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The old farm I worked at bought a Suburu Forester (ex Military Police), it was much cheaper than a forecourt price, full service history, and was a very nice example, not a practical colour though for the farm (white). We had no trouble with it, apart from the hole in the roof that had been sealed, leaked, but it was soon sorted after it was returned with the fault! So as long as the price is right, and you have the full service history (we had MOD service sheets and paper work (not the service book)- some details were blanked off though), it should make for a good car. Just check for dashboard fixings / holes, and any holes that may have been put in the body work.

Can I just add in with the rest of the comments what a credit that car is to you, it looks brand new still, and by the sounds of it has had a lot of love and care, all that any car can wish for! Being new to Skoda myself, and starting out with probably one of the tattiest Felicia examples about Skoda as a manufacturer are a real credit to the automobiles they produce, along with the owners, you’ve only got to see and read various members posts on this forum to see that. I think you’ll find with any new car, be it used or brand new, you’ll have a few teething issues, the main advantage with a new ‘just used’ car, is any faults or niggles will have already been ironed out. If you keep it as nice as yours, then I’m sure it’ll last and give you plenty of miles of enjoyment and fun! The problem with a lot of cars today, they seem built to go with our throw away society, and even at my fathers garage, we’re seeing 4, 5, 6 year old cars being scrapped mainly due to uneconomical repair, or parts that are just too far gone. Another 4 year old Pug estate has been scrapped today down there, again down to the diesel ECU, the cost of repair (that isn’t still available for them) or a new unit wasn’t worth it. You’ll find that in the Fabia section of the site, lots of members have posted various guides of how to replace various parts, DIY servicing and parts replacement has been made very comfortable, and a lot easier to do, a lot better than the standard Haynes manual. Due to car electronics, and our location, we’re going backwards with car technology, just for ease of motoring, servicing and repair, and I still have to say, the Skoda is a joy to work on! All the very best with your Skoda - old and new!

Cool, that's something I'd love to do, but up here, would be rather impractical unless everything was removalable with ease, although, we don't really have any neighbours to disturb!

Now I understand - that's why the roll pin does nothing. Ah, that answers that question then, how I've managed to end up with that Audi thing on then I have no idea, still, makes for an easy removal and fitting

almost signed it and I will keep trying

when he was younger - and because male ducks don't actually quack - he used to let out a meep sound, so we called him meep, his mate (Orvi) fell out a nest (was on a raised bed with drystone wall fronting) cracked open, and because the rest of the eggs hadn't hatched, the mum rejected her. So we ended up with them! Here they are last year!

We've been told up here that with Oil fired boilers it's against the law - have no evidence of that - but it's what we've been told, - just had a nosey at oftec and it's going to be law (or they're trying to get it to be law), bit like the electrical regulations of certification which now mean that most DIY electrical jobs are now not legal. So it isn't against the law - yet - but it is law that oil fired boilers run at an 86% efficency and must be certified by a registered oftec member. So, for less than

This is Meep - our male duck - orphaned from birth, his better half is currently sat on her nest!

why not try and electric motor instead with some lithium battery cells - much much lighter, no fuel needed, but will empty your wallet just as quick might save you long term, think, cheaper tax, no fuel bills, and you could be the first to make a high performance electric Skoda, go into mass production, I'm sure we'll all buy one from the forum money permitting!

Cool - who needs a haynes manual when you've got pictures like this?

