Most reused parts bin component

[Mr2Mike]

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How would you re-arrange them?

[battered]

Mr2Mike said:

Nanook said:

Well, I've never read those words in that order before.

How would you re-arrange them?

The K was a decent engine, albeit one fitted with a lousy HG and plastic dowels by some engineer with the intellect of a gibbon. Fix that and they are good for many many miles. A mate has a Caterham 7 with 100k on the clock, the motor was still in great order when he had it stripped and rebuilt as a roadburning beast. Not bad after 100k miles of spirited driving and more than a few track days. In fact the motor was in a better state than the rest of the car, most of which was buggered by this point.

[mwstewart]

'80's Ford square switch. Ferrari use it for a number of things.

[battered]

The GM electric mirror switch is a favourite. I still like the Marina door handles though!

[Chebble]

Nanook said:

300bhp/ton said:

Rover had the brilliant K-Series engine that was launched in the Metro during the 1980's.

Well, I've never read those words in that order before.

Yeah - any engine that needs potential HG issues ironing out before it's usable can hardly be called 'brilliant'.

[Drive Blind]

battered said:

The GM electric mirror switch is a favourite

on the McLaren F1 isn't it?

[Chebble]

Drive Blind said:

on the McLaren F1 isn't it?

Yes.

The F1 uses the same indicator stalks as one of the Nineties BMW's too - the seven series at the time if my memory serves me right.

Edited by Chebble on Monday 6th June 18:06

[edo]

Mx5 Mk1 Interior Door Handle


Aston Martin DB7 interior Door handle

[thatsprettyshady]

Zonda climate control buttons



Rover 45 climate buttons

Probably not overused or whatever but always makes me laugh.

[anonymous-user]

Drive Blind said:

on the McLaren F1 isn't it?

My 2nd fav. Pretty sure that made it into the AML Virage/Vantage of the 90s along with my ford up/down switch.

[Mr2Mike]

ian_c_uk said:

...and I don't even think that's all of them!!

The Reliant Scimitar GTE used them as well.

[ajprice]

thatsprettyshady said:

Zonda climate control buttons



Rover 45 climate buttons

Probably not overused or whatever but always makes me laugh.

Never mind the Rover climate control, at least it's sort of built in behind the metal panel, I wouldn't be happy with the black plastic stereo head unit. TVR did the same but they didn't cost £££.

[Steve vRS]

dme123 said:

Pretty sure that was the switch used on my old Puma for the electric height adjustment on the drivers seat

[tannhauser]

Chebble said:

Drive Blind said:

on the McLaren F1 isn't it?

Yes.

The F1 uses the same indicator stalks as one of the Nineties BMW's too - the seven series at the time if my memory serves me right.

Edited by Chebble on Monday 6th June 18:06

And that looks suspiciously like a BMW window switch of the same era!

[ReaperCushions]

thatsprettyshady said:

Zonda climate control buttons



Rover 45 climate buttons

Probably not overused or whatever but always makes me laugh.

If I was rich enough to buy a Zonda, i'd be paying someone to replace that... it is awful, and sticks out like a sore thumb in an otherwise lovely interior.

[williamp]

Is it cheating to saw VW's ISOFIX??

[Buff Mchugelarge]

Nanook said:

300bhp/ton said:

Rover had the brilliant K-Series engine that was launched in the Metro during the 1980's.

Well, I've never read those words in that order before.

[Twinkam]

Chris1255 said:

Not the only manufacturer to sweat the assets that way, and Ford were using the Kent on part of their main range, not a niche run out model like the mini:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Kent_engine#E...

dme123 said:

Just because someone else is doing the same thing doesn't make it right That engine was truly awful in the Ka, I'd just as soon have had an A-series in it. At least Ford had the excuse that they made smashing great profits doing it, BL just did it because they were too crap to have any choice

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Profit came later, I understood that Ford only used a (modified version of) Kent in the Ka because the intended engine, a 3 cyl 2-stroke (yes, really) developed by Ford Australia, failed to materialise (read as, failed to stop creating smoke huge screens behind it). Kent was the only lump they had that was short enough to fit across the bay.
Pretty much the same reason that the A-series continued to be used... it was small.
Same argument was used for sending 7 yr olds up chimneys...

[EJH]

tannhauser said:

And that looks suspiciously like a BMW window switch of the same era!

E36 window switch?

[Limpet]

Twinkam said:

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Profit came later, I understood that Ford only used a (modified version of) Kent in the Ka because the intended engine, a 3 cyl 2-stroke (yes, really) developed by Ford Australia, failed to materialise (read as, failed to stop creating smoke huge screens behind it). Kent was the only lump they had that was short enough to fit across the bay.
Pretty much the same reason that the A-series continued to be used... it was small.
Same argument was used for sending 7 yr olds up chimneys...

The old 1.3 worked well in the Ka. Simple, torquey, economical, cheap. Biggest issue was the tendency for the spark plug taper seats to weld themselves to the iron head through corrosion.