cheap car question

consumers_revenge

not sure what the flexi pipe is?


if anyone could point me in the direction of what 2 lots of parts I'm looking at for the trailing arms and lower suspension arms please ford focus 2.0 2000 reg. Would be grateful but I hear the trailing arm are a b*****d to change over


Welding is not so much of a prob as I know someone.

EdGasketTheSecond

It looks toast to me on that lot. The welding clinches it.

The exhaust 'flexi' is a section of exhaust pipe near the front that is, well, flexible. Officially its a new exhaust section. DIY you can cut the existing section off and repalce with a flexible, clamp-on section of the same diameter from eBay. Done that on two cars.

But really scrap it and buy something else but maybe not your £500 fiesta. Dealers can get these at scrap value and put a dodgy MoT on it . Buy something newer and privately at that sort of price.

House_Martin

yeah its the welding which is going to cost.
the suspension bits if bought online are not that drastic but if you can t tackle the aggro of undoing rusty suspension nuts yourself .scrap it .At least scrap car prices are on the up.
I got rid of a Vauxhall Corsa for banger racing for a half decent price which beat the scrapmans offer, so maybe worth an ebay listing for an MOT failure.

consumers_revenge

Ironically the weldings the cheapest part from my local man.


Its the rear suspension that going to right it off. Cheap bits but all labour.

System

consumers_revenge wrote: »

Both our 18 Y.O. focuses past fault free last year and actually run fine but the cost for hers is approx. £600+ to fix ( mostly in welding and labour ) if it would have been £400 max maybe? job done

So you're going to spend £500 on a £200 car that is well past its sell by date that you know nothing about its history with faults that you know nothing about and with stuff on the horizon you're going to be unaware of to save spending £600 to fix a car where you know how its been looked after, what is wrong with it, what is likely to go wrong with it.

Seems a bit silly to me.

Change the suspension parts yourself, its only basic nuts and bolts.

As for rights, yes you have more with a trader but you only have what would be reasonable to expect from a 17 year old £500 car and that won't be a car free of problems.

House_Martin

Tarambor wrote: »

So you're going to spend £500 on a £200 car that is well past its sell by date that you know nothing about its history with faults that you know nothing about and with stuff on the horizon you're going to be unaware of to save spending £600 to fix a car where you know how its been looked after, what is wrong with it, what is likely to go wrong with it.

Seems a bit silly to me.

Change the suspension parts yourself, its only basic nuts and bolts.

As for rights, yes you have more with a trader but you only have what would be reasonable to expect from a 17 year old £500 car and that won't be a car free of problems.

sounds to me that YOU have never tried to shift rusty old suspension bolts open to the elements for many years.You need top make sockets like snap on and britools and spanners which don t shear and slip when presented with a a lot of force, and you need real force to shift these old nuts.. The cheap sockets give up on these old nuts.
Garages simply use their powerful air guns and fit new parts when they shear off, as some will

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Also the MOT on the 2001 Fiesta will have been done by the trader's mates in the motor trade who will have conveniently missed off the long list of advisories etc.

System

House_Martin wrote: »

sounds to me that YOU have never tried to shift rusty old suspension bolts open to the elements for many years.You need top make sockets like snap on and britools and spanners which don t shear and slip when presented with a a lot of force, and you need real force to shift these old nuts.. The cheap sockets give up on these old nuts.
Garages simply use their powerful air guns and fit new parts when they shear off, as some will

Just done the drop links on my MX5 which were put on when the car was new 12 years ago and its last owner lived at the seaside. In the past I also fully restored a 23 year old Ford Capri so I know about rusty nuts and bolts.

I only ever buy decent tools because buying cheap with a 13mm socket anywhere between 12.5mm and 13.5mm causes you nothing but grief, costs you time and usually causes more damage and work. Halfords Pro range are as good as my Snap on and Mac Tools stuff ever was.

You don't need real force to shift old nuts just intelligence. Soak them with penetrating oil the day before doing the job, if they still don't shift then apply heat.

GunJack

OP, is it worth taking the failed car to another local reputable independant for a second opinion/quote before rushing into the fiesta??

Shaka_Zulu

Go and buy something like this for £300-£500.

Get a bumper and grille and away you go. Dent can be fixed if you wish.

https://www.copart.co.uk/lot/21722018