Lucifer Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 Just seen this Mark, Nice pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connor66 Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 Nice motor, have fun with it... Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul ashton Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 Nice codition even if it is a little bit pinky looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonc Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 Nice car, I'm sure you can fight off the pink pigment;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i-macca Posted April 17, 2006 Author Share Posted April 17, 2006 Hey, watch it you two! lol.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshBhp Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 Lovely UK 6 speed, what plans you got lined up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supraudi Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 Cheers for all the nice non-pink comments guys Got a Blitz exhaust, CW downpipes, HKS dump valve and a K+N filter on the way with a few service items. I've also got an Apexi AVC-R from my old car to put on at some point, but I think I'll get used to driving it a bit first, don't want to go too mad Haven't been out that way for a while, some nice roads around there and Lydd though, nice and flat Cheers, will give that one a try. They were a lot worse but I had the car valeted a few days ago and they got the majority off. Was also suprised how well the seats came up considering the mileage.. Well, there's a bit of a sad story behind it which I won't go in to on here, but 5k.. 5K is an amazing price....Thought it might have been a write off or something. But fair play...pretty much got the car at half price....Very very lucky!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i-macca Posted April 17, 2006 Author Share Posted April 17, 2006 No write off, no.. Just right place at the right time! Planning exhaust, downpipes, full service including some iridium plugs, sort the couple of small bits on the bodywork and at some point find some nicer wheels for it. Oh and put my AVC-R in to spice things up a tad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markssupra Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 Mark. Lovely looking car. Great deal you got there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i-macca Posted April 17, 2006 Author Share Posted April 17, 2006 Found some drops of oil in front of the offside rear wheel earlier.. 'Oh dear' me thinks, so I did a little search for diff cooler on here.. Seems to be a common problem on UK cars? So I've just had the wheel off and spent 20 minutes digging small chunks of Surrey and Kent out of the wheel arch and pipework and found a rather bollocksed looking oil cooler. Went to take the pipes off and the bottom pipe had a big hole in it and all four mounts for the cooler had disintegrated and it just fell off in my hands. Luckily had some hose in the shed so have bypassed the cooler and no more oil leak. Will get the car to a mates garage in the morning and up on the ramp to check the diffs oil level. First time I've noticed it though so I think the most I've probably lost is a couple of teaspoons full Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 I've heard of issues with leakage of the gear box seal on the manual, not heard of diff cooler probs as being a common thing. Although if not maintained it can rot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 Welcome mate, nice motor btw:) Yeah, diff cooler can be a problem. The whole thing rotting isn't common but mine had corroded through the lower part of one the elbows where the rubber hose fits onto it. I just got a new piece of longer hose and a jubilee clip to cover the hole and it's been fine for years. Someone fitted a Mocal one some years back, cheaper and better than the Toyota one and it fitted in the same place with slight bracket mod. Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraJames Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 Lovely car chap, I had the same prob with my diff cooler, turned out to be the pipe as well..! easy to fix..! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i-macca Posted April 17, 2006 Author Share Posted April 17, 2006 It wouldn't be so bad if all the brackets hadn't corroded through as well so I can't easily put it back now. Plus the pipe is pretty shafted. Will get some pics up tomorrow sometime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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