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General Car Chat / I dont believe it!!!!!
« on: 11 October 2010, 21:04:19 »
long story shortend as much as possible
3 weeks ago i bought a hyundai HI2.5td minibus for just 240 euros which believe me is damned cheap for spain!!
downside was it had a badly knocking engine, but i took a chance and thought it might be a quick cheap fix
nope when i removed the sump number one piston conrod had half a big end shell only the rest had turned to dust!!
oh well hunt for an engine then, two weeks searching and nothing!! they just aint available here as its a 2.5 turbo idesel built under licence from mitsubishi, as soon as they come into the scrapyards they are sold for around 5 to 700 euros!!! eek!!
well out the back of the workshop was the remains of an 1988 pajero td that had been stripped there was an engine block just thrown in the back, and left there without head as the head had cracked ,, enter GC,s thinking head!!
careful checking of the two blocks revealed major differences between them so using the pajero block and crank was a non starter, however!! could i use the pajero crank and pistons in the hyundai block?
nothing ventured nothing gained i thought, so i did, a quick rebuild of the hyundai/pajero hybrid with a for safety 4dot thick
head gasket
finished building it up yesterday, this morning went up to workshop and put it in the bus, no coolant or aircon power steering nothing just reinstalled the electronic injection pump and the diesel lines etc turned it by hand twice to make sure nothing hit that shouldnt have, crossed fingers, and turned key 
it only blooming started and sounds sweet as a nut!!!
RESULT
so now the whole thing has to be reassembled, you have to strip the entire front off to get the engine out
so wil do that 2moro, was so chuffed today we promptly had a few beers then went quadding up the trails, purely to relax you understand? moral of the story is use your brains!!
now have a year 2000 minibus/people carrier worth 2500/3500, over here for less than 500euros!!
3 weeks ago i bought a hyundai HI2.5td minibus for just 240 euros which believe me is damned cheap for spain!!
downside was it had a badly knocking engine, but i took a chance and thought it might be a quick cheap fix
nope when i removed the sump number one piston conrod had half a big end shell only the rest had turned to dust!!
oh well hunt for an engine then, two weeks searching and nothing!! they just aint available here as its a 2.5 turbo idesel built under licence from mitsubishi, as soon as they come into the scrapyards they are sold for around 5 to 700 euros!!! eek!!
well out the back of the workshop was the remains of an 1988 pajero td that had been stripped there was an engine block just thrown in the back, and left there without head as the head had cracked ,, enter GC,s thinking head!!
careful checking of the two blocks revealed major differences between them so using the pajero block and crank was a non starter, however!! could i use the pajero crank and pistons in the hyundai block?
nothing ventured nothing gained i thought, so i did, a quick rebuild of the hyundai/pajero hybrid with a for safety 4dot thick
head gasket
finished building it up yesterday, this morning went up to workshop and put it in the bus, no coolant or aircon power steering nothing just reinstalled the electronic injection pump and the diesel lines etc turned it by hand twice to make sure nothing hit that shouldnt have, crossed fingers, and turned key it only blooming started and sounds sweet as a nut!!!
RESULT
so now the whole thing has to be reassembled, you have to strip the entire front off to get the engine out
so wil do that 2moro, was so chuffed today we promptly had a few beers then went quadding up the trails, purely to relax you understand? moral of the story is use your brains!!
now have a year 2000 minibus/people carrier worth 2500/3500, over here for less than 500euros!!
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General Car Chat / anyone want to guess?
« on: 02 August 2010, 07:03:34 »
Ok the first agila ended up with holes in 2 of the pistons, it is now running sweetly agin after haveing new pistons skimmed cylinder head new gaskets, valve job, lifters cleaned and carfully timed up without the special tools required!!! lolol
so the second one
has a missfire however it dont sound right either its showing codes 0300,0301,0302, it was owned by one family from new, but rather badly treated know it has had a new water pump, checked the cam timing all appears to be good there, i recon its down on compression should be testing it later on today if the commp tester arrives,
so who wants to hazard a guess as to whats gone wrong with this one? a further clue? it hasnt had its oil or filter changed since new, (122k)the filter was actually broken in two pieces, airfilter was just a solid lump of black cardboard, oil was very creamy from short runs(4 k each way morning and night) about 2.8 miles, so it has been rather abused and i reckon im going to have to pull the head off,
so what the guess guys??
so the second one
has a missfire however it dont sound right either its showing codes 0300,0301,0302, it was owned by one family from new, but rather badly treated know it has had a new water pump, checked the cam timing all appears to be good there, i recon its down on compression should be testing it later on today if the commp tester arrives,
so who wants to hazard a guess as to whats gone wrong with this one? a further clue? it hasnt had its oil or filter changed since new, (122k)the filter was actually broken in two pieces, airfilter was just a solid lump of black cardboard, oil was very creamy from short runs(4 k each way morning and night) about 2.8 miles, so it has been rather abused and i reckon im going to have to pull the head off,
so what the guess guys??
