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Highlander
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Scorpio breakdown
« on: Aug 26th, 2009, 11:08pm » |
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Broke down on the way to work this morning, alternator failed!
Battery light came on while on the motorway, Dash display showing 10v instead of 13.8 
switched everything electrical off (except wipers as it was torrential rain!) and thought i'd try to limp the final 20 miles to work..
Didnt manage it....
As i approached the large roundabout at Strathclyde Country Park (which is a main intersection for the Glasgow/Carlisle M74 so very busy at 8.30 in the morning) the engine died..
Not wanting to be Mr. Popularity for the next hour or so and abandon it in the middle of a three lane roundabout for the rush hour I did the honourable thing and crash landed it on top of the roundabout in the middle of the grass 
Now I carry a spare alternator (Doesnt everyone??) but looking outside at the rain i decided i would spend an hour on the internet while waiting for a recovery truck
Local recovery driver arrived 40 mins later and diagnosed faulty alternator in the torrential rain...
" Not a big job to change it, but I dont have one on me" he says..
I wish I had a picture of his face when I told him I had one in the boot he could fit 
Anyway, I said i'd be quite happy being recovered to my work and would fit it in the workshop.
All sorted now and waiting for the next failure
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Geoff_W
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Re: Scorpio breakdown
« Reply #1 on: Aug 26th, 2009, 11:41pm » |
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Diesel? 
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The winding road goes on and on... or at least it does in Northumberland
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Highlander
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Re: Scorpio breakdown
« Reply #2 on: Aug 27th, 2009, 7:29pm » |
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No, a 2.3 Estate I bought off Mr. Andrew (Arthur Daley) Higgins 
Although to be fair I have done about 9000 miles in it since i bought it 
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tlundkvi
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Re: Scorpio breakdown
« Reply #3 on: Aug 27th, 2009, 8:09pm » |
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Exactly what you described happened to me on the A99 ring road autobahn in Munich from a speed of 140km/h. Shut everything down, at the end, even flashing indicators made the car jump. Limped a while, had 10km home, managed to pull out on a random exit and continued to drive. Where the car finally stopped I thought I was in the middle of nowhere, but voila, I was besides a garage workshop still open after 5pm. Can't say I got to hear nice things about the beloved cruiser from the mechanic. Charged it a bit and managed to limp home, last km was a pain.
You don't want to play with a bad alternator. Lucky for me this happened then, and not on the way to the Rostock ferry...
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Re: Scorpio breakdown
« Reply #4 on: Aug 27th, 2009, 10:43pm » |
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on Aug 27th, 2009, 7:29pm, Highlander wrote:No, a 2.3 Estate I bought off Mr. Andrew (Arthur Daley) Higgins
Although top be fair I have done about 9000 miles in it since i bought it |
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hi stuart
mind that's not my alternator. all the 'bits' came with the replacement engine.
and anyway, 9000 miles in 4 months!
I've only done less than 3000 in the mondeo.
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Highlander
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Re: Scorpio breakdown
« Reply #5 on: Aug 27th, 2009, 10:55pm » |
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lol yeah yeah
Actually its probably one of the best behaved Scorpios I've had...
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on Oct 17th, 2011, 12:35pm, Simmo wrote:| I give up ! Too much for an old boy! |
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Simmo
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Re: Scorpio breakdown
« Reply #6 on: Aug 28th, 2009, 7:41am » |
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on Aug 27th, 2009, 10:55pm, Highlander wrote:
Actually its probably one of the best behaved Scorpios I've had... |
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Perhaps the others match the owner  
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Now I'm an OAP
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Re: Scorpio breakdown
« Reply #7 on: Aug 28th, 2009, 10:06am » |
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on Oct 17th, 2011, 12:35pm, Simmo wrote:| I give up ! Too much for an old boy! |
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granorpio
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Re: Scorpio breakdown
« Reply #8 on: Aug 28th, 2009, 7:17pm » |
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Highlander, only carry an alternator in your boot for emergencies, your not quite as prepared as Matt look what he carries in his boot.
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So nearly said "goodbye" but now Scorpio will see another day, alongside the replacement! eek!
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tlundkvi
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Re: Scorpio breakdown
« Reply #9 on: Aug 28th, 2009, 7:29pm » |
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Matt
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Re: Scorpio breakdown
« Reply #10 on: Aug 28th, 2009, 7:45pm » |
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Glad to say that huge lump is now on a work bench,
had a interesting pm about that 4.0 build, looks like i might have it running sooner then i thought
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Mike hows the 24v rebuild going? if i can find another BOB engine on the cheap i'll be doing a strip down guide w/pics like i did with the autobox
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Re: Scorpio breakdown
« Reply #11 on: Aug 28th, 2009, 8:08pm » |
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on Aug 28th, 2009, 7:45pm, Matt wrote:| Mike hows the 24v rebuild going? |
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What can I say? I ordered the powder coating equipment to arrive in time for when I was off work so that I could finally begin, only for it to arrive damaged. So by the time it's replacement is due to arrive I'll be back in work and back on the fast road to getting no where. But if all this wasn't enough being bored one afternoon I decided to strip down my Astra of it's exhaust manifold, cat, downpipe, thermostat, radiator, fans, header tank and so on, as you do.  Actually, I had planned on do this eventually only not just yet! Oh! well. So far it's cost a fortune as I'm replacing all with new parts and as for this flaming rain it's ........... 
on Aug 28th, 2009, 7:45pm, Matt wrote:| if i can find another BOB engine on the cheap i'll be doing a strip down guide w/pics like i did with the autobox |
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That would be SO COOL  I can hardly wait
Mike
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So nearly said "goodbye" but now Scorpio will see another day, alongside the replacement! eek!
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wojtekor
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quite an adventure Stu
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