Urgent Help Needed!!!!!

RUQ1KA · 14-05-2005, 04:52 PM

well my car has carked it and i need some help asap...:(

one of the belts have snapped my dad recons it's called the water pump belt, i was just wondering if any one could come and help out to get the car running as i'm not too keen on leaving it where it is overnight

so if some one can please come and help out as me or my dad have no idea how to fix it, we can bring a set of tools but i dont know if it'll be enugh or adequete, we bought the belt fo it just need help fitting it

any help is appreciated

as i will not beable to get to the internet for a while

if you are able to help out
please call, **** *** ***

the car is stranded at the dandenong hog's breath cafe's carpark

on princess hwy near the doveton road corner, just before the s/e freeway

thanks in advance - MAD_ED_WAGON

SupahStah · 14-05-2005, 05:15 PM

Hey mate, hope my help... ummm... helped lol
tell us how ya went soonish yeh?
And I wanna kno where ya got ya GT bonnet, and XR6 lights from! and how much! ive been looking for ages for somthin like that !
anyway, good luck

Damo · 14-05-2005, 05:57 PM

get ya hands dirty and have a go Tommi, only way to learn. Changing belts on the EA-ED's is pretty easy. I'm not sure which belt you're talking about ?

Good luck.

SupahStah · 14-05-2005, 07:18 PM

Damo mate, yeh he can get his hands dirty, but this one is a B-Stard. Its the belt that is around the closest pully to the engine, on a 2 belt pully. So he has to take the 1st belt off, before he can replace the broken one, if ya dunno wot ya doin (like me most the time) it can turn into a nightmare very quick lol
But tru tru, no other way to learn!

neb · 14-05-2005, 07:35 PM

Its not too hard to change hope you worked it out Tommi

RUQ1KA · 14-05-2005, 09:49 PM

this was a damn long day:P

i decided to take SupahStah's idea of driving it until it heats up and pulling over to let it cool...well we did that, the car overheat every 1km with distances getting shorter each time, we only had parkers on aswell so the main beam didn't drain the battery

so just after we turned off princess hwy it over heat again so we done our usual technique, jumped out filled up the water, but this time the battery was dead, so thats where the car sits atm we took the battery home to charge and plan to start moving early tomorrow as it will be cold and take time to heat up

we are only like 2km from home now so it should be home in no time

so far what i've found wrong is:
-> belt needs replacing
-> radiator is cracked badly down the side

RUQ1KA · 14-05-2005, 09:52 PM

oh yeah and thanks to SupahStah for calling me about 5 mins after the thread was posted to help out

LUXO_8 · 14-05-2005, 09:58 PM

Quote:

i decided to take SupahStah's idea of driving it until it heats up and pulling over to let it cool...well we did that, the car overheat every 1km with

ya shouldnt ever do that with e series 6 tommi, your next post will be damn ive done the headgasket!!!!...

belts are **** easy to change..... they have tensioners so you can loosen them off.....

EFFalcon · 14-05-2005, 10:01 PM

yer, i woulda gone to autobarn just down the road, which woulda been open.
got antoher belt and then changed it :P
seems a lot easier.

Tornado · 14-05-2005, 10:07 PM

Why not just tow it home ?

Clarke AV · 14-05-2005, 10:30 PM

belts are **** easy
more Beer

RUQ1KA · 14-05-2005, 10:40 PM

i got ther belt from autobarn just down the road:P
then i had a look at the car and i was like i aint doin that here:P
personally i cbf with this b-stard of a car anymore, and i couldnt give a s*** if the head gasket goes now:P i want an AU or BA!!! anyone wonna donate one? :P

Clarke AV · 14-05-2005, 10:43 PM

more Beer

RUQ1KA · 14-05-2005, 10:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tornado

Why not just tow it home ?

brakes are hard as to perss
no power steering
and the main one... no tow rope:P

any way i'll probably have it home soon so i can get it runnu\ing and try to convince my dad to get me something newer, finally!!!

i was actually looking at an AU III wagon about 15 mins before the bstard decided to give in:P

Clarke AV · 14-05-2005, 10:48 PM

just do it tommorow, youll be in a better mood then, ive had bigger problems than a fan belt ps dont drive it youll make it worse

RUQ1KA · 14-05-2005, 10:54 PM

ill get it home in one go tomorrow morning we plan to start work at it @ 6am so it'll be 10 degrees and nice and cold, it's really only a short trip now and i doubt it'll heat up that much
i wanted to rent a trailer... but my dad is scared of it so there wasnt much choice:P my wagon is the trailer tower in the family:P and now it's dead

i didnt have this much hate at the car at the time it f****d up.. only started once no mobile mechanic was able to come out till monday...what a great help they are:(

Damo · 14-05-2005, 11:46 PM

yeah get daddy to buy you an AU, ya spoilt little brat. Belts are **** easy to change.