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General Car Chat / how or is it possible?
« on: 26 July 2010, 20:14:36 »
to paperclip or pedal test an 02 aguila? anyone know??? got one thst is only running on a couple of cylinders and the garage reckon its a sensor fault!!!
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General Car Chat / 1.2 ecowreck?
« on: 21 July 2010, 19:05:15 »
Hmm anyone got any ideas on this? its an opel aguila, which i must stress i havent seen yet!
but according to the owner its sat for nearly 4 years, he went to start it and it has no compression, got some thoughts of me own but thought i would throw it out here ? will be looking at it in the morning so thought anyone who has some knowedge
of these may have a thought on what it could be?
any sensible suggestions?
but according to the owner its sat for nearly 4 years, he went to start it and it has no compression, got some thoughts of me own but thought i would throw it out here ? will be looking at it in the morning so thought anyone who has some knowedge
of these may have a thought on what it could be?
any sensible suggestions?
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General Car Chat / fancy converting it to left hand drive?
« on: 01 July 2010, 20:41:22 »
here is a link to let you good people know just how expensive the omega is in spain, as the title says with left hand drive you could double your money!!1 if you have time have a browse you wont believe how much they want!! and dont forget the cars are not as well specced out here
http://www.ooyyo.com/used-cars/opel-omega/spain/page-1/
http://www.ooyyo.com/used-cars/opel-omega/spain/page-1/
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General Car Chat / do I or not?????????????????????????
« on: 17 July 2009, 18:26:23 »
ok guys found almost my perfect td estate for sale,
its a facelift manual cdx spec with cruise aircon etc everything except leather which is absolutely no good to me in Spain!! so its seems its just right!!
car is one owner from new!!
had a new lift pump in tank 2 years ago
and last year had a hideously expensive new injector pump!!
has never towed and doesent even have a towbar on it,
its a 99 reg
should say at this point there is absolutely nothing wrong with
mine and mine although gls has had certain upgrades and its almost cdx spec anyway, it has air suspension on rear (new) xenons, irmscher steering wheel, polybushed suspension arms,at rear, irmsher rear lowered uprated springs, uprated clutch, etc etc and has only done 121 k when i last saw it!! so it needs nothing and the only reason im thinking of changing it is i like the facelift model, so do i buy if its right or not?
kicker is they are asking 1500quid for it, which seems to be a bit expensive in current climate?
comments and reasonings appreciated???
its a facelift manual
cdx spec with cruise aircon etc everything except leather which is absolutely no good to me in Spain!! so its seems its just right!!car is one owner from new!!
had a new lift pump in tank 2 years ago
and last year had a hideously expensive new injector pump!!
has never towed and doesent even have a towbar on it,
its a 99 reg
should say at this point there is absolutely nothing wrong with
mine and mine although gls has had certain upgrades
and its almost cdx spec anyway, it has air suspension on rear (new) xenons, irmscher steering wheel, polybushed suspension arms,at rear, irmsher rear lowered uprated springs, uprated clutch, etc etc and has only done 121 k when i last saw it!! so it needs nothing and the only reason im thinking of changing it is i like the facelift model, so do i buy if its right or not?kicker is they are asking 1500quid for it, which seems to be a bit expensive in current climate?
comments and reasonings appreciated???
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General Discussion Area / found why the raptor wont run!
« on: 22 July 2011, 09:01:34 »
damn it, good and bad news on the new toy, after completing a full thorough service on every part of the quad including removing the body work to get to everything possible, doing complete engine service and setting valve clearances, regreasing wheel bearings, brakes,serviced chain etc etc
I went to start it, ran for 3 seconds and cut dead, after 2 hours rechecking everything i had done, i went back to basics!! guess what?
bloody coil pack has gone open circuit! Grrr
ok anyone know where i can find a Denso 120700 coil pack apart from a dealers!!
they have to order it here can take up to 2 months
and the price is eyewatering to say the least,
failing that any electronic experts know whether or not a different coil would affect the ecu? am assuming of course that the ecu swithces the coil here, it may not!! lol
I went to start it, ran for 3 seconds and cut dead, after 2 hours rechecking everything i had done, i went back to basics!! guess what?
