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Hi all,
Have been a lurker for some time now but I am coming out! Went to look at a car today and its rear light covers were bloted on. I have not seen this before so I guess it was not a factory job. Has anybody else seen this and why is it done. The car also neeeds a new power rack, how much do these cost? If anybody recognises my name I have posted before as I used to own an S.
The car by the way was a 1996 model.
Cheers
Have been a lurker for some time now but I am coming out! Went to look at a car today and its rear light covers were bloted on. I have not seen this before so I guess it was not a factory job. Has anybody else seen this and why is it done. The car also neeeds a new power rack, how much do these cost? If anybody recognises my name I have posted before as I used to own an S.
The car by the way was a 1996 model.
Cheers
Hello Sean
I had my PAS rack rebuilt last year. I've got an invoice in front of me - for the rebuild only - for around £250. You'll need to budget extra for your garage to remove the rack and put it back in - unless, of course, you're going to do it yourself. I've heard that the easiest way to get the rack out is to sacrifice one or two of the PAS pipes so you may need to pay for them, too.
If that's the only problem with the car, you should go for it! A couple of hundred quid is pretty good going. If only everything else - apart from the engine - was as reliable...
Regards,
Dan
I had my PAS rack rebuilt last year. I've got an invoice in front of me - for the rebuild only - for around £250. You'll need to budget extra for your garage to remove the rack and put it back in - unless, of course, you're going to do it yourself. I've heard that the easiest way to get the rack out is to sacrifice one or two of the PAS pipes so you may need to pay for them, too.
If that's the only problem with the car, you should go for it! A couple of hundred quid is pretty good going. If only everything else - apart from the engine - was as reliable...
Regards,
Dan
Cheers chaps,
That is about what I thought it may cost. I am not limp wristed, the car just happened to have power steering
. You would not know it had whilst driving it is just lighter at parking speeds and of course a slightly higher ratio.
Still not sure whether to take the plunge. The chassis needs attention and the interior has seen better days though most of it is just dirt. I want to run the car as my only dailly driver but cannot decide if it is viable or not.
It has the external boot higes and one seems to be missaligned so that the center piece is rubbing (damaging) the outer part.
The thermostat has failled open so that it does not get up to operating temp. If has been like this for a long time (which I think it has) then it is not great news for the engine.
There is the usual gravel rash plus a few deeper scratches and the the mod to the rear lights that I just can't fathom (see first post) which makes it look a bit kit car like!
On the bright side money has be spent recently including new cam and followers, clutch and front shocks.
Think I will have to sleep on it!
That is about what I thought it may cost. I am not limp wristed, the car just happened to have power steering
. You would not know it had whilst driving it is just lighter at parking speeds and of course a slightly higher ratio. Still not sure whether to take the plunge. The chassis needs attention and the interior has seen better days though most of it is just dirt. I want to run the car as my only dailly driver but cannot decide if it is viable or not.
It has the external boot higes and one seems to be missaligned so that the center piece is rubbing (damaging) the outer part.
The thermostat has failled open so that it does not get up to operating temp. If has been like this for a long time (which I think it has) then it is not great news for the engine.
There is the usual gravel rash plus a few deeper scratches and the the mod to the rear lights that I just can't fathom (see first post) which makes it look a bit kit car like!
On the bright side money has be spent recently including new cam and followers, clutch and front shocks.
Think I will have to sleep on it!
It is not up for top dollar, under 8k so it really depends on whether I can be bothered to make the effort to get it back up to scratch as I recon spending the money would get a good car for still not too much money. It is more the prospect of wether it will make a suitable everyday car that is holding me back. I hardly used the S (which was a second car) because it lived in the garage and was a pain to get out. I was forever squeezing past it and scratching the paintwork. Will see how I feel after a good nights sleep!
My advice is don't rush in by buying the first car that you look at. Given the time of year, there should be some real bargains out there at the moment. IMO it's worth spending as much as you can, any less and your likey to just end up spending the change on work that needs doing. Given you want the car as a daily driver you won't want the hassle of having / doing lots of work on it. There are plenty of people out there who use them as daily drivers so I see no reason why (if you find a good one) you cant too. Once you've got one there's no looking back!
Thanks for the advice. They are difficult to price as they sell on condition mainly. This means you look at loads before buying then eventually decide that the best one you saw was one of the first and such a bargin never reapears! It is a no win situation!
Still have not decided after sleep so will cost up for a worst case senario and think again.
Still have not decided after sleep so will cost up for a worst case senario and think again.
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