Lot 77 - 06 Fiat Panda 1.1 (another pile of crap? stop it!)

Lot 77 - 06 Fiat Panda 1.1 (another pile of crap? stop it!)

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Toaster Pilot

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14,622 posts

159 months

Sunday 2nd October 2016
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Hitting this little beauty hard this week - hope to have it running Tues/Weds!

Think I'm still short a radiator hose but will cobble it together with the old one and just fill it with water with a view to changing it once it's running and tested

Edited by Toaster Pilot on Sunday 2nd October 18:34

Toaster Pilot

Original Poster:

14,622 posts

159 months

Sunday 2nd October 2016
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charltjr said:
Tease!
hehe it has just been sitting gathering dust for months and I need to rearrange my unit so it and its parts need to go!

Toaster Pilot

Original Poster:

14,622 posts

159 months

Monday 3rd October 2016
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Cleared the space in front of it today so the engine install should be a go for tomorrow!

Toaster Pilot

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14,622 posts

159 months

Tuesday 4th October 2016
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Sump I bought ages ago is the wrong one so currently waiting on another being delivered from ECP this afternoon. In the mean time I've split the gearbox and other ancillaries from the old engine and installed the rocker cover and new gasket on the replacement!

Once the sump is on I'll be fitting the clutch and timing belt then it's pretty close to being ready to go in!

Toaster Pilot

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14,622 posts

159 months

Tuesday 4th October 2016
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ECP delivered the wrong sump despite being very specifically told what was right and wrong on the phone.

Hopefully back in the game tomorrow morning

Toaster Pilot

Original Poster:

14,622 posts

159 months

Wednesday 5th October 2016
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It's proving to be a pain in the arse right to the bitter end - wrong parts, missing parts (who knew a 2004 and 2006 1.1 engine would have a completely different coil pack?).

Just about to put the gearbox on the engine and then it's ready to go in but the timeline is slipping for sure! I'm knackered so have sacked it off for today

Toaster Pilot

Original Poster:

14,622 posts

159 months

Thursday 6th October 2016
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It's in

Not connected to anything apart from the chassis but it's in


Toaster Pilot

Original Poster:

14,622 posts

159 months

Sunday 9th October 2016
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Engine is finally in and runs.... like a bag of st

Until I started doing compression tests and finding water in places it shouldn't be I suspected the ECU..... still do.

CarTakeback beckons I think

Toaster Pilot

Original Poster:

14,622 posts

159 months

Monday 10th October 2016
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Leads are new

Toaster Pilot

Original Poster:

14,622 posts

159 months

Tuesday 11th October 2016
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Done all that - it's fked, and it's going to a new home shortly.

Hopefully it'll live on in some form rather than be instantly turned into bean tins.

Toaster Pilot

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14,622 posts

159 months

Tuesday 11th October 2016
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The car is going - hopefully to somewhere it'll at least do some good rather than just straight to the scrappers