bloody coil pack has gone open circuit! Grrr
ok anyone know where i can find a Denso 120700 coil pack apart from a dealers!!
they have to order it here can take up to 2 months
and the price is eyewatering to say the least,
failing that any electronic experts know whether or not a different coil would affect the ecu? am assuming of course that the ecu swithces the coil here, it may not!! lol
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General Discussion Area / never seen this before!! biker,s
« on: 24 June 2011, 07:06:01 »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaOVNqA7lBA&feature=player_embedded
it made me giggle watching them try to stop it!!
it made me giggle watching them try to stop it!!
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General Discussion Area / brilliant Button
« on: 12 June 2011, 22:13:25 »
yeeeeehaaaaa that s all
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General Discussion Area / aaarrrggghhhh
« on: 13 June 2011, 20:35:01 »
got the dreaded white page with only half the info in it!!! taken me twenty mins just to get to post this!! anyone else got the problem?
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General Discussion Area / phone pics
« on: 24 May 2011, 19:25:36 »
ok need some advice!!
got a very old nokia phone dont ask me what model as i have to remove the battery to find out!! lol but its around 8 or nine years old i guess, never had any problems and have no intention of getting a newer/better model it does everything i want it too even if it looks like it deserves putting down!!
it is web enabled has bluetooth and a whole lot more besides, however i recently bought a usb lead to plug into it to download some pctures that have been on there years, but here is the problem, when plugged into the laptop it just says
usb device isnt working? now on there there are a few options but im not sure which i have to switch the phone onto? is it download data,or usb mode or something
help guys confused here!!
got a very old nokia phone dont ask me what model as i have to remove the battery to find out!! lol but its around 8 or nine years old i guess, never had any problems and have no intention of getting a newer/better model it does everything i want it too even if it looks like it deserves putting down!!
it is web enabled has bluetooth and a whole lot more besides, however i recently bought a usb lead to plug into it to download some pctures that have been on there years, but here is the problem, when plugged into the laptop it just says
usb device isnt working? now on there there are a few options but im not sure which i have to switch the phone onto? is it download data,or usb mode or something
help guys confused here!!
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General Discussion Area / anyone know?
« on: 13 April 2011, 20:27:11 »
the name of the site that the boys go visiting abandoned buildings, old mines etc etc/
they take pictures and describe whats left in them et, they did mg rover when it first shut down, also did the old mill at oxford and hundreds of others, for the life of me cant remember it,
think it was somehting like 40seconds or something similar, driving me nuts trying to find it!! :-/
they take pictures and describe whats left in them et, they did mg rover when it first shut down, also did the old mill at oxford and hundreds of others, for the life of me cant remember it,
think it was somehting like 40seconds or something similar, driving me nuts trying to find it!! :-/
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General Discussion Area / Re: Mick AP
« on: 21 February 2011, 20:44:32 »
is a very very helpful guy and a good OOFER!!!
THANK YOU[/quote]
THANK YOU
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General Discussion Area / wish i could post pics
« on: 13 December 2010, 12:12:01 »
But unfortunetly didnt bring a camera with me, I have such a hard life at the mo,
currently house and dog sitting n a million euro villa stunning location got views all round of at least 9 miles if not more,it sits on a rather large hill looking out over a large valley nearest other dwelling in sight is at least a mile away,
been sat by the pool all morning the hounds are very well behaved (pair of bassets) used the garage to finally sort the omega out only to discover it could really do with a new strut on the offside front
still i suppose it could have been worse considering how long ive owned it, now going to have a beer 
they kindly left me 24cans with instructions to make sure they have all gone when they get back, got use of the people carrier should i need to go out so washed and polished the miggy, if i can find an old hoover in the garage might even clean out all the dust in there, hope you all are not to cold now!!
currently house and dog sitting n a million euro villa
stunning location got views all round of at least 9 miles if not more,it sits on a rather large hill looking out over a large valley nearest other dwelling in sight is at least a mile away,been sat by the pool all morning the hounds are very well behaved (pair of bassets) used the garage to finally sort the omega out only to discover it could really do with a new strut on the offside front
still i suppose it could have been worse considering how long ive owned it, now going to have a beer they kindly left me 24cans with instructions to make sure they have all gone when they get back, got use of the people carrier should i need to go out so washed and polished the miggy, if i can find an old hoover in the garage might even clean out all the dust in there, hope you all are not to cold now!!