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General Car Chat / Latest sheddy motor

« on: 30 April 2015, 21:40:28 »

Big juicy Saab has to go as it's going through petrol like STMO does nappies so needed something cheap and economical to batter to work and back, spotted a 306 2.0HDI on the bay for £250 ono as it has a month left on the MOT,great condition and drove mint and I got it for £150  . Plan was for it to be a free car as the original cat is worth £220 and would have been removed but some shite garage has fitted an aftermarket one along with a new exhaust     

186,875 miles on it    How long do you reckon it will last  ?

Bangernomics rules 

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General Discussion Area / Not really a bargain is it

« on: 18 April 2015, 18:57:06 »

Daughter spotted this , they walk among us !


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Frankie-Bennys-gift-vouchers-20-worth-unwanted-gift-/281665360231?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item4194905167

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General Discussion Area / EE/Giff Gaff?

« on: 12 April 2015, 11:31:52 »

Looking to come off a rip off vodafone contract and go sim only, loads of options but these 2 seem decent price wise. Any coverage issues experienced by anyone? also believe GG will pay for reccomendations by existing users so first person to provide me a link or whatever is needed will get the bonus should I choose to go with them 

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General Discussion Area / Dodgy wiring

« on: 09 April 2015, 13:42:31 »

Just discovered this mess in our office, 6 unfixed wall sockets wired in series to power all the IT eqp't. Is this normal practice 

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General Discussion Area / If you dug this up....

« on: 07 April 2015, 18:23:33 »

What would you think it was .....it had a tip on that came away as I brought it out of the ground exposing a shiny pin type thing. Answers from military types particularly welcome   

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General Car Chat / Weird lambda fault

« on: 28 March 2015, 11:35:13 »

Wifeys Fiesta is due it's MOT so did the cursory checks and found high level brake light and number plate bulbs gone, removed them to go the local factors and the EML lit up, scanned it and got a code for lambda sensor!! bulbs replaced and now the lights out???  Car is driving fine

HTF are these linked , some voltage change or summat 

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General Car Chat / RS2000 4x4, I'm gutted

« on: 02 March 2015, 23:05:04 »

Gutted, I used to work with a guy who had a mint early RS2000 Escort 4x4 which I wanted really badly, he's just got in touch to say he's decided to sell through lack of time to use it and offered me it for a ridiculously low number. I'm getting married this year and all funds are tied up    There can't be more than 20 of this model left, maybe less

http://www.powerflex.co.uk/resize_image.php?image=escort_rs2000.jpg&h=200

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General Car Chat / £150 elite!

« on: 28 February 2015, 08:01:24 »

prob a breaker but worth buying for parts, it's in Sutton in ashfield

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/176287/vauxhall-omega-saloon-sutton-ashfield

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General Car Chat / Mondeo tdci help

« on: 07 February 2015, 07:01:37 »

I picked this up as a breaker but to be honest it seems to be in very good shape considering the miles and has had a shed load spent on it, new DMF and timing chain kit. I've only heard it run briefly due to being ill but the seller said it has full power, egr is clean and works fine,injectors have been tested and turbo is all good. I'm going to start with checking all air pipes for splits and after that maybe look  at the timing but any other suggestions welcome. The cat is worth £120 so I can't lose on it 

Diesels are a dark art to me

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-mondeo-Ghia-54-plate-2000-tdci-/291364823451?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=wENKgBqfpxS4yGVRJ9CMAE%252Bos0M%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

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Omega General Help / finding air leak on a diesel

« on: 06 February 2015, 16:15:24 »

I'm familiar with the old carb spray trick on petrol's to find an air leak but does the same work on a diesel ?

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General Car Chat / 206 clicking with no key !

« on: 31 January 2015, 12:36:18 »

Sorry not a mig but: Father in law just rang and reports his 206 has cut out and there is a loud clicking noise from the underbonnet fusebox, even with the key removed?

Im guessing it's a relay but anyone heard of this before?

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General Car Chat / Feeling brave? broken Phaeton

« on: 26 January 2015, 21:00:42 »

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2005-VOLKSWAGEN-PHAETON-3-0-TDI-4-MOTION-AUTO-SPARES-OR-REPAIR-/191492630910?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item2c95d9a97e

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General Car Chat / I want this Mig badly

« on: 22 January 2015, 12:01:29 »

Wifey says it will use too much fuel though ! MIG 29 Fulcrum retired from service in 2007. Sorry if the pic is huge

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General Discussion Area / Off to Krakow

« on: 19 January 2015, 19:07:10 »

The big 40 is on it's way so me and wifey are off here tomorrow for a few days, obligatory tour of Auschwitz is on the cards and not really looking forward to it but feels like the right thing to do  :-\but also spotted a decent looking air museum full of MIG's. Anyone been? have reccomendations for stuff to do? Very cheap beer/vodka 

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Omega General Help / Another ABS ecu question

« on: 12 January 2015, 20:10:18 »

Been trying to help out a guy whos fried his ecu on his  2.5 manual V6, previous info here stated it had to be a V6 manual replacement ABS ecu as I already had one from a 4 pot. Will one from a 2.6 manual do the job? or will the DBW difference cause an issue