View Single Post
Old 08-11-2013, 09:28 PM   #56
Rupewrecht
Administrator
 
Rupewrecht's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: melb.vic.au
Car: AZ-1, Astina Hardtop Turbo, BJ Protege, Beetle
Posts: 16,525
**** you Mazda, **** you.

Who the hell puts an engine number at the back of the block, facing upwards, that is only 30% visible from the top, and virtually inaccessible from the bottom.

An hour, of forcing my arm up through subframe and around PS pumps to get a finger over the tab with the engine number, and actually get it clean enough to read with one of those little mirrors on a stalk. The easiest way was actually go get my arm up through the gap above the steering rack diagonally - even then i really needed fingers with 360° joints.

....only to discover that the engine has been changed at some point in time and the engine number has never been updated with Vicroads. ****ing hell.

Eh, so i'll fake an invoice.

Also discovered the reason why the rear number plate lights didn't work was because the wires had been chopped in the boot. WTF?


Anyway, all sorted, just need to get it registered now.
__________________

jdmparts.rupewrecht.com
Sourcing your not-quite-overnight parts from Japan

WRECHT--|--SLOWTEGE--|--BEETLE--|--SUBSTITUTE--|--AZ-1


Rupewrecht is offline   Reply With Quote