Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 08:29:03 +0100 From: MeatballTurbo <carl.robsonnospamcing-czechs.com> Subject: Re: C900S weird tin-y chatter coming from under the hood **SOLUTION**
In article <2mqkikFouir6U2nospamberlin.de>, grunffnospam.com says... > Judd Austin wrote: > > > Turns out to have been the Harmonic balancer - completely seperated. > > It took out the 4 month old waterpump as well. I understand it could > > have been worse - oil pump is nearby. > > Glad you've fixed it. > > > > $4000 in March, converted the car to a manual trans (auto died at 94k) > > I wouldn't have thought this was economical to do. I've done it once, > and it took quite a lot of time to do. But that was done as a hobby. If > you're paying someone to do it, ouch! > > Depends how clean the rest of the car is. And what else has been spent over the years. If it runs fine the body work is solid, and that $4k is the difference between a good car that needs work, and a newer car that is now fairly high mileage, and an unknown quantity. I would be tempted. -- The poster formerly known as Skodapilot. http://www.bouncing-czechs.com