you can thank the little man in green then Lesson learnt at a guess, and congratulations, lets just hope everyone else stays within the law Only ever been pulled over once, that was on the A50 heading to Nottingham in a Citroen 2CV, I'd just made it into the outside lane, and was over taking lorry after lorry after lorry (it was pretty late at night), a police car came straight up to the back of me, no way was I able to squeeze into a 2 foot gap between lorries, so I kept on going, next thing I'm being flashed from his headlights, then the blue lights came on, got passed the lorries, got into the layby, and a nice young chap came over saying I had been doing 92mph, to which I replied - "wow, cool!" and laughed, probably not the best thing to do, but the 2CV speedo only goes up to 70mph, and to be done for 92, well that's history books! He looked rather embarrased as I showed him my 2 cylinder 602cc engine, and my speedo that only goes up to 70, I even offered him to teach him how to drive it so he could have a play, - he declined, seemed quite taken back by such a car, amazed that it had horizontal cylinders, and no water cooling, and had tiny little pram wheel like tyres on it, a little embarrassed, he went on his merry way, I'd have loved to have got a print out, or anything, still I'm going to guess faulty equipment, as I was only just making it past the lorries and I was going flat out! Still, not a great thing to be pulled over for, and fines and points aren't great fun - still, well done!

Would that be on the clutch plate or the pressure plate, as the clutch itself was atomised apart form 4 springs and a few bits of metal - it really was well destroyed, hence I went to show the wife who didn't seem to be that impressed with it all, can't think why Will have a nosey about, wish I could find some sort of history about the car, it would make life a lot easier

yes, well we have a pram / pushchair to put in the back, otherwise I know where I'd be putting the bose speaker bin (hidden in the loft space as she keeps trying to get rid of it Don't think the wife would take to kindly to that though. To her it's just a car, until she gets to drive it when it'll be her new car, and heaven forbid if anything untowards were to happen then, as she'd complain that her brand new car has a fault after all that time and money I think she's still upset that she sold her Micra, and she never got on too well with the Pug 306, never liked the van, loves my Xantia, no surprises there, and she blasts away on that stereo to her hearts content. Still once I've sneaked in a parcel shelf, then I might use the rear speakers from the Pug put them in, if no wires are there, I've got some speaker wire that should be able to run up from rear to front with no real issues, and I'll see if I have some sort of connector, incase the parcel shelf needs to be removed. That's the plan so far anyway!

so we get the odd one? why is that? But hey, it's an Audi bit, and it's off! So, if the gearbox is odd, then I guess it explains why the speedo cable thread bit is part of the gearbox casing and doesn't come out Ah well, it'll just make life fun when trying to get gearbox oil back into it :P, maybe if I get an IV bag and drip tube, pop down the breather bung, and feed it in that way, if anything, it'll make a great photo Just to note, the roll pin I removed, does nothing, it had nothing at all to do with taking the Audi bit off. I just now have a hole in the shaft, but.......I wonder if it's been modded at some point in it's life? The clutch that came out was Sachs, looked pretty much original, but there is nothing to say the gearbox hasn't been replaced - now don't you just love a good mystery?

all sorted Cheers - and I don't have a slide hammer (adds to tool list) - would like someone to tell me why I spent a huge amount of time removing a roll pin that does nothing and what I should do about the hole that is now there (adds pin shaft thing to parts list)

Our of all the cars I've worked on over the years, and with total exception to the Citroen 2CV's the Skoda is the easiest car I've ever worked on, it's been near on a decade over since I was playing in a proper garage with cars, later on did agricultural engineering, but every part is easy to get to, parts are so cheap you could grow wings and fly. Every car is going to have common faults, every car is going need repairs and servicing. Cripes, my fathers garage has had 3 / 4 year old cars in needing new subframes, arms, steering columns, and as any general mechanic will tell you on here, a mondeo (new version) alternator is a total car strip down (8 hours in the book!). Fords are common, easy to get parts for, and I guess everyone knows them if they're a mechanic, but not the car of choice, plus I'd think parts would be more expensive. I've never known a car have cheap parts, I'm still giggling over the price of an oil filter and clutch . For Jap cars though, the Nissan Micra K11 version (not the new french infected one), my wife and I had one, and they were like the Ariston washing machine, they went on and on and on and on and on and on and on............. worse part to go was the air mass meter (both of them). Still, like with all cars that age now, you have to be aware of rust, high milage etc - Micra's also have a timing chain and not a belt Dependant on MOT work, after you've had all these bits replaced, it might just be worth keeping it for another year or so, just to get your money back on it. However, if anyone ever asked me what car they should get, I'd never be able to think of anything because I get all the horror stories off my dad If I had £15k to go out and buy a new car I would buy - well, no idea, probably all the new bits and a new shell to refit out the Felicia or a Citroen 2CV just for the fun of it! Really do hope you get it sorted though

