EV grants

[John m]

Leave it up on blocks .Do you fancy a week of drinking in the Sun .Go Canaries get a tan and a belly .Cheap all inclusive to Turkey next week under 500 .Sure ya would drink that at a free bar .

Link??

love holidays for 24th .Trump be bombing next door and its Ramadan so bars probably close early ?

[Rat Catcher]

Got back to it today. Ascertained that the timing belt was intact this morning so bought the little belt for the oil pump together with a tube of silicone and whipped the timing belt off between showers after the racing. Just the crankshaft sprocket and oil seal to remove now but I think my neighbour with the decent torque gun is on holiday and I doubt my Lidl one will shift the bolt so I'll probably have to manufacture some kind of tool to hold the sprocket perfectly still to remove it with an old fashioned breaker bar... so still plenty that could go wrong and still no idea of what auxiliary damage the pump stopping pumping might have caused or even if the pump itself is still up to spec. I did change an oil pump in the MKI Octy many years ago but that was a much easier job as it was chain driven and the chain didn't need replacing. Anywaysanall, on that occasion the pump failing caused a valve to slightly bend which I lived with for a few months - one could gently manipulate the accelerator to get the engine to go back to normal, at the beginning that might have been once or twice a shift, by the time I actually fixed it (and traded it in) it was once or twice per job!

[John m]

OPEN WEDNESDAY 25TH at 10AM ,

[Rat Catcher]

Had to make a crankshaft sprocket holder out of some 6mm flat steel I had in stock... Done the job combined with a couple of offcuts of 4x2 despite the bolt being the tightest bolt I've ever removed in my life! Manufacturer spec is 180nm + 135°. On reversing the tool to tighten it after replacing the wee belt an refitting a used oil seal I didn't have enough clearance for the breaker bar so did it up as tight as I could get it with the jack handle over a T bar.... I doubt it's even got the 180nm nevermind the 135° as it is. Still, my neighbour is back and getting me the gun for tomorrow (hopefully, he loaned it to someone) and the bolt head is still accessible with everything bar the wheel arch liner replaced... which is where I'm at as far as the front of the engine is concerned, just the sump to refit now which I hope to do in the next day or two, weather permitting... with a view to buzzing the crankshaft pulley bolt as tight as the gun will go in due course. However, the timing belt tensioner pulley is a bit dodgy (not springing as freely as it should) and ought to be replaced but the cheapest kit in Ireland is c.€160 which I can't justify without knowing that the engine is still capable of running. I've already spent €52 on parts and €56 on tools so no point in throwing good money after bad. I'm kinda thinking/hoping that it'll probably hold long enough to determine whether the engine is still a runner in which (however unlikely) case I can reassess the options, I guess!

[silverbullet]

Had to make a crankshaft sprocket holder out of some 6mm flat steel I had in stock... Done the job combined with a couple of offcuts of 4x2 despite the bolt being the tightest bolt I've ever removed in my life! Manufacturer spec is 180nm + 135°. On reversing the tool to tighten it after replacing the wee belt an refitting a used oil seal I didn't have enough clearance for the breaker bar so did it up as tight as I could get it with the jack handle over a T bar.... I doubt it's even got the 180nm nevermind the 135° as it is. Still, my neighbour is back and getting me the gun for tomorrow (hopefully, he loaned it to someone) and the bolt head is still accessible with everything bar the wheel arch liner replaced... which is where I'm at as far as the front of the engine is concerned, just the sump to refit now which I hope to do in the next day or two, weather permitting... with a view to buzzing the crankshaft pulley bolt as tight as the gun will go in due course. However, the timing belt tensioner pulley is a bit dodgy (not springing as freely as it should) and ought to be replaced but the cheapest kit in Ireland is c.€160 which I can't justify without knowing that the engine is still capable of running. I've already spent €52 on parts and €56 on tools so no point in throwing good money after bad. I'm kinda thinking/hoping that it'll probably hold long enough to determine whether the engine is still a runner in which (however unlikely) case I can reassess the options, I guess!

You can get upwards of a bag for the entire car as scrappage.

