conaero
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Most of you know that I bought a salvage 2005 Alfa Spider 3.2V6 so with its arrival due next week I thought I would start a progress thread to keep you up to speed with developments.
Currently, I have won the auction, and am due to pay but am waiting for the master brown key to turn up which is supposed to be en-route, but until I have seen it, I will hold off paying.
I got quoted by the commercial breakers £375 to ship the car on a low loader the 350 miles. I thought I cold do better than that and found a bidding site online called www.uship.com/uk and got a firm to do it for £180, £200 all in with some website fees which I am chuffed with.
So, I know the car is a 25k miler with one owner from new so I am expecting the general condition to be excellent. The damage is underneath as indicated by the chalk mark on the bonnet. The engine has been run dry from oil, probably after sustaining impact to the oil cooler and pipes.
First job will be to bypass the oil cooler, effectively joining the two pipes together, fill it with some thin oil and run it to see how bad it sounds.
Crank is the obvious area that is going to take the strain but I have found several sizes of oversize bearing shells so hopefully I can get away with a crank regrind and a blow through.
More to follow next week when she arrives.
Currently, I have won the auction, and am due to pay but am waiting for the master brown key to turn up which is supposed to be en-route, but until I have seen it, I will hold off paying.
I got quoted by the commercial breakers £375 to ship the car on a low loader the 350 miles. I thought I cold do better than that and found a bidding site online called www.uship.com/uk and got a firm to do it for £180, £200 all in with some website fees which I am chuffed with.
So, I know the car is a 25k miler with one owner from new so I am expecting the general condition to be excellent. The damage is underneath as indicated by the chalk mark on the bonnet. The engine has been run dry from oil, probably after sustaining impact to the oil cooler and pipes.
First job will be to bypass the oil cooler, effectively joining the two pipes together, fill it with some thin oil and run it to see how bad it sounds.
Crank is the obvious area that is going to take the strain but I have found several sizes of oversize bearing shells so hopefully I can get away with a crank regrind and a blow through.
More to follow next week when she arrives.