Ebay purchase : advise..

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Bought a mitsibushi pajero from ebay on thursday, drove it 60 miles back home and all was well.
Friday when i started it up it sounded like a bag of hammers, so i've stripped it down to find that the crank bolt hasn't been tightened properly (no locktight either) so it's come loose and snapped the woodruff key out of the crank. It's also took a huge chunk out of the crank aswell so it's basically completely fooked

The car was advertised as just having new timing belt kit fitted.

The car was sold as seen and payed for in cash (no paypal involved)

What's my options then? i'm assuming there's nothing i can do and have to cover all the costs myself/scrap the car ?




Thanks
Dave

[Fisty]

[Marmalade]

Sold as seen is a load of bull, it was seen as fit for intended purpose which it obviously isn't.
Park it in their front room and ask for money back
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[MaybeGuy]

i fail to see how it's ''fooked''.
just get a new woodruff key and dress the keyway, then tighten it properly. the key is just there for alignment. the taper holds the flywheel on.
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Blue_SV650S wrote: it was a sh1te wheelie, but it proves that he can get it up in 3rd and can do angles. In summery, mattsprattuk is a gobby little sh1tebag, dopehead tw4t, but sadly for all of us, he probably isn't THAT full of sh1te!!
Kickstart wrote: Hi I tend to agree with Matt. All the best Keith

[Marmalade]

There is that, the ford zetec engines don't have a woodruff key or anything, just held on my tightening it to within a few psi of its life.
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[MarJay]

[Marmalade]

Private, trade, auction, new, used, sold as seen etc all got to be fit for purpose
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Oh well, such is life, just thought i'd ask...

As for the fit for purpose ; does that even apply to a private sale? bearing in mind the car was running fine when i picked it up

Matt; surely the woodruff key is also there to stop the pulley from slipping aswell? It would see quite risky just relying on the bolt alone to hold it in place.

https://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x13/fronterapics/pajero/Image1126.jpg

https://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x13/fronterapics/pajero/Image1125.jpg

https://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x13/fronterapics/pajero/Image1124.jpg

https://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x13/fronterapics/pajero/Image1123.jpg

https://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x13/fronterapics/pajero/Image1122.jpg

The keyway is pretty screwed .

[Fisty]

[Blau Zedong]

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He never mentioned in the listing that the handbrake didn't work, and when i got it home i noticed it had no exhaust back box on it
But other than that it was as described.

I only paid £870 for it and it's still got a lot of parts that i could sell on so i'll get something back.(it's a pajero exceed so has all the toy's)

<- hates losing moneys

[MaybeGuy]

you're right.
that's pretty fucked.
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Blue_SV650S wrote: it was a sh1te wheelie, but it proves that he can get it up in 3rd and can do angles. In summery, mattsprattuk is a gobby little sh1tebag, dopehead tw4t, but sadly for all of us, he probably isn't THAT full of sh1te!!
Kickstart wrote: Hi I tend to agree with Matt. All the best Keith

[2 litre]

Get the pulley welded back on.

[yandy_yay]

[MaybeGuy]

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[Ste]

[Marmalade]

[Billing]

just because its on the internet doesn't make it the gospel truth. none of the torque wrenches I've ever used worked in a scale marked with psi, always Nm, lb-ft, or kg-m (i think)
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[Pete.]

Cranks aren't cast nor hardened steel they are forged. What does that pulley do? Looks like a pump drive for AC or power steering etc.

If it doesn't depend on the keyway for timing the belt, this is what I would do:

Buy a new pulley, loctite it onto the shaft with the bolt done up tight, then after the loctite has gone off remove the bolt then drill the end of the shaft right on the joint & pin the pulley to the shaft, re-fit bolt.
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a.k.a 'Geri'

132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[Fisty]

[0ddball]

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Thanks pete, that's a good one. That aswell as jb welding the woodruff key in should get a pretty good hold.

It's going to be hard work getting into it with a drill but i'm sure i'll find a way.