stupid idiots stole our car

[big m]

hey guys wednsday 2 weeks ago our vp was stole we got it back 2days later only to find out they stuffed the motor in it so now we are up for a new motor i am picking it up 2morrow to start the swap over so does anyone have anytips for me i have almost got half the old motor out but yea any tips would go astry cheers

[TVR-190]

insurance covering it?

[big m]

naa mate we didnt pay that much for it so we didnt get insurance

[AttaBoy]

You need insurance in case you backed into a 100K + car........ Protect your wallet, not your car....

[adamc11]

You need insurance in case you backed into a 100K + car........ Protect your wallet, not your car....

+1... 3rd party is a must have.

[nicko]

im sure he has 3rd party, but not full comp.

Have a search around the forum for some conversion/removal threads. If you cant find anything then shoot me a pm or something and ill dig a few threads up.

[Cursed CX8]

a few little tips from me

- dont take the ac out, just disconnect it from the engine
- dont take the PS pump out, just disconnect it from the engine and leave the resi to the side too
leave both in the engine bay and that way when you but the new engine in you dont need to fill the ps fluid etc and the ac doesnt need to be regassed. Also when you start the engine move the steering from lock to lock about 5 times, that way it bleeds the system. Dont be alarmed that they may be bubbles in the PS.

Umm, also just leave the trans in the car and unbolt the torque convertor from the flywheel that way you dont end up with trans oil all over the place. there are only 3 bolts holding the t-convertor to the flywheel.

Umm, there are 2 trans cooler lines (i think, im not sure on the vp) they are a pain in the ass to get on and off. so if you can do it then leave them on.

ahhhhh, what else... oh, i find you can either move the loom to the side and go back to it later or you can just pull the lot out. First option is easier

shoot me a pm if u need

[big m]

thanks guys for your help

to nicko i am sure i had a look before but i dont htink i came across anything about removels

to calais yea i know about the ac and that and even if i had to recover the system i could just get it charged at work

and you get 3rd party when you registger the car

[Cursed CX8]

and you get 3rd party when you registger the car

umm thats incase you kill someone not incase your reverse into their car.

If you were to t-bone a car tomorrow and were found to be at fault then you would need to pay out the cost. You would not have an insurance company to pay out for you.

[big m]

lol woops my bad ohh well we might have to get insurance but if we got it they would have jus writen the car off because the cost to replace orfix the motor would have been greater then the cost of the car anyway

[nicko]

3rd party wont cover your own car, just the car u hit

[big m]

yea well evenstill that is better then forking out $3000+ for repairs

[Cursed CX8]

3rd party will never cover damage to u car, so lets say u spend $300 a year on 3rd party, then u run up the ass of a new range rover, they will have the car repaired without cost to u. Lets say u dont have 3rd party. You run up the ass of a new range rover and suddenly ur down 50thou + repairs to ur car

[rob drag racer]

i recommend if its not a rebuild (a auto recyclers motor) pull the sump clean out with a cleaning agent of some type check the cas and wile your there check the seal behind the balencer thats the bottom end now after that i would check the under side of the intake for build up and pull the heads wile your at it and make sure that it has a clean boar (no piston slap) i can do this if i have a motor on the ground in about 5 hours and if your careful you wont need to replace your head gaskets how is the first motor stuffed (seized low compression ) if its been seized or over heated i wouldn't trust the injectors thay tend to really play up if there overheated to long your heads may be alright but then again it may have damaged them to it really depends how the motor is f#$ked

[Cursed CX8]

i recommend if its not a rebuild (a auto recyclers motor) pull the sump clean out with a cleaning agent of some type check the cas and wile your there check the seal behind the balencer thats the bottom end now after that i would check the under side of the intake for build up and pull the heads wile your at it and make sure that it has a clean boar (no piston slap) i can do this if i have a motor on the ground in about 5 hours and if your careful you wont need to replace your head gaskets how is the first motor stuffed (seized low compression ) if its been seized or over heated i wouldn't trust the injectors thay tend to really play up if there overheated to long your heads may be alright but then again it may have damaged them to it really depends how the motor is f#$ked

most recycled engines come with everything except for the alternator. So it should be ok to go in without changing the heads, injectors etc

[big m]

yea i got a motor off a guy this afternoon it is out of a vp calais he done a compression test on it and had it running for about 3 and a half hours and took the intake off and that and said it looked pretty gd so i will be putting that in within the next week or so as i dont have much time with work and a newborn but when i get the old motor out i will strip it right down and see how much damage has been done to it because i put a big spanner on the balancer and tried to turn it but it has hard as a rock

[danja]

3rd party will never cover damage to u car, so lets say u spend $300 a year on 3rd party, then u run up the ass of a new range rover, they will have the car repaired without cost to u. Lets say u dont have 3rd party. You run up the ass of a new range rover and suddenly ur down 50thou + repairs to ur car

Yeah, good advice - regardless of the value of your car, 3rd party property cover should be mandatory (and as said, green slip is 3rd party injury only).

Some insurers do actually offer "3rd party, fire and theft", so normal 3rd party property, plus they'll pay if the car is stolen or catches on fire (usually up to $10,000). I had a mate who had this with Just Cars, his car was in an accident and he got it towed to a repair shop. While it was sitting there overnight some fcukwits came and broke in an stole the boot, seats, gauges, bonnet, wheels, BOV. Ended up a statutory write-off and insurance payed out the $10k (minus excess and salvage because he kept the car and repaired it).

[rob drag racer]

yea i got a motor off a guy this afternoon it is out of a vp calais he done a compression test on it and had it running for about 3 and a half hours and took the intake off and that and said it looked pretty gd so i will be putting that in within the next week or so as i dont have much time with work and a newborn but when i get the old motor out i will strip it right down and see how much damage has been done to it because i put a big spanner on the balancer and tried to turn it but it has hard as a rock

i had the same issue with my first race motor the front end bearing (behind the balencer) let go at high revs and chewed up the inside of the cam chain housing and the central shaft and if it aint that its seized from over heating so i recon its probably a good idea to do what you said and have a good look chances are you will have all the bolt on parts but ditch the block and pistons ect then you know that you have spares for the future when it becomes almost impossible to get them

let me know what it was if you can see what it was