fridayman
Well-Known Member
I've done a quick search of this forum and didn't come up with what I am looking for.
I want to go and take a look at a 96 100 auto this weekend. What are the things that I need to check, and HOW? While I know my way around a motorbike, I've never really worked on cars and know nothing about autos or diesels, so any detailed advice would be very much appreciated. The seller says he has all the MOT's but not the full service history. It has well under 100k miles so I assume everything should still be working.
My check list so far (I will add to this list as I learn more):
1) I spoke to Julian a week or two ago and mentioned checking the ATF fluid - how do I do that?
2) How/where do I check the power steering?
3) Julian also mentioned accelerating hard and then backing off to listen for/feel a vibration or whining noise to detect a potential problem with the transmission.
4) Where is it likely to have rust if there is any?
5) ???
I want to go and take a look at a 96 100 auto this weekend. What are the things that I need to check, and HOW? While I know my way around a motorbike, I've never really worked on cars and know nothing about autos or diesels, so any detailed advice would be very much appreciated. The seller says he has all the MOT's but not the full service history. It has well under 100k miles so I assume everything should still be working.
My check list so far (I will add to this list as I learn more):
1) I spoke to Julian a week or two ago and mentioned checking the ATF fluid - how do I do that?
2) How/where do I check the power steering?
3) Julian also mentioned accelerating hard and then backing off to listen for/feel a vibration or whining noise to detect a potential problem with the transmission.
4) Where is it likely to have rust if there is any?
5) ???