ARGHHHH NO L2B FOR ME !!! :@
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all was well this morning wen we left with a convoy of about 20 other minis to go to crystle palice got about 60 miles from home oil presure droped to zero an the big ends went on the elf :( very upset as the bloke my uncle purchesed the car from said he had reconditioned the engine :( was looking forword to my first L2B an it was put to a holt wen the big ends bearing decided to go :(

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What a shitter :(

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

ouch, any obvious reason you lost oil pressure?

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very annoyed about it but o well shit happens lol just have to rebuild it an go next year lol

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Unfortunate.....

Lesson, never believe the seller about what they've done unless (1) you know them well, (2) they already have a good reputation like from forums, or (3) they have cast iron proof in the form of receipts etc.

Was it "using" oil beforehand (blue smoke or leaks) - the only time I had pressure drop to zero and trash the big ends (actually on an Imp engine) was when the sump plug fell out and the oil level dropped below the pickup pipe.

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no it was running fine rod he has been using it all week (went to wings an wheels) last week an it was fine this is what i cant understand

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The day got worse for us, we got stopped and held by colchester traffic police who started picking faults with cars, especially James's flip front clubby, chriss broke down and had to summon the aa, then at midnight last nite We had Sharron taken to A and E with broken rib and suspected punctured lung. A couple of breakdowns on way home, people got lost too, been home 40 mins, to be honest, this happening to you probably saved you a total farse of a weekend!!
Rant over
Shane

how did she do that shane ?

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Well, the ingredients was alcohol, a hill, three other club members, a camping chair, and a bundle, mixed together = ambulance and a 'n' e!
Shane

O Dear hope she get well soon

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unlucky shane,
what did the traffic police moan about ?Essex traffic are really out of order some times..

One of the chaps in our club has a grp fronted clubby which to be fair looks a tad tatty, it has a set of minilife 5.5" alloys that stick out from under the arches (altough not a great amount) they was unhappy with it and wanted to impound the car. We managed to convince them that if swapped wheels with another car we could make it "legal" in thier eyes. The only issue was we had only the std mini jack and only one jacking point in the 4 sills. so 3 of had to pick up the sidw of each car while the others swapped wheels. proved very entertaining for passers by.
Shane

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

Funny you should reply with that Rod, as this was the concensus of thought when 3 of us was verging on hernias from the manhandled wheel change!
SHane

Yep, the Essex fuzz love sticky out wheels....

First hand experience joe?
Shane

yeah.

they woulda loved my mini then lol the rears stick out about 1.5 inches from the arches :S

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Better sort out my arches by the sound of it, there really is no need to think about impounding a car for something as trivial as that.

well thats gonna bugger the look up of mine then

remember that ALL the wheel needs to be covered,
they don't stand for any of that as long as the tread is covered nonsense round here.

basterds with nothing better to it aint asif it was a bunch of chavs racing around a car park :L

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We tried that one and the copper wanted to summon a "expert" from HQ to check, sod waiting for that!!
Shane

Edited by Rod S on 19th May, 2010.

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

actually probably not that many Rod due to it being a squadie town, although there are headcases that go out sqaudie bashing...

funny story... some of the purest coke is in the dengie, quite a lot gets "imported" here

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