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'eaded Darn Sarf!
To deliver two sets of Fiat wheels to pay for the E300 tomorrow.
There are twenty seven being broken for parts on eBay so that market is a little bit flooded. I'll see what it needs, shift it and use any profit on my projects.
I know a project to pay for a project is like those Russian Dolls but if I had money to budget I wouldn't be buying projects in the first place. How boring must that side of the fence be.
To deliver two sets of Fiat wheels to pay for the E300 tomorrow.
There are twenty seven being broken for parts on eBay so that market is a little bit flooded. I'll see what it needs, shift it and use any profit on my projects.
I know a project to pay for a project is like those Russian Dolls but if I had money to budget I wouldn't be buying projects in the first place. How boring must that side of the fence be.
£20 109 miles
£20 / £1.159 / 5.5 = 3.14G
109 miles / 3.14G = 34.71mpg
My other concern is the gearbox ECU if it's separate from the engine than it could be fine but if not it could a monumental faff. Also I'd have to sell the rest of the car in pieces that I don't have the time or space to do. Besides there are more being broken than on the road from the looks of things...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_tr...
...my previous search was for E300 Turbo Diesels only. The universal E-Class parts market is saturated. Even if I under price it's no guarantee I'll shift the parts quick enough.
I'll still swing by for a proper look but I'm 80% sure I'll pass.
£20 / £1.159 / 5.5 = 3.14G
109 miles / 3.14G = 34.71mpg
My other concern is the gearbox ECU if it's separate from the engine than it could be fine but if not it could a monumental faff. Also I'd have to sell the rest of the car in pieces that I don't have the time or space to do. Besides there are more being broken than on the road from the looks of things...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_tr...
...my previous search was for E300 Turbo Diesels only. The universal E-Class parts market is saturated. Even if I under price it's no guarantee I'll shift the parts quick enough.
I'll still swing by for a proper look but I'm 80% sure I'll pass.
I'm so glad I didn't get stopped by the Police today. The plastic sheet was to protect my back seat from the second set of wheels I took to London, the gloves so I wouldn't get muck on my steering wheel and the clown mask for the average speed cameras on the A1(M).
Edited by Liquid Knight on Monday 18th May 18:38
Good news, bad news; better news.
According to the M.O.T...
...the prop'shaft front rubber has excessive play. So I bought a new one...
...and as I know it's a pain in the faff of a job I gave myself all day today to do it.
With the gearbox cross member removed I could finally get to the front rubber...
...to find it's perfect and next to no movement at all.
The rear one is the same...
...but the central support bearing...
...has a few millimeters of play.
There is slop when I change gear and short of strapping a camera to the underside of the car to see where the movement is I'm stuck.
One problem I did solve today. The exhaust rattle wasn't a leak or loose baffle the cat' cover was corroded, loose and...
...now re-homed.
So the good news is I don't have a pain in the faff job to do. The bad is I've bought a £70 part I didn't need and the better? I thought the M.O.T was in June but it turns out it's August.
My old van's M.O.T would be in June if I still had the old bus and I'm getting wires crossed.
According to the M.O.T...
...the prop'shaft front rubber has excessive play. So I bought a new one...
...and as I know it's a pain in the faff of a job I gave myself all day today to do it.
With the gearbox cross member removed I could finally get to the front rubber...
...to find it's perfect and next to no movement at all.
The rear one is the same...
...but the central support bearing...
...has a few millimeters of play.
There is slop when I change gear and short of strapping a camera to the underside of the car to see where the movement is I'm stuck.
One problem I did solve today. The exhaust rattle wasn't a leak or loose baffle the cat' cover was corroded, loose and...
...now re-homed.
So the good news is I don't have a pain in the faff job to do. The bad is I've bought a £70 part I didn't need and the better? I thought the M.O.T was in June but it turns out it's August.
My old van's M.O.T would be in June if I still had the old bus and I'm getting wires crossed.
Yeats said:
HAD I the heavens' embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
Just bought a Haynes manual.
This poo just got real.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMRtMOXyipk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXMeYDzOybQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l76APnRZsZQ
For
sake!!! 
