The Joy of Running an Old Shed (Vol 2)

[Ryyy]

r3g said:

The sporty ones go for silly money. The cooking spec ones only 3 figures at this kind of age. My 05 pre-spaceship is a cooking spec 1.6 vteckickedinyo but even with only 65k on it I doubt it'll do a grand.

Anarki's is also a pre-spaceship mk7 like mine, but his is a coal burner so no vtec anyway lol.

Edited by r3g on Wednesday 26th June 05:30

3 or 5 door??

[ThingsBehindTheSun]

anarki said:

Although the civic has just passed its MOT, I'm just not keen on it anymore, I can't be arsed spending money on finding the source of the knocking/clunking noise coming from it.

Serial Renault shed owner here, a few years ago I decided I was bored of my Megane and bought a MK7 Civic pre spaceship 2.0 S on eBay.

As soon as I drove away I knew I had made a mistake. I tried for two months to gel with it but hated it.

1)knocking suspension that was impossible to fix no matter how many parts I replaced.
2)rock hard suspension making the knocking feel even worse
3)the worst turning circle by far of any car I have owned.
4}rust, looking underneath it made my previous renault look brand new.
5)sticking brake callipers despite a receipt from Honda for new ones three years earlier.
6)boot leaks
7)felt gutless for a 2 litre, drank fuel when you put your foot down.

I just didn't like it at all, the hard, knocking suspension made it fell like an old banger.

I sold it on eBay and went back to my previous megane which felt like luxury in comparison.

[anarki]

Ryyy said:

3 or 5 door??

Mines a 5 door

[anarki]

ThingsBehindTheSun said:

anarki said:

Although the civic has just passed its MOT, I'm just not keen on it anymore, I can't be arsed spending money on finding the source of the knocking/clunking noise coming from it.

Serial Renault shed owner here, a few years ago I decided I was bored of my Megane and bought a MK7 Civic pre spaceship 2.0 S on eBay.

As soon as I drove away I knew I had made a mistake. I tried for two months to gel with it but hated it.

1)knocking suspension that was impossible to fix no matter how many parts I replaced.
2)rock hard suspension making the knocking feel even worse
3)the worst turning circle by far of any car I have owned.
4}rust, looking underneath it made my previous renault look brand new.
5)sticking brake callipers despite a receipt from Honda for new ones three years earlier.
6)boot leaks
7)felt gutless for a 2 litre, drank fuel when you put your foot down.

I just didn't like it at all, the hard, knocking suspension made it fell like an old banger.

I sold it on eBay and went back to my previous megane which felt like luxury in comparison.

Points 1 & 2 are what I'm experiencing now. Point 4 - yup mine has flagged up corrosion on the sills and rear quarter by the suspension mounts now. Point 5 - yup calipers are basically a service item on these cars, I've replaced both rears and fronts in my ownership. Point 6 - not experienced any leaks on mine. Point 7 - mines the diesel so the torque flatters it better than a N/A petrol would.

[r3g]

anarki said:

Ryyy said:

3 or 5 door??

Mines a 5 door

Same.

[bodhi]

ThingsBehindTheSun said:

Serial Renault shed owner here, a few years ago I decided I was bored of my Megane and bought a MK7 Civic pre spaceship 2.0 S on eBay.

As soon as I drove away I knew I had made a mistake. I tried for two months to gel with it but hated it.

1)knocking suspension that was impossible to fix no matter how many parts I replaced.
2)rock hard suspension making the knocking feel even worse
3)the worst turning circle by far of any car I have owned.
4}rust, looking underneath it made my previous renault look brand new.
5)sticking brake callipers despite a receipt from Honda for new ones three years earlier.
6)boot leaks
7)felt gutless for a 2 litre, drank fuel when you put your foot down.

I just didn't like it at all, the hard, knocking suspension made it fell like an old banger.

I sold it on eBay and went back to my previous megane which felt like luxury in comparison.

Point 3 makes me smile, as for whatever reason, I cannot park our Mark 8 Civic for toffee - always takes me an attempt or 3.

No issues with our E8x 1 Series, but getting in the Civic after driving that and being asked to park in a supermarket car park is always...challenging...

[BenS94]

bodhi said:

ThingsBehindTheSun said:

Serial Renault shed owner here, a few years ago I decided I was bored of my Megane and bought a MK7 Civic pre spaceship 2.0 S on eBay.

As soon as I drove away I knew I had made a mistake. I tried for two months to gel with it but hated it.

1)knocking suspension that was impossible to fix no matter how many parts I replaced.
2)rock hard suspension making the knocking feel even worse
3)the worst turning circle by far of any car I have owned.
4}rust, looking underneath it made my previous renault look brand new.
5)sticking brake callipers despite a receipt from Honda for new ones three years earlier.
6)boot leaks
7)felt gutless for a 2 litre, drank fuel when you put your foot down.

I just didn't like it at all, the hard, knocking suspension made it fell like an old banger.

I sold it on eBay and went back to my previous megane which felt like luxury in comparison.

Point 3 makes me smile, as for whatever reason, I cannot park our Mark 8 Civic for toffee - always takes me an attempt or 3.

