All over for G164 CKV... didn't make the moon after all.

[madbasshunter]

Spoke with the local garage who have the car today to organise the breaking. They tell me that this morning they spent just under one hour on the car and report that it is now running fine and ready for collection by me on monday. Not had the chance to go up and see it yet, this is just from the phone call but I don't think I'll be doing any apologising just yet. Nor will I be following Lukes original suggestion at the start of this thread to drop another engine in.
Draw your own conclusions.

Seriously ???

[HighwayStar]

It's what I'm told. Got a wedding tomorrow for most of the day but if I can I'll try and get to them and start it up for myself. I've no reason to doubt them though. They did tell me with an air of satisfaction. New starter motor the only part apparently.

[alanmr2turbo]

Spoke with the local garage who have the car today to organise the breaking. They tell me that this morning they spent just under one hour on the car and report that it is now running fine and ready for collection by me on monday. Not had the chance to go up and see it yet, this is just from the phone call but I don't think I'll be doing any apologising just yet. Nor will I be following Lukes original suggestion at the start of this thread to drop another engine in.
Draw your own conclusions.

why would a garage that you have instructed to start breaking it spend an hour getting it running?

[madbasshunter]

It's what I'm told. Got a wedding tomorrow for most of the day but if I can I'll try and get to them and start it up for myself. I've no reason to doubt them though. They did tell me with an air of satisfaction. New starter motor the only part apparently.

[rev3turbo]

I did ask at the start of this topic if the starter had been removed, but no one replied...

[Marf]

why would a garage that you have instructed to start breaking it spend an hour getting it running?

Because he clearly didnt just ask them to break it, he asked them to see if they could fix it first.

If they just decided to check things out themselves and have replaced the starter, my hunch is that they had one on the shelf, and are possibly A.N. Other MR2 specialist.

[Lewis Jay]

Spoke with the local garage who have the car today to organise the breaking. They tell me that this morning they spent just under one hour on the car and report that it is now running fine and ready for collection by me on monday. Not had the chance to go up and see it yet, this is just from the phone call but I don't think I'll be doing any apologising just yet. Nor will I be following Lukes original suggestion at the start of this thread to drop another engine in.
Draw your own conclusions.

IN YOUR FACE non believers!!! (If this is true)

If not then, what a good joke.

[tonigmr2]

Did you take it to Simon at Pan Autos Rob?
He's done a lot off work on my cars over the years, pretty good with imports for a local garage!
Issues aside, thats good news for you.

[Peter Gidden]

More twists than a bag of pretzels...

[HighwayStar]

Yes Toni it is at Pan Autos.
I called yesterday to discuss breaking, hadn't asked them to commence it.
They had a go at it 'cos I'd challenged them to fix it if they could when they said what I was being told elsewhere was rubbish. Told them if they did I'd sing their praises everywhere I went.
Still not seen or heard it run myself though I must stress at this point. Off now to a wedding and have a full on work day Monday so will update more late Mon/Tues but as said I have no reason to doubt them at this point. Pretzels indeed.

R.

[rev3turbo]

So was the starter motor stuck solid in the cranking position against the flywheel?

[tonigmr2]

Yes Toni it is at Pan Autos.
I called yesterday to discuss breaking, hadn't asked them to commence it.
They had a go at it 'cos I'd challenged them to fix it if they could when they said what I was being told elsewhere was rubbish. Told them if they did I'd sing their praises everywhere I went.
Still not seen or heard it run myself though I must stress at this point. Off now to a wedding and have a full on work day Monday so will update more late Mon/Tues but as said I have no reason to doubt them at this point. Pretzels indeed.

R.

They know MR2s, have seen quite a few of mine in the past...Simon the owner used to import them. He's a good chap! Hope it all works out for you.

[Nails]

Awesome Such a simple thing also. Have they found the draining problem also?


Really glad for you Rob.

[Quigonjay]

[Blue_2]

Sorry, one last thing (unless you prompt another response from me), you owe Luke an apology, go on.

mmmm wonder what your next response is...

[Marf]

Sorry, one last thing (unless you prompt another response from me), you owe Luke an apology, go on.

mmmm wonder what your next response is...

Probably that he still owes Luke an apology as Luke clearly did not kill his car.

In fact given the car is now running one could argue that the comments HS left about Luke killing his car are indeed libellous

[rev3turbo]

or it could just show the initial diagnosis from pacific works of a siezed engine was utter bull

[Marf]

or it could just show the initial diagnosis from pacific works of a siezed engine was utter bull

Ah so we're entering a fantasy land now where HS didnt say on a public forum that Luke killed his car when he had done no such thing.

Cool.

In other news the sky is green and I'm watching the 3rd royal flying pig squadron doing their aerobatics display outside my house.

Basically this thing boils down to two things 1) Luke doing his best to help a customer and 2) HS having a hissy fit after telling Luke to stop trying to diagnose the car.

Ultimately if HS had really intended to break the car he'd have done so, not taken it to a garage with the intention of trying to make Luke look like a mug.

I'm glad that his car is working now, but in my view only one party comes off looking shifty here, and it aint Luke.

[rev3turbo]

or it could just show the initial diagnosis from pacific works of a siezed engine was utter bull

Ah so we're entering a fantasy land now where HS didnt say on a public forum that Luke killed his car when he had done no such thing.

Cool.

In other news the sky is green and I'm watching the 3rd royal flying pig squadron doing their aerobatics display outside my house.

Also, technically a stuck starter would seize the engine, i.e stop it turning

Basically this thing boils down to two things 1) Luke doing his best to help a customer and 2) HS having a hissy fit.

I'm glad that his car is working now, but in my view only one party comes off looking bad here, and it aint Luke.

Im not in a fantasy land, where did I say HS never said luke killed his engine? what I did point out is pacific works condemmed the engine as scrap due to seizure of cyl 4, hence other affiliates offering to rally around offering a free engine and fitting.

Either cyl 4 /the engine is terminally seized or its not, and if its not then its a fatal misdiagnosis

oh and i do agree with your point 2 of the hissy fit, reading the emotional bits was getting a bit

[Marf]

Well I tell you what, lets wait and see how long the engine lasts now that it's running again.

If it was just the starter, then surely it'll run and run. If not HS will find himself at the side of the road with a dead engine and blaming the second garage for killing his car too.