Dins Ti Mk3, Its here !

[Din]

Ok, after the Ti has been plauged with overheating issue for about 9 months now and counltless attempts at fixing it i have been at giveing up point for a while now

So while browseing through ebay the other day i found this... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221027606516? ... 1423.l2649

So i put a bid in after few questions too the seller and won it

Anyway went down to southampton to get it today, looked around... very pleased so paid up and drove off... i got about 2 miles pulled in to a petrol station after smelling gearbox oil... drip drip drip drip reached down and gave the driveshaft a tug... cobbler in a bucket springs to mind... EDIT damn the swear filter

So after calling every company i knew and getting silly quotes... i turned around and went back to the seller

He was actually very good about it, he had only done a few miles every no and again in it for months and hadnt noticed an issue !

So bearing in mind the engine is fantastic... and the body (bar a patch of rust on one wheelarch) its A1 mint imo for a 12 year old car ! FAR better than my own... he knocked £100.00 off so i can get it transported home... (gluten for punishment )

So by wednesday evening i should have this Ti at work ready for a very swift gearbox rebuild

I am actually tempted to keep this standard, it would almost be a shame to mod it it drove so well,has good pirelli tyres with good tread on etc really nice

Anyway, here is the pic i took just before i left.



Hayho.

[fatdave]

thats reasonable money even with the gearbox fault.

oh and on keeping it standard.... it should be a sin not to lower a ti! makes them look so much better.

[Din]

thats reasonable money even with the gearbox fault.

oh and on keeping it standard.... it should be a sin not to lower a ti! makes them look so much better.

Yeah, it is good value, I have paid him £325.00 for it, its costing me £70.00 to have it delivered, and will cost around £20.00 for a pair of 6208s.

On the lowering thing... yeah, i agree ! i have lowered my current one, and the one i had before had been lowered, but tbh, it scrubs out tyres quicker, is a harder ride etc, plus i tow with it also ! i love Tis, i just think perhaps i should appreciate it for what it is (being so tidy), no worrys about speed bumps etc.

You are right with looks though.

My current one and previous ones have been perfect to my eyes.

[ravinder]

Looks very nice Din. Keep it a nice standard example.

[harkins77]

That's very nice. I'd say the same keep it standard. I'm tempted not to even up the boost on mine from standard.

[Din]

That's very nice. I'd say the same keep it standard. I'm tempted not to even up the boost on mine from standard.

Oh ill fit a maual controller and gauge, they go like the clappers once the boost is sorted!

But I wouldn't do that unless the box has been done, haveing said that, I think they all have a tendency to wear out the diff bearings around 100k, my first one did it at 95k that had a boost controller on it at 12psi on a standard box.
V79 hasn't had the chance as I rebuilt the box before I put it on the road!

[harkins77]

I must admit after removing the cover off that gearbox I sold yesterday It doesn't look like a hard job to do to replace the bearings I guess it is just very messy if your doing it to a box that has seen constant use.

I'll just stick with the standard boost for the time being at least until I can afford to do the box and steel cage bearing the one on the car. If it wasn't for the lack of work I wouldn't have sold the box I did yesterday I'd have just got someone to gimme a hand to fit it but seeing as the one that is on is working fine I'm ok to wait until something happens and I have to do it.

I always work on the saying of if it ain't broke don't fix it. Or if your skint leave it alone til you can afford to do it.

[Din]

Lol, I learned the hard way with my first one... luckily I nursed it back and fixed it for a Tenner!

Changeling diff bearings is easy and cheap, getting the box on and off is a pita.

[marc9584]

Lol, I learned the hard way with my first one... luckily I nursed it back and fixed it for a Tenner!

Changeling diff bearings is easy and cheap, getting the box on and off is a pita.

Looks really nice Dan good work finding that, what you gonna do with your current ti then?

[Din]

what you gonna do with your current ti then?

"grits teeth" not sure... in my mind it needs a new head or block... perhaps just a whole engine !

It has a dent in the bonnet, missing grill fins... rust starting on the NSR wheelarch and rear quarter panal.
Pas leak has soaked the antiroll bar bush and it knocks abit... etc etc.

My therory was to take the good bits off it that i want to keep for this one... sell some bits, keep some spares then either sell it as spares or repair or the other option

What ever happens i cant loose money here ! and thats the end of it...

[Null_Byte]

Looks like a really nice example there Din. I'd be tempted to chuck in a new clutch and release bearing while you have the box off, for the sake of it - other than that it looks really pristine, same colour as my GSI.

