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Well I've had a bloody good run with the Jack over the last four years apart from replacing the clutch but now this.
Yesterday I noticed a bloody loud rattling noise coming from the engine and so took it to our one and only mechanic in town and it seems that the timing belt tensioner has packed it in which in turn has cause the belt to go extremely loose. Too early to tell if there is any major damage yet so fingers crossed.
Kind of thinking that I can expect more things to go wrong these days as the Jack is almost 12 years old...
thats bad luck i hope its not too major after u have opened her all up to have alook. mmmmm problems with older cars, tell me about it. i still havnt sold mine, its sitting down the front of the house with a broken diff and bustered sump seal. unfortunatly i dont have any motivation to fix it because i know as soon a s i do something else will break on it.
goodluck with the repairs, u goin to do them yourself???
Yeh I guess I shouldnt complain too much as you've had a pretty bad run with yours of late. So you gonna replace the Jack with a newer Jack?
I'm getting the mechanic to do the repairs. Dont really have the time or the motivation to do it myself so just paying someone to fix it. Unfortunately some of the parts are a little hard to come by so looks like it wont be ready til mid/late next week. Mechanic has loaned me this old beat up Fairlane to get around in which helps me out but its no Jackaroo...
uuuummmmm dont really know what i am doing with the jack yet. i want a bigger motor, lower gearing and after watching the different lines that mates SAS cars can do i still want that conversion.
hahahahahahah but we will see. still paying off the overseas debt which doesnt help getting th jack back on the road. one day.....................
Woohoo! Finally got it back yesterday after several mix ups with parts.
Bloody expensive - $317 for the replacement tensioner kit! Still, got a new timing belt to last another 100k...
Too early to tell if there is any major damage yet so fingers crossed.
