Just a note on bad work on LBCs:
At the end of May I bought a Stag. I drove it down to TRF this
weekend. On Friday morning after gasing up the Stag and while finishing
paying the gas station attendent in his shack I noticed fuel spilling
out from underneath the Stag. To make a long story short, somewhere up
the line an engine replacement was carried out on the Stag. Included
was a change from a metal fuel line to a rubber hose,
running the length of the car from gas tank to engine. The rubber
hose had dried out and split, fortunately breaking just after my
fueling it and before i got under way. Unfortunately, the line
was run right next to the exhaust pipes. Obviously, I had a temporary
repair done and a few hours later after reaching Armagh I had metal
fuel line put in. It was a scary thought as to what might have been.
When we buy a car, especially one that has not been properly
worked on, it really pays to PROPERLY inspect the car inside and out.
Expect the worst.
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