Odd? Then I guess it makes sense, unless they planted the speaker behind the seats at the front. They're going to use the same wiring loom for the Fun and just cut down the bits that aren't required at a guess. Still, you could always fill the back up with amps, speakers, a few hyrdraulics, screens and audio kit and connect them back up

Going to be honest here, new to Skoda, and apart from seeing Skoda's about, never took much notice of them, till I got a Felicia that I'm trying to raise from the dead. However, looking at the Octavia, the front end reminds me of a Chrysler, the back end reminds me of a Cavalier, the side - well you can just about make out a Passat / Rover. The estates I've seen remind me of the Rover 70's or the MG versions. I love the Roomster, and I hope the Yeti comes into play, but I feel personally that Skoda have lost their own personal look. Brilliant cars, and I've no complaints with the Felicia, great to work on, easy to fix (when you know what you're doing and how to do it ) but where is the Skoda's niche, apart from good cheap cars that look good, drive well, cheap to maintain service and run, the core identity has gone. If the Octavia's had a few more inches ground clearance, then I'd really think about an estate when the Xantia is ready to depart. I'd really like to see something Skoda, not a car with a Skoda badge. Something that actually defines the Skoda look, so you can go, ooo that's a Skoda, so many car designs are bluring together, and it's a real shame I think.

I shall investigate that then It was the same with my old Micra - that had the wiring for everything already in place however I have a ton load of straw to move out the boot first, and need to take the carpet out to clean it, so will have a nosey and see if there is any wiring there for me Plus I have a Haynes manual in the post, so should be able have some wiring diagrams too

:eek: Fix or repair daily, Found on road dead, Ford =backwards, drivers return on foot just had a lookski on Autotrader, got some good bargins on there for a few hundred (Skoda Bargins by the way) Even had some low milage Octi's some Fabia's Felcia's - lots of goodies All the best with your car hunting

It's off, one rubber thing on the parts list. At least I now know how to get it off, remove bolt (had already done that), remove roll pin thing that does nothing really until someone tells me it's a vastly important bit of the selector rod clean, lube, clean, waggle, give up, go inside, ring physio department to change appointment, browse Briskoda forum, post a few posts, go back outside, get big pair of mole grips, twist, re-twist, waggle, and off it comes at least I now know!

Don't give up hope on the little thing, it's quite amazing what you can do bit by bit, either that, or once you've got yourself a new 1.6 Felicia, you can keep your old one, get yourself equipped with a Haynes manual and practice and learn, and you never know, you might get it up and running again and can make a few pennies on it to spend on your newer one All the best with it, I've not idea if ours will start, or what it actually drives like yet, clutch and gearbox have to come first.

well I have cleaned, lubricated, oiled, tapped, twisted, and that grey thing still won't budge :confused: not really wanting to damage the gearbox - but without a full dismantle I can see no other way of removing it?

Never knew the seats could be removed - ooo, it's like going back to a 2CV all over again. I'm going to try and sneak a parcel shelf from somewhere :confused: not sure how I'm going to manage that, the speakers can then live in that and I'll just wire it up, as for the ISO connector, I can probably make use of what's in the PUG and stick that in. A small complication that I didn't really want to have to endure - still battling to get the audi bit off the gear box

Thanks for that bugger :( ah well, I have some speakers, no parcel shelf, and I'm sure I have some cable, but looking at the ISO connectors in the Skoda for the stereo, if I'm guessing correctly, there is no rear speaker connectors, which is all quite annoying - ah well