I've got a dead J-SPEC 1993 LWB TT manual sitting on my drive. Actually it's been sitting there since December 06 just after I bought the house and, although I've always intended to get it fixed eventually, I've just never had the cash.

 

I've just resubscribed, and I'm waiting for that to go through before I stick it on eBay and advertise it on here, but in the meantime I'd appreciate some opinions on the best thing to do.

 

The car sas a problem with misfiring on cylinder 5 (I think)--think it's a valve, needs head strip down according to the garage I took it to anyway. At the same time it needs a new clutch (which I have), a new prop-shaft (which I also have), and the exhaust needs replacing (which I don't have). No battery either whilst I think about it: I took it out to recharge it, but it's basically dead and I've never got around to replacing it.

 

I'd been planning to replace the clutch and prop-shaft for a little while before all this happened, but then everything else went wrong and it just became ridiculously expensive to sort out, especially since I'd just bought this house. Bit of a shame, but that's the way it goes sometimes.

 

Question is: should I sell the car, the clutch, and the prop-shaft as a job lot in one auction, or should I split them? I know I'm not getting much for the car--it's not in bad nick considering, but it has been stood for 18 months, and of course it doesn't actually run. It used to run, albeit a bit rough, on 5 cylinders, but I'm not sure what would happen if I got a new battery and tried to fire it up now. :wack:

 

 

Thanks,

 

 

Bart

put the car for sale and if it goes for the right amount include the other bits but if it goes for peanuts then keep the bits for yourself to sell.

mis firing could be something simple as a dodgy coil pack connector, mine started up first time after being stood well over 2 years, changed all the fluids and 6 months later its still running fine, sounds like it doesnt need that much to get running.

I broke a car for spares, which is a nightmare but financially worth it. You can see what running cars go for so a car with problems unless you are gonna work on it yourself is gonna cost you either to get fixed up or is going to be sold for a lower price. Sad to say but the car is worth more in bits. Depends what you want rally, you could prob break it and buy another car without problems for the money you make.

 

So basically break it for the money or fix it and its gonna cost you.

 

Cheers John

You're keen mikey!

 

Unfortunately, going the whole hog and breaking it isn't something I want to do, even though it'd be worth more, because I need the room on my driveway... I went car shopping with my mate (for him) in Peterborough last Saturday. Swore blind that no matter what we saw I wasn't going to buy anything... and then I found a 1.8 Turbo 200SX Fastback with only 27,000 miles on it from one lady owner, and so I was basically buggered. The real mistake was deciding to have a sit in it "just to see what it felt like". So, I'm getting this as a weekend car, and keeping my old Rover for everyday use, and I haven't got enough space on the driveway for three cars. Hopefully it'll be easier to live with than the zed, although at some point in the future I'd love to get another.

 

I reckon what I'll probably do is stick the prop shaft, clutch and the car itself on eBay as separate items. I'll post up here when they're up, but I'm waiting for my membership fee to clear.

I must be going senile... I was pretty sure I put a line in there saying thanks to everyone for the advice, but I must have somehow chopped it out so: thanks guys, really appreciate the advice.

cant blame a bloke for trying:)

 

Definitely not!