arrrrrrrrrr lucky escape???

brad · Post by **brad** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:07 pm

was due to pick up new motor tomora moring been looking forward to it last few days was due to pick up:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... :IT&ih=014

for a nice Â£750 cash so rings him up make sure we still on then i asked him to make sure there is some petrol in the tank to get me home so he said he would put some in for me

great i thought..............................

then get text saying the cambelt has just snapped/slipped off at the petrol station and the car got toed home by the aa

lucky or is he lieing and some body has offered him more cash???

Post by **Cableguy** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:16 pm

Seeing as the cambelt was replace less than 10k ago hes talking shite imo , either that or a tensioner or something has given up ( highly unlikely)

If anybody has offered him more than Â£750 then they have done you a favour anyway , needs a clutch and rust fixing to make it mint , garage rates thats an easy Â£300 and you can get a proper mint ti for less.

victor3 · Post by **victor3** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:18 pm

As it's about 8,000 miles old, sounds like a wind-up to me!

brad · Post by **brad** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:19 pm

yea i no but it was the colour i wanted and i have new turbo cluch sat hear any ways as my spare, rust could of wanted till middle of yr lol...

should be looking at another one now on sunday witch is cheeper and hell of a lot less mailage on it with tad more done

mach1rob · Post by **mach1rob** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:21 pm

Not necessarily! If cambelt had slipped off could be down to some chump that changed it not doing it properly. I would question why he's not ended the auction tho, especially as now its no longer as described!

brad · Post by **brad** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:29 pm

surpossily getting a garage to have a look at it monday to c what the damage is, i told him few valves prob easier to just swap head garage cost would be stupid

Post by **Cableguy** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:40 pm

mach1rob wrote:Not necessarily! If cambelt had slipped off could be down to some chump that changed it not doing it properly. I would question why he's not ended the auction tho, especially as now its no longer as described!

IF he had balsed the fitting up i would suspect it would of failed long before over 8k clocked up though.

brad · Post by **brad** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:41 pm

accoridng to seller the cam belt is not on at the top, and is wrapped round the bottom some ware, i think summit has got in as he said he dont have cam belt covers!!!!

Post by **Punx0r** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:02 am

Oh yeah, the cover is missing in the pic...

In which case - Pwned!

It's a bit sus that he'd deliver such important news by text instead of phoning.

mach1rob · Post by **mach1rob** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:09 am

Cableguy wrote:
mach1rob wrote:Not necessarily! If cambelt had slipped off could be down to some chump that changed it not doing it properly. I would question why he's not ended the auction tho, especially as now its no longer as described!
IF he had balsed the fitting up i would suspect it would of failed long before over 8k clocked up though.

Nope, I've had a tensioner come loose over time even after it was torqued to correct figure

radddogg · Post by **radddogg** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 1:53 am

Maybe you can buy it for spares or REPAIRS for peanuts

Aquila · Post by **Aquila** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 2:04 am

Kick it into touch. I suspect that, even if you had not asked him to put fuel in, the belt would have miraculously slipped off 'just before you got there'. Pikey motor - go for a better one, there's plenty about...