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Re: Bad weekend

Post by zook123 » Tue Feb 14, 2017 5:29 pm

For those that have me on facebook, it's now dead. won't fire at all..... c'mon hurry up scrapyard and remove this engine!
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Re: Bad weekend

Post by Tramp » Tue Feb 14, 2017 10:39 pm

Sorry to hear that, might it be worth fitting a gb16 engine instead of the 1.3, I think you can get adaptor plates for the jimmy gearbox?
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Re: Bad weekend

Post by zook123 » Tue Feb 14, 2017 10:44 pm

Yeah I looked into it, it's not a straight swapplication, lots of different mods and much more money that a G13bb engine, not to mention how much more the insurance company wanted!
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Re: Bad weekend

Post by ScottieJ » Wed Feb 15, 2017 8:58 am

zook123 wrote:Yeah I looked into it, it's not a straight swapplication, lots of different mods and much more money that a G13bb engine, not to mention how much more the insurance company wanted!
he's just being a wimp :lol:
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Re: Bad weekend

Post by twiss » Fri Feb 24, 2017 1:20 am

Some of the insurance and driving regs may be stupid here, but you can put whatever engine in you want and the insurance doesn't change!
I said I had put a 1.6 in mine and they said it doesn't matter!

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Re: Bad weekend

Post by zook123 » Mon Feb 27, 2017 3:02 pm

I'm currently with Admiral, and they wanted another £600 to change the engine size for Insurance, along with charges with DVLA, the potential for DVLA wanting it for inspection I decided to go for a straight 1.3 swap, 43k, looks in good conditon. Still waiting to hear back from the bloke who's doing it for me, but i'm waiting on a clutch kit, that the company fucked up the address and had it sent to a neighbours house.......

Drove past the Jimny yesterday and it's looking very high at the moment, maybe it's just because it has chunky tyres on the front, or it's missing an engine!
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Re: Bad weekend

Post by ScottieJ » Mon Feb 27, 2017 4:53 pm

why on earth are you with admiral....you'll get cheaper rates on a specialist insurance surely?

never know dvla to check an engine swap, it's the easiest process ever.
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Re: Bad weekend

Post by ROBBIE » Mon Feb 27, 2017 5:42 pm

Dvla , on both occasions I just took in some paperwork from a local garage, that just said what was in there and the engine numbers, payt for new tax disc and off I went
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Re: Bad weekend

Post by ROBBIE » Thu Mar 02, 2017 3:41 pm

When you pull the old engine out I might be interested in the flywheel
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Re: Bad weekend

Post by zook123 » Mon Mar 06, 2017 8:49 pm

I'll let you know.... that's if it ever gets done. Getting pissed off as there's a bloke that is pulling the engine out down the scrapyard and bolting it into mine, and leaving the old engine in the boot..... 3weeks as he hasn't even started
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HD Recovery Points and Winch Plate
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