swill_omnibus
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Registered: 12th Dec 07
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Evening all,
Cars just broken down and have just come from cardiff to rhondda (bout 30 miles) to my local garage and now home:-
When driving , then when brakes aplied the speed of car stopped dramatically then the car refuses to move, but with some encouragement to 4000RPM got it moving for bout 1/4 til i slowed down and refuses to go forward now.
The engine itself ticks over lovely but refuses to move.
A m8 who was with me rung our m8 whos "in the know" and said maybe the gearbox or the sender has dropped of it's mount and the recovery man said maybe the linkage!
Any thoughts on this one??
Cheers all.
[Edited on 21-06-2008 by swill_omnibus]
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Fraser Young
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Registered: 26th Dec 02
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Any Engine management Light come on (or any other lights)?
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swill_omnibus
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Nah nothing at all which was disappointing!
Feels like something "engine" wise is stopping it go forward. It goes backwards fine...... Well did of the ramp of the recovery van anyway! lol
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Fraser Young
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If the engine is reacting normally under throttle and revving etc. Then it must be some sort of transmission problem. I guess what part exactly, you'll have to wait and have investigated.
Hopefully small (and cheap!)
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swill_omnibus
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Yea engine is revving and idling like normal. So prob is transmission.
Hope it's chea as i won't get aid until end of july as have started new job and aint having a june pay 
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curl666
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i will be in the house saturday afternoon/evening, or most of sunday...if you want me to have a butchers!
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swill_omnibus
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Of what stripping it isit i bet the joke will be
Nah u[ jackas atm can't move it at all m8.
Shame you werent by the window as the truck went past ur house half hourish ago!
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curl666
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quote:
Originally posted by swill_omnibus
Of what stripping it isit i bet the joke will be
I have no idea what this means, swilliam dear boy speak english!
I know you cant move it, but if you give me a ring, when you are home around those times tomorrow, then I will bring a few tools over and the jack and have a look!
Could save you a few £££
At the end of the day Swill, you catch the train to work, so a car is not vital to you right now! 
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swill_omnibus
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Well i catch it to treforest  lol
But yes you are correct tis not vital 
Stripping as it strip it for spares or repair Mr.6 
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swill_omnibus
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Well you'll laugh. I changed the discs recently with high help from Curl666 . Well on the passenger side the bottom allen key bolt on the caliper wasn't there!!
So when breaking it was digging into the alloy.............
So gta try and get the correct bolt then back on the road! lol
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Fraser Young
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Annoying but good news all the same!
Cost of a bolt and your back on the road! 
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swill_omnibus
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Defo, got my local gaage to draft the bolt in within 15min as vauxhall would have been closing in 15 min and it takes about 30 lol
So as he's ex-vaux there he got someone to drop it off so i paid £5 for bolt and him putting it on and checking all round, can't argue really!
Thanks for all the help though guys
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Adam-D
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is the alloy ok?
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swill_omnibus
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I ain't driven it since so going to get it of and inspect it today now, hope it is ok though
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