Juddering under acceleration in low gears.

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Postby peterg » Tue Jan 16, 2007 11:52 am

Do it yourself! Coward!! :lol:
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Postby Alpineandy » Tue Jan 16, 2007 2:16 pm

GTAlex82 wrote: Id love to watch the clowns from PC World and Curries slug it out in the carpark


They're both part of the dixons group so I'm pretty certain they wouldn't.
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Postby Alpineandy » Tue Jan 16, 2007 2:18 pm

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..Ill do it for a beer....


Now we're talking!


You may not realise how much beer is in an ART 'a beer'.... :lol:
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Postby GTAlex82 » Tue Jan 16, 2007 6:31 pm

Do it yourself! Coward!!


Haha youre probably right there! I wussed out of the waterpump work too, I draw cars a lot better than I fix them!
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Postby GTAlex82 » Tue Jan 30, 2007 2:51 pm

Hi everyone
Small update, it turns out it was, at least partially, a drive shaft issue, which if Id checked the syptoms properly against charts available online I would have realised! The U-joint has abruptly fouled its casing so even a dummy like me can figure out the problem!
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Postby Stunned Monkey » Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:46 pm

Aaaaaaaah..... Smug mode.......

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Postby GTAlex82 » Tue Jan 30, 2007 5:20 pm

So whats actually going on in there that the rollers are tearing at the casing? Interestingly it wasnt making a horrible apart from the odd thunk and the engine wasnt covered in oil. In fact on the journey when it happened the car was quieter than it had been when I drove it the week before when it was starting to chirp a bit.
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Postby andyh877 » Tue Jan 30, 2007 6:20 pm

GTAlex82 wrote:I draw cars a lot better than I fix them!


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Postby GTAlex82 » Tue Jan 30, 2007 7:01 pm

Incredible! Youre a computer hacker right?

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Postby andyh877 » Tue Jan 30, 2007 7:24 pm

GTAlex82 wrote:Incredible! Youre a computer hacker right?

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Postby GTAlex82 » Wed Jan 31, 2007 2:39 pm

Hehe. No I graduated from a design course in Coventry last year and have been lucky enough to get to work with Landrover, Cadillac, Jaguar, Xworks and Playstation3 as a designer; ie getting paid to draw cars. Buying the GTA was my way of saying thankyou to me for always sticking by me in the tough times.
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Postby GTAlex82 » Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:42 pm

Of course Im now learning all about what goes on inside the mechanical bits of cars in punishing and expensive detail every time something breaks, but I dont grudge a penny for such a great machine.
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Postby GTAlex82 » Tue May 15, 2007 11:23 am

I meant to write an update here- David G found the problem (a hugely knackered drive shaft and some tired engine mounts) and did a great job sorting them out.
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