Re: I appear to be the owner of a Celica ST185 GT4 :)
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Re: I appear to be the owner of a Celica ST185 GT4 :)
| SteveH | 21 Aug 2004 23:29 |
> > Might easily cost 500 quid, but a regas is more like 50, I guess you > > typoed? [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > Not an option with leather, but you've got cloth seats - I'd just leave it > dead, and pretend it has no AirCon ! If the fuse has been pulled, odds-on it's a seized compressor pump.
Last one I priced up was for a 164 V6 at £600 plus VAT and fitting.
However, I'd be more concerned about the fecked 4wd drivetrain if it's clunking from the rear.
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| Nom | 21 Aug 2004 22:25 |
> Might easily cost 500 quid, but a regas is more like 50, I guess you > typoed? [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > are good air con specialists who can tell you what's needed and do > the work... ...at SERIOUS cost. AirCon parts are silly money for "normal" cars, unless you get lucky and find some second hand bits. On top of that, they're usually VERY well integrated - changing the compressor is non-trivial on most cars (ie, Remove everything forward of the rear bumper. Exchange compressor. Reverse procedure). On top of all the above, it's likely to use the oldy "illegal" gas at that age, so you'd have to do the conversion thing.
Multiply all the above statements by twelve, cos it's a Celica GT4 :)
Not an option with leather, but you've got cloth seats - I'd just leave it dead, and pretend it has no AirCon !
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| Questions@quickwatchsales.com | 21 Aug 2004 18:49 |
>> Hasn't got the same "Woosh, Ohmygod...." factor of the Saab, but the >> seats seem to suit me better, and it is loverly and smooth. [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] >air con can be pricy but worth fixing if you plan to re-sell as it'll shift >it quicker. probably needs a re-gassing approx £500 i think? Might easily cost 500 quid, but a regas is more like 50, I guess you typoed?
To test this, with the fuse on, compressor clutch engaged and so forth the compressor should be turning and pushing what gas there is around the system. If it is not particularly cold around the evaporator, a regas will enliven it (at least temporarily). If the compressor is seized, regas is pointless until that's been changed, and a first stab at the cost would be 500, perhaps. Fortunately there are good air con specialists who can tell you what's needed and do the work.
>> a)£2k as he won't budge after dropping £300 to resell? >> b)£1900 because I was local and had cash? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >you got it for a steal as your a jammy git? £1750? I reckon 1900. For no particular reason.
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| Vamp | 21 Aug 2004 15:34 |
> Hasn't got the same "Woosh, Ohmygod...." factor of the Saab, but the > seats seem to suit me better, and it is loverly and smooth. > Tax until end of December, MOT until june, no body damage, no rust, > paint good except looks like a couple of supermarket carpark scrape type > scratches, nothing serious. nice
> Dives great, but a little play (slight clonk, not big thud) at the rear > on deceleration. probably the rear bushes? or anti roll bars?
> Still still has the Toyota "For Life" bright red coolant. Going to > change all the other fluids over the next couple of weeks as I get used > to it. Makes full boost as it should. this stuff is meant to last 'for life' but most MR2 owners change it every 4-5 years with for life.
> Has a Thatcham cat 1 alarm and imobiliser, with the certificate. > Nothing messed with original 15" wheels, near new P7000's all round, [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > near here, so I'll get some one to have a look as it looks like the fuse > has been pulled as the switch doesn't work). air con can be pricy but worth fixing if you plan to re-sell as it'll shift it quicker. probably needs a re-gassing approx ?500 i think?
> H plate Celica GT4 4x4 turbo 137k miles, very near full service history. > Any guesses to how much? [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Prace bets now..... you got it for a steal as your a jammy git? ?1750?
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| MeatballTurbo | 21 Aug 2004 15:24 |
Hasn't got the same "Woosh, Ohmygod...." factor of the Saab, but the seats seem to suit me better, and it is loverly and smooth. Tax until end of December, MOT until june, no body damage, no rust, paint good except looks like a couple of supermarket carpark scrape type scratches, nothing serious.
Dives great, but a little play (slight clonk, not big thud) at the rear on deceleration.
Still still has the Toyota "For Life" bright red coolant. Going to change all the other fluids over the next couple of weeks as I get used to it. Makes full boost as it should.
Has a Thatcham cat 1 alarm and imobiliser, with the certificate. Nothing messed with original 15" wheels, near new P7000's all round, full bunch of paper work from the 1st "Toyota approved used buyer" pdi check, right through to the last service. Only problems are, cloth interior, and aircon doesn't work (well winters near here, so I'll get some one to have a look as it looks like the fuse has been pulled as the switch doesn't work).
H plate Celica GT4 4x4 turbo 137k miles, very near full service history. Any guesses to how much? He was selling it a few weeks ago for ?2300 but was getting messed arround. Had it advertised at ?2000 to move it.
a)?2k as he won't budge after dropping ?300 to resell? b)?1900 because I was local and had cash? c)?1750 because I am the next Mike Brewer, and he was a BMW owning sucker who needed his drive back, and a 330 Coupe can't be cheap to have parked on the road?
Prace bets now.....
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