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- Thu May 09, 2024 2:56 am
- Forum: Projects, Restorations and Runabouts
- Topic: 1994 Cavalier LSi C20NE (was C18NZ) Work-horse
- Replies: 2457
- Views: 194517
Re: 1994 Cavalier LSi C20NE (was C18NZ) Work-horse
It's fortunate your parts arrived. Parcel force took a week to get a part i ordered from Germany (2 days to arrive in UK) delivered to me. The sorting office then managed to lose it when redirecting it less than two miles away, it never did turn up but fortunately i got a replacement. The panel does...
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 2:49 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Insurance
- Replies: 8
- Views: 475
Re: Insurance
I renewed last month with GA. It's risen from around £244 to £264 (including finance) - just under a £20 annual rise. I'm ok with paying two quid a month more, you can't get a coffee in a supermarket café for that :lol: I did use the two main comparison sites before accepting but they were disappoin...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 4:16 pm
- Forum: Projects, Restorations and Runabouts
- Topic: 1994 Cavalier LSi C20NE (was C18NZ) Work-horse
- Replies: 2457
- Views: 194517
Re: 1994 Cavalier LSi C20NE (was C18NZ) Work-horse
It's nice to see the cav getting an airing, it's looking pretty good considering the inactivity. Looking at the to do list it doesn't seem much is needed for the mot, hopefully nothing too expensive to get you back on the road
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 11:51 pm
- Forum: Projects, Restorations and Runabouts
- Topic: My Cav Motorsport
- Replies: 116
- Views: 19026
Re: My Cav Motorsport
Glasgow is heading the same way, all it will do is drive visitors away from the centre. The public transport is expensive, and makes the recent motorways to glasgow a bit pointless. I can drive there in 25 minutes, then won't be able to get into the centre. It's cheaper for me to drive in, includin...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 1:10 am
- Forum: Events, Meets, Gatherings and Parties
- Topic: Rustival 2024 MARCH 9th
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1104
Re: Rustival 2024 MARCH 9th
It's fortunate they got decent weather for the show.
There are nine pages of pics here https://www.facebook.com/ScottishCarEnthusiasts that seem to have missed the mk 3's, at least they give a taste of the event.
There are nine pages of pics here https://www.facebook.com/ScottishCarEnthusiasts that seem to have missed the mk 3's, at least they give a taste of the event.
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 2:30 am
- Forum: Projects, Restorations and Runabouts
- Topic: Matts CDX - Work In Progress.
- Replies: 237
- Views: 44141
Re: Matts CDX - Work In Progress.
I finally got a pass and should be picking the car up tomorrow. Here's the failure list :o Do not drive until repaired (dangerous defects): Nearside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded to the extent that control of the vehicle is likely to be adversely affected inner wing...
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 1:59 am
- Forum: Your non-Cavalier Projects
- Topic: My VERY RUSTY VW T25 Camper Van Project
- Replies: 890
- Views: 222576
Re: My VERY RUSTY VW T25 Camper Van Project
I used to be told Klokkerholm panels were the best available, now i realise it's because they're almost the only ones out there. Looking at the website they boast "We love classic cars! Klokkerholm has a large selection of panels and other parts for restorations as well as rust and damage repai...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 11:28 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Happy Birthday Robsey!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 482
Re: Happy Birthday Robsey!
Happy Birthday!
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:42 am
- Forum: Projects, Restorations and Runabouts
- Topic: Matts CDX - Work In Progress.
- Replies: 237
- Views: 44141
Re: Matts CDX - Work In Progress.
Well that little bit of hope didn't last very long. The car failed it's mot. Not on the engine (i assume the emissions were tested) but for chassis rust, four or five areas including two inner sill. There's at least another five hundred quid, i hope i get more than six days driving with the latest i...
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 2:33 am
- Forum: Projects, Restorations and Runabouts
- Topic: Matts CDX - Work In Progress.
- Replies: 237
- Views: 44141
Re: Matts CDX - Work In Progress.
It's been ages and i'm still off the road-so far. What happened? Well the garage owner (who works on my car) sadly had a close family bereavement, understandably causing a backlog. In the meantime I bought a full head gasket set and bolts and a gallon of gunk, preparing for the worst but looking for...
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 3:11 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Stuff we've seen on the road
- Replies: 590
- Views: 119665
Re: Stuff we've seen on the road
It doesn't look tooo bad to me -i've seen worse though i'd prefer one colour, probably the light blue. Customisation can be marmite, each to their own.
Though taxed until next January it doesn't appear to have been submitted for an mot since 2012, I wonder what it's like under the skin.
Though taxed until next January it doesn't appear to have been submitted for an mot since 2012, I wonder what it's like under the skin.
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 2:24 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Why are interviewers so rude?
- Replies: 40
- Views: 2164
Re: Why are interviewers so rude?
I agree. It's not only rude it's demoralising, an email or text costs almost nothing compared to the days of paper, ink, envelope and postage. It only takes seconds to send a "sorry your application was unsuccessful" template letter. If these companies interviewers can't be sincere then pe...
- Wed Jan 31, 2024 12:06 am
- Forum: Events, Meets, Gatherings and Parties
- Topic: Rustival 2024 MARCH 9th
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1104
- Thu Jan 18, 2024 1:51 am
- Forum: Projects, Restorations and Runabouts
- Topic: Matts CDX - Work In Progress.
