Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 00:29:18 +0100 From: Grunff <grunffnopsam.com> Subject: Re: Opinions Please..
Dexter J wrote: > In short - it's absolute hell on bodies and chassis around here and most > locals swear you can actually go out on quiet nights and hear the salt > cooking your machine.. Assuming you haven't blow off an engine mount or > broken a coil in your travels through the fall/winter/spring - you can > expect to find at least one rust hole (pin right up to custom air vent) > come spring.. Gees, I thought we had it bad. Sounds horrible. In the UK, you very rarely see a rusted out 9k, the galvanised body seems to take care of most of what British weather can throw at it. > Is the 89 9000T CD 'the one', if you get the reference.. Can I invest in a > proper job now before it's too late body wise and end up with another > 300,000k?.. Or - is it again time to put a round between the headlights > and move on to the next machine? > > It's a sour pickle that has to be dealt with soon one way or the other > brother Grunff - my toe in current changes about 1.5 on both sides every > time I hit the brakes above 60kph - but you can't quite hear the control > arms binding because of the pretty much open pipe under the passenger > seats.. They have their weaknesses, but they're all easily taken care of. If you sort out the suspension (wish I could send you my pair of spare struts at reasonable cost - they're just sitting here doing nothing), do all the engine mounts, new clutch/brakes/fuel pump/steering rack, it's as good as new. Sure you'll have the odd wheel bearing going over the next few hundred k, but that's easy saturday morning stuff. Have you considered something in stainless steel? That's kind of my dream actually, a C900 built entirely in s/s. Mmmmm....If I ever make my millions, that'll be close to the top of the list. -- Grunff
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