well i got the brakes fixed on Viv, (holy cr$p the master
cylinder was a leaky thing but there was carpet
stuff underneath so you never noticed, but now she stops
like a real car, however going is beginning to become a problem,
the g'box is ok but it is obviously on its way out, so my question
is what happens when they just wear out and let go? it jumps
out of second and when i changed the oil last week (and i change it
regulaly) it bout tears to my eyes to see bits of vivs internals
in the oil (metal bits) and i have been real gentle on her box (haha sorry)
i think it is time she gets a new one, out comes the wallet

How much metal fragments were there? JAM's sump plug was well coated with metal filings.....but that was it.

i got a magnetic one and mine was covered in fillings when i changed the oil too didnt look like it had been done for a while though

there was stufff on the plug and about 6 bits of metal
just lying in the sump tray, so it is more than just filings on
the plug which worrys me, she looks too good to have a
dodgy engine and g'box (shes like cher, new looking on the
outside, but old on the inside )
meanwhile the engine is great so that must have had a reco
but they ran out of money and slapped the old box on

doesnt sound too good

sounds like what I was going to do with JAM......

I am going to save my bikkies now and get a box overhaul done.

Chris, I wouldn't worry too much...you heart and wallet lies with Elmo...Viv is just transport.

By the way....my lancer is stuffed with hail damage. If they write it off, I am going to put Pops on full rego and use him as my daily driver

does a lancer engine fit in a mini engine bay?

you might ask "is it worth it" but whats a lancer write going to do with a perfectly good engine?

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Appreciation without Depreciation
forever chasing clearer skies...

bit big me thinks....but with 270 000k on the clock, my lancer motor is still purring like a new one! Damn good engines they are!

Hey Chris you will have to add smokes and leaks to grumbles



Let me know if you need to borrow Mo...

Just remember that its a roundie... You wont know what to do with the attention.

hahaha, yep, folks viv has blown a ring!!!
but despite my swearing and kicking her y'day
i guess all i can say is for a $1000 car i got my
moneys worth!!

Thanks for the offer of Mo. we will be putting Lizzies
motor in Vvivian while the 998 is out for a new box and
rebuild, so if in the interim of gettting lizzies motor in if
there is a day i dont have a car i will take you up on the
offer greatly appreciative (i shall owe you big time!!!!!!)

When did this happen Chris? Seemed OK on Friday night!

Gee it must be a clubman thing... I've changed the oil 3 times since I've had Lillee and all 3 times the magnetic sump plug came up empty... or at least very very little metal bits... Then again I have an 1100 clubman engine...

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Lillee - 1969 Morris Mini K

You must drive like a sissy then Chong....

Do you have a remote shift box or a clubby rod change box?

Drive it like a sissy?!?

Rod change. No Anton I have a secret mod that I am not allowed to tell you about that probably is why i see no filings on the sump plug But I am sure they are there!

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Lillee - 1969 Morris Mini K

secret mod = no magnet on sump plug??

hehehe...just stirring mate