On the weekend I acquired a lovely 240 sedan. A mate moves to NY in less than a weeks time and her poor old 240 went through the pits last week under the scrutinous eye of a fairly judgemental mechanic, leaving her with a few options.
Option A. spend $1500 getting it up to scratch so she can register it and then attempt to sell it all in the space of a week.
Option B. off to the wreckers, a travesty and an option that should be avoided at all costs
Option C. generously donate it to her pal who has a Volvo sized hole in his heart and garage
Its a 1992 auto sedan with a b230fx with a measly 160 000 kms *rains confetti*
The interior is immaculate, no tares, no cracked plastic, all the external trim is there. The body has a few small bumps and bruises but nothing major. The original paint is incredible and there isn't a single indication of any rust anywhere, whatsoever, none, rusto no no. It was purchased new by the previous owner, the late Betty Bertouch, who used it to pick up her milk and up un till my pals purchase 8 years ago had only clocked 80k kms.
30 days to address the following.
1. Oil leak at the rear main seal. This is a bit daunting for me, any advice would be gravy. I'll check the flame trap and see if it keeps leaking. If it comes down to dropping the trans and changing the seal is there anything else I should do while i'm at it? Trans mount i suppose..
2. Rear windows aren't working, i have faith i can service them myself and get them back 'up' and runnning.
3.The front bumper needs a bit of TLC, held in place by timber fixings at the moment. Could repair but may be easier to replace it. Anyone have one?
4. Something about wheel movement, hopefully its just a tie rod and not a bearing.. Either way not the end of the world..
dw i promise i won't cut the springs on this one..