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I am sorry to say that my 1992 Japanese import has died on me. It was suffering from a loss of power which I had attributed to the plugs needing to be changed. So, I booked it in for a service and to have the cambelt changed as it has now done 115,000 miles. The service was done. However there was no change to the performance. Looking further into the problem the garage noticed that the pulley driving the ancillaries was wobbling. They dug deeper and found that the Woodruff key holding both the cambelt drive pulley and the ancillary drive pulley was worn away and had chewed away at the keyway in the crankshaft as well. Hence the timing was very variable and hence the loss in power. Anyway, the bottom line is that the car no longer goes and is beyond economical repair, as it makes no sense to pull the engine out to replace the crankshaft. Is anyone interested in taking it off my hand for spares or to repair it themselves? No reasonable offer refused. Apart from the lack of power, the car was behaving well, and has just had a major service!

Dave,

Can you put pics of the car in your locker for potential buyers to check out?

Things like interior condition, colour etc might go a ways to make a sale for you.

The other thing to consider is the possibility of buying and installing an engine from another car could be economic. Expect you could do it for £1500 all in, maybe £2000.

Probably still uneconomic?

Joe

PS: If you can't do pics, a comprehensive description would be good.

Sorry to hear of your misfortune Blackbir2001, Ive also lost my
'93 import if its any consolation. You are fairly near me , I'm in Berkshire, so if you are still interested in selling yours get in touch with me: matthewphayes@lineone.net
and I'll come down and make you an offer.