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Hi,
I'm hoping to view the following Tuscan this weekend.
Anyone viewed it already and have any thoughts/comments ?
Thanks
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1216580.htm
I'm hoping to view the following Tuscan this weekend.
Anyone viewed it already and have any thoughts/comments ?
Thanks
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1216580.htm
My car had pretty much the same sort of write up when it was for sale.
I used the tuscan buying checklist from the mytuscan site. There were none of the listed faults found, I was very thorough.
The best £150 I spent was getting it checked over by a reputable dealer.
Regardless of what the current owner says I would strongly suggest that you do this.
In my case the car was pretty much perfect. Had done 7000 mile since new. Had no buying checklist faults.
But still had the following faults.
Rusty shock springs - will need new shocks in a couple of years.
Dispite having had two 12000 mile services in it's lifetime - the valves had NEVER been done. (If your really interested how I know, I can add another item about that later.)
The clutch slave had been replaced but was incorrectly fitted so it needs another one (soonish).
Heat shields welds on the cats are cracked and need re-welding.
The windows took the best part of a day to sort out - just needed fettling and adjusting.
The wipers needed replacing and the wiper hose.
The tyre pressures were wrong and the wheels were way out of balance, the geometry was also wrong.
Oil tank return pipe gasket was gone. (leaking)
There was an incorect temperature thermostat fitted.
The engine mounts were both shot. Exhaust one is a regular failure due the heat.
The air box was not fitting properly so there was huge induction roar.
The wrong fuse was fitted to the alternator.
The upper rear wishbones had pulled off their mounting rubbers and needed a fibre washer fitting - it's a design fault apparently.
The fuel hose had been replaced with some of the correct stuff but had been poorly completed and needed tidying up.
Some oaf had over tightened some of the small bolts here and there and stipped them on the service bonnet.
The display randomly came on and off - I discovered this after I bought it. But it was a simple fix.
Most of the above I have done myself and I have enjoyed bringing the car up to the standard I am personally comfortable with. I have not tackled things like engine mountings and the full service myself. I think with these beasties experience is what's needed and that has to be bought really. I am told the car is now pretty much A1 and I feel it is too. I expected fairly large running costs when I took the thing on and I haven't been dissapointed so far!
I don't mean to scare you off but I wanted to provide something useful and experiental for your to assess from.
I used the tuscan buying checklist from the mytuscan site. There were none of the listed faults found, I was very thorough.
The best £150 I spent was getting it checked over by a reputable dealer.
Regardless of what the current owner says I would strongly suggest that you do this.
In my case the car was pretty much perfect. Had done 7000 mile since new. Had no buying checklist faults.
But still had the following faults.
Rusty shock springs - will need new shocks in a couple of years.
Dispite having had two 12000 mile services in it's lifetime - the valves had NEVER been done. (If your really interested how I know, I can add another item about that later.)
The clutch slave had been replaced but was incorrectly fitted so it needs another one (soonish).
Heat shields welds on the cats are cracked and need re-welding.
The windows took the best part of a day to sort out - just needed fettling and adjusting.
The wipers needed replacing and the wiper hose.
The tyre pressures were wrong and the wheels were way out of balance, the geometry was also wrong.
Oil tank return pipe gasket was gone. (leaking)
There was an incorect temperature thermostat fitted.
The engine mounts were both shot. Exhaust one is a regular failure due the heat.
The air box was not fitting properly so there was huge induction roar.
The wrong fuse was fitted to the alternator.
The upper rear wishbones had pulled off their mounting rubbers and needed a fibre washer fitting - it's a design fault apparently.
The fuel hose had been replaced with some of the correct stuff but had been poorly completed and needed tidying up.
Some oaf had over tightened some of the small bolts here and there and stipped them on the service bonnet.
The display randomly came on and off - I discovered this after I bought it. But it was a simple fix.
