Donor number 2

[Bonzo]

Its a 1992 GLS i

1998cc DOC EFI engine

MT75 gearbox.

I acctually felt quite sorry for the seller. He'd spent over £500 on it last year, just for it to fail the MOT on a fair bit of underbody welding.

New parts fitted included. Full exhaust system, cat & o2 sensor as well. Disks & pads all round. Battery. Two tyres.

Engine as sweet as a nut, pulls well without a hint of smoke. Engine reasonably clean unlike the usual oil soaked DOC lumps.

Gearbox is on the way out by the sound of it. Might be clutch but i'll put me money on the box.
Not a problem though, plenty of MT75 transit boxes at my local breakers.

The ecu has even been superchipped

[dogwood]

Just seeing your post Bonzo, just had to post about my day.

I also just picked up a second donor. 2Ltre Pinto Sierra.
paid a bit over the odds for it but nice car with 9 months
MOT and a couple of months Tax.

Decided to stop at Tescos on the way home for some food shopping.
When I got back to the car with a full trolly of shopping
(Yes I had the wife with me) found I couldn't unlock the car.
pissing hard with rain.......getting severe ear ache...
Decided to phone the sell up asking if there was a knack to unlocking it.

Which key did you use, he asked..
The one in the ignition I told him, the only one on the key ring....
Oh he said, that will lock it but you need the other key to unlock it.
Where's that I asked.
In the glove box he said.....

I won't post what I thought, but it rhymes with James Hunt .

1hr later the nice man from the RAC arrives,
Does his twiddly bit with a coat hanger and I'm on my way again.

I was soooooo tempted to take a brick to the side screen.
If it wasn't raining I think I would have.



David