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Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Deepest darkest Wiltshire
Posts: 2,102 Thanks: 167 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Re: Project: Double Ugly Interesting to know. The strut tops are very well located on the Multipla anyway, as they are so close to the bulkhead. Added to that, you can take comfort from the largest magnesium alloy casting ever to be used in a production car (at the time anyway, and to the best of my knowledge, it still is) that is buried in between the dash and the bulkhead ![]() Great photos and diary thread in general, by the way ![]()
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Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: formerly Scotland
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Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Suffolk border
Posts: 236 Thanks: 20 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Re: Project: Double Ugly The writing's on the wall for this folks! Sorry to say it but my 25K a year commute and my laissez-faire attitude to driving means that this old dog is limping on her last leg. Picked up a scratch on the nearside rear door which now means I have a complete set of scatched, dented, laquer peel or rusty panels. The front cross member is still MIA and realistically i'm not going to get around to welding in a new one. The panel gaps at the front end are indicating that the offside chassis leg is a tinchy bit too far to the offside and after carrying a heafty trolley jack in the boot the internal plastics are a bit cracked. Today the clutch has started juddering with a vengeance - well I say clutch but it could obviously be DMF. No noise just juddery. There's no way in hell i'm doing a clutch on this car again. The tyres are still as awful and i'm still unsure as to whether my coupe wheels are bent after hitting a pothole. The front brake discs look suspiciously like the pads are in need of changing. The passenger window switch is needed and both lecktric sunroof motors have given up. The bump I had on the A12 resulted in me removing the rad fan and the horn hasn't worked since either. The Auxillary belt is still squeaking - I think it's the idler or tensioner, I have both but can't be arsed to fit. So it may well be joining the graveyard at DAM Fiats, it's a shame, in some ways i've given it a second life but I think it's time to throw in the towel.
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Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Deepest darkest Wiltshire
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Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Suffolk border
Posts: 236 Thanks: 20 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Re: Project: Double Ugly Still sort of persisting with this hunk of junk. While I'm waiting for an S-Max to come up within 20 miles with the right spec, private sale and not with eleventy billion miles on I thought I'd fit a couple of things on the multi. Did the idler & tensioner today in the hope it'd fix the squeak/chirup from that area. No use unfortunately and on closer inspection there is rather a lot of oil in that area. I think it may be from the power steering pump. Will check level tomorrow. Also checked my coupe wheels again and it seems the pot hole damage may just be a puncture rather than the buckled rim I feared. Will ask the tyre place to put a new tyre on tomorrow and check that the rim seals and the wheel balances ok. Also got a rear wheel bearing coming in the post. Anyone know the torque spec for the nut? Finally I need a bonnet retainer solution that isn't a mouldy old bungee chord. I'm thinking some ghetto bonnet pins may be the way forward.
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Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Suffolk border
Posts: 236 Thanks: 20 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Re: Project: Double Ugly Found dis, RearWheelBearingSwapABS.pdf here: https://sites.google.com/site/fiatmultipla/Home/repairs 210 foot pounds blimey
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Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Suffolk border
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Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Suffolk border
Posts: 236 Thanks: 20 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Re: Project: Double Ugly Wheel off, caliper off, loosen caliper carrier bolts, remove one bolt and swing the caliper carrier to the side to remove the rear disc. knock off dust cap with a screwdriver and hammer. Remove nut with a breaker bar. Remove flange/hub by hooking a crow bar behind the flange and wacking it from behind. Cleaned off the shaft, added a little grease and tried to slide the new one on. New & old side by side: The outer race began to bind so rather than risk separating it all I put the fat washer back on and the nut and gently wound it on until the hub was fully home. My torque wrench only went up to 210Nm but it needed 210ftlbs. So went back to breaker bar and added a calibrated amount of angle (guessed). BIG GUNS Finally added my spacers and a considerably nicer looking wheel - well I gotta to put the new bearing through it's paces! Verdict tomorrow - it's been sounding like I have the Luftwaffe on my tail all week!
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Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Suffolk border
Posts: 236 Thanks: 20 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Re: Project: Double Ugly Well, the wheel bearing is silent - WIN! Unfortunately I can now hear a rattle/knock from the back end. I'm thinking either one of my wheels has lost a weight or is egg shaped or possibly one or both of the rear shocks are loose or just completely duff (I did have an advisory for oil misting from the offside rear). Fix It Again Tomorrow. Otherwise the wheels and tyres are exactly 85.9% betterer in the wet. Yay!
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Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Perth
Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Re: Project: Double Ugly First time on the Forum but just for information I am probably putting my loved Multipla up for sale. It is my 3rd one and is a blue metallic 2008 with 17" original wheels plus full set of original 16" wheels as well. Can sell the 17" wheels separately if necessary. I have owned her for the last 7 years and have full history. Clutch was changed last year and I have replaced all the key 'fails' eg both engine mounts etc. and have all history. Needs a good home to a knowledgable owner as don't want to trade in as it would go to auction. Text me on 07786 421584 if interested or if I have put this info in the wrong place would appreciate someone putting me right! MOT till December 2020.
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Posts: 500 Thanks: 33 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Re: Project: Double Ugly Shedenvy: Hiya mucka. Nice little job you done there. That twittering you can hear is possibly the alternator belt, mine was the same and my nephew (he own's a garage so I thought I'd ask him) said 'watch this' and sprinkled some water on the belt as it was ticking over (doing it's budgie thing) and it stopped immediately. He said 'the belt becomes polished and in one particular place they slip and start twittering to you, they only way to shut em up is either scour the drive wheel (which isn't very easy) or spray a light coating of spray adhesive on it whilst it's running - apparently it sticks to the drive wheel and takes some of the shinyness off it. Even this way does not last that long, it has something to do with the amount of carbon in the rubber of the belt. Sorry for the long blog George
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Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Suffolk border
Posts: 236 Thanks: 20 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Re: Project: Double Ugly So folks, i've gone and bought something else: It's 15 years old & done 150K - just run in then! Anyway, that raised the question on what to do with the Multiplop. I haven't chased it up but i've had a scrap yard quote £188 for it. if someone wants it for £150 they are welcome to it - give me a PM. The Bad: tapping from the accessory drive. - Going to put the old Front pulley / tensioner back on and see if it cures it. No front cross member or radiator fan. Passenger electric window switch, sunroof motors needed. Headunit & speakers removed - but I can put these back in for a small price. Dents / scratches / laquer peel - yes lots. Slight clutch judder Tyres are slippier than a slippery thing. The good: New rear brakes Clutch less than 25K old Timing belt & water pump 12K ago top mounts, drop links, front shocks, 30mm lowering springs 12K ago. Non-sticky interior. MOT until December. It still runs fine.
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