- Replies: 237
- Views: 44141
Re: Matts CDX - Work In Progress.
Thanks for the input, I've bitten the bullet and am going with the head off option. It's unlikely I haven't bent valves given it's an interference engine so i've decided against the cost of further inspection, rebuild it is then. Just bought an Elring gasket set and a set of Elring bolts, £60 in tot...
- Wed Jan 17, 2024 2:08 am
- Forum: Projects, Restorations and Runabouts
- Topic: Matts CDX - Work In Progress.
- Replies: 237
- Views: 44141
Re: Matts CDX - Work In Progress.
It was three weeks before it was being changed, total bummer :cry:. It was being done at the same time as the mot, double bummer! I don't know what the word is for irrational justification but I suffer from it, i can't envisage me driving anything else, the car only has to outlast me. With that in m...
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 2:21 am
- Forum: Projects, Restorations and Runabouts
- Topic: Matts CDX - Work In Progress.
- Replies: 237
- Views: 44141
Re: Matts CDX - Work In Progress.
I picked the car up on Friday and all was good, much smoother, which wasn't surprising when I was shown the old filter. When he poured it into a jar lots of dark stuff came out, heavier than the petrol. I assumed rubber from the hoses due to ethanol but he says it was green, a colour I don't see wel...
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 12:39 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: views in posts
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1033
Re: views in posts
Now that I know it's not just me and it's unlikely to be a virus I'll get used to it - eventually lol.
- Thu Jan 11, 2024 3:21 am
- Forum: Projects, Restorations and Runabouts
- Topic: Matts CDX - Work In Progress.
- Replies: 237
- Views: 44141
Re: Matts CDX - Work In Progress.
Wow. Nearly a year already! Now my crank sensor problem's been sorted it's time to address the mot due in the first week of February. I now have another fuel leak, bad enough to notice this time. I'll see if I can get this sorted tomorrow and get my new old-stock gm fuel filter fitted. The car isn't...
- Thu Jan 11, 2024 2:08 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: views in posts
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1033
views in posts
I've noticed since before christmas something strange with the viewing figures. I know the site is open to everyone but the figures seem unfeasibly high. I check in two or three times a day and they're jumping by hundreds and once over a thousand in a three hour period. I've searched for viruses and...
- Thu Jan 11, 2024 1:45 am
- Forum: Faults and Fixes: ICE and Electrical
- Topic: x20xev crankshaft sensor problems
- Replies: 52
- Views: 30151
Re: x20xev crankshaft sensor problems
There are definitely more sensors on the XEV to tighten up emissions, hence the X prefix engine code. There is just one sensor (crank angle sensor) on the SPi NZ engines and MPi 8 valve NE and SEH engines. The XE kept things quite simple, but has the 16 valve interference engine block. Liked for it...
- Wed Jan 10, 2024 3:28 am
- Forum: Faults and Fixes: ICE and Electrical
- Topic: x20xev crankshaft sensor problems
- Replies: 52
- Views: 30151
Re: x20xev crankshaft sensor problems
And why the xev was held in such low regard after the c20xe I thought it was because of more electronics, little ability to increase power and worst of all being an interference engine - i'd be happier without that feature! Apart from that I've been happy enough with the XEV for over twenty years r...
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 4:09 am
- Forum: Faults and Fixes: ICE and Electrical
- Topic: x20xev crankshaft sensor problems
- Replies: 52
- Views: 30151
Re: x20xev crankshaft sensor problems
Good news! Got the car back just before christmas. as previously mentioned a hefty deposit (£500) was required to investigate the problem. I'm still no wiser as to the cause but it's running ok now, fitted with the kerr-nelson crankshaft sensor I supplied instead of the cambiare. There was also a ba...
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 3:38 am
- Forum: Projects, Restorations and Runabouts
- Topic: 1994 Cavalier LSi C20NE (was C18NZ) Work-horse
- Replies: 2457
- Views: 194517
Re: 1994 Cavalier LSi C20NE (was C18NZ) Work-horse
As usual, my heart ruled my head. That's the nature of the enthusiast :lol:. I've only ever needed one car and every one i've owned was kept going as long as possible thinking I would drive it forever (apart from my first car, a 1600 mk1 cav saloon, that was crap!). I've justified it by comparing w...
- Sat Dec 30, 2023 6:58 pm
- Forum: Faults and Fixes: Other
- Topic: Fault code 24
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1796
Re: Fault code 24
This might be helpful viewtopic.php?f=15&t=13780&p=143803&hil ... or#p143803
There's a speed sensor in the instrument cluster, it may be dampness has crept in at this time of year and affected it.
There's a speed sensor in the instrument cluster, it may be dampness has crept in at this time of year and affected it.
- Tue Dec 19, 2023 3:37 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Merry Christmas you lovely lot.
- Replies: 31
- Views: 22405
Re: Merry Christmas you lovely lot.
Merry Christmas everyone :santa I think it's a generational thing. My car occasionally gets complimented, mainly by 40 - 60 year olds who owned or had a dad or uncle who did. This generation has no emotional ties/fond memories like I and others have as a mk3 owner of 20+ years. Children are now bein...