Saving Salvage Cerbera

[DuncanM]

mrniceguy351 said:

Well he's got a puzzle on his hands now!

https://youtu.be/Kh44hclumx0

Terrifying! He's doing so well, but I think he needs a complete new loom for the car now.

Amazed at how bad it is, better off leaving a car outside than in a barn, where mice seem to just run havoc.

[Tyre Smoke]

Just binged the four episodes. How often does he release an episode?

Is the loom Land Rover Defender? I know it is in the Chimaera and Griffith.

[Byker28i]

PHZero said:

mrniceguy351 said:

Well he's got a puzzle on his hands now!

https://youtu.be/Kh44hclumx0

Yeah, a tough situation to deal with. I hope that Dean can keep it going. A new loom might be the only option. It would be great to see this car back on the road.

I'm not looking forward to seeing the chassis in all its glory.

Was that all a mouse nest?

Chassis - It can't be worse than mine was? although looking at the rest of the car...

Edited by Byker28i on Saturday 25th June 08:55

[Tyre Smoke]

Mine was worse than that.

[porterpainter]

Random information, when that car was listed on Copart recently it was listed as a TVR Tuscan.

[DuncanM]

I really hope the engine is sweet, because he's goy enough going on with the electrics/chassis.

Really enjoying his presentation though, he has a cool head on his shoulders that's for sure.

[Tyre Smoke]

porterpainter said:

Random information, when that car was listed on Copart recently it was listed as a TVR Tuscan.

Any idea what he bought it for?

[porterpainter]

Tyre Smoke said:

Any idea what he bought it for?

Unfortunately not. Although I have a paid membership items you watch just disappear from your watch list once the auction finishes.

Even if you bid on a vehicle (not that I did for this one) you only get to see what you bid up to, and not the final sale price after the auction.

Copart isn’t the greatest of websites to navigate around, so perhaps I’ve just not found the right menu yet.

To be honest I’m surprised it didn’t end up at TVR Glen’s, so it must either have been a real dude or this chap managed to out bid him for it.

[Tyre Smoke]

To be honest, for a car that's only done 140 miles in 12 years, it doesn't look like a mess.

Yes, it's going to need chassis work, but he knows this. The hazards going, he's probably sussed the end of the indicator stalk and the blower is just push the switch.

Biggest headache is going to be the loom.

[PHZero]

Byker28i said:

Was that all a mouse nest?

Chassis - It can't be worse than mine was? although looking at the rest of the car...

Edited by Byker28i on Saturday 25th June 08:55

Squirrels apparently. It looks to have been stored with the windows slightly open to let them in and out. What a mess it was. Conkers, leaves, and squirrel st.

[camel_landy]

By the time you’ve pulled the engine & other bits for a body lift (to sort the chassis), it’s not going to be much more work to pull the interior to replace the wiring loom.

M

[toastyhamster]

Tyre Smoke said:

Just binged the four episodes. How often does he release an episode?

Is the loom Land Rover Defender? I know it is in the Chimaera and Griffith.

I've been watching Dean for a couple of years, his job is car transporting on his flat bed, so occasionally there can be a gap in uploads as his day job takes over, plus he has young kids as well. There's no regular schedule.

I admire the guys perseverance, if he can drop the same Audi engine out of an RS 3 times to fix problems then he's got the staying power to run with this, I think it will boost his subs as well as it's completely different to everything he's done before.

[Polly Grigora]

Engine loom isn't part of the car loom

Main loom will repair easy enough, vermin won't have eaten too much of it

Engine loom will be a straight forward job once he's viewed the ECU wiring diagrams posted to these forums

The job of repairing damaged wiring always looks complicated

Time, it's all about time

Does the man post to these forums?

[Polly Grigora]

Bloody hell, this is cheap

May be of help to the man though

https://partsfortvrs.com/tvr-parts/part-details/tv...

[FarmyardPants]

Polly Grigora said:

Bloody hell, this is cheap

May be of help to the man though

https://partsfortvrs.com/tvr-parts/part-details/tv...

Agreed. IMO a new harness is a no brainer. Not sure why anyone going for a restoration would try to splice all those old wires back together.

[Polly Grigora]

FarmyardPants said:

Polly Grigora said:

Bloody hell, this is cheap

May be of help to the man though

https://partsfortvrs.com/tvr-parts/part-details/tv...

Agreed. IMO a new harness is a no brainer. Not sure why anyone going for a restoration would try to splice all those old wires back together.

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

[Tyre Smoke]

There are second hand ones on the bay that are about half of new.

[Polly Grigora]

Tyre Smoke said:

There are second hand ones on the bay that are about half of new.

This is great

Someone from here should post to the mans YT channel and help him, it's a nightmare for anyone that doesn't do the job everyday for a living

[RUSSELLM]

Tyre Smoke said:

Just binged the four episodes. How often does he release an episode?

Is the loom Land Rover Defender? I know it is in the Chimaera and Griffith.

I take it you're talking about an engine harness, where TVR and JLR shared the same engine ?

[Tyre Smoke]

Yes.