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Title: I just had to have it
Post by: KillerWatt on 24 July 2009, 15:46:03

My mates reckon if I fell in to a barrel full of cocks, i'd still surface sucking on a tit.

3 litre MV6, 66,700 miles (history to prove), 1 former keeper.

It needs the usual bits (wishbones, droplinks, & backbox), but it has 11 months MOT and 7 months tax.
It has an intermittent fault where the gearbox drops in to limp mode occasionally, but switching off & restarting fixes that (it can only be a loose connection somewhere).
Other than that, everything else works.

Drove it away for £400.

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Title: Re: I just had to have it
Post by: TheBoy on 24 July 2009, 15:51:22

Ex-Plod auto? About on the money to be honest if it is plod.

Title: Re: I just had to have it
Post by: TheBoy on 24 July 2009, 15:52:12

Gearbox is more likely to be mechanical than electrical, worth starting with atf fluid change though

Title: Re: I just had to have it
Post by: Kevin Wood on 24 July 2009, 15:52:42

Looks vaguely familiar... ;)

Title: Re: I just had to have it
Post by: KillerWatt on 24 July 2009, 15:53:16

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Looks vaguely familiar... ;)

It's the very same Kev  :y

Title: Re: I just had to have it
Post by: Kevin Wood on 24 July 2009, 15:53:51

Gearbox goes into limp reporting  the brake band solenoid circuit open IIRC.

Kevin

Title: Re: I just had to have it
Post by: TheBoy on 24 July 2009, 15:55:09

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Gearbox goes into limp reporting  the brake band solenoid circuit open IIRC.

Kevin

Ah, thats a result.  Worth replacing solenoid when you change the fluid then :y

Title: Re: I just had to have it
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 24 July 2009, 16:11:33

Can you direct me to that barrel, Killer? - need a change of fortune here.

Title: Re: I just had to have it
Post by: Del Boy on 24 July 2009, 16:16:15

Good price mate, I like it  :y

Title: Re: I just had to have it
Post by: KillerWatt on 24 July 2009, 17:36:34

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Gearbox goes into limp reporting  the brake band solenoid circuit open IIRC.

Kevin

3 fault codes came up Kev

P1625: Power Control Final Stage - Low Input
P1850: Shift Solenoid C - Circuit Open
P1850: Shift Solenoid C - Low Input

PS
To answer your question on the day.....Yes, you can manually change gear when it goes in to limp mode (so I'm guessing that proves the mechanics of the box work).

Title: Re: I just had to have it
Post by: KillerWatt on 24 July 2009, 17:41:24

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Ex-Plod auto? About on the money to be honest if it is plod.

Yes it is ex-plod mate.
However, I will buy as many taxed & tested, year 2000 registered, ex-plods, in the same condition as this one, as you can find if I can have them at £400 each.

Title: Re: I just had to have it
Post by: Bourne on 24 July 2009, 17:43:38

Good buy that! Reckon it could drive on water too with those jumbo tyres !

Title: Re: I just had to have it
Post by: VXL V6 on 24 July 2009, 17:46:03

Pre-facelift Elite alloys, would have had steelies on in it's plod days

Title: Re: I just had to have it
Post by: amigov6 on 24 July 2009, 19:52:29

I'm guessing it's auto but if the fault can be rectified reckon you've got a peachy Mig!!! :y

Title: Re: I just had to have it
Post by: KillerWatt on 24 July 2009, 20:35:56

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I'm guessing it's auto but if the fault can be rectified reckon you've got a peachy Mig!!! :y

If it is true "doom & gloom" (recon box), I'm not worried in the slightest because I know I'll pull the £400 back with ease.

Hell, the engine on it's own is £200 all day long (and that's the buyer removing it). Add the rest of it in the breaking stakes, and I'd probably end up showing a profit.

Title: Re: I just had to have it
Post by: Del Boy on 24 July 2009, 20:45:11

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I'm guessing it's auto but if the fault can be rectified reckon you've got a peachy Mig!!! :y

If it is true "doom & gloom" (recon box), I'm not worried in the slightest because I know I'll pull the £400 back with ease.

Hell, the engine on it's own is £200 all day long (and that's the buyer removing it). Add the rest of it in the breaking stakes, and I'd probably end up showing a profit.

I think mate it'll sell itself due to mileage and looking how clean it does to be honest  :y

Title: Re: I just had to have it
Post by: mars on 24 July 2009, 21:22:15

Looks good for money.  :yOnly thing I would do asap is change the wheels ;)

Title: Re: I just had to have it
Post by: unlucky alf on 24 July 2009, 21:30:43

let me know if you need any solenoids as im sure i have 2 of them knocking about :y