Ping Yorkshire contingent

Is there a 0 missed from the mileage?

On or around Wed, 13 Jul 2005 10:21:14 +0100 (BST), "Dave Liquorice" enlightened us thusly:

more likely a 1 from the beginning.

My S111 swb did that when it needed a new clutch and the flywheel skimmed.

It seems to be lower on the driver side from the front pic - prolly someone has replaced the front dumbiron - badly. Also looks like it's sitting quite low at the rear. May well be worth 50 notes, not sure I'd spend more than that, though ;-)

I thought that as well, but know knowing how a leafsprung jobbie should sit... Didn't notice a list.

I could, I live close by.

Probably Friday at earliest.

I can take some good pics too if you want?

Nige

YGM

Johnty

On or around Wed, 13 Jul 2005 16:51:19 +0100 (BST), "Dave Liquorice" enlightened us thusly:

they all do that sir...

seriosuly, the factory tolerance for body height is something silly like an inch.

It might be non-level terrain - it look slike it's been washed (or something has) and the water appears to have run off in one direction. Most people's concrete yards are not completely level, if they've any sense.

as to sitting low at the back, prolly just old springs. Anyhow, all those sort of things I can fix quite easily - if it's cheap enough, I could put parabollocks on it.

On or around Wed, 13 Jul 2005 17:18:15 +0100, "/\\/ / & E" enlightened us thusly:

That's be handy. Don't need pictures unless you discover something horrible about the chassis, say, really. The bit that bothers me is the gearbox clunk, and the chap selling it is either not sufficiently clued or not sufficiently helpful - described symptoms are not conclusive.

I'm not about to pay big money if the gearbox needs rebuilding or replacing, but if it's running well enough to drive it home it'd be easier than trailering it. Depends really what the reserve is - with a questionable gearbox, if it's in good nick otherwise, it's worth having cheap.

I still hope to get one nearer home, but that might have either too high a reserve (bloke hasn't said) and/or get bid up to high anyway.

a replacement series gearbox is not a costly item, and you could swap it in a day...

I had a clonky gearbox in my 2A (it was a constant clonking which was related to speed). It started happening after i did an emergency stop with my handbrake (I dropped down to a low gear too) and i was assuming it was something inside the transfer box (still got noise when towed with the main box in neutral) . However, one of my mates went to nick a bit from the inside of my old box the other week (it was still dumped in my mates yard) and said that the main box was very impressively full of swarf - so there could have been something up in there.

I wouldnt be too worried about the clonk - they all make funny noises!

On or around Wed, 13 Jul 2005 21:54:05 +0100, Tom Woods enlightened us thusly:

yebbut, constant clonks when travelling are iffy. I'll see if I get the SIII first, which also has the advantage of being a lot nearer to me.

On or around Thu, 14 Jul 2005 07:39:04 +0100, Austin Shackles enlightened us thusly:

I see Paddock offer a recon exchange S2/2A box for about 300 notes. Dunno if they're any good, mind. Wonder if they'll fit 'em? they're not far from where the motor is located...

I think one of my mates had one of paddocks recon boxes, and it was actually done by a different gearbox place and paddocks just sold them for the other place (which makes sense).

There are a few that advertise in the mags and at shows.

He had to swap his as it developed some nasty noises after a week or so of driving. They were very good about this though (I think they sent him a replacement and told him to ring when he'd swapped it out again and they'd pick the pallet back up with the dodgy one on) I think that the replacement one was good (it's still going now anyhow).

Might be easier to just find a gearbox place and get it done yourself

- I'm currently having a saab box rebuilt by a gearbox specialist and its costing me £250 (assuming that i can find the bit i need since my entire collection of spare saab boxes has the same problem!).