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The issue is I live at home! Haha family are ok with a car sitting there as long as it has future prospects however not so much when it's on its deathbed. Same goes for the engine. I will pull the front brakes off and if know one wants to claim the rest it will have to go.

Im getting £20 $30 to scrap it in the uk! haha, i would rather see the parts be used!

Anything else you want? I have two alternator and starter motors (one set is already out the car and looks pretty good) , all the tail light covers are like new. Headlights are good, dashboard is good. I have new slave cylinders, spare wheel is in the boot and has never been used.

Hmmmmm its a two part one but I can't remember how many indents it's got, the interior apart from the door cards is mint, I will get back to you!

i heard the felicia that ran alongside the fabia (1999 onwards) used thinner sheet metal as they had reduce production costs and keep the felicia cheaper than the fabia. As a result it dents and rusts a little easier. You guys know best, is this true?

car is being scraped thanks for the help!

I never got around to it was just looking at all the holes in the rear wheel arches. If I get a compression tester before it's gone i will put a update up, in the mean time do you know anyone who wants Forman parts? I would be much happier knowing that the parts go to a good home and there are allot of good parts on mine! Spare tyre has never seen the light of day, the interior is clean and good, all the lights and like new and Crack free. I am specifically looking for a estate, that's what got me on the favorit Forman. Now I'm Thinking I should save aa good amount of money and find a clean Volvo 240. However the family are looking for a Octavia so I should be back!

Not so certian of the future of the favorit, head gasket sets it back however the amount of rust is really a issue. Im tempted to break it and look for a more rust free project. I really did not want this to happen, it has already had allot of welds however it seems all the failing parts are on parts that have already been welded. It's a bit overwhelming all together. Trying to make a disscion on it!

I'm going to get a compression tester and Check the head gasket before I contiue most the work! Will update when I do it!

i never knew how to make penetrating oil that will be usefull when i make some up, thanks. The skoda has four new shocks already so thats ok its just my other car that needs rear shocks the peugoet by comparsion is pretty much rust and grime free so that will be fine. oh, my brake fluid reservoir is totally empty, why is this a issue? I drained it when i was replacing the front brake pipes. I Drained the brake calipers, and im putting working on the drums now. hope this is not a big issue. Im not sure what the white smoke is about. the car stays cool and idles just fine I left it running for an hour and it did not stop. I started it in the morning for 5 mintues and it seemed ok however you give it afew minties to warm up and it starts again. I dont think the car ever had overheating issues, when i got it i ran it around quite allot and it never had any issues. maybe there is a coolent gasket that is leaking somewhere. The next issue I want to sort out is my drums, I opened them up and there was hell of allot of built up carbon and rust. it will need new springs and pads however the discs look fine for now. The brake pipes had seized into the slave cyliders and one bleed bit had broken inside of one so they needed replacing. I already bought those and will fit them when i have the springs and pads however the bolts that hold them into place are properly siezed and there is not much left, they have a hex key insert however it seems like its inbetween two metric sizes, did they use imperial on these? I will work somthing out but these are a pain. thanks for the responce.

I had it mot'ed afew months ago, had quite a few issues but I'm going through them. I'm not experienced at all with cars (I do little jobs on my Peugeot such as exaust, service and small things. Might need to do rear shocks on it soon but that looks very easy). It has uneven front brakeing as a issue so I put new discs and pads on, it has a sticky caliper pin so I cleaned it all up and put a new gator on it. Looks good now! Brake hoses where bad so where brake pipes so I'm in the process of Chaging all but the ones that lead to the rear axle. Of course the slave brake cylinders where naff so I have the back end up to change those now! Just changed a cv boot (went well) reverse sensor (also went well). And serviced it (it really needed it). So I need to do the rear brakes, pipes and hoses. Bleed the whole system and check it works still then my original objectives are done. However, it needs a new drivers side sill badly and has aa patch on the front sub frame that needs work as well as the drivers side wheel well. And it's emiting white smoke now! Things I worry about for the mot though 1.rust 2.emisions (they did not test it last time as it had a huge hole in the exaust) 3.brakes 4 and 5. I'm pretty confident the rest is ok! Bit of a long post but thanks for taking intrest in my thread!

this is the car! and what i used to get the hub nut off! (I cant use dropbox, do you guys just use the sites image uploader) I did the work on it and started the car for the first time in about two months, was clear smoke to start with but the longer it runs the heavier the smoke gets, its got a new exhaust however i don't think its the exhaust. after about half an hour of idling the temp got to about 2/3 up the dial, getting close to red but steadily below. everything seems ok otherwise though, tomorrow i will check the coolant level and if there is anything under the oil cap. It might have a coolant leak somewhere (maybe head gasket i'm not sure). I really appreciate the help from people. I bought this car to learn how to do allot of these things and so far i have got alot done. the rust i keep finding everywhere is a bit of a concern however I want to just continue fixing things as i go. I need to tackle drum brakes next.

Got it off, used a Secound breaker bar to jam the wheel, it opened and I could get to the driveshaft. All the work went well, filled the transmission with fluid. It has not started in a few months so jumped it and it starts perfectly now! Only issue is there is allot of smoke from the exaust and coming from the o2 sensor strangley. Will look into what that could be however it did not do that before I parked it up. Thanks for the help so far

Apolgies I did not mean to sound upset at all. I'm not at all. Just put both down as most things apply to both maybe it should just be favorit. I will try to apply this advise now. Thanks for the feeback

I'm talking about a favorit! I use a Peugeot as my driving around car at the moment and I'm trying to get the skoda through its mot. I'm confused by what you mean by dropping the fuel tank? (The favorit and felicia brake pipe layout differ quite allot) I will upload pictures! And the when loosening the hub nut the wheel spins before it loosens before. This is with the car on the ground! I will try a few more things but I'm tempted to pay someone to remove them, only issue is I need to get at the drive axle before it's drivable

Hi everyone, bit of a stupid question. i'm trying to get at a drive shaft on the passenger side (uk), but i can't get the hub nut off, i have use degreaser wd 40 and all sorts of other bolt removal products. i have bought a much longer breaker bar and heated it with a blowtorch but nothing has caused it to budge, infact i spin the wheel starts spinning with all the weight i'm putting on the breaker bar before it loosens. do people know if it's a left handed thread bolt and if i have been a fool? the bolts that hold the wishbone to the hub are pretty much rust, any advice on how to pull those out cleanly without sheiring them? (i have irwin bolt grips) all the shocks have been replaced but they only changed the wishbone bolts on one side. the other weird thing, im trying to pull brake hose clips off (needed to replace all four brake pipes and all six hoses and now the slave cylinders). it's all going well however the two fittings on the body of the car (that lead to the rear axle) are seized in. if i pull any harder it feels like i will rip a hole in the bottom of the car with the bracket! the whole car is turning out to be more of a challenge than i thought it would be and i really don't want to scrap it! hopefully i can sort out these things and have it on the road again! i have other little issues but i think i can get my head around those! thanks! thanks for reading any advice is really appreciated

No worries everyone, worked out its the reverse light switch! =)

(https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0Xf7S43prE8YzJpSENlYjJ6YVk/view?usp=docslist_api) This is it! =)

I was doing some work on my car and manged to break a sensor towards the front of the car on the bottom of the clutch casing. I have no idea what it is but the car runs without it. I will take a picture and upload it. Would love to have price of mind and know what it is! Thanks for the help!