[Rat Catcher]

Well, I can get €10k scrappage if I go EV. I can only use the car until the 24th of next month anyway so my tinkering with it is nothing other than satisfying curiosity It's destined for the scrapyard regardless of the outcome, I guess. I don't think I'll get upwards of a bag on top of the 10k i.e. from a scrapyard. When I looked into it after applying for the grant aid last year the quote was a little under 7 ton and that was based on it being in working order and me driving it to the scrapyard, they'd deduct a ton and a quarter to collect it. I didn't shop around though, that was just one quote from a popular recycling firm with a www presence. I'd say they're overrun with MKIII Octys at this stage though. When I bought the gearbox for Gretta last year the man in Traynors detected my being pleasantly surprised at his quote of €120 in Euros delivered to the Free State and quickly explained that they're cheap because he has a large rack full of them. I'd say similar applies to the MKIIIs since the EV grants came in for SPSVs.

[mercenary for hire]

Ring around RC a relative of mine was offered zero from one scrapyard for a Skoda Superb recently.

N2 auto salvage took my Prius for 600.I dunno what he pays for a Skoda.

[John m]

Lads in the north selling complete Diesel engines guarenteed and delivered for £200 .Try sell the Wheels part exchange to Scroat one or Scroat Two .If your tyres are good or put the wheels on Gretta !

[silverbullet]

I think most of them only go in a couple of days a week these days. Working from home equates to a 5 day weekend for the civil service!

Why do civil servants not look out of the office windows in the morning?

Because it would give them something to do all afternoon.

[silverbullet]

Well, I can get €10k scrappage if I go EV. I can only use the car until the 24th of next month anyway so my tinkering with it is nothing other than satisfying curiosity It's destined for the scrapyard regardless of the outcome, I guess. I don't think I'll get upwards of a bag on top of the 10k i.e. from a scrapyard. When I looked into it after applying for the grant aid last year the quote was a little under 7 ton and that was based on it being in working order and me driving it to the scrapyard, they'd deduct a ton and a quarter to collect it. I didn't shop around though, that was just one quote from a popular recycling firm with a www presence. I'd say they're overrun with MKIII Octys at this stage though. When I bought the gearbox for Gretta last year the man in Traynors detected my being pleasantly surprised at his quote of €120 in Euros delivered to the Free State and quickly explained that they're cheap because he has a large rack full of them. I'd say similar applies to the MKIIIs since the EV grants came in for SPSVs.

I got a bag for the Prius from Stuart. Maybe that's your next port of call.

[Rat Catcher]

Put the sump back on and the cunt fired up on the button. I was kinda hoping it'd crash and bang. Took it for a spin - with the younger not so young lad who happened to be staying last night on board in case it needed a push and all was reasonably well... until I spotted an oil leak.... probably the half arsed job I done putting the sump back on, looks too central to be the oil seal that should've been replaced but wasn't... pfff, I probably wont be able to resist having another go at it now... well, not today but maybe some day soon!

[Rat Catcher]

Ring around RC a relative of mine was offered zero from one scrapyard for a Skoda Superb recently.

N2 auto salvage took my Prius for 600.I dunno what he pays for a Skoda.

The cat in them Priuseyesisis is probably worth the lions share of that?

... but similar to the Skodas I'd say the scrapyards are overrun with them. It's a fucking crime, perfectly good motors being crushed for no good reason!

[Rat Catcher]

Rare dry afternoon today so I got a better look at the oil leak. Alas the seal I opted not to replace is the culprit. Took it all apart again with a view to replacing both the seal and  fitting a new timing belt kit now that I know it's a runner although I'm still not sure what life might be left in the oil pump. Ifn I was doing the job properly I'd replace that too but I think I just want to see if I can make it run without leaking for no particularly good reason! I've to go up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland tomorrow anyway and I can pick up the seal and timing belt kit there for a bit less than a deuce. Oil pump permitting I'll save a ton and a quarter ifn I can drive it to the scrapyard ifn I get the EV grant and depending on how quickly I put it back together (which is mostly down to what the weather might do) and how long it takes to source it's replacement it might even cover another shift or two ... says I trying to convince myself that something that makes no sense might make some sense... the fact is my OCD is making me do it.

[Rat Catcher]

Put it all back together again over the weekend.... although I haven't bothered putting the wheel arch liner, sump cover and undershield back on yet... but so far so good, engine running with no oil leaks. I ended up spending €306 on it altogether without replacing the oil pump and having not replaced the oil pump I don't have great confidence in it really. With the benefit of hindsight I should have just ordered all the bits including the pump from Poland as soon as I saw that the belt was broken. At the end of the day it wouldn't have taken much longer and wouldn't have cost much more... but then I probably wouldn't have thought the timing belt tensioner would need replacing given that the belt was done less than 100k kilos ago.... ah well, every day is a school day, I guess!

[mercenary for hire]

Is there a chance it had more mileage on it than you thought?So many cars are clocked these days it's hard to find a good one.