Your Bangernomics successes

mcjordi

got the pads discs both ball joints and trackrod ends done

the discs were very cattle trucked on the inside and pads werent far off metal either.. eeeeek


gonna drop some cataclean in the tank ( so ill report on that later too) and get it retested on wednesday i hope..

[Deleted User]

1994 VW Passat £250 :cool:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/291177225250?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1426.l2649

Flying-High_2

Deleted_User wrote: »

1994 VW Passat £250 :cool:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/291177225250?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1426.l2649

Good car them B3 passats... I had a an Estate one I bought a few years back on a G plate Bought it with a rotten sill but I wanted its PB Coded Engine for a MK2 Golf Gti and its Hydraulic pedal Box for another Golf project I had.... Ended up running Machines on a job up in Scotland for 3 months and was Back and forth at weekends to N Wales. I used the Passat... Was ideal for carrying kit and parts tools... Performed effortlessly.... Sold it with short Tax and Test in the end as I had no time to fix or strip it

mcjordi

well its passed

that cataclean appears to work well at least for me.. best £15 ive spent.
emissions went from 0.512% 88ppm 1.031 to 0.01% 17ppm and 1.01
so combined with a bit of a hoon and this stuff my car now has 13 months mot

mcjordi

well its back to running like a sack of poop lol..
its enough to get it through mot if its borderline but thats about it.. put it in like an hour or so before test

[Deleted User]

My 2001 Megane 1.6 16v recap so far...

Purchase 27th March.. £400
Horn replacement.. £30
Rear shoes, cylinder & brake pipe replacement.. £98
Third party recovery truck for above job.. £30

Total.. £558 but car is looking good

mcjordi

mines currently standing at

purchase £150
odds and sods £20
pads discs track rod end (x2) bottom ball joint (x2) bottle of cataclean £80

it owes me £250 ( or £380 including the 6 months tax and mot cost)

lee- if you ever scrap it shout me.. ill probs buy alloys and spoiler off you

mcjordi

well now have a whiney powersteering pump.. leaving it for now.. when/if it breaks ill probably replace it £20 from scrappy for a pump so not too shabby

colino

Don't wait for the pump to go, get some Lucas power steering stop leak from ebay. One of the few "snake oils" I'd personally recommend (and about 100 times cheaper and better than the official stuff that Jaguar use).

mcjordi

colino wrote: »

Don't wait for the pump to go, get some Lucas power steering stop leak from ebay. One of the few "snake oils" I'd personally recommend (and about 100 times cheaper and better than the official stuff that Jaguar use).

its not leaking atm.. just noisey...did the old screwdriver as the stethoscope trick.. kinda id'd the the ps pump.. either way im not fussed atm.
it just starting whining yesterday...at least it doesnt sound like the cambelt.. rest is cheap to sort if it goes lol