Jag Broked
Had a bit of a rubbish week. The Jaaaag is finally broken, it failed to start the other morning but I was running late, so just swiped the CLK instead. That left Mrs B to take the boy to school in t'Berlingo... but the exhaust fell off that en-route. I had to leave work to bodge it up with cable-ties so it could be driven home. I really need to stop messing about with shite old cars.
The starter motor seems to be the fault on the Jag, it sounds like the bendix is mashed; apparently this can happen, though the ring gear is likely to have survived. Getting the thing off is going to be a bastard, it's under the inlet manifold and one of the bolts comes out from the gearbox end. Options are to drop the transmission slightly to get a wobbly extension lead on it, or remove the wiper motor/assembly. I took decisive action... I went back in the house to watch TV and drink tea.
The fact that I had no wheels yesterday is the only thing that stopped me going to look at a pretty cheap XJR. Paint was a bit faded in places and it had 137K, but nothing serious in it's MOT history. Interesting fact: a new starter for my car is about £220. XJR starter: £664.
Put a new exhaust back-box on the Berlingo, £24! That's why I like shite old cars.
The fact that I had no wheels yesterday is the only thing that stopped me going to look at a pretty cheap XJR. Paint was a bit faded in places and it had 137K, but nothing serious in it's MOT history. Interesting fact: a new starter for my car is about £220. XJR starter: £664.
Put a new exhaust back-box on the Berlingo, £24! That's why I like shite old cars.
