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FarmerPug wrote:they are a bit too girly thats the only problem with driving one.

Yeah, I'd agree with that. Kinda like the MX-5 too. Both good cars, but a bit "hairdressery" (that's really old fashioned sounding, lol)

FarmerPug wrote:you knoa spe. is luxurious when the magic tree gets put on the list

The fact it's vanilla though means it's gotta be worth a mention

Oops! I have fixed!!

Found this add whilst scoping eBay for random things, made me laugh!

eBay Clicky

Hopefully the fella gets some bids just for the effort! Tidy enough wee car an all!

Nah, 'fraid not my friend. It's currently sitting in the gargae I keep my VW camper in, which runs out of tax at the end of this month, and I'm too busy with other things to fix. If it doesn't sell, I may try and move some stuff around then decide whether to break or fix....sad times!

Scott

Yeah, gutted. It's been a great car aswell. Bloody fast!!

Aye, grey leather seems a rarity, hopefully somebody sticks a bid on...

Scott

pity ur selling it, if you was closer to me id have fitted a new belt and guidge for a small amount of beer tokens Haha, cheers Jamjar. I just have too many things on at the moment, I have an Alfa Romeo project car where the bulk of my time and money go, plus I'm in my final year of a Mechanical En...

Having to sell my 406 off

Please refer to add...

eBay Clicky

Scott

Car now for sale, unfortunately I have no time or funds to fix

eBay Clicky

Scott

Definitely a good idea to check first before splashing money on a new belt or kit, because they're not cheap for this engine! Last time I looked it was something daft like £700 for genuine belts, tensioners, rollers etc, and there weren't any aftermarket ones available :shock: Now, eurocarparts app...

I think I'd be tempted to stick the roller in and make a vague attempt at the tension (half a turn on the longest stretch seems to be about the norm) just to know if it's alive or dead. There'd be nothing so disheartening to spend all that time changing the belt etc only to find the engine's a box ...

I wouldn't have thought an Aux belt could stall an engine, as you say. Sounds like maybe you've had an electrical fault, the engine's stalled and you've noticed this through the lack of steering. :supafrisk: In the past with my cars, when things start flashing randomly all over the joint and the car...

The belt's still there but do you think it slipped a few teeth? It's hard to say Welly. The bearing collapsed as I was idling it and I shut it off straight away. It never sounded like it ran out of time but maybe that's just me being hopeful! :cry: sorry to see that :( . Maybe you could carefully r...

Well, found out what the rattle was..... Changed the oil for 15w40 and the filter too, noise *seemed* to quieten down. Would only arrive briefly and went away when revved as previous. Then the bearing of the idler pulley inbetween the camshaft sprockets underneath the engine mount finally let go, gi...

I was thinking about the oil. This long cold spell is not too good for the oil which can shear-down through petrol contamination and condensation build up. An oil change would be the cheapest way of starting your investigations in my mind :| Yeah, think that's a good shout buddy. It's as if one set...