Most of the above I have done myself and I have enjoyed bringing the car up to the standard I am personally comfortable with. I have not tackled things like engine mountings and the full service myself. I think with these beasties experience is what's needed and that has to be bought really. I am told the car is now pretty much A1 and I feel it is too. I expected fairly large running costs when I took the thing on and I haven't been dissapointed so far!
I don't mean to scare you off but I wanted to provide something useful and experiental for your to assess from.
tvrloon said:
Hi,
I'm hoping to view the following Tuscan this weekend.
Anyone viewed it already and have any thoughts/comments ?
Thanks
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1216580.htm
how did the viewing go?I'm hoping to view the following Tuscan this weekend.
Anyone viewed it already and have any thoughts/comments ?
Thanks
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1216580.htm
Sure - the first main givaway was the sealant round the rocker cover - I think he said it was the same as they used at the assembly line in Blackpool. The second reason was that each one was out. It's highly unlikely for clearances to move that fast in 1000 miles (which is the distance travelled since the previous owner had their last 12,000 mile service done). I reason, if this much wear was "normall" we'd all be replacing valves and heads every 6000 miles or sooner.
There is of course a possibility that my engine is shot - but I really don't think so.
(cams and compression fine - normal shims fitted to bring it within tollerance. In other words there isn't a lurking issue that has caused this to happen in 1000 miles that is known about.)
Accepting all of the above, the only the clearances could be as they were was for them not to have been shimmed before - which was sort of predicatable from the cam cover sealant.
From my point of view the engine was totally different once they had been done, from what I thought was acceptable/normal before. Very very much smoother, cleaner and more crisp. Just like my civc was when I did the valves on that a month or two back (I hadn't looked at them for 30k).
So I have been told, this phenomenon is seen frequently by my TVR garage. It's just worrying, not to mention dishonest.
Truth be told I can't actually 100% prove anything. That said I do beleive my chap, he is very stright down the line to deal with.
Invites me come and see the car in bits on the ramp shows me the faults and then rectifies everything I want doing with advise for other less urgent items. So with this attitude I have taken the info on face value and the proof was in the smoothness of the engine.
HTH Anthony.
There is of course a possibility that my engine is shot - but I really don't think so.
(cams and compression fine - normal shims fitted to bring it within tollerance. In other words there isn't a lurking issue that has caused this to happen in 1000 miles that is known about.)
Accepting all of the above, the only the clearances could be as they were was for them not to have been shimmed before - which was sort of predicatable from the cam cover sealant.
From my point of view the engine was totally different once they had been done, from what I thought was acceptable/normal before. Very very much smoother, cleaner and more crisp. Just like my civc was when I did the valves on that a month or two back (I hadn't looked at them for 30k).
So I have been told, this phenomenon is seen frequently by my TVR garage. It's just worrying, not to mention dishonest.
Truth be told I can't actually 100% prove anything. That said I do beleive my chap, he is very stright down the line to deal with.
Invites me come and see the car in bits on the ramp shows me the faults and then rectifies everything I want doing with advise for other less urgent items. So with this attitude I have taken the info on face value and the proof was in the smoothness of the engine.
HTH Anthony.
thats in interesting read.
We put a lot of trust in Specialists, and findout out they dont do the job is criminal.
I was in the same boat, had a full 'specialist' service history, and a £1600 12k service (+ bits and bobs) a month before i bought the car.
Got the engine checked out locally by my trusted machanic of many years who knows the speed 6 engine well, and ALL my clearances were out, some quite far out.
Now the job is done on all 24 valves, the car starts better, idles better and pulls at low rpm a lot smoother.
now i wont use most TVR garages, with a few exceptions.
We put a lot of trust in Specialists, and findout out they dont do the job is criminal.
I was in the same boat, had a full 'specialist' service history, and a £1600 12k service (+ bits and bobs) a month before i bought the car.
Got the engine checked out locally by my trusted machanic of many years who knows the speed 6 engine well, and ALL my clearances were out, some quite far out.
Now the job is done on all 24 valves, the car starts better, idles better and pulls at low rpm a lot smoother.
now i wont use most TVR garages, with a few exceptions.
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