As I mentioned in the 'Do you rent a lockup' thread, me and a few mates recently decided to rent a unit.
The keys were handed over on Thursday evening and my friends have been busy moving their stuff in over the past few days.
As I was working this week, I didn't have any spare time and so couldn't go down until today. Got there at about lunch time ready to crack open the toolbox.
(These pictures were taken late afternoon after work had commenced)
My friend was telling me that he had a surprise for me, so we get in the car and set off... all the while wondering what the hell he's talking about.
We get to the destination and directly in front of us is a dirty, mouldy M reg Rover 220 GSi. He'd had his eye on it for a while and while having a look around it, I noticed the bonnet was open. Had a nosey and checked a few things out until deciding to knock on a few nearby houses to find the owner.
We found the owner who then proceeded to tell us that it'd sat unused since October 2007. He mentioned that the alternator would drain the battery to which he'd fitted a new alternator, only to find the same problem.
Knowing that it'd need a bit of work, we offered the guy a fair amount (less than it would cost for 6 months tax
) and set to work. The expansion tank was empty so filled that up, the tyres were flat and the battery was dead. Hooked the jump leads upto my car and what do you know... she roared into life on the first turn of the key!
Left it idling while we inflated the tyres (along with a few other checks) and got the car back to the unit.
The car was in a sorry state so we immediately started stripping it.
After having a short break, I decided to have a look at the electrical issue. It seemed that the alternator was charging fine yet the battery voltage wasn't increasing. Luckily, I'd brought a new battery along... which seems to have sorted out the starting problems... RESULT!
As the car was so dirty we decided to push it around the corner to the petrol station and give it a good jetwash. As most of the panels had been removed we were able to get into every nook and cranny... it's actually quite a tidy car bar a bit of rust on the rear arch. I've already got dibs on the bonnet.
So, that's where we're upto so far. Going back tomorrow to clean the interior and re-fit the majority of body panels. The coolant needs flushing, we're going to give it an oil change and it could do with a new inlet cam cover gasket as it's weeping slightly.
Here's how it looked earlier today...
I'm sure the neighbours love us!
The keys were handed over on Thursday evening and my friends have been busy moving their stuff in over the past few days.
As I was working this week, I didn't have any spare time and so couldn't go down until today. Got there at about lunch time ready to crack open the toolbox.
(These pictures were taken late afternoon after work had commenced)
My friend was telling me that he had a surprise for me, so we get in the car and set off... all the while wondering what the hell he's talking about.
We get to the destination and directly in front of us is a dirty, mouldy M reg Rover 220 GSi. He'd had his eye on it for a while and while having a look around it, I noticed the bonnet was open. Had a nosey and checked a few things out until deciding to knock on a few nearby houses to find the owner.
We found the owner who then proceeded to tell us that it'd sat unused since October 2007. He mentioned that the alternator would drain the battery to which he'd fitted a new alternator, only to find the same problem.
Knowing that it'd need a bit of work, we offered the guy a fair amount (less than it would cost for 6 months tax
) and set to work. The expansion tank was empty so filled that up, the tyres were flat and the battery was dead. Hooked the jump leads upto my car and what do you know... she roared into life on the first turn of the key!Left it idling while we inflated the tyres (along with a few other checks) and got the car back to the unit.
The car was in a sorry state so we immediately started stripping it.
After having a short break, I decided to have a look at the electrical issue. It seemed that the alternator was charging fine yet the battery voltage wasn't increasing. Luckily, I'd brought a new battery along... which seems to have sorted out the starting problems... RESULT!
As the car was so dirty we decided to push it around the corner to the petrol station and give it a good jetwash. As most of the panels had been removed we were able to get into every nook and cranny... it's actually quite a tidy car bar a bit of rust on the rear arch. I've already got dibs on the bonnet.
So, that's where we're upto so far. Going back tomorrow to clean the interior and re-fit the majority of body panels. The coolant needs flushing, we're going to give it an oil change and it could do with a new inlet cam cover gasket as it's weeping slightly.
Here's how it looked earlier today...
I'm sure the neighbours love us!
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He removed the kit while it went in for the bumper repair.
