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[webby23]

Come on guys - leave the Lady alone. She doesn't need the obvious stating again and again and again ..........

yes whats done is done she now needs the help of some of the experts on here...you know who you are

I agree

 

[alunonhisown]

Come on guys - leave the Lady alone. She doesn't need the obvious stating again and again and again ..........

yes whats done is done she now needs the help of some of the experts on here...you know who you are

I agree

 

I am desperate, and I am prepared to pay for an experts service.
So you could say I am prepared to pay for a service
Cambelt
Water Pump
Service
Thermostat.
Come on, someone must wanna give me a service

[webby23]

Well, I do, I love feisty women, but sadly am crap working on cars.......

 

Contact Daz he may be able to help

 

[Lazydocker]

Come on guys - leave the Lady alone. She doesn't need the obvious stating again and again and again ..........

yes whats done is done she now needs the help of some of the experts on here...you know who you are

I agree

 

I am desperate, and I am prepared to pay for an experts service.
So you could say I am prepared to pay for a service
Cambelt
Water Pump
Service
Thermostat.
Come on, someone must wanna give me a service

Di, try Elite Pete/Welung666, I'm sure one of them will be able to help you out.

Unfortunately I'm just too far away to be any help this late in the sequence of events.

As for the purchase of the car... You bought it with your eyes open and TBH I'd have had a look at it if I wasn't after an estate

There must be someone who can help before Wednesday?

[alunonhisown]

Come on guys - leave the Lady alone. She doesn't need the obvious stating again and again and again ..........

yes whats done is done she now needs the help of some of the experts on here...you know who you are

I agree

 

I am desperate, and I am prepared to pay for an experts service.
So you could say I am prepared to pay for a service
Cambelt
Water Pump
Service
Thermostat.
Come on, someone must wanna give me a service

Di, try Elite Pete/Welung666, I'm sure one of them will be able to help you out.

Unfortunately I'm just too far away to be any help this late in the sequence of events.

As for the purchase of the car... You bought it with your eyes open and TBH I'd have had a look at it if I wasn't after an estate

There must be someone who can help before Wednesday?

Thanks, I think I am just too far from any fekker!!! Wales, who's have it?

[Bent valve]

Come on guys - leave the Lady alone. She doesn't need the obvious stating again and again and again ..........

yes whats done is done she now needs the help of some of the experts on here...you know who you are

I agree

 

I am desperate, and I am prepared to pay for an experts service.
So you could say I am prepared to pay for a service
Cambelt
Water Pump
Service
Thermostat.
Come on, someone must wanna give me a service

Di, try Elite Pete/Welung666, I'm sure one of them will be able to help you out.

Unfortunately I'm just too far away to be any help this late in the sequence of events.

As for the purchase of the car... You bought it with your eyes open and TBH I'd have had a look at it if I wasn't after an estate

There must be someone who can help before Wednesday?

Thanks, I think I am just too far from any fekker!!! Wales, who's have it?

Are you prepared to drive the car a reasonable distance to a members house to get it fixed? if so ,and no one on here has time to do it try googleing Geoff & Pete ,v6 specialists. They are in the top end of Wales somewhere 

[Lazydocker]

Come on guys - leave the Lady alone. She doesn't need the obvious stating again and again and again ..........

yes whats done is done she now needs the help of some of the experts on here...you know who you are

I agree

 

I am desperate, and I am prepared to pay for an experts service.
So you could say I am prepared to pay for a service
Cambelt
Water Pump
Service
Thermostat.
Come on, someone must wanna give me a service

Di, try Elite Pete/Welung666, I'm sure one of them will be able to help you out.

Unfortunately I'm just too far away to be any help this late in the sequence of events.

As for the purchase of the car... You bought it with your eyes open and TBH I'd have had a look at it if I wasn't after an estate

There must be someone who can help before Wednesday?

Thanks, I think I am just too far from any fekker!!! Wales, who's have it?

It's a lovely place and if I wasn't back on shift on Tuesday SWMBO and I would have jumped in the car tonight and had a little mini-break at yours so I could do it all for you

Keep persevering... Someone will be able to help

[alunonhisown]

Come on guys - leave the Lady alone. She doesn't need the obvious stating again and again and again ..........

yes whats done is done she now needs the help of some of the experts on here...you know who you are

I agree

 

I am desperate, and I am prepared to pay for an experts service.
So you could say I am prepared to pay for a service
Cambelt
Water Pump
Service
Thermostat.
Come on, someone must wanna give me a service

Di, try Elite Pete/Welung666, I'm sure one of them will be able to help you out.

Unfortunately I'm just too far away to be any help this late in the sequence of events.

As for the purchase of the car... You bought it with your eyes open and TBH I'd have had a look at it if I wasn't after an estate

There must be someone who can help before Wednesday?

Thanks, I think I am just too far from any fekker!!! Wales, who's have it?

It's a lovely place and if I wasn't back on shift on Tuesday SWMBO and I would have jumped in the car tonight and had a little mini-break at yours so I could do it all for you

Keep persevering... Someone will be able to help

Thanks for the kind words. You would have been welsome
D.

[Entwood]

My view .. and it's only given to try and clear some of the mud ... 

You have an obviously very important trip to do ....  personally I would NOT plan to do this in a newly purchased car .. even if it came from a dealer with a full warranty !!! 

