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Re: END OF THE ROAD

Postby burnt turtle » September 4th, 2009, 8:07 pm

dont look at me like that dave :?

i said know of 1
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Re: END OF THE ROAD

Postby firebug484 » September 4th, 2009, 11:37 pm

my ef has done 268,000 and since bought it at the start of this yr ive spent roughly a grand fixin it, i had 2 get the fuel pump replaced because the car died on the highway, it used 2 eat fan belts so i got that fixed, then apparantly the crankshaft was about to go through the head so i got that fixed, then every time i went 100 kmh the tailshaft would start vibrating and knocking so i got that fixed. Now it drives like a treat, since then ive lowerted it on superlow springs, got a 2.5 inch catbak exhaust, knocked the centre of my cat out, put some decent sound in it and got coloured parkers.
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Re: END OF THE ROAD

Postby nstg8a » September 4th, 2009, 11:47 pm

firebug484 wrote: then apparantly the crankshaft was about to go through the head so i got that fixed,




i wish i owned a workshop, you could make millions telling people that shits about to go wrong and then charging them squillions to fix it.

seriously, how the fu(k would a crank go through the head? :banghead:







unless........... it fell out of a burning ef
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Re: END OF THE ROAD

Postby FordFairmont » September 5th, 2009, 10:03 am

chewing fan belts in an EF is a real pita :?
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Re: END OF THE ROAD

Postby firebug484 » September 5th, 2009, 3:06 pm

stuffed if i know, i didnt beleive the mechanic wen he said that, got it fixed anyway though
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Re: END OF THE ROAD

Postby Dansedgli » September 5th, 2009, 3:10 pm

That's smart.

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Re: END OF THE ROAD

Postby nstg8a » September 5th, 2009, 7:16 pm

firebug484 wrote:stuffed if i know, i didnt beleive the mechanic wen he said that, got it fixed anyway though

id be real keen to see the itemised account for that job....
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Re: END OF THE ROAD

Postby firebug484 » September 6th, 2009, 5:37 pm

it was some pulley that had something to do with the crankshaft that was about o go through the head, the bill was $700
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Re: END OF THE ROAD

Postby ef_falcon » September 18th, 2009, 5:58 pm

THATS CRAZY
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Re: END OF THE ROAD

Postby firebug484 » September 18th, 2009, 10:05 pm

it was some pully that had something to do with the crank
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Re: END OF THE ROAD

Postby CHEETR » September 19th, 2009, 2:42 pm

they saw you coming. 700 to replace a pulley lol
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Re: END OF THE ROAD

Postby Dezza » September 19th, 2009, 3:08 pm

I'm guessing they meant the harmonic balancer but it's not going to go through the head! lol

They're not that hard to remove once you get a balancer puller anyway.
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Re: END OF THE ROAD

Postby CHEETR » September 19th, 2009, 3:12 pm

they are a peice off piss to do!

average mechanic is $75 an hour for labour..

so his mechanic is basically saying it took him 9.3hours to remove and replace a balancer haha
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Re: END OF THE ROAD

Postby firebug484 » September 20th, 2009, 7:20 pm

na, i got everything fixed at once
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