Unlucky or what

[Lee]

So ive made the Van undriveable, so I have to use the Focus. Hayley works nights, so the plan was she would come home, and then I can jump straight in it to go to work. I get a call at half 7 in the morning. Car wont go into gear :(

Get a lift to her, for some reason just wont select a gear with clutch engaged or disengaged. Decide to try to force reverse, and it clunks in and makes the whole car jump. Everything then works as it should, so ive a feeling the layshaft is going sticky.

Then on the way back from work, lose power steering, batt light appears and the temp goes through the roof. Turns out the tensioner on the fanbelt seized and chucked the belt off.

So I now have two immoveable vehicles as i have no hope of fixing the focus till i finish work on Wednesday.

Got to hire a car tomorrow lol Lets see what i can do to this one!

[Stuart]

well atleast your skills for killing vehicles have moved off Combe :p

[Benn]

Bad luck for it all dude.

[novaguy08]

Never rains but it pours!

[Pistol Pete]

Oh dear. Do i dare tempt fate and say these things happen in three's....

[AlexW]

Unlucky :(

And pete i was about to say the same.

[Lee]

The week ive just had, they happen in elevens if you ask me!!

[Spudly]

Thats really bad bud, is it just the lack of intercooler thats keeping the van off the road or is there suspension/running gear damage?

[novaguy08]

hit the Gearbox with a hammer!!

[Lee]

Thats really bad bud, is it just the lack of intercooler thats keeping the van off the road or is there suspension/running gear damage?

AFAIK yeah, all it needs is an IC. My problem is time, im working 12 hour days this week so ive got no chance of doing anything till the end of the week.

[Mike]

Dude WTF?! Even worser bad luck then me & I could end up brown bread!

How the hell do you manage it mate???

[Spudly]

Thats not too bad then dude, and if a few peeps on here keep thier eyes peeled in the local scrappers im sure we can find you one from somewhere:thumb:


Anyone care to go for a nosey for an IC for a merc vito for our fearless leader?

[mowgli]

i voted burgo..........

[CoolTiger]

Thats not too bad then dude, and if a few peeps on here keep thier eyes peeled in the local scrappers im sure we can find you one from somewhere:thumb:


Anyone care to go for a nosey for an IC for a merc vito for our fearless leader?

my mate has a vito with blown h/g ill see if hes breaking it

[Spudly]

my mate has a vito with blown h/g ill see if hes breaking it



If so swipe the IC and dont tell him, the word of the day here is 'Gratis' lol

[mowgli]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MERCEDES-VITO-2-2-CDI-INTERCOOLER-AND-FAN_W0QQitemZ280420600162QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Car sParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item414a5ec962

£50+carr. hurry its got about 5 mins

[CoolTiger]

if not ill pop up the scrappy weekend

[Welsh Dan]

I know its properly pikey, but could you not bodge the Vito with a piece of pipe for now like the LDV's use? lol

[Lee]

Dude WTF?! Even worser bad luck then me & I could end up brown bread!



Dont be fecking silly, its people with issues like yours and Jacks that kind of puts a few broken cars in perspective mate.

[Jack]

Pfft, I'd rather have this than a broken car. Mind you, the Nova is throwing more oil out than the Exxon Valdez and the Celica has a fishpond in the passenger footwell at the moment. Humpf. lol

[Lee]

Where's the oil coming from? the rocker covers?

[Jack]

Probably, as thats the bit I've done lol

[Lee]

LMFAO! lol

If I manage to make one of my massive paperweights move under their own steam by the weekend, ill pop up and have a wee look :)

[burgo]

as someone else said cant you just use a piece of pipe in place of the intercooler for now

[Dan]

Well as said bad things happen in three's, he hired a micra so that sorted no. 3 lol

[Welsh Dan]

lol!

[Southie]

Go go go Lee :d

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3242/2501807326_c8ba5ee38d.jpg

[Riggy]

bloody hell lee, you really dont have anything but bad luck

[blue_peg_16v]

i take it the steam veto has gone so you cant nick the ic off that

[Lee]

Im not stealing any more bits off the V class lol Im supposed to be fixing that bloody thing as well!

[Logical Improvement]

Been there, got the marks on my forehead from banging my head on the wall. Had to cycle 17 miles to work in the rain whilst both cars were out of action. Wife had to get a taxi across brum to her job as a nurse.

Mini with head gasket gone and snapped a head stud in the block. Metro Turbo ? Engine Mount Snapped making the car undrivable (They all do that apparently)

[Lee]

I think you were asking for it there owning two longbridge products lol

[John]

Lee, i have a large front mount ic off a movano, Would it fit the merc? You can have it for nowt if you can make it fit! Has outlets either end, both face inwards.

Edit, top one in this pic.

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l240/tooleater16v/005-4.jpg

[General Baxter]

pimp it, iv got a nice IC for you,

4" inlets, 1.8m wide, 1m tall, 20cm thick

was going on the troll lol

[MK999]

pimp it, iv got a nice IC for you,

4" inlets, 1.8m wide, 1m tall, 20cm thick

was going on the troll lol

That;s bigger than the radiator in my room :wtf:

[Lee]

Thanks John and Nick, ill get it off at teh end of the week and measure it up.

[MK999]

Thanks John and Nick, ill get it off at teh end of the week and measure it up.

Might wanna double take the measurements on Nick's first lol It's 6 foot wide :p

[General Baxter]

That;s bigger than the radiator in my room :wtf:

its big lol

[Mike]

Thanks John and Nick, ill get it off at teh end of the week and measure it up.

Let me know if you decided to pop over to Johns, as youve gotta go past my M6 exit to get to John's :thumb: all the more reason to pop by for a brew :cool:

[Lee]

Let me know if you decided to pop over to Johns, as youve gotta go past my M6 exit to get to John's :thumb: all the more reason to pop by for a brew :cool:

Sure ting, thats if I have a car of some description working lol

[John]

Let me know if you decided to pop over to Johns, as youve gotta go past my M6 exit to get to John's :thumb: all the more reason to pop by for a brew :cool:

i still have a corsa headlight here for you too Mike! lol

[Mike]

i still have a corsa headlight here for you too Mike! lol

Ah yeah!! Good thinking lol

PNG meet at Johns house then lol

[burgo]

oooo when??

[Lee]

LOL! i dont know if the bugger'll fit yet!

[General Baxter]

LOL! i dont know if the bugger'll fit yet!

make it then :thumb:

[Mike]

Woah woah woah lol

I said it in jest lol