The names mike and im one of the admin team from coltuk.org
Im a scouser born and bread but moved up to dundee just over 3 years ago after i met the other half, great and quiet place to live after moving away from liverpool and the busy lifestyle there.
Iv been into mitsubishis for just over 7 years now and i own a few of them.
Mitsubishi Lancer GTI early Evo type replica.
Mitaubishi colt cjo model which is a development car and demo car for the company.
Mitsubishi Colt GTI.
Mitsubishi Colt glx.
making a good shell out of them both and dropping an early evo turbo engine.
The lancer GTI
and the 2 colts
GTI
Glx
Well now its come time to move on with the daily family car as the family is growing with 2 kids and a new baby on the way in june and the lancer GTI just isnt big enough as a daily driver so that is now in the workshop having more work nd modifications done to it to make it into a track car and toy for playing about with out in the countryside.
As of 2 days ago i now own a 1995 British racing green 4X4 LWB Vauxhall Frontera Glacier estate 2.4i Limited Edition.
spec includes
Metallic British Racing Green.
110k Miles.
2.4 Petrol Engine.
Leather Interior.
All Electrics.
Towbar.
Sidesteps.
Lightguards.
pics of the car
Picked it up for £350 with no tax but a months mot and also needing some work, up to now im happy with it and how comfy it is but feel its underpowered and strugles to get up to speed.
Got a cheap quote for insurance for me and the missus and got tax so running around in it now to get use to the size diff to the lancer GTI.
Faults include
heater matrix has small leak.
backbox needs replacing.
rear brakes need changing.
osf window regulator broke tonight.
brake pipes could do with changing.
diff seal has a leak.
2 small patch welds needed behnd front bumper.
and engine light comes on then goes off and keeps doing it all day, wont stay on long enough to generate a fault code so need to look into that.
work done tonight.
remove rear squeaking rusty drums and clean them and check brakes.
dizzy cap rotor arm and plugs changed.
removed and cleaned throttle body and EGR valve.
reset idle speed and adjusted timing.
Work for the weekend.
Replace brake pipes and brake fluid.
Strip front brakes, check and rebuild.
Get hold of a new window regulator unit to fix drivers window.
Test components to see if anything flags up as defective to cause engine light to come on.
Clean and polish it up after repair work.
Hope to meet more new people to share interest in cars and also the frontera as i will be here for a while and being a moderator and tech help on coltuk.org im able to find my way round a forum and posts etc, i also hope i can help out in anyway be it tutorials or help with anything i may be abl to answer likewise il be asking plenty of questions over anything im not sure of.
Mike
Mike
