just bought a FUN........

 

the body work around the rear shocks has rusted away (pretty normal i believe).. but only in the bed, under the arches is fine

 

i am trying to get ready to weld this up, but can not work out how on earth you remove the black, plastic, lockable  box thingys in the bed,just behing the rear bulk head (where the rear seats pull out)

 

i have taken out the riveted bracket, but it is still fixed somewhere

 

(i have removed the bits that the seats lock into)

 

any ideas please chaps

 

cheers...............Keith

Hi Keith, they are held on with a strong type of double sided sticky tape, I used a steel rule to lever them off mine came off easily, but other guys may have other idea's

There seems to be an awful lot either glued or taped on the Fun!!

Useful to pick up the tips on how best to remove said items.

The normal trick is to use a length of fishing wire and kind of saw it through.

cheers fellas

 

hopefully get onto it tomorrow

 

thanks again

 

PALM COURT HOTEL

The normal trick is to use a length of fishing wire and kind of saw it through.

 

.....or a guitar string, preferably a round-wound one,

It sounds stupid, but you could try some olive oil. It seems to dissolve and unstick a lot of sticky things.

 

I use it to clean myself of oil, engine dirt, most types of paint and various adhesives.

all off.............

combination of easing them and using an extra long, narrow knife (from when i was in Nam..................................BirmingNam   )

 

all ready for welding and MOT now

 

thanks fellas

 

PALM COURT HOTEL

hi guys does anyone know if you can change the water pump on a 1.6 fun without removing the timing belt

 

thanks

hi guys does anyone know if you can change the water pump on a 1.6 fun without removing the timing belt

 

thanks

 

No the pump is belt driven. Did mine back around the autumn of last year at 105k.

 

If it needs a belt makes sense to do both.

im hoping it just needs a water pump as the temp gauge goes right to the red.

im hoping it just needs a water pump as the temp gauge goes right to the red.

 

There's a few other culprits that may also need to be considered in this case!

 

It would be useful to have a little more background into this issue, which may give rise to some useful clues/pointers before advising further?

 

Rob

im going to try the fan switch as the fan doesn't kick in until the temp is right up. so im thinking its got the wrong one in

im going to try the fan switch as the fan doesn't kick in until the temp is right up. so im thinking its got the wrong one in

 

Hi, if idling or in slow moving traffic my temp picks up fairly quickly with the fan cutting in accordingly at around the 2/3rd point on the gauge.

 

Another issue they tend to suffer from is a defective thermostat/casing & in some cases it remains shut causing the resultant temp issues (easy to change if defective).

ive changed the thermostat and the fan switch but still the same issue. the temp goes up to the red then the fan kicks in.

would a 1.3 pickup fan switch cut the fan in at a lower point......