NovaGTE
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Was driving home lastnight and the bloody brakes seized again (only 100miles after being repaired!) Got recovery back home but had to drive it into the cul de sac and as was doing that a drive shaft has snapped
Ive had enough
[Edited on 27-08-2005 by NovaGTE]
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dna23
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sorry to hear it
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corsa_godfather
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fuckin hell,any reason to why nbrakes are seazing would u know?
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NovaGTE
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I dont know, got the monkeys who fixed it in the week on there way to look at it as work is obviously under warranty for more than 100miles!
Drive shaft only snapped aswell because i had to move it with the wheels locked
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bradfincham
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mmm, i think you need to check it over, seems there is something wrong with it,
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willay
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^  really brad?
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Charlene
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aw sorry to hear that
That car is bad luck
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bradfincham
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Well the rear brakes seem to be fucked, unsure if there discs, and driveshaft, unless he was doing silly speed into his cul de sac then why did that break
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langey
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who biult the car, sounds dodgey as fuck
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bradfincham
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matt_c, lee mitchell did the engine conversion and then matt sold it never drove it to beardy and his mate who never did anything with it and then sold it onto novagte
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langey
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so its been stood for ages? maybe its a bad luck car
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NovaGTE
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Rite blokes just been out, he jacked it up for me (as i couldnt get my jack underneath it as its too low!); turns out all the work they have done is fine and the rear brakes function correctly. Then jacked the front up and the near side wheel bearing has colllapsed; causing the drive shhaft to snap the brake disc to has been knackered, and the brand new tyre is warn Total bill prob a fookin lot
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Mikorsa16v
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at least you have found the problem though mate! 
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NovaGTE
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Yeh thats the only plus side! Will be doing all the work aswell so wont have to pay labour this time!
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bradfincham
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Wheel bearing £40, driveshaft as long as not not mtech £50
hi spec brake disc - £100
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greycorsa
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blame it on the weatherman
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mav
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least you know the problem though, and once fixed all should be good....hopefully...
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ainsley_brader
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why did the wheel bearing go? what shafts hubs is it running?
Ains
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Nismo
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Matt you need to get rid of that car, its just a hazard to your bank balance 
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NovaGTE
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I dunno why the bearing went, i knew there was some play in it but was nothing that major as i thought! Was plannong on changing it tomorrow Its running standard outer hubs.
Yeh Nismo it is seriously killing off my money tree; almost £500 in repairs in one week is not good
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Half Pint
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Correction, Matt C did the conversion and got stuck on the wiring which Lee M finished off, can't believe the problems you hare having with it tbh... glad i didnt buy it now
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Fad
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Toney lad 
Lee did a good job on it when it was with him.....Should of seen the state it arrived in
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jr
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Not having the best of luck with this car
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Fad
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pah just teething problenms
The thing is you have to expect this when buying a conversion car as the prevois owner didnt run it to find what was wrong with it. So mate prepare yourself for some enduring costs untill its running right.
Once it is running right you'll love it
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jr
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quote:
Originally posted by Fad
pah just teething problenms
The thing is you have to expect this when buying a conversion car as the prevois owner didnt run it to find what was wrong with it. So mate prepare yourself for some enduring costs untill its running right.
Once it is running right you'll love it (and then you mate will commite automotive suicide by sand blasting bits, and then your have a 12month saga or taking you engine in and out for various reasons and not love it anymore, etc etc)
 
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