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I'm typing this while waiting for the MOT to come recover the Caddy. Symptoms: was driving along at 65, minding my own business, chillin out to a bit of David Starkey when theres this "WHUMP" noise from under the bonnet and all the red lights come on together. Pull up at side of dual carridgeway and open bonnet. Some black smoke. Check oil is still present - yes, but very aeriated looking. Try starting and it turns over on the key about 3 times faster than normal. None of the above are good signs. Irritatingly this is 2 days after I went of a credit card frenzy buying all the stuff for the MOT advisories and other niggly faults. And the Wifeymobile is in for its MOT on Tuesday and it WILL fail. Plop. ?
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Last Edit: Aug 7, 2008 20:14:36 GMT by akku
1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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qwerty
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<<<<<<<< GAME OVER >>>>>>>>qwerty
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I know this feeling!! Clio Snaps cambelt curse word!!! Back up car head gasket pops and I sell to Sc aryold cortina who fixes immediately DOUBLE curse word!!
Guess like m you'll be getting used to our wonderful public transport system!!
Chin up it could be worse!!
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Mr S
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10-4 Good buddy.
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curse word! Any ideas on what it might be? Or will it have to wait for a stripdown?
I've got a nice lenient MOT tester round by me in Ilkeston if the wife's car is 'borderline' - pm me if you want the number!
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I spent 4 months of 2007 with no car on the road. Not going through that again. Wife has said "Mondeo" about 5 times in the last 2 minutes....
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Something's broken then.......That's a pain! Could be the timing chain's gone - or whatever it was, might sound serious but could be a relatively easy assembly to replace. What's the wifeymobile going to fail on? I'm a man of relative leisure at the moment, if you need any help workshopping it to get it going I'm sure I could come up Ve have ze technology! Found a pic of another blown Cadillac: (Got someone who's got a lovely low mileage 1.6 Focus 5 door for sale at the moment mind, worst comes to worst......)
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Last Edit: Aug 7, 2008 20:20:06 GMT by Lewis
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Mr S
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10-4 Good buddy.
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Nooooooooooooooo, stay away from Mondeos, plenty of interesting larger engined stuff on the bay for peanuts!
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qwerty
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HAHA Mundaneo FTW!!! I like them and I'm proud to say it! Dull reliable cheap and plentiful! Get a 1.8 TD for extra win points!
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Bladerunner - I am half using the MOT fail as an excuse to fix stuff I know is wrong with it already. I don't want an unroadworthy car with my little daughter in it. But sometimes you have to have a lever to get family budget spent on a car....
It feels to have lost all compression the way its turnign over with no resistance. Until I get to tear it down I dunno but the HT4100 has a reputation for a weak bottom end as well as poping head gaskets, but I never had a HG go and the car just die... I bet the sump is full of frags of piston rings.
I'd like to take this as an oportunity to wang in a "proper" V8 like a big block Caddy or even a Chevy.
Problem is I need transport now really and I have like 53p budget left...
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Seth
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Bad news Alistair
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Follow your dreams or you might as well be a vegetable.
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kevfromwales
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the conrod's REALLY out the block now!
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hey AK - snap!!!
adjusted gearbox in truck last night, drive to pub, select 2nd on way - truck then smells of burning and smoke is emitted thru the floor - anybody got a manual box (to replace the SECOND th350!!) for a pontiac v8, cheap and before rr08??
curse word!!
- kev
ps - hope yours is fixable
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Almost on the road: b11 sunny breadvan, e36 tds, 325i skidcar,
nearly there: ford f250 tathauler, suzuki alto, u11 bluey
not for a while: ford pop, 32 rails,
not in this lifetime: ruby, '29 hillman
''unfortanatly I'm quite old and scruffy and in need of some loving. my drive shaft needs a new boot....''
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If the timing chain went then its probably lunched all the valves, chipped the pistons and scored the bores. Even 1 out of 3 and the engine gets weighed in. HT4100 is a horrid engine and expensive to rebuild. A fruitless endeavour. Especially when a 500" fits right in, apparently. Would run nice with 11:1 high lift cam and LPG... Now will Mrs Akku let me flex her credit card to buy all that?
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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pirate
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or a saab 90..... sorry to hear that tho, what engine does it have? i might know of a good 5.7 chevy engine if that would work?
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persistant retro offender. 04 laguna load lugger alfa 159 lusso beast 82 austin allegro 82 mg metro
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Thought it was the timing chain before I got to the bottom. I could put you in touch with the guy I bought the Madonna caddy off if you need an engine.
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Gutting, it always happens that way for me, took the camper in with a sick engine, popped back two week later to see how things were going and the Golf pi$$ed unleaded all over the place from a split fuel pump casing Hope you get it sorted ;D
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i dropped half of a K-series on the M42 through the exhaust in december, I'm still carless ;D
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Poo. Hope you get it fixed up soon.
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1984 Mk2 Fiesta XR2 - Stored 1990 XR3i SE500 Cabrio - Project 1990 Mk4 Escort estate 1.3L - Daily drive/For Sale
...more to follow!
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Bumhats. 10 days before RR08 as well. :-(
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has no-one got a loaner car on the go?!
if i were in engerlund you'd be driving a 525 by now (and carefully watching the temp guage!)
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cheerz.
home now.
Anyway, as far as we can establish, the valves are still opening and closing. The rocker seem to be moving anyway. Although it does have a good healthy "armona" of timing chain snappage. We'll see when we get it pulled a part a bit. Wonder if the valves hit the pistons? I'd imagine theres a fair amount of clearance for them.
I would be very interested to hear of an traditional big block Cadillac engines up for grabs, 425, 472 or 500. I believe that the LT1 engine will also fit and run off the stock Caddy computer as this engine was used in some 90s Caddies and the ECU (called a PCM) is interchangeable.
I won't fit another HT4100. Its way underpowered. Shame I have a brand new (expensive!) starter motor here ready to fit... At least its all alloy block V8 so its worth a bit when weighed in. I've got quite a collection of stuff to go down the metal yard now...
Still, got to see how bad it is yet, might be able to get it back on the road cheaply if no bad damage was done. It was making a mechanical symphony of woe as I coasted to the side of the road though...
Unfortunately Mrs Akku is on the "old cars break down, new cars don't" tip here and the statistics are with her, not me on this arguement.
I might need a ride to RRG08...
There was talk of a mad dash to get the Olds back on the road....
Hmmm....
and BTW Kev, your truck needs a TH400 or even a TH475 really. The TH350 isn't built to take the weight of a full size truck like yours really. Although the Powerglide is sturdy, probably would survive OK but I don't like the way they drive so much. They tend to be cheap though.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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