| I still have a few valves left from mine, Xmas eve 1992 pulling into a multistorey car park to do my last minute shopping and the engine just stopped and would not restart! No horrible noises just stopped. I think it bent 10 out of 12 valves and they were about £60-£70 a piece. It was a very expensive rebuild. I probably spent more money on that car than any other since. I was younger and used to hammer the poor thing everywhere but I think I averaged a new clutch every 7000 miles or so, and always seemed to be replacing something electrical. I recall trading it in for a 300zx twin turbo in about 93 or 94 and on its last journey to the dealer bit by bit the entire electrics of the car packed in all but what was needed for the engine to run! The heater the indicators, the windows the seat adjustments the whole lot. I handed the keys over and drove off in my new car, I started going out with a girl that lived near the dealers and for about 18 months the car never moved from where I had left it.
I still have all the receipts somewhere for all the parts and works done and its quite frightening. It used to go through the front wishbone bushes at an alarming rate and if I recall correctly you could not just buy the bushes and fit them you had to buy the full wishbone at some extortionate price.
Saw a 164 parked up yesterday and could not help but have a peek through the window. Memories.  |