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KillerWatt

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I just had to have it
« 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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Re: I just had to have it
« Reply #1 on: 24 July 2009, 15:51:22 »
Ex-Plod auto? About on the money to be honest if it is plod.
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Re: I just had to have it
« Reply #2 on: 24 July 2009, 15:52:12 »
Gearbox is more likely to be mechanical than electrical, worth starting with atf fluid change though
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Re: I just had to have it
« Reply #3 on: 24 July 2009, 15:52:42 »
Looks vaguely familiar... ;)
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Re: I just had to have it
« Reply #4 on: 24 July 2009, 15:53:16 »
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Looks vaguely familiar... ;)
It's the very same Kev  :y
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Re: I just had to have it
« Reply #5 on: 24 July 2009, 15:53:51 »
Gearbox goes into limp reporting  the brake band solenoid circuit open IIRC.

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Re: I just had to have it
« Reply #6 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
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Re: I just had to have it
« Reply #7 on: 24 July 2009, 16:11:33 »
Can you direct me to that barrel, Killer? - need a change of fortune here.
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Re: I just had to have it
« Reply #8 on: 24 July 2009, 16:16:15 »
Good price mate, I like it  :y
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Re: I just had to have it
« Reply #9 on: 24 July 2009, 17:36:34 »
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Gearbox goes into limp reporting  the brake band solenoid circuit open IIRC.

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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

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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).
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Re: I just had to have it
« Reply #10 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.
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Re: I just had to have it
« Reply #11 on: 24 July 2009, 17:43:38 »
Good buy that! Reckon it could drive on water too with those jumbo tyres !
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Re: I just had to have it
« Reply #12 on: 24 July 2009, 17:46:03 »
Pre-facelift Elite alloys, would have had steelies on in it's plod days
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Re: I just had to have it
« Reply #13 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
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Re: I just had to have it
« Reply #14 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.
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