a friend of mine has had a 2i for about 7 months now, since he moved in round the corner from me, hes just had it to play around with and do up till he passed his test, but still with no licence and realising how much it will be to insure for him being only 21 hes decided to let it go
so i went round to have a look at it, ive only seen it briefly in the past
on inspection its got the usual rot, filler cap is blistered, signs of it being on the inside through the boot are visible too
the rear arch turrets are badly corroded also, both sides
the front foot wells have some rust, along the inner sill and a 50p sized hole in the arch, similar on the passengers side
apart from there thats the only rust ive found so far,
next areas of concern are a damaged drivers wing, its currently not running, due to a fueling fault
theres a bad repair job on the driver side arch, its got mounts of fibreglass on it atm, hashed wiring behind the cd player, using white electrical blocks
a missmatch of a keyset, few bumps and scraps int he paint, also its been broken into earlier in its life, the door frames aint been repaired, a knackered steering lock and snapped column surround (plastics)
admittlely im aiming a bit high, but im interested to learn this sort of body repair and heres a good case of it
so after talk ive got it down to a nice cheap price, gave a deposit and hes let me take it home, the rest of the dosh will be paid once hes got me the log book
here she is
J reg 91, mercury grey XR2i, ive checked it for HPI, not scraped, reported stolen or written off, its had 6 owners
its come with all the original bits, but missing a blue stripe or two
pictures
a rare addition, he was gonna rip it off because it was hanging down, i yelled dont thats a rare accessory!
small mount of spares, including the original airbox
yep, theyre my Si's original seats
89,000 genuine miles, and again these are my previous Si's white dial covers
theres are going!
heres some of the rust stated
passengers side
its a good thing im trained to do things like this at work
another thing to go!
other rust parts
the fuel issue is theres no fuel coming through the pipe before the filter, it was runnign a few weeks back, plenty of pwer to be had too im told, ive had it "running" using "start ya bastard" a easy start type can
mind a back fire almost took my old mans hand off
does anyone know of a fuel pump related issue that would cause this?
ive put about £7 of petrol in it i can hear the relay click upon ignition, then once again after a second or two
also the pump primes making its buzzing noise
plans are to sort the rust, tidy it up and then im not sure, use it by mywself or someone in the family, or sell it on, we will see
ill keep this updated with progress :Q
