OT Does anyone on here do a recovery service
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no problem buddy, I'll pm you my number

Team Racing

Wow, just had an arguement on the phone with my insurance co and they have gone from just under £500 to £1000 settlement for the Vitara.
Shows they pluck figures from the sky and you should deffo not take the first offer.
Just need to prove liability now.

Paul

I seriously doubt it!

All you have to do is prove the replacement cost. My mum got an extra £800 when she stuffed her car into a motorway barrier. All she did was show equivalent cars off autotrader.

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

Obviously O/T but yes Tom, I still have it.



It makes a nice (but small) shed to keep some of the Mini bits in (at least it's dry inside !!!)

Long term intention is to repair it - it was a very nice car to drive esp. being the Ghia X and the 130bhp model - but the two repairs need a lot of time/space which I don't currently have.... Flywheel needs the gearbox dropping which is difficult with limited facilities (it is the 6 speed so heavy because of its unique twin outputs shaft design) and the turbo is actually integral with the whole exhaust manifold so needs a crane from the top but most of the studs/bolts are underneath.......

At the moment I just keep the battery charged (hence the cable you can see in the photo) until I get around to it.

But PM me if you're interested, I may just give up...

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

good cars usually, despite the DMF failures, which seems common on so many cars of all makes :(

I'm really pleased with my mondeo ST tdci

Team Racing

It is time a manufacturer sorted out how to do DMFs properly!
A friend with a garage always quotes for a new flywheel on a DMF when doing a clutch now. In fact most of the clutch manufacturers offer standard type flywheels to go with their clutch kits.

Whats the symptoms of the DMS going?

I got it as its a nice car, but at Astons they had them as poole cars, I drove them often and was really impressed.

Paul

I seriously doubt it!

On the Mondeo Paul it usually is a nasty rattling noise most evident at idle. The other symptom is the starter motor jamming- all the crap from the flywheel breaking up fucks up the starter motor.
To be honest I'd do what my mate does- not worry about it until it causes you a problem.

Exactly as above plus an occasional engine management warning light as the crank sensor fails to read the position of the flywheel properly.
In fairness, at its last MOT they said they had heard a lot worse than mine but still running - but they had also repaired one that had been left too long and the excess movement in the flywheel had damaged the gearbox casing.... So I was going to wait a bit longer before replacing it - then the turbo failed.....

But I agree, when they run right they are really nice cars for an estate.

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

if you still need a hand Paul, i have access to a trailer and my Vito will pull it no probs

16V project underway