[TheBoy]

Alas, busy tonight - by the time I've cooked and eaten dinner, it will be getting dark...