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Just need a bit of a whinge. After looking around all the breakers yards near me with no joy looking for a 1900 1Y engine I went onto one of the used car spares sites. Now what I asked for was "a complete engine 1900 type 1Y" Had seven quotes ranging from £250 to £600. Called them all back and didnt plug for the cheapest but the one that sounded most genuine. Paid with VISA and "it will be with you Monday" didnt happen and started to worry a bit and phoned them "sorry staff shortage be with you Wednesday" And it turned up today...good you might think. Engine was minus injector pump and pipes, vacuum pump and alternator. I havn,t got a clue what to do now as when I phoned them tonight he said a complete engine does not include anciliaries and the pump would be another £170. He quoted for a complete engine so what should a complete engine have ?
A very sad Pete

pete ,give ringo a buzz see if he can help,he might still have some spares from his 1y days

sorry to hear whats happened though...but peeps on here wont rip you off..atleast i hope they wont and if i had the bits you need spare i would have posted them to you for just the postage costs m8.....chin up tho ,all is not lost yet

hopefully the mods will move this to general chat so alot more peeps can see it too,if you want em too of course

Yeah, never mind mate, trouble is I am just an ordinary bloke late 50,s and tend to trust people and always help others when they need it so all I ask is to be treated the same. I am not a violent person but my god if I lived anywhere near there I think I could be grrrrr! Never mind I have booked a week off next week and at least I can make a start. Upward and onward, chin up, I am British dont you know

well if its any consolation the pipework from your 1.6 pump 'might' be the same
unfortunatley the vaccum pump wont fit from it but all the other stuff will/should

stick with it, i know how you feel i got ripped off a few times buying bit for my van, always ask for a few opinions b4 parting with your hard earned.

Pete,

dunno if this is any help, but there are loads of breakers around here.....I can get to Sittingbourne as well if need be - bobbin breakers there.....and several commercial breakers locally (medway)

Now, if you contact them and they have the necessary parts, happy to collect them for you.....and meet at Thurrock or somewhere like that.....going past at easter. (Wish I could look for you, but i haven't a clue what the part looks like!!)

Just drop me a pm if you need anything picking up!


Em
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Bless ya Em, there are more good than bad peeps out there. You restore my faith in human nature. Thanks very much X X

His definition of a complete engine is different to yours (and mine!), will he give you a refund if you return the engine to him?

Tony

A complete engine is one with everything a short engine is one minus bits!!! Get a refund if no joy goto visa and get your money back that way, he miss sold you the engine!

the engines usually come palleted for 50 quid postage so he wont get the postage back and prolly have to shell out another 50 quid to return it...100 quid for someone else's "frell" up...makes ya mad ,dont it

Not trying to rub it in but i was lucky enough to get a 1Y engine at a salvage yard that are well known in aldershot in surrey.It was still in the vehicle and could be started & heard running it was sold complete as seen & removed for £250.My advice is this if you can prove the goods where not as discribed try and get a charge back through your visa company.

weldore wrote:well if its any consolation the pipework from your 1.6 pump 'might' be the same
unfortunatley the vaccum pump wont fit from it but all the other stuff will/should

Are you sure about this as it looked the same when i converted from 1.6td to 1Y .You can use your alternater change the bracket & water pump & bottom pulley did this on my conversion.

i kept my eye on ebay for months,just kept checkking to see if there was owt local then one came up in sheffield but it had been removed so i couldnt hear it run,but it had everything on it and for the price it was worth a shot.so i took a gamble too BUT i knew where the bloke lived...pete has paid double what i payed and he should have got what he needed..tossers

camper wrote:

weldore wrote:well if its any consolation the pipework from your 1.6 pump 'might' be the same
unfortunatley the vaccum pump wont fit from it but all the other stuff will/should

Are you sure about this as it looked the same when i converted from 1.6td to 1Y .

no m8 the bore in the lump is alot bigger than the 1.6