Hi, I am new to the Forum and maybe the most distant poster?
I am in Vientiane in Laos, southeast Asia, owner of a 1994 Panda, which I drive in the city beside the Mekong River. It is one of a set of 100 Pandas which were brought in to the country 10 years ago. They have their advantages in that if stuck in a large pool of mud in the rainy season (that's what the roads tend to become) you can almost pick them up and lift them out, unlike the more substantial and macho jeeps and 4x4s. Now of course, due to lousy roads, heat and general old age, they are falling apart in many ways.
Like the problem probably suffered by Mower in a post titled Oil Leak, the Constant Velocity Joint Boots are perished. No-one brought any spares into the country with the cars so unless we can cannibalise it we can't get it, and so far I have not been able to get any, with the Rotor Seals, here. I have posted a parts wanted Classified, as friends will be coming over here from the UK in March and they could bring the parts for me - it being pretty difficult to get things shipped here from online sources. So if anyone has good ideas about a source for these, or has them, I would be very grateful. Right now the car is sitting, leaking.
Cheers
I am in Vientiane in Laos, southeast Asia, owner of a 1994 Panda, which I drive in the city beside the Mekong River. It is one of a set of 100 Pandas which were brought in to the country 10 years ago. They have their advantages in that if stuck in a large pool of mud in the rainy season (that's what the roads tend to become) you can almost pick them up and lift them out, unlike the more substantial and macho jeeps and 4x4s. Now of course, due to lousy roads, heat and general old age, they are falling apart in many ways.
Like the problem probably suffered by Mower in a post titled Oil Leak, the Constant Velocity Joint Boots are perished. No-one brought any spares into the country with the cars so unless we can cannibalise it we can't get it, and so far I have not been able to get any, with the Rotor Seals, here. I have posted a parts wanted Classified, as friends will be coming over here from the UK in March and they could bring the parts for me - it being pretty difficult to get things shipped here from online sources. So if anyone has good ideas about a source for these, or has them, I would be very grateful. Right now the car is sitting, leaking.
Cheers
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