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Yeah, literally no seats at all, though it still had the carpet and the parcel shelf with two nice 6x9 holes cut in it!

Thanks for the advice, i think im going to have to do all that. Never done anything like that before but in order to learn you have to get involved dont you!!!

Saying that, by ...

have a root around under the rear bench, see if any of his mates dropped some reefer down there :D

I've had a good old root around through the whole car and theres nothing other than:

1- rubbish
2- rizla
3- an unused diary!
4- a TV remote!!
5- Jump leads (nice!)

Besides, theres no interior so ...

if it'll start and run off you doing that, you've just met the dumbest/least patient owner ever ))


Well heere's why i think he was being vague because when i met the guy he was basically asleep being a night worker, well thats what i thought anyway...obviously night workers are going to be ...

if there is power in the battery & the starter isnt doing anything then I'd think it was a knackered starter.

unless there is an immobiliser fitted to the car which is cocking things up.

Well there's definately power in the battery, but i could try conencting it to my working GT pretty easily ...

Right, i've checked out the timing belt as much as i could...didnt have a sufficient tool set so couldnt rotate the bloody thing to line up the timing markers, but the belt is definitely intact!

When trying to start the engine however there is power but all that i hear is a slight 'clunk'. I know ...

Just put a post up about this on the gt forum. If the timing marks do line up then its worth giving it a try but i doubt itll run if he says it hasnt ran. I suspect a fuel or ignition problem (something electrical anyway) What mileage has it done?

Thanks, ill try it out if they match up, im ...

Great, ill check that when i finish work.

If they line up do you think it would be a good idea to try starting the engine? Or is that likely to do more damage?!

Thanks for that.

Hi, i've just joined this forum today, didn't even realise it existed until porka.net went down and i was forced to look around!

Anyway, i bought a GT the other day for £60 which apparantly had just died on the previous owner, he was very vague about what happened but mentioned something about the ...