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

[eltax91]

bomma220 said:

Toaster Pilot said:

I'll buy it if she decides to get rid

TP, would you buy it because you have a hankering for high mileage Pandas or is meeting a 'slightly mad horsey lady' the deal breaker here?

Having met TP in the flesh, definitely the latter.

[bomma220]

eltax91 said:

bomma220 said:

Toaster Pilot said:

I'll buy it if she decides to get rid

TP, would you buy it because you have a hankering for high mileage Pandas or is meeting a 'slightly mad horsey lady' the deal breaker here?

Having met TP in the flesh, definitely the latter.

Cheers eltax, I suspected as much...

[Toaster Pilot]

bds

Edited by Toaster Pilot on Saturday 26th March 17:51

[Toaster Pilot]

Progress today - engine is on its stand and I've started cleaning it up.

Glad I am already putting a sump on it - the drain plug is seized solid which is I assume the reason why it wasn't drained of oil (ask me how I know....)

Metal water pipe that runs to the water pump is corroded and has a pinhole in it - must source a brand new replacement because the old engine has a very similar problem

[TooMany2cvs]

Toaster Pilot said:

Progress today - engine is on its stand and I've started cleaning it up.

Glad I am already putting a sump on it - the drain plug is seized solid which is I assume the reason why it wasn't drained of oil (ask me how I know....)

Metal water pipe that runs to the water pump is corroded and has a pinhole in it - must source a brand new replacement because the old engine has a very similar problem

So, just to clarify... You've bought an engine that's probably been run low on coolant and with filthy long-ignored oil...?

[Toaster Pilot]

Yeah, good at this aren't I

Still, it was cheap, low mileage and I saw it running including at temperature

[bomma220]

TooMany2cvs said:

The usual ste

TP, have you thought any more about the mad horsey yummy mum's Panda? Might be worth a punt, mate...?

[Toaster Pilot]

Engine is almost ready for painting and I've ordered a clutch, cambelt and sump!

[Jw Vw]

Can't wait to hear what happens next. Great thread.

[Toaster Pilot]

Started laying down some primer on the engine



Sump will be painted before fitting when it arrives and the rocker cover when I remove it to change its gasket

[Toaster Pilot]

[bomma220]

Toaster Pilot said:

Shirley not the finished article, is it chap?

[Toaster Pilot]

Nowhere near, just a progress shot

[davepoth]

Toaster Pilot said:

Nowhere near, just a progress shot

Metal flake coat next then?

[Innowaybored]

Legend

Hats off from someone who barely knows where to put petrol and windscreen wash

[Toaster Pilot]

davepoth said:

Metal flake coat next then?

don't think the budget quite stretches that far

[Morningside]

Why am I reading this thread about a high mileage clapped out Fiat?

And yet I cannot stop. Somehow it has drawn me in.

[spats]

Why is it I see these threads and instantly think, yeah that would suit the commute and go off looking them?

Great job Toastie!

[TooMany2cvs]

spats said:

Why is it I see these threads and instantly think, yeah that would suit the commute and go off looking them?

Give it a week or two, and he'll probably sell you the actual star of the thread!

[Toaster Pilot]

TooMany2cvs said:

Give it a week or two, and he'll probably sell you the actual star of the thread!

This one's staying, it has work to do as a loan car