Those "who know" will remember that before I went on holiday to France with the 'van on the back I towed to the "lakes" meet just to check the car out, on the grounds that a problem in UK is easier to fix than a problem in France.

However, you bought the car with the intention of doing the trip. You now have reason to doubt the accuracy of the information given. If you take the car you will be worrying all the time about what "might" happen. This distraction will make driving in a foreign country on the "wrong side" even more risky IMHO.

I would strongly suggest you use a hire car for the trip, and the forums help to sortt he car out once you return and the pressure is off.

It is the pressure you are putting yourself under that concerns me. Finding someone to do this amount of work at short notice is in itself .. another risk.

 :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/

[Lazydocker]

My view .. and it's only given to try and clear some of the mud ... 

You have an obviously very important trip to do ....  personally I would NOT plan to do this in a newly purchased car .. even if it came from a dealer with a full warranty !!! 

Those "who know" will remember that before I went on holiday to France with the 'van on the back I towed to the "lakes" meet just to check the car out, on the grounds that a problem in UK is easier to fix than a problem in France.

However, you bought the car with the intention of doing the trip. You now have reason to doubt the accuracy of the information given. If you take the car you will be worrying all the time about what "might" happen. This distraction will make driving in a foreign country on the "wrong side" even more risky IMHO.

I would strongly suggest you use a hire car for the trip, and the forums help to sortt he car out once you return and the pressure is off.

It is the pressure you are putting yourself under that concerns me. Finding someone to do this amount of work at short notice is in itself .. another risk.

 :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/

Looks like it's sorted... EP is looking to try and help out

[JamesV6CDX]

Can anyone tell me what the part number is for a new thermostat for my car PLEASE. I am going to go to Southern Vauxhall in the morning and get a new one and get a local back street mechanic to fit it for me.
Surely the timing belt will be ok till I return from France?

What written assurance can you trust in the paperwork that you received with the car to say that its been changed as per?  Even then, things do go wrong sometimes....

We had proof on the 3.0 we bought, came from a very nice couple who owned it for 5 years. But still, did not trust it. For the sake of £150, its worth making sure.

£150. I was quoted more than treble that today, so who does a cambelt and water pump change for £150.

£150 is DIY cost

Well young man, I wish I was as capable as yourself.
but I am not, so £420 it is then.

Di, Di...

I've already told you in reply to your text today - get the parts (I can help with tradeclub) and I'll come and fit them Free Of Charge.

I'm down you're way most weekends.

I can't do it before Wednesday - but this weekend is  probably OK - certainly for the thermostat, cambelt kit,  and full service.

Get the train / fly etc for your trip if you can, and I'll sort it all as a freebie when you return 

[Lazydocker]

Can anyone tell me what the part number is for a new thermostat for my car PLEASE. I am going to go to Southern Vauxhall in the morning and get a new one and get a local back street mechanic to fit it for me.
Surely the timing belt will be ok till I return from France?

What written assurance can you trust in the paperwork that you received with the car to say that its been changed as per?  Even then, things do go wrong sometimes....

We had proof on the 3.0 we bought, came from a very nice couple who owned it for 5 years. But still, did not trust it. For the sake of £150, its worth making sure.

£150. I was quoted more than treble that today, so who does a cambelt and water pump change for £150.

£150 is DIY cost

Well young man, I wish I was as capable as yourself.
but I am not, so £420 it is then.

Di, Di...

I've  already told you - get the parts (I can help with tradeclub) and I'll come and fit them FOC - I'm down you're way most weekends.

I don't think you'll get a better offer 

She wont get a better offer... But needs the car for a trip to France on Thursday

[JamesV6CDX]

Well it's less than ideal by any  stretch, but  if you can get the parts and can sort out some VERY good lighting, there is a CHANCE I could do the cambelt kit on Wednesday evening - depending on getting rid of man flu!

Couldn't squeeze in the stat in that time as it's quite an involved job - but  at  least it would eliminate any serious engine damage risk as a result of broken  belt.

My only concern  is

A) If anything goes wrong, is incorrectly supplied etc, there is no time buffer to correct it before the trip

B) I currently have man flu, and it's dependent on  making at least a partial recovery!

The offer of sorting it F-O-C stands, just to hopefully ease some of the annoyance you bought a car with a few faults.

But it's really, really  difficult to guarantee  it could happen in time for you to go away, and is  definately a risk... for reasons above..  :-/
 

[JamesV6CDX]

Just to add - I'm not looking to do anyone out of any business etc - but

It just seems daft for Di to pay circa £420 + fuel for a garage to do a cambelt kit change, when much of the time I am only 25 miles away,  and have ample experience changing V6 cambelt kits.

The stat, plugs etc could be done at leisure after Di returns - but I reckon at a push, we can squeeze in the all important cambelt kit, for peace of mind on the trip...



 No cost, other than a cuppa tea, if you can get the cambelt kit.

I'd also recommend you get a water pump, aux belt, and 5 litres of coolant too, for a proper job.

Di I will call you tomorrow and see if something can be sorted.

Maybe I can chip off work couple of hours early one evening.

[JamesV6CDX]

Alas - I must apologise


I didn't see that this was a duplicate thread to the one in the chat  area,  and didn't realise Elite Pete had already made arrangements with you to come down and  sort it.

Please feel free to ignore me