Also looks like it has been owned by an enthusiast at some point as the side repeaters have been changed.

[Din]

Also looks like it has been owned by an enthusiast at some point as the side repeaters have been changed.

It has yes prior to its present owner it only had 1 owner... and he had it from 2000 !! in fact the last guy had two Tis apparently ! everything on it has been replaced for genuine parts, it has a brand new slave and master cylinder with a £300.00 reciept in the last couple of months.

The only other change is the brakes, they are grooved discs and fresh pads front and rear !

Im pleased with it, i think i have a virtually new clutch in the garage ! but i will check the one thats in there also.

Cant wait to get it back here

[zozzie_9t9]

Isaw that on eBay - thought it looked tidy! Price seems OK too.

[Din]

Isaw that on eBay - thought it looked tidy! Price seems OK too.

Yeah, it's in lovely contion James, its just a shame I have been unable to fix v79.... it must be a head or block issuez I have done everything else, but with money I have put in to it in the last few months...there comes a point if you know what I mean.

Have you done anything with your silver one yet?

[Pinkie15]

Looks a nice one.

So now you've got two you must be able to make one decent one out of them

[Din]

So now you've got two you must be able to make one decent one out of them

Shame as it is... i think thats basicly the plan !

[brad]

nice looking motor dude u got verdict on the other engine yet u tried another head on it yet like i said on facebook?

[Din]

nice looking motor dude u got verdict on the other engine yet u tried another head on it yet like i said on facebook?

No Brad... i did notice my top hose looks very unshapely compared to the new Ti ! like its been pressureizing etc, dont forget when i got the car a couple of years ago it had a blown hg... and it had clearly corroded bore 3, and had a new rad due to pipes comeing off etc etc, i think somewhere alonfg the line either the head or block has had enough... i dont have a spare useable head right now (i have one but with one or two bent valves)... but tbh i dont want to just throw money at another bloody hg and head rebuild if perhaps the block is the issue, hell for what i have just paid for this other one its hardly worth it... and seeing as the body work on the new one is soo good, i may as well cut my losses, take the good stuff back off V79 (for example a brand new rad!) keep some spares return it to standard and more than likely let the rest go to heavan. I dont see any other option so that im not loseing the money i have been trying to save recently

[bjrespect]

din what colours your old one

[Din]

din what colours your old one

Er... which one ?... my current one is british racing green.

[Din]

Had a message from the seller about an hour and a half ago...

Hi Dan,
Thanks ever so much for your patience. The car is now on it's way to you. Good luck and I'm very pleased it will be going to a good home.
Best wishes
Rob

hopefully it will be at work tomorrow !

New diff bearings have been ordered and already dispatched, as have a new set of driveshaft oil seals from southlakeminis, should have it done sat afternoon

[Din]

Ti is now at work thanks to mystery Bob the car transporter... he was well impressed with the condition of it ! Could not believe it when he picked it up

[Din]

And its landed

Here it is, safely locked up in the compound at work !





My diff bearings and driveshaft oil seals turned up today... but when driveing it in and out of the workshop i could hear a slight white noise from the input shaft bearing also (my old on did that)... so i think i may get that lower bearing also and put off the rebuild untill next weekend when i can have the whole day instead of just an afternoon.

Still pleased with it though

[bjrespect]

il buy your old one plus the spare block

[harkins77]

il buy your old one plus the spare block

I've spoilt you haven't I Ben driving mine lol

[bjrespect]

i really really enjoyed it kain

just made me smile there my fav rover turbos

[agw_01]

il buy your old one plus the spare block

*Like*

As long as whatever is on my car, stays on my car

[bjrespect]

its your and kains fault then i pinched craigs fdh today your right any t 28 is fun

[paul888]

Nice ! Great cars. Miss the pace of my old one.

[mike88]

Swap the box from V79?

[Din]

Swap the box from V79?

Could do... but it means getting both cars on ramps at the same time... plus I want to keep v79s box as a spare as I have just sold my vittesse box to help fund this car.

[mike88]

Pah, ramps! Wuss

[Din]

Nothing more done yet... though i have now ordered both the upper and lower input shaft bearings from Jon, so the x4 bearings that are well known to give issues will be done along with new drive shaft oil seals, total cost for that lot includeing postage is a little shy of £100.00.

So as long as i get the input shaft bearings it will be done on Saturday

I couldnt resist another pic when i was leaving work today though

[ptomo]

Wish I'd kept my steel caged box now as only gonna have to do it again

Can we still get all said bearings on here Dan??

[Din]

Can we still get all said bearings on here Dan??

Yep