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| GTiDog | Tue Oct 12, 2010 8:11 pm Post #1 |
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Hi all, Just a quick post to introduce myself. I'm Nathan and I live in Lincolnshire. I've recently become the owner of my first ever Merc. Below is a photo ![]()
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| shrimo | Tue Oct 12, 2010 8:18 pm Post #2 |
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where abouts, i got my first one a week ago, and live between lincoln and catterick |
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| Nathan | Tue Oct 12, 2010 8:26 pm Post #3 |
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Welcome from a fellow Nathan! I like your Carat Duchatelet wheels. |
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| stwat | Tue Oct 12, 2010 8:32 pm Post #4 |
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Hello and welcome. Stu |
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| GTiDog | Tue Oct 12, 2010 8:34 pm Post #5 |
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Thanks for the welcomes ![]() I live in Martin (between Woodhall Spa and Metheringham). I've got a soft spot for the wheels too. Can you believe I swapped this car for a 1.4 Mk3 Golf?? It runs out of tax at the end of this month so it's coming off the road for a few months to have a bit of a freshen up
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| shrimo | Tue Oct 12, 2010 8:38 pm Post #6 |
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well im actually in meg, dont suppose you were at the garage in martin the other day with a nova on a trailer were you
Edited by shrimo, Tue Oct 12, 2010 8:43 pm.
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| GTiDog | Tue Oct 12, 2010 8:52 pm Post #7 |
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Ha ha it was actually a 106 GTi shell but yes I was! I work for that garage! That shell was the donor for the new engine for my race car. Was it you who came in asking about a new clutch? Small world eh! |
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| shrimo | Tue Oct 12, 2010 8:56 pm Post #8 |
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yeah mate it was, wasnt far off its a small car so what you putting in the shell, maybe i shoulod pop down one day see if you could figure out my milometer
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| GTiDog | Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:01 pm Post #9 |
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That shell has been weighed in now because it was rotten. I've put the cammed 16v from that into a series 1 106 shell...it's a little monster! I can't wait to get my 190 all cleaned up and looking as she should ![]() I meant to say by the way, your cosworth is verging on automotive porn as you might have guessed when I was dribbling over it the other day!! Edited by GTiDog, Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:03 pm.
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| shrimo | Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:27 pm Post #10 |
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cheers mate, all is not as pretty as she looks though, but i will get there
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| GTiDog | Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:30 pm Post #11 |
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What else needs doing? |
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| shrimo | Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:37 pm Post #12 |
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well where do i start:- interior needs replacing, milometer stopped working, electric windows need rewiring, and a really good service, maybe tighten up idle speed too. but apart from that not much keep me busy anyway
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| GTiDog | Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:39 pm Post #13 |
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What's wrong with the interior? The leather does come up on ebay every so often; I was watching a cream set (ended at £97) and a black set (ended at £179). How have the windows gone wrong? Service and idle speed are the easy bits! I'm not looking forward to doing the manifold gasket on mine
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| shrimo | Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:46 pm Post #14 |
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interior is easy just need to source and fund it, on the windows one of the switches someone cut the plugs off and attatched bullet connectors instead, just gotta figure out which way round they go on the switch |
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| matth190 | Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:48 pm Post #15 |
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Lovely wheels mate. A good clean and IMO, lower your profile! |
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| GTiDog | Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:54 pm Post #16 |
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Oh well not too bad then
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| shrimo | Tue Oct 12, 2010 10:02 pm Post #17 |
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nope all we be good, in for clutch tomorrow just hope nothing happens or hope they dont find anything else while its on the ramp. but £163 + vat lighter and ill be happy getting done at dan melladay in skellingthorpe
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| GTiDog | Thu Oct 14, 2010 9:18 pm Post #18 |
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That's VERY cheap!!! We'd probably struggle to charge that just for the part! What make clutch is this place putting in?? |
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| PARI | Fri Oct 15, 2010 2:58 pm Post #19 |
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hi and welcome to the forum nice to see another member sporting some carats, seems like the tyres looking like donuts a set of low profiles would do them justice. Are they 15's or 16's? |
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| GTiDog | Fri Oct 15, 2010 7:56 pm Post #20 |
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It's on the 15's. I need some new tyres on the front fairly shortly though. I went out to take what I had hoped would be some good photos this afternoon but with fast fading light, a crap camera and the worlds most useless photographer, I'm afraid they're not great! Oh and the 'carat duchatelet' photo is of the underside of the spoiler ![]() Here they are anyway: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Comments always welcome
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| shrimo | Mon Oct 18, 2010 3:08 am Post #21 |
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got the part from allwoods in lincoln £205 LUK part, and fitted for £191 and some pence inc VAT all done now pulls like a dream
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| GTiDog | Mon Oct 18, 2010 6:37 am Post #22 |
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Oh I thought you meant they'd supplied and fitted it for that much! Still I'm pleased you've got it done
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| shrimo | Mon Oct 18, 2010 6:00 pm Post #23 |
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i wish , maybe could have got it done at work but dont think its the same as a land rover
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