racingbrett Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 Hi allThought I should introduce myself here, end of this coming week ill be the new owner of a 2004 1.4 s lupo in silver, its a nice clean example with full service history and 44k on the clock, oddly the cam belt hadnt been done in the service but is being done by the dealers along with the water pump and aux belt, there also throwing on a new exhaust, which makes me feel a little better about the fact it was over priced.Im not totally new to the dub scene as back before it attempted to kill me i used to drive around in a slammed modded beetle, been led to the lupo through an odd set of circumstances, I have a 1969 family owned from new mk1 capri which is part way through a full on resto, was meant to be done for Christmas but unfortunatly past work on it was a total bodge up so all that has had to be repaired and its taken months to find panels, 50 hours of welding so far but it should be out the body shop also at the end of this coming week, then thats onto the mechanical side to be poly bushed, new brakes, suspension, rubbers, pipes the lot. Since the capri has taken longer than expected my picasso heap had to go for the mot and failed on sills and emissions, knowing it needs a new diff and clutch as well as what i have already spent putting it right means its just not viable, so the lupo is there as is until the capri is finished then ill be running the 2 cars, the lupo is going to save the capri from being moddified (much to the delight of family) as my hope is to play about with the lupo once i have 2 cars on the go.This site has already been a great source of information for me so many thanks to all those that contribute here.Brett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keelan Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 Love to see you start a readers ride topic when you get it and document its progression. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T3LLIOTT Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 Love to see you start a readers ride topic when you get it and document its progression.And see a few pictures of the Capri in it's current state and when it's finished! Welcome to the forum Brett 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keelan Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 ^Yeah I second that too^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racingbrett Posted January 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 (edited) Well I got the phone call yesterday to say the cambelts, water pump, exhaust and rear light were all done and that I could collect the car, have to say I was impressed, very roomy inside, decent amount of power for a 1.4 (when I remembered I wasnt driving a diesel anymore and took the revs higher), nice throaty sound to the exhaust, it was all fun and games for 44 miles at which point the car lost all power and I coasted into a layby 16 miles from home , Cant fault the seller over it as he has been more than helpful, 5 hours waiting for the recovery truck wasnt so good, the fact they then ofloaded it at there depo and waited until 10 in the evening to deliver it to the guy waiting at the garage (he still got there to collect it), despite telling me they were taking it straight there was just bang out of order, turns out the inner cam belt is no longer with us despite being brand new it shredded itself into oblivion, I now have to wait and see what other damage it may have caused but the seller has assured me even if it needs a whole new engine they will fix it and get it sorted. The capri has also suffered a bit of a set back as iv had to source some more panels, nothing to majour, lead loading should be started next week and with a bit of luck it may make it into the spray booth by the end of next week, should be a ton of photos with it as well as the guy is doing plenty of before and after to show all the work done on it, out of interest if people would like to see this one where abouts should i make a thread for a non lupo project car? Edited January 24, 2015 by racingbrett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racingbrett Posted January 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 7 bent valves and no report on the pistons as yet, garage and parts supplier are blaming each other (trader supplied the part to the garage) seems they came to a deal though so Monday the head is being stripped and rebuilt assuming of course there is no damage to the pistons or bores. As a side note if your getting a garage to do the work it's usually better to get them to supply the parts as well, there are usually no guarantees over the Labour if the place doesn't supply the part and it will turn into a battle of pass the blame which can be hard to prove either way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racingbrett Posted January 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 (edited) You really cant make this up, they rebuilt the head and the owner of the garage I bought it from delivered the car today, only half a mile from my house it developed a miss fire on cylinder 3 so its gone back with him to be fixed yet again , fingers crossed its just a plug or coil, anything more and i may be looking for another lupo.On inspection the new cam belt that broke wore extrememly quick from one side until it was so thin it simply snapped, the garage that fitted it are still claiming it wasnt them at fault and that it must be faulty goods, hard one to judge really as it sounds like something obviously wasnt alligned right, which could be a faulty part or poor fitting, but thats a battle for him, the garage and the parts supplier.Edit.. coil pack changed and its on its way back Edited January 28, 2015 by racingbrett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keelan Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Hopefully third time lucky! Hopefully a lot done free of charge too.. really interested in where you go from here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racingbrett Posted February 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 The nightmare got more real lol. Day after it was delivered the mil light came on, another miss fire issue, she went into the garage I use and they replaced the coil and the water temp sender which had a dodgy connection, a week later and another missfire, only this one was really noticeable, back to my local garage and we discovered it was a miss fire on the new coil the seller replaced, when we switched the coil over to another cylinder the fault cleared and hasnt come back (had the two remaining older coils replaced at the same time). Five days on from that my clutch failed, the plastic collar (engine bay pedal side) had literally collapsed, replaced that and had a nightmare with the "first line" clutch cable, the plastic chunk in the middle that clips onto the firewall was actually rubber and wouldnt stay in, as it dropped out the tension on the cable would alter and id loose clutch (now cable tied on) the rubber/metal fittings on the clutch side were just poor to say the best, the metal cup kept pushing through the rubber end washer as the tolerance between the two was just to close, 5 stops in a 30 mile journey to readjust, luckily the old cable was still in the back of the car so in the end I stripped of the old fittings and swapped them onto the new cable, a much better clutch action now and so far so good. Also found splits in the brittle plastic vacuum pipe that lead to the master cylinder, for now there patched up with self amalgamating tape, once there replaced if its still there I need to look into a small idle issue that sees the revs bounce 3-4 times between 500-1000 that only happens after driving (cant be repeated while stationary by revving), when coming to a stop on a junction.Clean car, but a bit of a nightmare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Daly Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 Wow, if I were you I'd steer clear of the lottery for a while! Hope it gets better for you!CheersIan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racingbrett Posted March 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 Ok I'm cursed, back into the garage today to have a few things sorted/checked over and an dub part cable fitted, 5 mins after picking the car up and the clutch has crept, just make it back to the garage as I loose the ability to select gear. add to the list a new pedal box, not a massive split but enough that its creeping the clutch out slowly as its used until you take the "slack" out the split and theres also a question over the clutch and if its to stiff with the plastic collar on the cable breaking and the pedal box going at 44k, new pedal box on the way and will look into the clutch once that's in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bones Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 How can one person be so unlucky? Well on the bright side at least once everything's sorted it will be like driving a new car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racingbrett Posted March 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 How can one person be so unlucky? Well on the bright side at least once everything's sorted it will be like driving a new car One new pedal box and a new clutch, that pedal is scarily light now got to plan for discs which are corroded and a new exhaust next, seems someone has done some tin pot welding and blasted holes in the pipework then covered it with putty, should last me a bit yet though. Fingers crossed were getting to the end of new car niggles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keelan Posted March 14, 2015 Report Share Posted March 14, 2015 (edited) Persistence is key I guess. I'm glad (it seems like) it's on the road to recovery Edited March 14, 2015 by Keelan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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