Seicento Seicento Sporting MS in faded red :)

unclebloodyfester · Dec 31, 2013

Heat .... heat heat heat .... 5 minutes of blowtorch and *PING* bolt loose and all changed over.

Both shocks had NO resistance left in them, both top mount bearings were loose and both sides the rubber had come away from the bearing plate.

Quick round the block, all knocking and clunking gone and something approaching tidy handling

Rear shocks left for a warmer day and the presence of an angle grinder

unclebloodyfester · Jan 30, 2014

Small update.

FIAT does about 47mpg when you're up and down the gears and having fun and 60+ if you don't go above 55mph and are careful with the throttle. Where small light cars gain ground is the speed you can carry through a corner or a roundabout because you can take a straighter line. Also with it being a tiny block, it gets warm very quickly although I always let it get to temperature before setting off.

Done almost 6.5k miles in the little thing. By the time its tax expires in mid Feb ... it will be almost 8k miles. By then it will have paid for itself, including all the maintenance and the Honda hasn't cost me a penny in wear and tear during that period. Haven't had to faff with an extra service, winter tyres or hardtops and it hasn't been washed since I got this. Tbh given the start it had, i'm amazed it has lasted as long as it has!

Keep it or replace it? Not sure yet. I'm not really a 'two car' sort of person, can't be doing with taxing / insuring / servicing / MOT'ing two things - i'd rather have one car for all and that means compromises - shopping for something based on a compromise is never an easy task. However, as something to go shopping in, take things to the tip in or just generally abuse, you can't beat having something cheap and nasty to abuse for such things. It still desperately needs the rear bushes sorting, the rear shocks are dead and I think there's something loose in the steering rack oh and both front wheel bearings are humming their own merry little tune - i'll get the bearings and trackrod ends done later this month.

What i'll most likely end up doing is running it I crash it, someone else crashes into it, until it refuses to run any further or is beyond sensible repair.

Oh and the only thing i've washed on the outside of the FIAT since buying it are the lights, the windows and the registration plates

unclebloodyfester · Mar 9, 2014

6 months tax, 2 front wheel bearings and both trackrods now fitted - the old bearings were trashed when they came out. May need to swap the wheels front to back as i suspect the knackered bearings have caused the tyres to wear funny and that's the remaining noise.

Changed the cracked rear light cover for a new OEM cheap one off Ebay as the original one was rotten. Unfortunately the reason it was cheap was because it was a European one with no reverse light lens, a red foglight one instead.

Rewired the fog lights so i have two rear fog lights, one on each side and wired in a couple of cheap LED DRLS as reverse lights into the little gaps under the rear bumper.

bluejohn125 · Mar 9, 2014

Cracking little car, glad to see it's getting sorted and used properly !!!!

unclebloodyfester · May 7, 2014

Well it's time for me to say Ta Ta - off to pick an Aygo up on Friday and this is going in PX for it. Corroded rear brake lines, a rotten fuel tank and rear bushes still needing doing. I couldn't see how the fuel tank was coming out without needing replacing and it was just too much work to do.

So if you see Y781 NMJ in an auction - it'll have 4 good tyres, reasonable engine, not a bad shell and a fairly clean interior

£350 PX which isn't too shabby at all and no hassle dealing with Ebay / Paypal or private hagglers.

Thanks for the help along the way

Seicento Seicento Sporting MS in faded red :)

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