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Re: mr2 alternator removal
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 6:45 pm
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
Re: mr2 alternator removal
Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 8:03 pm
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
Re: mr2 alternator removal
Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 8:37 pm
by JPB
Re: mr2 alternator removal
Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 9:47 pm
by Luxobarge
Yes John, but frying pan, fire?
Except one of them is nice to drive, and the other isn't.
Re: mr2 alternator removal
Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 10:06 pm
by JPB
Tigra Man, when asked recently, in a frankly embarrassing faux-Jamaican accent, wrote:But me ride as dope as the dopest ting, innit blood?
Rich, I changed my mind, look at that little beauty. Do the deal,
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.
Re: mr2 alternator removal
Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 10:21 pm
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.
Re: mr2 alternator removal
Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 7:14 am
by rich.
thanks for the help chaps... its a lhd & hopefully easier to sell.. i do not need another sports car...
Re: mr2 alternator removal
Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 7:47 am
by rich.
Re: mr2 alternator removal
Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 12:17 pm
by rich.
Re: mr2 alternator removal
Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 12:36 pm
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.
