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Kevin Wood

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Re: Mini gearboxes
« Reply #15 on: 23 March 2015, 18:06:02 »
Has she got breakdown cover with relay?

Get it towed a couple of miles in the direction of chez Serek and then a quick phone call. "Well, I was off to see my aunty in Huntingdon when there was a big bang and the clutch won't work any more". :y
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Re: Mini gearboxes
« Reply #16 on: 23 March 2015, 18:15:57 »
Quote from: Kevin Wood on 23 March 2015, 18:06:02
Has she got breakdown cover with relay?

Get it towed a couple of miles in the direction of chez Serek and then a quick phone call. "Well, I was off to see my aunty in Huntingdon when there was a big bang and the clutch won't work any more". :y

She broke down near Manchester so she already used the AA to get her back home to Warwick.

Great idea though. :y
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Re: Mini gearboxes
« Reply #17 on: 23 March 2015, 18:26:08 »
Quote from: aaronjb on 23 March 2015, 18:01:09
Quote from: Doctor Opti on 23 March 2015, 17:32:36
Foiled again, Aaron. ;)

I dunno, Kate says it won't last..  :P ;D Alternatively if she takes after her mother.. Kate are you single and attractive?

OK, I'll stop now before TB bans me as some kind of sex pest.


Kate, last time I looked there's usually people advertising on eBay to transport cars (make sure they're insured etc!) relatively inexpensively as well..

Ah...I see.....you're partial to a milf. ;) :D
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Re: Mini gearboxes
« Reply #18 on: 23 March 2015, 20:32:45 »
I cannot confirm or deny that  :P
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Re: Mini gearboxes
« Reply #19 on: 23 March 2015, 21:07:21 »
The only quote I've managed to get is £90.

Seems a bit steep.
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Re: Mini gearboxes
« Reply #20 on: 23 March 2015, 21:13:43 »
75 miles, I think about £1.50 a mile is the average so £90 sounds fairly good..
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Re: Mini gearboxes
« Reply #21 on: 23 March 2015, 21:18:10 »
One pound a mile for the round trip rings a bell... so from base to car, then car to garage, then from garage to base... :-\
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Re: Mini gearboxes
« Reply #22 on: 23 March 2015, 21:29:06 »
Quote from: Taxi Al on 23 March 2015, 21:18:10
One pound a mile for the round trip rings a bell... so from base to car, then car to garage, then from garage to base... :-\


£90 seems really cheap to me: we charge £1.20 a mile base to base, plus the call out. And the VAT.
Although paying cash helps a bit.
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Re: Mini gearboxes
« Reply #23 on: 23 March 2015, 23:28:50 »
Quote from: aaronjb on 23 March 2015, 18:01:09
Quote from: Doctor Opti on 23 March 2015, 17:32:36
Foiled again, Aaron. ;)

I dunno, Kate says it won't last..  :P ;D Alternatively if she takes after her mother.. Kate are you single and attractive?

OK, I'll stop now before TB bans me as some kind of sex pest.


Kate, last time I looked there's usually people advertising on eBay to transport cars (make sure they're insured etc!) relatively inexpensively as well..

I don't think you are Kate's type............... ;) ;)
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Re: Mini gearboxes
« Reply #24 on: 23 March 2015, 23:35:15 »
I don't think I'm anyone's type, Vamps! (although I am pretty sure I know what you actually meant ;D )
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Re: Mini gearboxes
« Reply #25 on: 24 March 2015, 00:23:16 »
Quote from: aaronjb on 23 March 2015, 23:35:15
I don't think I'm anyone's type, Vamps! (although I am pretty sure I know what you actually meant ;D )

I'm not gay by the way! :o

Sorry, did you mean fat? Yes I know I need to lose a few pounds. :-[ :-[ :-[
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Re: Mini gearboxes
« Reply #26 on: 24 March 2015, 00:36:54 »
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Quote from: aaronjb on 23 March 2015, 23:35:15
I don't think I'm anyone's type, Vamps! (although I am pretty sure I know what you actually meant ;D )

I'm not gay by the way! :o

Sorry, did you mean fat? Yes I know I need to lose a few pounds. :-[ :-[ :-[

You have PM.
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Re: Mini gearboxes
« Reply #27 on: 24 March 2015, 07:26:56 »
Perhaps Vamps meant I'm too young for you ;) as for size, the last thing I'd call anyone is fat (unless Vamps meant I'm too fat for you, which given I am the size of a small elephant might also be true!)

Sooo back to Mini gearboxes before I offend anyone else?  :-[
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Re: Mini gearboxes
« Reply #28 on: 24 March 2015, 08:06:09 »
If the pedal has gone hard then there is something restricting the slave cylinder movement, as stated by others, if it was just a fluid leak then it would be dead easy to press.

Can the gears still be changed?

Not a pleasant job Mini gearboxes/clutches.....not nearly as bad as VW diesels but still not great.
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Re: Mini gearboxes
« Reply #29 on: 24 March 2015, 08:41:07 »
Quote from: Marks DTM Calib on 24 March 2015, 08:06:09
If the pedal has gone hard then there is something restricting the slave cylinder movement, as stated by others, if it was just a fluid leak then it would be dead easy to press.

Can the gears still be changed?

Not a pleasant job Mini gearboxes/clutches.....not nearly as bad as VW diesels but still not great.

Thanks Mark.

Would it be best to take the car to Serek do you think?

It sounds like a big job?
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