In article ,
Chris Whelan wrote:
On Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:33:07 +0000, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

[...]

BY the time the Marina had arrived 100,000 miles on an engine wasn't
unusual.

Would have been unbelievable on a 1.3 Marina!

I did 80,000 on a 1275 Midget without any engine work other than servicing
- and that had a similar engine. It was driven pretty hard too.

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On Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:43:05 -0000, Willy Eckerslyke
wrote:

Duncan Wood wrote:
On Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:23:44 -0000, Dave Plowman (News)
wrote:

In article ,
Colin Wilson wrote:
It makes you realise how much progress has been made in the last 40
years or so. At one time people were branded as irresponsible if
they
ventured onto the M1 without a spare fan belt and a top hose!

Yep, had that conversation earlier with my dad - used to be remarkable
if a car did 60k without three refurbed engines etc.

I'd say that unusual. 40-60k was more common before a re-bore, etc.
My father had a new 803cc Minor. That wore out its engine near enough
at
the same time as the first set of tyres.

15K for the cylinder head rebuild on my Grandparents Marina.

And of course we never hear of modern cars developing hugely expensive
faults after modest mileages, do we?

Nowhere near as often. Apparently nowadays they even make a LandRover that
doesn't drip engine oil but I assume that's a marketing myth:-)

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On Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:33:07 -0000, Dave Plowman (News)
wrote:

In article op.u83h2pqhhaghkf@lucy,
Duncan Wood wrote:
I'd say that unusual. 40-60k was more common before a re-bore, etc. My
father had a new 803cc Minor. That wore out its engine near enough at
the same time as the first set of tyres.


15K for the cylinder head rebuild on my Grandparents Marina.

Running unleaded on a 'leaded' head?

No, worn valve stems

BY the time the Marina had arrived 100,000 miles on an engine wasn't
unusual.


It was on a Marina.

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On Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:56:56 +0000, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article ,
Chris Whelan wrote:
On Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:33:07 +0000, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

[...]

BY the time the Marina had arrived 100,000 miles on an engine wasn't
unusual.

Would have been unbelievable on a 1.3 Marina!

I did 80,000 on a 1275 Midget without any engine work other than
servicing - and that had a similar engine. It was driven pretty hard
too.

In the early 70's I did work at weekends on cars for folk I knew in order
to finance my rallying habit.

One particular Moggie 1000 had valve gear so dramatically ****ed that a
pushrod had come out of engagement with the rocker.

It had done less that 40K...

Chris

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Bit of an odd one though, at the same time, my indicators have
started to work intermittently (if at all), so the next question is
"where the hell's the flasher unit?" :-}

Apologies if I go into boring detail, but just in case anyone else
googles for info on this, it might help !

Hyundai Accent 1.3 flasher relay unit 1994-2000 / indicator and
hazard lights fault.

Sorted this one out too - there's a small switch panel to the right
of the steering column that houses the dipped headlight height and
the fog lights - it simply prises out if you get something like a
scraper on the edge.

The flasher unit is a rectangular block immediately behind and
slightly to the left, with a clip you need to press top and bottom to
release it (it just pulls out towards you then).

I read elsewhere that they may be prone to solder fractures, but the
solenoid housing simply clips on - sure enough, there were two joints
gone - one hairline on an external connection, and a clearly buggered
one to the solenoid / switch contacts.

Five minutes later, it was back in and working like a bought one :-)

In article ,
Chris Whelan wrote:
BY the time the Marina had arrived 100,000 miles on an engine wasn't
unusual.

Would have been unbelievable on a 1.3 Marina!

I did 80,000 on a 1275 Midget without any engine work other than
servicing - and that had a similar engine. It was driven pretty hard
too.

In the early 70's I did work at weekends on cars for folk I knew in
order to finance my rallying habit.

One particular Moggie 1000 had valve gear so dramatically ****ed that a
pushrod had come out of engagement with the rocker.

It had done less that 40K...

Oh indeed. But the 1275 unit was very different from the Moggie 1000 one.

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Chris Whelan wrote:
On Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:33:07 +0000, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

[...]

BY the time the Marina had arrived 100,000 miles on an engine wasn't
unusual.

Would have been unbelievable on a 1.3 Marina!

To you perhaps. I was given a 1.3 Marina estate by my father in law. It
had been driven into the ground carrying builder's materials and towing
overweight trailers around. He'd taken it around the clock and we added
another 30,000 or so before scrapping it when the diff packed up.

On Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:31:43 +0000, Willy Eckerslyke wrote:

Chris Whelan wrote:
On Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:33:07 +0000, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

[...]

BY the time the Marina had arrived 100,000 miles on an engine wasn't
unusual.

Would have been unbelievable on a 1.3 Marina!

To you perhaps. I was given a 1.3 Marina estate by my father in law. It
had been driven into the ground carrying builder's materials and towing
overweight trailers around. He'd taken it around the clock and we added
another 30,000 or so before scrapping it when the diff packed up.

Are you saying it did 130,000 miles without any engine repairs? That
would be remarkable for any engine with such an ancient heritage.

Chris

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Chris Whelan wrote:
On Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:31:43 +0000, Willy Eckerslyke wrote:

Chris Whelan wrote:
On Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:33:07 +0000, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

[...]

BY the time the Marina had arrived 100,000 miles on an engine wasn't
unusual.
Would have been unbelievable on a 1.3 Marina!
To you perhaps. I was given a 1.3 Marina estate by my father in law. It
had been driven into the ground carrying builder's materials and towing
overweight trailers around. He'd taken it around the clock and we added
another 30,000 or so before scrapping it when the diff packed up.

Are you saying it did 130,000 miles without any engine repairs? That
would be remarkable for any engine with such an ancient heritage.

I've no idea of its history before my f-i-l got the car, but he'd owned
it for a number of years, starting as a tidy motor and ending looking
like a clapped out hack. During that time he did no more than necessary
for MOTs (new trunnions every year or two). It was one of cars that just
continued to drag itself along against all expectations. Even when the
diff went, it got us home, freewheeling the last few yards into the village!

In message , Chris Whelan
writes
On Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:31:43 +0000, Willy Eckerslyke wrote:

Chris Whelan wrote:
On Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:33:07 +0000, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

[...]

BY the time the Marina had arrived 100,000 miles on an engine wasn't
unusual.

Would have been unbelievable on a 1.3 Marina!

To you perhaps. I was given a 1.3 Marina estate by my father in law. It
had been driven into the ground carrying builder's materials and towing
overweight trailers around. He'd taken it around the clock and we added
another 30,000 or so before scrapping it when the diff packed up.

Are you saying it did 130,000 miles without any engine repairs? That
would be remarkable for any engine with such an ancient heritage.

Its probably a case of "Triggers Broom" syndrome.

Its had 2 blocks, 4 heads, 3 sets of pistons, 2 oil pumps but its still
the same engine

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