Looked at a car today, some advice please

[thecremeegg]

Had a look at a Eunos today, not bad condition I don't think, just a few questions.

1) The aircon doesnt work, is it likely to just need a regas or is it more likely to be completely broken?

2) Both electric windows work but they're pretty slow, is this just a case of a new motor?

3) Wheel arches and sills looked and felt rust free but looking further under the car there are two metal beams going from back to front that looked and felt pretty rusty. Is this serious or to be expected?

Thanks!

[gowmonster]

I'll try and be helpful here.

1) The aircon doesnt work, is it likely to just need a regas or is it more likely to be completely broken?
will probably use the old style gas you can't get any more, best to do more research into it but I'd go for broken.

2) Both electric windows work but they're pretty slow, is this just a case of a new motor?

sliders in these normally need greased up which people rarely do.

3) Wheel arches and sills looked and felt rust free but looking further under the car there are two metal beams going from back to front that looked and felt pretty rusty. Is this serious or to be expected?

not sure, if you mean the beam that is connected to the diff from the engine gearbox this can be replaced.

[thecremeegg]

Buggles said:

Without being obnoxious, the search function is your friend. Or even just have a look at this forum for numerous other threads asking the same mate.

The search function is utter pap mate, I have tried it

I think the bit I was referring to as being rusty are the frame rails...is this terminal or can they be replaced?

Thanks for the replies, been helpful

[gowmonster]

get yourself over to mx5nutz http://www.mx5nutz.com/forum/index.php?showforum=1...

[SimonV8ster]

The chassis rails are normally a bit bent up on older cars due to people not knowing where to jack the cars up from. Hence the can get rusty after some damage. Don't know if they can be repaired/replaced though.

[anonymous-user]

I think the rails can be repaired, it depends on the extent of the damage I guess. If they're not too bad, you could get welded as necessary, treat them with some rust converter, waxoyl/dinitrol, then pop some of these over them http://www.performance5.com/handling_stiffening.as... ,not sure if anyone has these on their car and can recommend, I'd considered getting a set myself.

[anonymous-user]

thecremeegg said:

1) The aircon doesnt work, is it likely to just need a regas or is it more likely to be completely broken?

As mentioned the gas used originally probably isn't available, and the system can be expensive to convert to run on newer gas - I found a cheap fix, there's a lever at the top of each of the 'A' pillars, give both of them a tug..

[snotrag]

Yes, I think your talking about the frame rails.

Most older cars (and especially those that are lowered) have a bit of damage to these, there hollow box sections so can get crunched on speed bumps (or fork lifts!) or bad jacking.

You'd have to take a judgement on these, whether it was surface rust or more serious. Although, I guess they'd be easier and cheaper to repair than exterior bodywork/sills.