1990 S2 Cab

MartinT · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:23 pm

Has anyone got any views on what I should pay for an average condition/mileage example? I'm trying to persuade my wife that a local car which the owner is desperate to sell before the taxman gets him is well worth £2,500. It's average mileage, not much recent history but nice body and has an excellent blue leather interior and blue hood. Any input would be much appreciated! :wink:

grbspeedster · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:08 pm

At that price for a S2 Cab i would snap his arm off, providing it is one car etc (usual HPI checks for crash damage etc)

Richy_S · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:23 pm

Thats real cheap but be prepared to spend £1k+ if it has not been looked after. I.e belts, service etc etc

Rich

tr7v8 · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:45 pm

Not only belts, clutch but I'd be looking for rust as well.

lindsayhbrown · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:12 pm

at £2.5k you should leave some money in the pot for some unexpected repairs/work

J.J. · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:25 pm

Check the cams as well. This cheap & without history it could cost a lot more than 1K to sort out. Or it could be a credit crunch bargain. Just sounds too cheap for me.

MartinT · **Posted:** Tue Apr 21, 2009 6:28 am

Thanks for your feedback guys

Sean Smallman · **Posted:** Tue Apr 21, 2009 6:45 am

Good luck with it, you'll certainly have a lot of fun. :lol:

tr7v8 · **Posted:** Tue Apr 21, 2009 7:44 am

Where is the car Martin, it certainly needs checking over carefully.

MartinT · **Posted:** Tue Apr 21, 2009 12:18 pm

It's in North Wales - my son trained as a mechanic and knows his way around the 924/924S so he will give it a thorough check

MartinT · **Posted:** Wed Apr 22, 2009 3:01 pm

It turns out it's had the belts, clutch and brake discs replaced as well as a new hood in the last 5,000 miles and the oil pressure is good, 3 at idle and 4.5-5 under load. The only worry is it's tappety even when warm so there's a top end problem of some sort - any ideas anyone?

It's also Azure Blue which is a sort of lilac colour and I have to admit not one of the better colours - should I allow this to put me off buying it?

Any advice would be much appreciated.

tr7v8 · **Posted:** Wed Apr 22, 2009 5:04 pm

MartinT wrote:

It turns out it's had the belts, clutch and brake discs replaced as well as a new hood in the last 5,000 miles and the oil pressure is good, 3 at idle and 4.5-5 under load. The only worry is it's tappety even when warm so there's a top end problem of some sort - any ideas anyone?

It's also Azure Blue which is a sort of lilac colour and I have to admit not one of the better colours - should I allow this to put me off buying it?

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Tappety could be a variety of issues, dirty oil, poor quality oil. Someone has had the head off & lost damaged the one way valve to the head, blocked oil way, knackered tappets? It could also be a rattly chain or broken tensioner. Could be bl00dy expensive tappets are around 35 quid each!
Azure blue is a royal blue not lilac so if it is LY5D as a colour code & it ain't royal bluish then it's been repainted.

David924S · **Posted:** Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:21 am

Just had a quote to replace my tappets in my S2 all 16 plus gaskets belts and seals £650. So I agree costly but might be in need of an oil change and engine flush, for that price might be worth the risk.

ben944 · **Posted:** Thu Apr 23, 2009 12:20 pm

MartinT wrote:

It turns out it's had the belts, clutch and brake discs replaced as well as a new hood in the last 5,000 miles and the oil pressure is good, 3 at idle and 4.5-5 under load. The only worry is it's tappety even when warm so there's a top end problem of some sort - any ideas anyone?

It's also Azure Blue which is a sort of lilac colour and I have to admit not one of the better colours - should I allow this to put me off buying it?

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Hi,

Has the car got an invoive to show this work has been done and by whom? Its always good to see a wad of receipts to back up the service stamps in the book.

Regards,

Ben :bounce:

MartinT · **Posted:** Thu Apr 23, 2009 2:32 pm

Hi Ben

It has the receipts to show the work was done a couple of years ago and it's not done many miles since.

Martin

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