Introduction
After having been watching this car for over 4 months, i finally called the garage and made a deal, then the very next day my previous Marea threw a tantrum during a climb up a local hill at full pelt. she's not worth repairing and is now parked in the garden waiting to be stripped for useful parts.
The new car is lovely, very tidy and has leather seats, but as with any car over 10 years old, she has quite a few things to do, but i have no money for this to be a project car, in terms of upgrades, she will remain vanilla as far as possible for the foreseeable future.
im amazed as to how much more open the JTD 110 engine bay is compared to the TD100, i have ABS and a whole load more other gubbins in there, but i have LOADS more room around the back of the engine, they did a great job of tidying it all up between 1999 and 2002. getting rid of the front air intake above the radiator was a good idea too
currently at 107,000km (66,000 miles) dash shows 87,000km due to a dashboard change at 19,000km
things on my to-do list:
The new car is lovely, very tidy and has leather seats, but as with any car over 10 years old, she has quite a few things to do, but i have no money for this to be a project car, in terms of upgrades, she will remain vanilla as far as possible for the foreseeable future.
im amazed as to how much more open the JTD 110 engine bay is compared to the TD100, i have ABS and a whole load more other gubbins in there, but i have LOADS more room around the back of the engine, they did a great job of tidying it all up between 1999 and 2002. getting rid of the front air intake above the radiator was a good idea too
currently at 107,000km (66,000 miles) dash shows 87,000km due to a dashboard change at 19,000km
things on my to-do list:
- change front tyres, they're at the limit and have been run under inflated for quite a while, they're heavily scrubbed on the sides indicating **** poor parking skills by the previous owner. i would like to install some bigger tyres so i can to get some extra fuel economy, and to remove the discrepancy in the speedo, if i'm doing 90kmh, i want to see 90, not 86. ium thinking 195/60/15, maybe 65, maybe some R16 alloys, but i'll have to do some more research on this, suggestions welcome.
- move across (or put in storage) all the new parts recently purchased for the old marea, steering tie rod ends, suspension drop links, wishbone bushes (i'll just move the whole wishbone over), rear flexible brake lines, and i'll take off the new starter motor i fitted and and keep it on a shelf.
- see if i can repair the broken metal *spring* parts poking out the back of the drivers seat just above the lumbar support.
- see if the non audible *clunk* when dipping and releasing the accelerator is related to the engine mounts, or some other suspension parts.
- sun visor clip snapped off.
- radio doesn't work, fuses checked and are ok, 12v at fuse contacts.
- pull out the dent in the right hand wing, and repair the damaged paintwork which has pulled off the galvanised coat and is already starting to rust a little.
- front passenger door stay kingpin missing
- outside temperature sensor intermittent, sometimes showing erroneous temperatures, sometimes telling me "ERROR CLI" there is a rip in the rubber boot which shields the wiring between the door and the body.
- figure out why i cant connect to the ECU
- i'd quite like to try putting a coupe anti roll bar on there after reading Steve20VT's thread, i like the medium soft ride on the marea, but i always felt the cornering sway needed stiffening up a little, especially with a diesel lump up front.
