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Bloody Pajero!
« on: January 17, 2014, 02:52:45 PM »
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Re: Bloody Pajero!
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2014, 02:53:53 PM »
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Re: Bloody Pajero!
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2014, 02:54:35 PM »
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Re: Bloody Pajero!
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2014, 02:55:31 PM »
Get a man in.......... whistle:
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Re: Bloody Pajero!
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Re: Bloody Pajero!
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2014, 03:21:23 PM »
He should get a Sierra  whistle:
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Re: Bloody Pajero!
« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2014, 03:33:07 PM »
Quote from: Nick (GC First Class) on January 17, 2014, 03:21:23 PM
He should get a Sierra  whistle:

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I was doing a service...

I took the sump guards off to drain the oil and noticed oil dripping from the front diff...

Turns out the filler plug is buggered - threads stripped. The plug is steel and the casing alloy...

So, I've spent the rest of the day trying to track down a suitably sized (M15) Helicoil kit or sump plug repair kit....

It is almost impossible to do anything like that here... A Cypriot shop owner simply won't say "I don't have it but I know who does...." so you end up driving around the whole bloody island @ €1.45 per litre and a dripping diff...

So, have sealed it up with PTFE tape and am trying to buy something on line but it turns out to be a difficult size....  Banghead
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Re: Bloody Pajero!
« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2014, 03:36:41 PM »
Quote from: Barman on January 17, 2014, 03:33:07 PM
Quote from: Nick (GC First Class) on January 17, 2014, 03:21:23 PM
He should get a Sierra  whistle:

 evil:

I was doing a service...

I took the sump guards off to drain the oil and noticed oil dripping from the front diff...

Turns out the filler plug is buggered - threads stripped. The plug is steel and the casing alloy...

So, I've spent the rest of the day trying to track down a suitably sized (M15) Helicoil kit or sump plug repair kit....

It is almost impossible to do anything like that here... A Cypriot shop owner simply won't say "I don't have it but I know who does...." so you end up driving around the whole bloody island @ €1.45 per litre and a dripping diff...

So, have sealed it up with PTFE tape and am trying to buy something on line but it turns out to be a difficult size....  Banghead

 noooo:  get a shogun.......... whistle:
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Re: Bloody Pajero!
« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2014, 03:45:01 PM »
Quote from: apc2010 on January 17, 2014, 03:36:41 PM
Quote from: Barman on January 17, 2014, 03:33:07 PM
Quote from: Nick (GC First Class) on January 17, 2014, 03:21:23 PM
He should get a Sierra  whistle:

 evil:

I was doing a service...

I took the sump guards off to drain the oil and noticed oil dripping from the front diff...

Turns out the filler plug is buggered - threads stripped. The plug is steel and the casing alloy...

So, I've spent the rest of the day trying to track down a suitably sized (M15) Helicoil kit or sump plug repair kit....

It is almost impossible to do anything like that here... A Cypriot shop owner simply won't say "I don't have it but I know who does...." so you end up driving around the whole bloody island @ €1.45 per litre and a dripping diff...

So, have sealed it up with PTFE tape and am trying to buy something on line but it turns out to be a difficult size....  Banghead

 noooo:  get a shogun.......... whistle:

I have a shotgun....  rubschin:
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Re: Bloody Pajero!
« Reply #9 on: January 17, 2014, 03:46:50 PM »
Shoot the car  :thumbsup:
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Re: Bloody Pajero!
« Reply #10 on: January 17, 2014, 03:49:52 PM »
Douggie knows a machine shop in Limassol that fits Helicoils....  cloud9:
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Re: Bloody Pajero!
« Reply #11 on: January 17, 2014, 04:00:40 PM »
Quote from: Barman on January 17, 2014, 03:49:52 PM
Douggie knows a machine shop in Limassol that fits Helicoils....  cloud9:
Probably doubles as a family planning clinic.
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Re: Bloody Pajero!
« Reply #12 on: January 17, 2014, 04:03:26 PM »
Quote from: Darwins Selection on January 17, 2014, 04:00:40 PM
Quote from: Barman on January 17, 2014, 03:49:52 PM
Douggie knows a machine shop in Limassol that fits Helicoils....  cloud9:
Probably doubles as a family planning clinic.

If that was a Hellinic joke .....I take my hat off.......... Thumbs: Thumbs:
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Re: Bloody Pajero!
« Reply #13 on: January 17, 2014, 04:09:23 PM »
Quote from: Darwins Selection on January 17, 2014, 04:00:40 PM
Quote from: Barman on January 17, 2014, 03:49:52 PM
Douggie knows a machine shop in Limassol that fits Helicoils....  cloud9:
Probably doubles as a family planning clinic.

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Re: Bloody Pajero!
« Reply #14 on: January 17, 2014, 04:21:04 PM »
Not that BM needs that  ::)
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