Is bright red the new invisible?
In other news I interrupted an attempted murder the other week...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFVACBUMP7A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXMeYDzOybQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l76APnRZsZQ
For
sake!!! Is bright red the new invisible?
In other news I interrupted an attempted murder the other week...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFVACBUMP7A
http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/merc...
I really like this car and to be honest if nobody buys it I'll not be that bothered. I feel the car could do better than just get me to work and back. The 1.8 engine, lazyboy seats and squishy suspension doesn't lend itself well to track days or motorway munching. The boot is great but lacks the versatility of a hatchback or estate. My sister and nephews have moved away so I no longer need to ferry them about. I can't justify owning a car that only does a few things.
I could as planned fit suspension, brake and power upgrades but why spoil such a nice car when I can get a E230 Kompressor for under a grand?
I really like this car and to be honest if nobody buys it I'll not be that bothered. I feel the car could do better than just get me to work and back. The 1.8 engine, lazyboy seats and squishy suspension doesn't lend itself well to track days or motorway munching. The boot is great but lacks the versatility of a hatchback or estate. My sister and nephews have moved away so I no longer need to ferry them about. I can't justify owning a car that only does a few things.
I could as planned fit suspension, brake and power upgrades but why spoil such a nice car when I can get a E230 Kompressor for under a grand?
So it's been a few weeks since I took my 190E out and today she ran like a sack of crap. Until I filled up at the petrol station and all of a sudden she was fine again. Three weeks for petrol to go off these day? 
Also I wasn't please to see it was £1.169 a liter instead of the £1.129 it was before. Anyone would think the Torys were in.
So I have ordered the subframe bushes and centre bearing bush for the prop'. I'll do all the advisory stuff before I prep' the car for this years M.O.T in August.
Battery clamp.
Tyres.
Arch repair.
Paint.
Interior valet.
New M.O.T and she'll be up for sale by the end of the Summer for £1,595
Also I wasn't please to see it was £1.169 a liter instead of the £1.129 it was before. Anyone would think the Torys were in.
So I have ordered the subframe bushes and centre bearing bush for the prop'. I'll do all the advisory stuff before I prep' the car for this years M.O.T in August.
Battery clamp.
Tyres.
Arch repair.
Paint.
Interior valet.
New M.O.T and she'll be up for sale by the end of the Summer for £1,595
Some of the B C D and F-in' bumpy roads I've been on today shook the HT leads from the plastic cover and number four melted on the exhaust.
While I wait for the expensive £16.99 leads to arrive in the post...
...I've fixed the burn with duct-tape and used the exhaust wrap left over from my X1/9 to help stop it happening again.
She's back to ticking like a clock again.
While I wait for the expensive £16.99 leads to arrive in the post...
...I've fixed the burn with duct-tape and used the exhaust wrap left over from my X1/9 to help stop it happening again.
She's back to ticking like a clock again.
Before...
...lots of banging, swearing, burning myself with a heat gun, more swearing...
...after.
I gave the subframe a wobble with a crowbar to see the passenger side was looser. I managed to do that one first before it was too late. I waited until half nine for it to cool down enough.
A short drive up the road and back and the ca is completely transformed. No tramping under load and nowhere near as much roll from the rear. I can't wait to swap the other one. Probably in the rain tomorrow.
...lots of banging, swearing, burning myself with a heat gun, more swearing...
...after.
I gave the subframe a wobble with a crowbar to see the passenger side was looser. I managed to do that one first before it was too late. I waited until half nine for it to cool down enough.
A short drive up the road and back and the ca is completely transformed. No tramping under load and nowhere near as much roll from the rear. I can't wait to swap the other one. Probably in the rain tomorrow.
The center of the other bush was separate from the rest and popped out as soon as I lifted the subframe from the floor. The passenger side I used a metal bar on a second jack to push the old bush from underneath while applying head to the outer edge of the subframe cup. This one I had to use a hammer and chisel. slightly more satisfying, took longer to clean the cup out and slide the new bush in but now both are replaced it's like I've hit a factory reset button and the car feels as good as new.
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