Mk3 Cavalier Owners Club | Vauxhall Cavalier Dot Com

Not much off an update , Garrett T3 has blown its rear oil seal :cry , so burns alot of oil out of the exhaust when ever it comes off boost , easily sorted http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh101/redtop4000/DSC00720.jpg couple pics of how it looks as the daily drive , now 50 miles a day :roll: http...

Not much left of that. What condition are the fingers on the presure plate like? It might be 'miniced' to Greig was a bit munched , but had another F28 pressure plate , so swoped them over . http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh101/redtop4000/DSC00617.jpg have been using it every day for work , abo...

Had the day off work today , so pulled the F28 box out and found this http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh101/redtop4000/DSC00609.jpg http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh101/redtop4000/DSC00611.jpg managed to get hold of another thrust relief bearing , so will be back together saturday :D

nice one Gaz , best get out there and pull the box off .... again

Ive got a new F20 thrust bearing , but googled it and people seem to think they are different , will have to see


If not will buy a paddle clutch kit , as they come with a new one........ as im not taking the box back out again !!!

Since i put the F28 in on saturday all has been fine then today on the way to work made a really loud sqreeching noise when the pedal was all the way to the floor at every set of lights , but fine when normal driving along , selects every gear fine Then on the way home, noise got even louder then so...

Nope , had to remove the subframe , started with ball joints first , rear engine mount , then starting from the rear , undo the 2 wishbone bolts 16mm socket then the 2 main subframe bolts in the middle 18mm socket , then undo the other to 16mm socket at the front support the engine on a trolley jack...

looks a bit ropey , but get some funny looks when you pass them in a 16 year old vauxhall coughing and sneezing

bumpers will be sprayed this week , and square plate will be made up

vid from last week , f20 nackered clutch & screamer pipe at 10psi with alot of clutch slip





all is back to normal , no clutch slip , and 6 gears have made such a difference on the comuite to work

next on the list was the F28 swap , as after only one week on the F20 + 1750 kg,s of cav at 20psi , the box started whining F28 box http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh101/redtop4000/DSC00606.jpg and the mess i made in about 1 hour http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh101/redtop4000/DSC00607.jpg

Afternoon all , bit more playing this weekend :mrgreen: after a week of driving with no issues , it started blowing around the manifold , stripped it down and was right :cry http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh101/redtop4000/DSC00602-2.jpg took the bus to work with manifold in my pack pac , skimmed...

At the moment i have a GSI front bumper in burgendy with the big mouth cut out so i could get the cooler in , looks odd , but will be getting it sprayed soon.


got a few pics to upload when i get my camera back tomorow

After a few to many pints in the local Thursday night :cheers decided to chuck the LET engine in the cav , only had phone pics :cry , will get some daylight ones . http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh101/redtop4000/DSC00592.jpg had a bit of a drama with the compressor inlet of the T3 being so close...

Driving home from work today all was good , drove 5 miles , vcar was running spot on :mrgreen: then the dash oil pressure warning light starts flashing , pulled over and shut it down , checked oil level , still well above Min :o got a tow home , started with changing the sender , checked the pressur...

Had my M.O.T today My cavalier failed its M.O.T today .... on the ABS light failing to illuminate. ( 1994 cavalier xe saloon ) This was a shock as it has never been visable since i had it , never had ABS before , so didnt know there was a light , thought it was the warning light for the brake light ...

i replaced all mine a year ago for 60mm springs / shocks when it was on the silver 17,s it came with http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh101/redtop4000/DSC00985.jpg the last pic i found before i did the 5 stud swop , same size 17,s just in black look how much its dropped in 6 months :o http://i254....

thought i recognised it ,

as it says copied ,and pasted about

http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/projects ... r+progress

looks tidy

cheers GAZ


best to take the whole cable set up off the car then , and get the other half to run me about ..... till i find one that looks the same

My 94 XE saloon , is due its M.0.T end of this month handbrake cable , is so stretched , its used up all the ajustment :( when i went to buy a new cable , the young lad asked me which side i needed :? i know the one long cable , runs to one side with the ajuster , and the other shorter side goes to ...

when i removed the shifter , it had 94 stamped on it , so i think is passed its best , think the metal selector rod was out of a diplomat cavalier ,

after crimbo , the bumpers are going on , and the engine has had a few christmas presents

M.O.T january 28th

a little update http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh101/redtop4000/DSC00537-1.jpg off with the saab 900 alloys :wave trip down to kwick fit in my mate jonos mrk3 saab powered astra van :cheers to fit these http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh101/redtop4000/DSC00486-1.jpg http://i254.photobucket.co...

went over to a mates last night , picked up an F28 for cheap in good nick , came with standard rear mount , front mount and linkage http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh101/redtop4000/DSC00468.jpg aswell as 4 x cav turbo rims , other 3 are on the seats :D made an f28 collar , for the 2wd conversion ...

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh101/redtop4000/DSC00448.jpg small update , decided on the 5 stud conversion , so dont have to keep drilling 288 discs for 4 stud :lol: used saab 900 rear hubs , same as vectra rears , but the handbrake is up the top :mrgreen: and vectra hubs pressed into the fro...

best thing to do is leave the top part of the bumper support bar there, ie cut away all the lower part of where its a box section and just leave a flat bit at the top running from side to side, that way you can attach the intercooler to it and support the bumper to stop it sagging i ended up spendi...

hi folks , things have been a little slow , due to work hours taking a major crash , cav is still going , had to change the alternator last week , battery light was blinking its tits off ,multimeter confirmed it was shot what a job that was , had to drop the alternator out the bottom of the car :wal...