Slightly off topic, Disco TD5 has lunched its motor
Before any of you say it, yes I should have known better :( but on the other hand, the 300GD is still going strong (touch wood)
This does however leave me in a bit of a bad situation as all my spare fundage was tied into the Disco and I needed a good return to get a bodyshell repaired for my own personal use.
Question is, do I let the G go? It is super but I did buy it accidentally and I don't really need it and I'm very upset by the whole situation.
Ho hum.
Here are some pictures for your trouble and understanding.
Never thought i'd see a nice Victor, but that one looks really good.
I remember my dads first ever new car was a VX490, bright yellow, overdrive and rostyles wheels, L reg, that towed our bailey caravan all over europe. very lucky as a kid touring europe in that yellow Vauxhall VX490. The old man was still an arse hole though !
Is that where you get it from!!
Left it idling for ten minutes, went to back it out of its parking space, clang clang clang smoke.. I'm not even going to bother looking at it, I never want to see it again. Just spent countless hours and several hundred pounds on replacing the turbo, head gasket and a few other bits, now it seems the bottom end has gone tits. Might be quite simple but it's going to have to be a job for someone else.
Thanks for the comment on the Victor :) it's my daily car.
Just to top off my current wonderful life, the G has just gone pop. I'll have a look in the morning as it's too dark now. Could be as simple as a coolant hose off, might be a radiator, could be anything. :(
Might be quite simple but it's going to have to be a job for someone else.
Drop me a PM or an email via the address on my website.
Well, G needs a rad...... most of the middle has burst quite a lot. Ho hum, when the doorstop of a Land Rover goes and I have some meager fundage, I'll treat it to a re-core and perhaps even find a propshaft for the front as I'm still only RWD even when I want all 4 W's D'ing.
Could have been much worse.
Hi Phil G if you have been pushing muddy water through it and not flushing the residue out.. this tends to happen..the mud bakes hard in the fins a creates a "hot spot" ....recore over here GBP 140 I have one being done at the moment .....
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