Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2003 23:20:13 GMT From: KeithG <noonenopsamhlink.net> Subject: Re: Wow, Malbrad are great
One simple and cheap way to repair a vacuum cannister is to just put a checkvalve in the line to it. Just get a spare one like on the PCV hose and install. KeithG MeatballTurbo wrote: > Got a week off work, decided to sort out the lack of vacuum canister, > thanks to the old one leaking like a pig (disconnected and capped off). > > So, on the off chance, and having heard about their multiple units of > stripped C900's, I decided to fire up the GPS, and make the great trek > across the M62, over the pennines, to Huddersfield. > > Not a bad drive at 11AM, few wagons rolling, but not too much traffic, > and the 4th lane upto the summit (highest Motorway in the UK)helped > avoid the trucks, and the BMWs that were obviously having trouble in the > thin atmosphere. > > Got there, explained what I wanted, he had a look at 1 shelf, pulled one > out, and said "£5 for cash, don't want to pay VAT do you". Nice guy. > problem is new one appears to quack slightly, like the old one did, but, > it hasn't dropped me to base boost, and the vent control makes that nice > click woosh, like it used to, before I started messing with the valve on > the old one. Well, I'm not messing now. It works, and only cost me £5 to > get back where I started, so I'm leaving well alone. > > While I was there, I asked about what the cost of a rear wheel bearing > would be (when the front was done they reconned that the rear was a > little dry, bu not noisy yet). Local garage who did the front reconned > about £240. > > Malbrads price to replace the hub £30 second hand hub/£80 New hub, and > one hours labour. Even with the extra petrol price for the rough 100 > mile round trip, I'm looking at a saving, and having the job done by > experts. > > He had a quick look at the gear shift rubber for me, reckons thats OK, > so it must be selector fork that is going, as the older 16v ('84/85) > were solid mounts, so it is unlikely to be a failed mount like the later > hydraulic ones. Didn't try to sell me getting them to book me in for a > recon box either. > > Then he spotted the chain tensioner (original style single bolt) and > suggested I change it ASAP to a newer type, to avoid needing to do the > chain. And again he wasn't trying to sell me up, as he didn't have any > in stock, but suggested I still replace it ASAP. > > > And he showed me how to get the seat into the fully low position, > instead all I could work out which was fully up, or rear of base dropped > at an angle. Now it is lower, it so confy to drive. Feels like a > completley different car. > > Best bit of all was, I got his last rear decor panel that he had in > stock (used one) for £40. > > Nice, will try to sort some before and after pics when I fit it. > > My recomendation. If you need to find some spares, or even book some > work in, try Mabrad. http://www.malbrad.co.uk/ > > There email is down ATM, as they have had to re-install the Office PC (I > offered to help, and had a bash, but he didn't have his Win95 CD handy > for the Winsock files), so phone or snailmail would be est to contact > them. > > But very reasonable, easy to talk to, and knows what he is doing.
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