I think this guy might be hoping a bit.

How reparable is that ?

Steve

Not sure, but would you pay =A31k for a car with cosmetic and mechanical=20 faults, when much better looking, much better historied, much better=20 equipped cars with longer MOT can be had for about =A3200 more,and=20 sometimes much less.

I imagine it could be a fluid neglect problem, or it could be much more=20 serious.

--=20 Carl Robson Audio stream:

Isn't the spare wheel mounted upright on the left hand side on these ? So if the LPG tank is there then the spare is probably bouncing around the boot. No loss of ground clearance but with yer tow hitch that low who cares ? I had a "toe bar" on my 1989, it was to stop the passenger putting their foot on the front wheel !

Seems a bit steep. Maybe I should advertise my 88 RRC auto rather than scrapping it?

R ;-)

For the right money, it might be worth it for the powertrain for a 101.

Steve

Kin'el Steve.... wanna buy a V8 and BW66 3 Speed Auto with SIIa transferbox on? Anything over £500 and I'll throw in a spare V8!

:-)

Lee

Youve got to fit the powertrains you already have before you get anymore :p

(no i havent fixed my clutch properly yet! ;p)

Tom Woods uttered summat worrerz funny about:

You two should sell up and buy a pair of lightweights!

:-D

Lee

who you calling a lightweight? ;p

From Ashcrofts site:

"A common problem with all ZF 4HP22/24 boxes is the failure of the one way "sprag" clutch. Once the cams in this one way sprag clutch "flip" the unit will slip both ways resulting in the vehicle only pulling off with the shifter in position "1" not "D" and driving OK when shifted up to position 2,3 and D until you stop then you need to pull it back to "1" to start off again. It is not feasible to change this unit in each rebuild as this one part is approx £ 400."

It goes on to say they've re-engineered the relevant parts, so an exchange box from them should solve it - at a price.

I don't blame the seller asking a high price for "buy it now". I've never accepted offers to close an auction early, and not regretted it yet, so perhaps he's just pitched it well above what he expects to get.

Fair play to him then, I never thought of it like that.

'A' 101 note, not 'MY' 101 - which is now perilously close to a new front axle rebuild. Jigged, checked and Off to the welders on Friday.

Steve

You can't have too many trains, unless you're Network Rail.

Steve

On or around Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:26:00 -0000, Elder enlightened us thusly:

B-i-N is the highest price you'll get for it. If the bidding gets near to the B-i-N then someone will jump in and buy it. No-one's going to bid higher. I set B-i-N when I use it at the highest price that I think someone might pay on a good day, and I set the reserve if I use one at the minimum I'd sell for. Although the combination of B-i-N and reserve can put people off bidding. The most reliable method seems to be start it at 10 quid or such and let it run - things almost always find their own level. Takes nerve, though, on something you know should fetch several K.

high start and reserve are the ones in the list with no bids, most often.