SRowell's Stage 1 Diablo HDi Estate

[Eeyore]

Right most of you know the vague details from the thread where I wasked wether I should buy it...

306 HDi estate in diablo
Meridian spec - electric windows all round and leather seats - good condition
6 previous owners
MOT till November
No Tax
no history bar last MOT where it got new brakes all round
pretty mint inside and out
clutch pedal stuck to the floor sold as spares or repairs - I can get an uprated clutch for £70 and can hopefully fix it myself.

Went and had a look and it started first time but just had a horrible squealing noise from the engine which i presume is down to the clutch. Pedal has about an inch of play and is stuck down. Checked the clutch arm and cable was under tension. Thoughts? Auto tensioner broken?

Also left a medium sized patch of black on the floor but then again its a down turned exhaust and car has been standing since May.

Done a text check and not stolen or written off.

£350 and got him down to £300

Since then I went and picked it up with a mates flat bed that i rented for £10. It fitted on with 3cm between the back of the trailers and the rear wheels so very lucky! Overhung by about 3 foot but only had about a 20 minute drive down the road!



Anyway got it back to my grans where Ill be doing all the work on it as I thought it should really have a bit of shelter and concrete to jack on instead of gravel! So its all parked up now!



It came with all 3 keys and the V5 but with no other history. I have since however found all of the MOTs since it was made in late 2000 so have a nice bit of history to go with it now.

Got a few pictures when I was passing. Its pretty dirty and needs a good clean but should be very nice when its done. Its got a few dents here and there but I have every faith that this is going to be a very good example of an estate once its all cleaned up!















So yeh... £300 later and I have a new project which will either be sold on once fixed or it will become my daily and Ill sell the 1.8 Of course It will have to be slammed on BBS RSs if i am to keep it