Its only a handful of bolts, you might as well take it out and paint the bay.
Saves taking it out another time to finish it off. :thumb:
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Its only a handful of bolts, you might as well take it out and paint the bay.
Saves taking it out another time to finish it off. :thumb:
Feel sorry for you mate but a big lesson learnt
If I was closer I'd come and help you finish her :(
Sorry You've been done over fella. Like other have said though, there's loads of help available on here, don't be afraid to ask.
christ thats sh!t
He should be strung up by his balls. you been back to his yet to try and get an answer?
yes mate you will need the ecu that came with the engine. there cheep on ebay to buy if you cant find it.Quote:
Originally Posted by dc1984
if you get stuck with any thing people on here will help
What a pisser you've been let down by someone you should have been able to trust :(
Post a wanted thread up of what you need..
unlucky mate :(
get a wanted ad up, sure we will all help out where we can :)
any welder can tell you if the weldings is strong enough and if it looks a mess it can be grinded down or grinded off and redone :thumb:
i know it doesnt help much, but id give my services for free, but i live 300 miles away mate. such a shame to see someone done like this, im having the same issues with mine,sadly mines now a fukking court case....
lets see if the spineless prick has the balls to come and answer the threads then
Really upsetting when something like this happens, your pride and joy (maybe) some one is meant to be sorting it out, but instead leaves you out of pocket, and still useless. I am sure the members on here will give you advise and lend a hand where necessary to get this car finished now. Tbh there is no exuse for what he has done to you, he has taken an unexpected new member under his wing and taken full advantage.
he appears to be a grade A pr1ck, i really hope you get the outcome your after, i got shafted out of £20 once and was fuming let alone the xxxx amount you gave him for that bodge attempt
Close up pics of the welding buddy.
My shell welding started out shat, but after some training in work, and loads of practice, I can do pretty much anything now lol
Maybe not THE neatest, but its neat, and strong.
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Originally Posted by Andy
Very doubtful now mate, id be willing to bet he has turned tail and fled, or is viewing the board without signing in!
he hasnt been online for 3 day what a pussy
like VXandy done after Jays playstation lol
Lesson to be learnt is not to pay people upfront and definetly don't pick up a car after half a job is done :roll: excluding the majority of your parts.
I hope you are going back to his house to collect these bits and not going to fork out for some new bits from elsewhere? 100miles is nothing, get your bits back and do the project yourself. You will learn more, enjoy doing it and show to people that this LET guy is a waste of time.
However if he refuses to give you your bits i doubt you can do anything about it legally. Taking the car when it wasnt finished was a very silly idea and just makes things for these guys to con people more often. It's the same with CS, he will love it on there with all the stupid buyers out there.
But since the guy is dodgy, would you really want to leave your car with him any longer - could end up with no parts left on it at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by L33 LEG
I would of at least spoke to the guy and firstly got his side of the story and then would of asked for him to gather all of my stuff together and would of taken it all away. If i was stupid enough to pay him beforehand then aslong as i would of got all my stuff back i would of left it as that and obviously not be so stupid again. If i hadnt paid the money upfront and depending on how the guy co-operates i would of paid him the money for the parts and refused to pay him for any labour.Quote:
Originally Posted by paul james
Edit - this is what i would of done when going to collect the car. If he wasnt in i would of waited there until he was.
sorry to hear whats happened matey. if didnt live so far away id of offered to help rebuild the motor for you, as i wouldnt like to run it knowing the bores have been filled with water, especially after what you've been tolds been done or in your case not been done.
hope you can get something back off him for all the **** caused
But you on the other hand were a tool to start with! :roll: :mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by let_nova
Crap news about getting ripped off. Fair play to you though, given the fact he was a trader on here, therefore technically deemed "ok" by the club, you havent had a bad word to say about them. I fear others may not have had the same outlook. For that i rep thee. Hope you get it all sorted soon.
Can a group of local lads (I would if I was local!) offer a few hours to help this chap out?
Between a few of us, it will be on the road in a few days (legal)
He can bring it to me, and Ill do it.
But, its along way etc.
im not far away i could give a hand like
as i said earlier i was up with david earlier, since he droped me of at around 4 ish he went back to his car and started to remove wires etc and get the engine ready to come out, im sure he will update this in his own time or start a new thread as this one is more about let nova than his car now, dc has limited interweb access atm, but he has a clear idea of what needs done and he will proceed the best he can with the help of friends and forum advice, as im local to him ive offered my help as much as possable and im sure others on here will also help through their knowledge of previous conversions, but i must say its a bloody good shell he has, makes me jelous lol
please if possable could we all let this thread get back on topic, after all its supposed to be about the car.
Well done bazil +rep
Is it a total mess?
**** the loom off, and get another one.
And go and see let, afew of you, and be nice, and polite, and ask for the bits.
no its not a total mess imo, its disapointing (sp) but i felt the best way forward for dc was to remove the engine and box, clear the full engine bay and get it all painted, whilst the engine is out he can get a good look at what he is working with, if LET NOVA wants to post here i would ask the other members NOT TO WIND HIM UP as he has alot of info that could help dc ie regarding the plumbing on the inlet as its not standard (debilas i think )
as for the issue of parts missing that is a matter for dc and let to sort out
things i noticed today also were the fuel pipes, the feed and return are black and brown? are these upto the job or do they need replaced?
fuel tank- can a spi tank be used witha mpi internal pump ( iirc i saw brownie mention this ) i know this would mean no swirl pot so possable fuel starvation on hard cornering
http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=153212
i know there are good threads in the articles section for wiring so hopefully that can help answer a few questions aswell:thumb:
The spi tank will be fine with mpi pump, they have a tiny swirl pot in the bottom that is enough.
good stuff as finding a nova mpi tank and external pump is not easy up here, the tank he has, has a twist in sender at the rear with a feed and return.
EH? The spi tank would of have the pump in the top.
Isnt that a mpi tank?
both my gsi and gte have bolt in sender at the rear with external pump the tank dc has , has a twist in sender with only an electrical conection at the rear of the tank in the same place as my bolt in one, the tank was lying upside down in the boot, i didnt think to turn it over to have a look, but the car is a j reg and was a 1.2 so must be spi then?
Mines a 1.2 j reg, and mines a carb model :pQuote:
Originally Posted by bazil
nice to hear your giving him a hand to sort it out Bazil
Shame you got done over mate, but you'll learn from your experiences I suppose
Hopefully you can get all the parts back that he owes you etc
If you need any help with anything (Even if it's to hand you tools down while you work underneath the car) Give me a shout :)
is this the compleate engine out of the black corsa you are puting into your car
sorry to hear he did you over dc :(
+Rep for Bazil as he's helping you out ;)
Thanks to everyone for your support
Especially bazil for coming over yesterday to show me where to start.
I must add that yesterday "let-nova" sent me a text saying that he will deliver all the missing parts including the full roll cage plus return the money for all the hassle.
Hopefully he will do as he said and i can get on with the build.
thanks again everyone:thumb:
hope everything go's to plan mate :thumb:
Is this finished yet lol
Glad Bazils been helping out, top man :)
Fingers crossed Mr let keeps to his word.
cheers buddy.Quote:
Originally Posted by brainsnova