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hi guys...think maddam iguana's starter is ready to croak it...1y 1.9 diesel...takes 4 or 5 attempts in the mornin sometimes,but now its minus 6 its engaging,doin half a crank turn n dissengaging...think its time for a replacement....had it off 3 years ago and did a repair on it,the big wire from th...

owrate owduck.....it could be as simple as the oil cooler,if not..its the head gasket...no real biggy tho if you can dabble yourself,did marladys 1y last year for about £80ish i think........

gsf wanted silly money when i asked,but in their defence..i was skint,so drilled n tapped it,shoved a length of(8mm i think?) threaded bar in,then bought new rubbers n washers....been ok for 12 months so far

i put the 1.6 set up on owduck.....works well apart from having to adjust fan belt occasionally dut to a previously modded mounting....................

i agree with rozzo owduck....give it a go anyway...you never know...but find some owd thin tin first to have a go on really thin stuff so you can get ya mig set right....try buildin up both edges gently on the thin stuff then turn it up a bit to join both seams.....if it dunna want any...bang a patc...

ah oldie...i could see the small tab on mine with the notches on without removin the head...and theres dozens of crackin threads on here about changin the gaskets....i did mine last year on our 1y diesel n i made all the timing/locking tools mesen,bits of bar,correct size bolts,a few shims etc.........

cheerz to all...................club 80-90 strikes again n saves me life....................

got sick of weldin mine back up,so found gsf cheapest for the silencer,but i shelled out the extra and had a new downpipe with the flexi joint in it,which takes a lil' more stress off the mounts,had no meither now in 15 months...used n abused every day!!!!

no probs,could just do with knowing if theyare standards......might have to buy a soddin pair if i cant get one to match....and were pretty skint at the mo................cheerz rob...sound aza pound!!!!!

they are all the same spring rob....just thought id take a couple of pics...so the spring in the pic is a standard mate,or did i read it wrong,or do i have a soddin front on the back????..........cheerz

im really crap with anythin like this...so lets if it works!!!!!!!whats left of the full spring with only 1 yellow band http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i176/oldiguana/spring/spring1.jpg just a close up of the colour http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i176/oldiguana/spring/spring2.jpg and finally th...

R0B wrote:just had a look in me shed as i thought i had two standard rears.but they are fronts..

just as a matter of interest owduck.....how many yellow bands do they have on???

if eets ok to weld it...i might be able sort thee ite owduck!!!!!!

yo dudes....maddam iguanas bus failed on a rear coil spring...............will i have to get a diesel one or are they all the same....cheerz