Saving Salvage Cerbera
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Polly Grigora said:
Having read your opinion and bearing in mind that there was a touch of sarcasm when I commented cheap, I now feel proper stupid
Unless the man @ youtube is doing the wiring repairs which means free labour but plenty of time spent, there's no point in farming the job out to a specialist for a loom repair
Repairing the engine loom will very likely take several hours by the time it's been belled out for what's what, then there's terminals heat-shrink and tape on top of the labour
A guesstimate of cost being 8 Hrs x say 50 Pounds/Hr + 30/40 Pounds materials + VAT
FarmyardPants, agreed, there's no point in having someone repair that loom as it will very likely cost more than a new one
Cheap in the long run was what I was thinking, yes. Fixing broken wires as you find them is not the best approach for a car like that IMO. For all he knows the loom running below the dash could be rodent fodder as well. It needs all tearing out or at least make a decision when you can see it all.Unless the man @ youtube is doing the wiring repairs which means free labour but plenty of time spent, there's no point in farming the job out to a specialist for a loom repair
Repairing the engine loom will very likely take several hours by the time it's been belled out for what's what, then there's terminals heat-shrink and tape on top of the labour
A guesstimate of cost being 8 Hrs x say 50 Pounds/Hr + 30/40 Pounds materials + VAT
FarmyardPants, agreed, there's no point in having someone repair that loom as it will very likely cost more than a new one
Even a well maintained cerb has wiring glitches so God knows how reliable a patchwork quilt of bullet connectors and solder joints would be (or diagnose in future) let alone how long it would take to rectify piecemeal
Edited by FarmyardPants on Sunday 26th June 21:45
FarmyardPants said:
It needs all tearing out or at least make a decision when you can see it all.
AgreedWill be interesting to see the strip-down and total damage
Carried out the very same job about 5 years ago, fortunately for me my friend that owned the vehicle stripped everything out, is good fun searching for rodent damage, approx 50 cables chewed, not such good fun fixing in difficult places
All caused by someone borrowing the vehicle and parking it up with a window open
Touching large amounts of wood here, I feel incredibly fortunate that I haven't experienced anything too awful with my car. It was parked outside my house with a cover on it for almost 8 years. The paint is a bit sad, but I'll take that over chewed wires.
In fact, my car is running so nicely that it passed the fast idle emissions the other day!
In fact, my car is running so nicely that it passed the fast idle emissions the other day!
14 said:
He’s got a new video out now. I’ve commented his video about the used loom and hopefully he’ll read it.
Edit: I’ve just refreshed the page on YouTube, and my comment is no longer there.
Similar happened to me, I think his comments auto delete links perhaps? Mine had a link to the Cerbera site. Edit: I’ve just refreshed the page on YouTube, and my comment is no longer there.
Edited by 14 on Monday 11th July 18:41
DuncanM said:
14 said:
He’s got a new video out now. I’ve commented his video about the used loom and hopefully he’ll read it.
Edit: I’ve just refreshed the page on YouTube, and my comment is no longer there.
Similar happened to me, I think his comments auto delete links perhaps? Mine had a link to the Cerbera site. Edit: I’ve just refreshed the page on YouTube, and my comment is no longer there.
Edited by 14 on Monday 11th July 18:41
They did a great job trying to help this chap:
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
PHZero said:
DuncanM said:
14 said:
He’s got a new video out now. I’ve commented his video about the used loom and hopefully he’ll read it.
Edit: I’ve just refreshed the page on YouTube, and my comment is no longer there.
Similar happened to me, I think his comments auto delete links perhaps? Mine had a link to the Cerbera site. Edit: I’ve just refreshed the page on YouTube, and my comment is no longer there.
Edited by 14 on Monday 11th July 18:41
They did a great job trying to help this chap:
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Polly Grigora said:
PHZero said:
DuncanM said:
14 said:
He’s got a new video out now. I’ve commented his video about the used loom and hopefully he’ll read it.
Edit: I’ve just refreshed the page on YouTube, and my comment is no longer there.
Similar happened to me, I think his comments auto delete links perhaps? Mine had a link to the Cerbera site. Edit: I’ve just refreshed the page on YouTube, and my comment is no longer there.
Edited by 14 on Monday 11th July 18:41
They did a great job trying to help this chap:
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
He's started stripping out parts for body removal (11th July):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoKX-GgQQhs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoKX-GgQQhs
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