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thanks m8 .... took a bit of doing but i think the colour is better than the bright silver that they were..

thanks guys.. i am waiting on a reply from my dad about a guy he knows local... will see what he says first i know he is very good and i had tottaly forgot all about him..lol he has work on my older cars and my mums and dads .. thanks again guys ..i will keep you updated craig

read this thread This is not a one off.. Everybodys as freindly as this all the time It makes me hugely proud to be a member off such a great site and I hope I can help others as much as they have helped me This site is run by people who give up there free time and the site running costs are covered by gold members subscriptions without any of this you would not be reading this.. Thank you L.O.C Craig

well as some of you already know I am the assistant branch manager for Jewson builders merchant I now have 16 members of staff to keep an eye on.

me.. i go along with space.. or the delta country... moonshine and blues..lol craig

I am touched by all your kindness.. thats why I love this club so much.. everybody is so great on here and true friends that i am glad to have met.. I so much want to keep the lex and get it sorted but at this moment i dont know how to do it after many problems with the other half and her losing jobs my funds are at an all time low at the worst time possible.. I am seriously thinking about doing it myself now just cant afford to risk throwing good money at something that may cost thousands that i do not have.. any infomation on how to undertake such a job would be welcome for instant do you need to rebed the gasket with a sealant ? i wont have to drain the oil will I ? or rad ? anyway at least from tommorow i have a vectra estate to borrow for a week.. looks like i might have to take a couple of days of work... craig

yes i have thought about it..lol but not sure if i have all the tools needed and not sure i could remember what went where..lol plus know garage to work in so could be a problem..

will do pete.. got to make some serious choices.. including one saying f it and getting a non lexus car i am pretty depressed at the moment as its not the sort a cash i have laying around and certainly cant afford another lex.... still paying back this one..

yes they did... pete you have a pm mate.. craig

well i got the news today.. when the guy started talking figures i thought he was giving me a telephone number to call gave me three options.. 1. get lucky and only need to replace head gasket.. £750-900 2. not so lucky and head needs replacing as well £2000 3 **** out of luck (which is me most of the time) the block is warped brand new engine..£10'000 of course 3. is out of the question coz i would have to find a scrapped one instead... and they will not know until they take it all apart..sick: so now i have not got a clue what to do:crybaby: craig

cheers pete.. i will see what they say tommorow and go from there.. the problem i have is the other half does not drive and its getting the car there and getting back home or to work.. craig

Just like to say thank you to everybody for your kind words.(and the micky taking..lol) been doing it for a week now and have now been dropped in the deep end as i have to run the how lot for this week..there goes the rest of my hair..lol craig

O.k some of you may know it looks like my head gasket has gone.. (around the 4th april) i have been doing short trips to a from work (about 4 miles a day) and one round trip of about 20 miles ... the car is booked to go in to the dealer thursday to have an inspection they will then quote me for having it done..(another 20 mile round trip) two days to get parts for it.. but this weekend comming i have got a wedding that i should be at and its around about 50 miles round trip .. what sort of damage could i be doing to the engine??? at the moment i have bubbles comming up into the rad expansion tank that smell of exhaust/petrol fumes and that happens even on very short trips.. craig

k they would look good on a 200

YEAH SOUNDS GOOD JONNY ... as some of us dont have sky..lol

Dunno but i like it :D

i got a bar of something that looks like blue tack..lol mat wilderness gave it to me at JAE last yr really does work well if you keep moulding it.. gets rid of any stuff stuck to the paint as long as you keep the suface nice and wet...

many happys m8 hope you have a goodun .. so did you get a third bottle..lol craig

you would have to haggle a lot ... new wing/bonnet/front bumper/ headlight/ sidelight/windscreen that lot b4 fitting will be over a grand then repspray... you can pick up l reg ones for about £3500.. never the less nice find as its hard to find scrapped lexi craig

i watched the first one this afternoon and will watch the second tonight... i like the first part of the film on the scooters..lol craig

many happys mate hope you enjoy your meal.. dont drick too much

not sure about how to fix the problem but all you have to do to reset ecu is take of you battery leads and press your brake peddle then reconnect your battery after about 10 mins.. craig

I have a samsung E235 dvd player that seems to play all except Realmedia and quicktime files.. will do cd/cdr/cdrw/dvd/dvdr/jpeg/mpeg/avi/mp3 its a great little dvd player think it cost me £65 it also has easy view so it will stretch wide screen films or fit to screen if you do not have a wide screen T.V craig o and i either use nero express or flyvcd to create my vcd but nero is better because it will also do super vcd

I thought you was just saving money..lol not to spend on more mods Ian.. The bug has got you well and truely..lol

dunno maybe i will give it ago although the leaves are a bit small...lol