19-06-14, 11:19 PM
(19-06-14, 10:30 PM)ChristoT link Wrote: I'd love to know where you found the gasket for £14 though, when I did a quick search on my phone, I could only find ones priced at £45!! Although, to be fair, I wasn't looking very hard.http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/eugeot-106-136...1466696178 you probably weren't looking too hard because you don't want to know how cheap the job is going to be.
(19-06-14, 10:30 PM)ChristoT link Wrote: It is a frustrated rant. My parents are saying they're going to spend a ridiculous amount of money they don't really have to solve the problem in a completely irrational way. They are fixating over the fact that it's a bike, I'm only interested in the fact that it's transport, it's there, and requires very little to get me mobile again. How does trying to solve the problem logically in a way that requires the least input in terms of money and time make me a "spoiled brat"?I didn't say it makes you a spoilt brat, I said your ranting is making you sound like one. Face facts, your parents have seen that you, in your own words, have done stupid stuff on bikes. One thing no parent wants to do is to bury their own child so they are offering to spend money that they may not have in the hope that you will outlive them. You're not interested in the fact that it's transport, you want to get back on a bike and see this as an excuse to force the issue. As a parent, I can tell you, the more you push, the more they will push back.
Not sure why you think you need a water pump, a CV joint isn't desperate, they'll clatter along for ages so the only thing that is urgent is getting it running. I've shown you where you can get a head gasket, I've told you that you can get a Haynes manual from your local library and, if you want, I can lend you a torque wrench. Christ, you're only down the road, I'd offer to give you a hand but the one thing I am desperately short of at the moment is time. Now get on with it.