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It's probably an AliExpecial...

I managed a stick mixer at 15% off once, but its the only thing and that was about 10 years ago now 😂

I don't know how much better the 4000 is, but I've got 3x 3000 kits (130W vs 175W) somewhere, all with poked motors. They seem to eat brushes and die. The extra grunt might help with that. And that stupid place for the spindle lock button 🙄 Bunnings appears to be $198 today... so 15% lower discount on that if you get the Mitre 10 price gaurantee? 😋 Unless they've already lowered to match (as they do, to avoid the 15% discount!)

And then of course, they filed the corners off a tiny bit and made the Daewoo Cielo and kept making it WELL past it's use-by date: Apparently Uzbekistan was punished with them until 2016 in sedan form 😫

So true! I'd love an early-ish Defender... but one bad enough that would cost "only" $15K, is about the same condition as my '97 Disco 1 V8... which cost $1600... Well... "was purchased" for $1600... 🤣

^^^ I'm not convinced: The panel / paint / remaining rust / masking job around that build plate looks dodgy as! I'd wonder what was done to the rest!

Assuming you didn't buy from a dealer? That last vid: It still winds with no real compression spikes intially (like the plugs are out, or the valves aren't closing, soz!), then sounds not regular enough for a 4 cylinder cranking at that speed. 250 rpm should kind kind of enthusiastic. can you check the timing via the hole from the cam sensor and the crank mark? I still reckon a compression issue: head gasket massively blown, bent valves or a valve train issue like a slipped chain or cam pulley. Timing off may explain the camshaft code too, because the DME may not be seeing the signal within the required window of crank sensor signals, so treats it as implausible. Pretty sure you'll be taking the rocker cover off at least ☹️ I'd be a little concerned about additional damage if it did start...

Does that cranking video sound VERY wrong to anybody else??? It doesn't sound like the compression is correct/evenly spaced. Compression test and check the cam timing??

Don't lose the nut of that back bolt on the intake manifold... you could spend AGES looking for it 😉🤣 Maybe you should just LS swap it... The M57 can go in "someones" Land Rover...

Well... lucky we aren't trying to convert everything f**king thing, ever, to electric....

This has always been one of my favourites of the mobility scooter...

You need a mate with a welder 😁

Also Trodo used them a few times now. Good range of stuff.

Hahaha... did that in the E39 years ago, with a Ranger behind me... At a roundabout, I changed down to second in preparation for the exit, but didn't slow down, took the roundabout at 55km/h and booted it as I exited (only a 525i though!)... Ranger tried to follow... he mounted the footpath behind me as I blitzed off into the 80 zone 🤣 He kept some distance after😋

You're supposed to have the subframe bushes IN the glovebox... otherwise it doesn't count!

I've got the caravan set up and ready to go... soyou have somewhere to sleep (again) now

Very, very rare... When I finished it, it was the only fully functional one, with 4WD and everything. There aren't that many people weird enough to bother It was built from an NZ new Touran, so pretty average spec.

I solved my problem with fuel prices... I bought this: Makes our 2.0 and 3.2 Tourans look positively frugal! Even with their consumption combined🤣

Fixed that for you😁

I'm supposed to be listing this on TradeMe this weekend... if you want to get started on a build! It's not long clicked past 99,999 miles, so at a little under 1800 kms per year, I bet it's carbon footprint is pretty good... 'specially since it only got built once and there is a distinct lack of plastic crap. Nobody could be bothered with the effort of driving, so if you wanted to use the car, it was only for a trip that was worthwhile! Whereas an electric car is so good for the environment, you should drive it everywhere and never walk/run/ride etc!

I bet Fiat could do it...

Up here (Whangarei), they've taken to raising the "flush" covers of manholes etc, WEEKS and WEEKS before doing the road. One spot has them where your sump is, AND where they wheels should be... some of them look to be sticking up 80mm without even a ramp of hot mix around them! They've been like that since last week at least and still no new layer of hotmix added yet...

I've got (Mum and Dads) pretty original '29 Tudor you can have for $34K Bargain!

Pffft... haven't you been up north? I was in Broadwood (north Hokianga) and an 80's RWD corolla went past... no doors and 4 space savers. Just cruising down the main road, like it was normal. The kid driving it was probably 12. Not sure if the other occupants were his much younger siblings, or offspring 🤣

Did they realise how slow it moved? 🤣 *jokes*... kinda 😉 Haha. Good result! Pisses me off that we have to stress about losing the things we work hard for!