My car died at a busy intersection today with heaps of traffic everywhere, i forked out for a towtruck. You're such a clueless **** sometimes tommi. note: sometimes.

neb · 14-05-2005, 11:47 PM

geez you really need to work out how to change a belt. it would of saved you alot of effort and also your engine and your car would be at home... CRAZY!

hope you havn't done your head gasket.

RUQ1KA · 15-05-2005, 08:07 AM

car is now at home:P all in one go in the morning was half way in the normal area once it got here

we tried tow trucks, racv and every one
tow trucks were like $200+
racv wanted me to join b4 they helped out
and all the others werent available till monday

cars home now so ill have a look at it properly later on in the morning

**Peuty** · 15-05-2005, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by mad_ed_wagon

racv wanted me to join b4 they helped out

By the sounds of it, there would be no harm in forking out to join.

That would have been the smarter option mate.

dansedgli · 15-05-2005, 12:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Damo

yeah get daddy to buy you an AU, ya spoilt little brat. Belts are **** easy to change.

My car died at a busy intersection today with heaps of traffic everywhere, i forked out for a towtruck. You're such a clueless **** sometimes tommi. note: sometimes.

bwahahaha Keep em coming Damo! GOLD!!

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DOC · 15-05-2005, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by mad_ed_wagon

so far what i've found wrong is:
-> belt needs replacing
-> radiator is cracked badly down the side

In my day would have used an old stocking to limp home that far,in an emergancy situation.

Quote:

Originally Posted by mad_ed_wagon

any way i'll probably have it home soon so i can get it runnu\ing and try to convince my dad to get me something newer, finally!!!

i was actually looking at an AU III wagon about 15 mins before the bstard decided to give in

I would suggest with what you have mentioned perhaps get some part time work save for your own car, join the racv
and you will benifit from the exercise.

DOC

LuvinmyEB · 15-05-2005, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by mad_ed_wagon

car is now at home:P all in one go in the morning was half way in the normal area once it got here

we tried tow trucks, racv and every one
tow trucks were like $200+

$200- for a tow truck for a 2km tow? That I highly doubt!!! :dr_Evil:
I've never paid more than $50- for a tow truck including pick up, kms and drop off.

NZ · 15-05-2005, 01:24 PM

sounds like you had a bit of fun tommy. what happened to the explorer that your dad was going to give you?

LUXO_8 · 15-05-2005, 01:27 PM

paid 40 to get my car towed 30 od kms on a flatbed when it blew the top radiator hose - cheaper than hiring a trailer!

RUQ1KA · 15-05-2005, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by LuvinmyEB

$200- for a tow truck for a 2km tow? That I highly doubt!!! :dr_Evil:
I've never paid more than $50- for a tow truck including pick up, kms and drop off.

car was like 20 km's away and it was the only tower's number we could find lying around the car

five_point_slow: the expolorer i'm buying off my dad is still 4 years away

RUQ1KA · 15-05-2005, 06:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Damo

yeah get daddy to buy you an AU, ya spoilt little brat. Belts are **** easy to change.

yeah i will get him to give me a loan to get an AU... which it being a loan i'll obviously have to pay back:P
i just wonna finish saving up for that tx3 project car then i'm gonna look into getting something else:P

btw: the car is already running got every thing in and working, just the gas system is a little dodgy atm

LUXO_8 · 15-05-2005, 06:26 PM

so...hmm... back to the 17 different cars your getting???

dansedgli · 15-05-2005, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by mad_ed_wagon

five_point_slow: the expolorer i'm buying off my dad is still 4 years away

haha dream much!!

mcflux · 16-05-2005, 03:40 PM

I know it's a bit late to post now, but just out of interest, what was the topography of the area the ED died in? If the roads were flat, why not ahh-tss-push-it!

I'll assume either A) it was uphill, or B) this option didn't spring to mind

Or, you could've walked home, gotten another car, asked the neighbours for a tow rope (or gone to autobarn, ignoring getting a belt from there) and towed the ED the rest of the way home?

-Dave-