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Offline Keef

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Re: RIP Delica
« Reply #30 on: January 16, 2014, 01:31:53 PM »
It's got £100 worth of tax on the screen hasn't it?

£400 with 9 months mot is pretty cheap motoring overall.
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Re: RIP Delica
« Reply #31 on: January 16, 2014, 02:29:04 PM »
He's negotiated up to £425.  Will do as a runabout until we can find something worth hanging onto.  Having time to hunt will make a big difference.

Trouble is without transport taxis for kids clubs and so forth (things we've pre-paid) would cost a fair bit, as would hiring a car while we hunt.  I think this is the cheapest way.

Must SORN the Deli and get the tax back on that too.
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Re: RIP Delica
« Reply #32 on: January 16, 2014, 03:16:25 PM »
So long as she hasn't done the head, it sounds ideal. Even if it has done the head, it'll probably survive till you find something else. Sounds like a perfect stand in.
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Re: RIP Delica
« Reply #33 on: January 16, 2014, 05:35:59 PM »
The head problems are mostly limited to the turbo jap import (seems to be a recurring theme) slow noisy and rusty but reliable enough.
Oddly enough the only bus my other half won't let me buy again, which is saying something when she would happily have another money pit timebomb estima
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Re: RIP Delica
« Reply #34 on: January 16, 2014, 11:39:32 PM »
Sorry to hear of your car trouble Tony, I was looking for deli's as a matter of interest and didn't realise they fetch so much money!
Hope you can find another one.
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Re: RIP Delica
« Reply #35 on: January 17, 2014, 04:49:17 AM »
get a vw bora 51 plate, go like shizz, brilliant on fuel, runs on veg, ticks over on cold start, tax it crazy cheap for a year, lovely drive...

mods to the one I know, tank sender base valve removed (plastic flap) pipe from sender to ip added ((no jionts) and due to a pump leak (cant be bother to change pump) 12 volt valve to stop flow back to tank, wired off stop soliniod valve for power on when key is turned.
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Re: RIP Delica
« Reply #36 on: January 17, 2014, 10:52:56 AM »
So the Serena turns out to be a rather odd one.  Unlike the usual 66PS ones out there this one has a newer engine, 91PS.  Certainly goes well.  But finding a downpipe for it appears to be like searching for hen's teeth.
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Re: RIP Delica
« Reply #37 on: January 17, 2014, 11:01:33 AM »
So does that make it an imported turbo version?
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Re: RIP Delica
« Reply #38 on: January 17, 2014, 01:18:32 PM »
I guess so.  Has all the signs of being imported.  Definitely the 2.0 turbo.  Looks like it has had the EGR removed already.  I found drop link bushes for it on eBay (those are well shot), ARB may need some bushes... just need to do the exhaust downpipe really and weld up a rust hole in the sill.  From what I've read it's closer to being a Largo and shares a lot of the same parts.

If the mileage is in km then it's on about 120k miles, much less than the Delica.
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Re: RIP Delica
« Reply #39 on: January 17, 2014, 01:35:14 PM »
Do I sense love beginning to blossom already?
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Re: RIP Delica
« Reply #40 on: January 17, 2014, 06:19:47 PM »
We need some photos Tony.
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Re: RIP Delica
« Reply #41 on: January 17, 2014, 08:29:41 PM »
Bit fuzzy and needs a wash but you get the general idea



Alternator belt jumped off today, it also does the oil pump and vacuum.  Alternator is badly fitted, so another one to add to the todo list.

Running fine on bio, though the filler cap isn't on the sliding door side so I can't stand my drum inside while it drains, have to stand it on a 60l clamp top!

Kids think it's great, the sliding door has an electric window in it bizarrely.  Climate control seems to work, no idea about the aircon.
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Re: RIP Delica
« Reply #42 on: January 17, 2014, 08:34:45 PM »
Quote from: Keef on January 17, 2014, 01:35:14 PM
Do I sense love beginning to blossom already?

Oh we do love our Jap minivans, this one will be quite a challenge to get fond of though!
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Re: RIP Delica
« Reply #43 on: January 17, 2014, 08:38:15 PM »
Square number plate and two tone bodywork are import givaways.

Doesn't look to bad though mate, think of it as a little project for the winter.
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Re: RIP Delica
« Reply #44 on: January 17, 2014, 08:39:00 PM »
I want one like this, what a beauty

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nissan-largo-/161196538712
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