FIXERUPPER of the week/day

CianRyan

I wouldn't be too afraid of it, trailer it away for €250 and get the multimeter and power probes out.
A little more info would be nice but I'd take a chance on it

26000 Elephants

I think you will need more than a multimeter to diagnose that. I was chasing a minor misfire on the 520's M54 and I had to use INPA and k+d can cable to find it, wouldnt even show up in generic OBD's.

Timing chain probably gone on that 1 series. it's an N45 isnt it?

mullingar

Yes, that 116i has older n45 engine with the chocolate chain.

It's also the poverty spec ES model

26000 Elephants

All done!

Got all the bits sorted on my 'free' fixerupper E60. In total it needed:

2 front brake disks
pads all round
rocker gasket
oil filter housing seal
new plugs, filter, microfilters and oil
de-gunked ICV which cured slight misfire on idle
some paint correction and a compiund/polish.
new bonnet badge
new foglight trim on bumper.
balance handbrake
drivers headlight (s/h) and polish/restoration of both.

Total - about 360 euro odd. But its running superbly, engine runs very smooth (no oil leaks now ) and drives very precisely. Well chuffed I am!! :cool:

26000 Elephants

Just one more, because why not. It really was a nice day today, corona virus be damned.

Idbatterim

what a joke, pocket money for that car! you would literally go into argos or halfors and pick up a plastic noddy car for that amount!

jharr100

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/saab-93/24262523

Here's a Saab 9-3 with a scratch .

colm_mcm

Stick door mouldings off a prefacelift onto that. Job done.

Duke O Smiley

colm_mcm wrote: »

Stick door mouldings off a prefacelift onto that. Job done.

And some of this for the grille

Magown3

Thread revival.

If I had the time, I would

https://www.donedeal.ie/view/25858273

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/volkswagen-fox-quick-sale/25785296



There is money to be made on this if it could be tested without too much expense.

1 previous owner, looks tidy enough under the dirt. Ad seems genuine enough. €1100

Toyotafanboi

You're right, there's a few quid there if you could get a test date. They are a hateful POS though. Not a patch on the Lupo before it or the Up after it in terms of character. They're a 3rd world country kind of yoke.

Duke O Smiley

Without a doubt, an awful yoke - but some young person looking for their first car will surely hand over €2500 with a fresh test and a valet.

I didn't realise they were sold here new til recently, thought they all came from the UK.

colm_mcm

Pox

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/ford-escort/25797633?campaign=3



1.6 zebec estate, €600

I kind of would!

selectamatic

It'd need to be sub 400 really though.

Mad_Mike

Not many of these left floating about
Could be worth it for the nostalgia alone, or the peeling lacquer, or the damaged panels
Looking for €250 and it starts and drives!

I Was VB

https://www.donedeal.ie/view/26403842

Thoughts on this, you’ll be lucky owner number 14

I like these, especially in this colour

Toyotafanboi

Sure you'd break it for parts for more than that i'd say.

Be a really nice car if it was running, you'd have to wonder what could possibly be wrong. It couldn't be that hard to figure out, it just reads like yer man was throwing parts at it and hoping for the best.

Big bastid dent over the fuel filler door.

I would.

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/audi-a2/26931935



Nice looking A2 out of NCT this month for €300

Same owner for the last five years. Could be worth a punt at that money

colm_mcm

Must be worth that in scrap. You can’t lose.

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/alfa-romeo-147/26941638



147 in an interesting colour for 500 quid

Toyotafanboi

Hah, i actually was out walking last night and that very car drove past me. Remember thinking the colour and the fact that it's an Alfa that's still alive was unusual. Unsurprisingly, no NCT.

26000 Elephants

Like Donald Trump, it is orange, but now it is gone.:)

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2006-honda-civic-1-3-petrol/27142479





Tidy looking Civic for 400 quid. Could be a handy fixer upper for someone

mfceiling

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2006-honda-civic-1-3-petrol/27142479





Tidy looking Civic for 400 quid. Could be a handy fixer upper for someone

Few quid on that and you'd drive it into the ground.

Duke O Smiley

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/subaru-outback-automatic-4wd/27343015



Subaru Outback for €200

You'd want to be capable of doing the work yourself, and even at that it might well be far too gone. Cheap car all the same

CianRyan

You have to wonder if the tester has ever driven a boxer diesel before or if the big ends are gone.

selectamatic

I'd imagine she means it failed on emissions as well as the brakes.

26000 Elephants

Emissions might be fine - they just werent tested because of a knocking/rattle noise from the engine. tester probably reckoned it was a flywheel or tensioner about to let go and wouldnt chance it.

Considering the abysmal state she allowed the brakes to get into, I wouldn't put too much faith in her "well, I cant hear anything" comment about the engine!