No issues with our E8x 1 Series, but getting in the Civic after driving that and being asked to park in a supermarket car park is always...challenging...

Because RWD and more lock on the BMW

[Ryyy]

anarki said:

Mines a 5 door

I did presume, the 3 doors seem to be quite hard to come by, more so in type s form

[BenS94]

Ryyy said:

anarki said:

Mines a 5 door

I did presume, the 3 doors seem to be quite hard to come by, more so in type s form

It'll be Sport if EP - Type S is FN "spaceship".

[anarki]

Mines an EU9, no idea if they even did a 3 door diesel Mk7?

[Ryyy]

BenS94 said:

It'll be Sport if EP - Type S is FN "spaceship".

Learn something new everyday i thought the ep shape did the type s.

[ThingsBehindTheSun]

Ryyy said:

Learn something new everyday i thought the ep shape did the type s.

It did in five door form. The Type S had a detuned version of the K20 with I believe 168BHP.



This is my old shed one. Looks like it is dead now.

[cknotty]

Not joy: coming home from work, the spanner fault light comes on in the Astra and fan on full. Code scan says thermostat heater (common fault on these).

Joy: decided to have a go fixing myself - new thermostat picked up in the morning, replaced in about an hour (not bad for someone who isn't a regular spanner-er), fault cleared!

What I have found with these Astra Js is that the engine bay is surprisingly spacious (at least with the petrols), did an oil change as well at the weekend which was a doddle

[BenS94]

Ryyy said:

BenS94 said:

It'll be Sport if EP - Type S is FN "spaceship".

Learn something new everyday i thought the ep shape did the type s.

They did.... as 5 door only

[anarki]

After some research, the idea of the Mondeo I was keen on, to replace my shedvic, is out now of question. Very glad I spent some time on researching things - it has the 1.6T Ecoboost engine.

I thought it was only the 1.0 Ecoboosts of that vintage that suffered from cooling issues. Turns out the 1.6T does/did as well, although they don't have a wet belt which marginally elevates it above the 1.0 variant, but still not what you want when shedding.

So I've soldered on in my search for the shedvic replacement, and without giving the game away, what are peoples thoughts on the VAG EA888 engine... ?

[7 5 7]

anarki said:

After some research, the idea of the Mondeo I was keen on, to replace my shedvic, is out now of question. Very glad I spent some time on researching things - it has the 1.6T Ecoboost engine.

I thought it was only the 1.0 Ecoboosts of that vintage that suffered from cooling issues. Turns out the 1.6T does/did as well, although they don't have a wet belt which marginally elevates it above the 1.0 variant, but still not what you want when shedding.

So I've soldered on in my search for the shedvic replacement, and without giving the game away, what are peoples thoughts on the VAG EA888 engine... ?

I would only be looking at a 2.0 petrol N/A Mondeo Mk4's, think they were the old duratec engines - pretty reliable lumps, well compared to the newer stuff anyway, plenty of these in shed budget.

This shape...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176444793946?mkcid=16&a...

Edited by 7 5 7 on Thursday 27th June 20:49

[r3g]

The 2.0T petrol from the Focus ST is reliable. You can find the detuned version in some of the Mondys like the Titty X but it is quite rare vs the thousands of coal burners. It's called the EcoBoost Sport 2.0 with 200hp and was around from approx 2010 in amongst the various Zetec 2.0s, some of which are also badged Sport just to confuse you. You'll have the run the registrations through the online checkers to find out if it's the turbo one if not mentioned. Unfortunately I don't think they did one in manual flavour so if you fancy one you'll be stuck with the PowerShift box which doesn't have reputation for reliability.

[BenS94]

r3g said:

The 2.0T petrol from the Focus ST is reliable. You can find the detuned version in some of the Mondys like the Titty X but it is quite rare vs the thousands of coal burners. It's called the EcoBoost Sport 2.0 with 200hp and was around from approx 2010 in amongst the various Zetec 2.0s, some of which are also badged Sport just to confuse you. You'll have the run the registrations through the online checkers to find out if it's the turbo one if not mentioned. Unfortunately I don't think they did one in manual flavour so if you fancy one you'll be stuck with the PowerShift box which doesn't have reputation for reliability.

My Focus ST had an engine at 40k... and was playing up again at 80k - had an easy life, too...

Hopefully though a detuned variant would fare better.

[James_N]

7 5 7 said:

I would only be looking at a 2.0 petrol N/A Mondeo Mk4's, think they were the old duratec engines - pretty reliable lumps, well compared to the newer stuff anyway, plenty of these in shed budget.

This shape...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176444793946?mkcid=16&a...

I really like these, but can't get over the nearly £400 a year to tax it! Real shame as it would make a great shed!

[7 5 7]

James_N said:

7 5 7 said:

I would only be looking at a 2.0 petrol N/A Mondeo Mk4's, think they were the old duratec engines - pretty reliable lumps, well compared to the newer stuff anyway, plenty of these in shed budget.

This shape...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176444793946?mkcid=16&a...

I really like these, but can't get over the nearly £400 a year to tax it! Real shame as it would make a great shed!

Yeah, can be hard to get your head around it....but, think of it like this, it is only a months lease, give or take, on something equally as mundane, with a decent mileage allowance