Good Garage in Suffolk/Essex - Page 2

SkunkMunkey3000 · 13th December 2016, 17:46

Thanks for all your responses, I've decided I'm going to be brave and try to do it myself. I've now got all the parts on order and hopefully they'll be with me by the end of the week - hopefully you won't get posts from me later panicking when the cars in the air and I can't figure out what to do!

thundercat · 13th December 2016, 19:40

Brilliant well done that man, go for it

thundercat · 13th December 2016, 19:42

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Originally Posted by SkunkMunkey3000

Thanks for all your responses, I've decided I'm going to be brave and try to do it myself. I've now got all the parts on order and hopefully they'll be with me by the end of the week - hopefully you won't get posts from me later panicking when the cars in the air and I can't figure out what to do!

We are all here to help if we can as there is a encyclopaedia of knowledge on this forum

MSS · 13th December 2016, 19:46

And, if you get really stuck, my local independent will accept a car in carrier bags.

SkunkMunkey3000 · 13th December 2016, 20:03

I dunno if I could afford enough carrier bags for that, I'd probably need to spend at least 80p on bags for a car this size!

Thanks guys, I'll let you know how it goes.

SkunkMunkey3000 · 14th December 2016, 15:40

Following on from this, I'm hoping my fuel pump will show up tomorrow, I was going to get the Mkon one but he's currently out of stock so got one off eBay which I'm hopefully is exactly the same item;
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2213641716...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Other than the pump do I need to get anything else, hoses/clips etc?

SkunkMunkey3000 · 17th December 2016, 18:56

Little bit later than expected but I got the fuel pump done today. My god what an hassle that was - could not for the life of me get the fuel pipe off of the blown motor. Tried for ages, warmed it and tried to prize it off with a screwdriver, tried using brute force but no good. In the end I had to cut the little bit bit off the motor with the hose attached, then crush the little plastic bit and pull it out piece by piece with needle pliers! Got there in the end though and didn't lose any bits of plastic down the fuel pipe. Now have a nice healthy motor than actually works. I've also now got a spare UBP as I'm sure the current one has been overworked doing the job of 2 pumps but that's for another day as I've had enough of pumps for today!

Also arranged with a mate to do the bush at his after Christmas as he has better tools than me and actually knows what he's doing mechanically.

13th December 2016, 17:46	#11
SkunkMunkey3000 Regular poster Rover 75 Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Sudbury Posts: 72 Thanks: 2 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Thanks for all your responses, I've decided I'm going to be brave and try to do it myself. I've now got all the parts on order and hopefully they'll be with me by the end of the week - hopefully you won't get posts from me later panicking when the cars in the air and I can't figure out what to do!

13th December 2016, 19:40	#12
thundercat Posted a thing or two Rover 75 Club SE Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: saxmundham Posts: 1,438 Thanks: 289 Thanked 173 Times in 121 Posts	Brilliant well done that man, go for it

13th December 2016, 19:46	#14
MSS This is my second home Rover 75CDT, Jaguar XF-S 3.0V6, V'xhall Omega V6 Estate, Twintop 1.8VVT, Astra Estate and Corsa 1.2 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Suffolk Posts: 7,085 Thanks: 283 Thanked 624 Times in 440 Posts	And, if you get really stuck, my local independent will accept a car in carrier bags.

13th December 2016, 20:03	#15
SkunkMunkey3000 Regular poster Rover 75 Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Sudbury Posts: 72 Thanks: 2 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	I dunno if I could afford enough carrier bags for that, I'd probably need to spend at least 80p on bags for a car this size! Thanks guys, I'll let you know how it goes.

14th December 2016, 15:40	#16
SkunkMunkey3000 Regular poster Rover 75 Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Sudbury Posts: 72 Thanks: 2 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Following on from this, I'm hoping my fuel pump will show up tomorrow, I was going to get the Mkon one but he's currently out of stock so got one off eBay which I'm hopefully is exactly the same item; http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2213641716...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT Other than the pump do I need to get anything else, hoses/clips etc?

17th December 2016, 18:56	#17
SkunkMunkey3000 Regular poster Rover 75 Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Sudbury Posts: 72 Thanks: 2 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Little bit later than expected but I got the fuel pump done today. My god what an hassle that was - could not for the life of me get the fuel pipe off of the blown motor. Tried for ages, warmed it and tried to prize it off with a screwdriver, tried using brute force but no good. In the end I had to cut the little bit bit off the motor with the hose attached, then crush the little plastic bit and pull it out piece by piece with needle pliers! Got there in the end though and didn't lose any bits of plastic down the fuel pipe. Now have a nice healthy motor than actually works. I've also now got a spare UBP as I'm sure the current one has been overworked doing the job of 2 pumps but that's for another day as I've had enough of pumps for today! Also arranged with a mate to do the bush at his after Christmas as he has better tools than me and actually knows what he's doing mechanically.