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4th October 2018, 15:39 | #22 | |
I really should get out more.......
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Been there and done that on a Cortina! A mate and myself fited a engine and gearbox in a Midget without a engine hoist the one weekend. Tom.
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4th October 2018, 18:10 | #23 |
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To be honest I have stopped going to Trent’s and Silverlake (across the border in Hampshire) some years ago. I don’t think Rovers or MG’s are even listed on the salvage options at Silverlake
So a big hats off!! to the Traders on here who have been nothing short of stupendous with my needs for the MG ZT-T. A PM and a few emails - very fair prices - and the parts arrive at my door. Fantastic service. When the guys on here tell me the S/H part is in good condition my own experience has been exactly that. Sometimes in the past I have got stuff from a breakers yard myself that turned out to be useless due to my own ignorance. So now I put my faith and money with the guys listed on here. Last edited by Darcydog; 4th October 2018 at 18:14.. Reason: Typo |
4th October 2018, 19:27 | #24 |
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My favourite local breaker shut their doors a couple of years ago - a firm roasting by Environmental Health I believe.
The glory days of trudging through oil-laced mud to pull out fuel pumps and injectors from L Series engines to re-sell on eBay for beer money will never be forgotten. Oh to be 18 again!
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26th March 2019, 06:34 | #25 | |
Gets stuck in
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Now I think my knees couldn't take the 12ft dash anymore ! RIP Trents Self Service: Pity you forgot about the service part. I lost track of the number of cars going straight to crushing, even after requesting a stay of execution. But if you forget that the customer pays your wages, one day, your wages will stop being paid !!! |
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26th March 2019, 08:04 | #26 | |
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Its typical of what is happening around our area Mark, we live in a wealthy retirement area. Many services that once was are no longer, Charles Trents in Poole saw a significant reduction in demand for self service DIY parts, hence why the Rugby branch is still open and thriving. It is most certainly a real pain for us locals, there has been a few times now where I have wanted to pop in and grab a few things, even though MG Rover vehicles rarely made it to the DIY yard as you say, straight to the crusher due to lack of demand. |
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26th March 2019, 08:27 | #27 |
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Brings back memories. My SD1 2.3 engine committed hari-kari, and I located a 2.6 engine in a local scrapyard in an area known locally as " over the border".
I asked stupidly, " is delivery available ?", got the reply, " yeah to the pavement outside". As it happened there was a builders pick up truck in there, picking up something or other. I asked if they could take my engine to the garage, for a couple of quid. Kindly, they did, so there I was, sat in the back of a builders wagon, hugging a dirty big hump of an engine, sitting atop of all manner of rubble, as we made our way through the town centre of Middlesbrough. A sight to behold, we got there though !! |
26th March 2019, 13:14 | #28 |
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Remember getting a 100e Ford engine out with some rope round my shoulders.The scrapyard was at Fradley near Lichfield. That’s going back around 60 years. Don’t know about the ‘good old days’ , but we certainly weren’t afraid of getting things done. Pity today’s young men want mostly to keep their little donnies clean.
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