mr2 alternator removal

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#71 Post by rich. »

thanks! as long as its not my fault & i can get the chuffin thing fixed ill be happy..
edit im getting quite good at alternator removal & refitting so if anyone fancies a Holiday to fix their mr2 alternator im your man :lol:
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#72 Post by rich. »

still waiting to hear from the alternator centre, but i have just recieved an offer for an exchange with a 98 opel tigra... i know nothing about these cars.... can you chaps enlighten me :?
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#73 Post by JPB »

Image :lol:
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#74 Post by Luxobarge »

Yes John, but frying pan, fire?

Except one of them is nice to drive, and the other isn't.

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#75 Post by JPB »

:D
Tigra Man, when asked recently, in a frankly embarrassing faux-Jamaican accent, wrote:But me ride as dope as the dopest ting, innit blood?
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Rich, I changed my mind, look at that little beauty. Do the deal, :lol: but stock up on welding wire before you do 'cos how they managed it when their own Corsa is really pretty resistant to serious corrosion I do not know, but the Tigra is a festering rot box.
Get one, and people will laugh and point. Then their laughter will turn to savagery of the kind normally reserved for Gary Glitter's Twitter followers.
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#76 Post by TerryG »

A Tigra is just a Corsa in drag. When Ford made the puma (a fiesta with a new suit), they got a fun little car. When Vauxhall did the same thing with the Corsa they rather missed the point. Personally I would give it a miss but each to their own.
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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#77 Post by rich. »

thanks for the help chaps... its a lhd & hopefully easier to sell.. i do not need another sports car...
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#78 Post by rich. »

JPB wrote:Image :lol:

:lol: i can do a lionel blair cut :lol: :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Tc2K4j4iqs
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#80 Post by TerryG »

First job - visit a scrappy for some factory rear lights as the lexarse ones someone has fitted are horrid.
Given the type of mod that has been done I suspect it has been driven by a chav so I would have a good nose at the service history and make sure it has actually been serviced in their ownership. Too many chavs believe that oil and filters last forever. also worth checking the clutch and handbrake to ensure they haven't been car park fwd drifting at le mcdonalds.
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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