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- Wed Jan 14, 2015 9:41 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Who feels like having a random chat?
- Replies: 192
- Views: 5033
Re: Who feels like having a random chat?
anyone seen a ghost or a UFO's?
- Mon Jan 05, 2015 7:34 pm
- Forum: Faults and Fixes: Bodywork and Interior
- Topic: Condensation
- Replies: 52
- Views: 2771
- Thu Dec 18, 2014 5:52 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Another Years motoring ahead!!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 220
Re: Another Years motoring ahead!!
Having a good mate who's an MOT tester takes a lot of stress out of mine, I know he not going to be bashing holes in my car and lets me know if anything needs fixing before it fails. Well done on getting yours through
- Tue Nov 04, 2014 5:03 pm
- Forum: Your non-Cavalier Projects
- Topic: my winter hack
- Replies: 5
- Views: 686
my winter hack
Picked this 1.8 celica up a few weeks ago, 91k on the clock, rust free, as new tyres, service history, it was needing a new clutch and a MOT, had only failed on a slight blow on the exhaust and wiper blades, so i welded up the blow, threw on some wipers, and fitted a clutch myself, now has 12months ...
- Thu Apr 24, 2014 10:28 am
- Forum: The Truth About Cats and Dogs
- Topic: Road trip
- Replies: 30
- Views: 3859
Re: Road trip
fair point you make there, just wondered why go so far...Not much of a fan of dogs, had to many run ins with owners who let there dogs run about in the park's kids area near mine . But all credit to ya for going the extra mile for your love of dogs
- Thu Apr 24, 2014 7:23 am
- Forum: The Truth About Cats and Dogs
- Topic: Road trip
- Replies: 30
- Views: 3859
Re: Road trip
please don't take this the wrong way, why bring dogs from abroard when there must thounsands of homeless dogs in the UK?
- Tue Mar 18, 2014 8:01 pm
- Forum: Projects, Restorations and Runabouts
- Topic: Show Us Your Nostalgic Cavalier Pictures :)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 927
Re: Show Us Your Nostalgic Cavalier Pictures :)
here's some of my old cav's from 1996-2001, may they rest in peace! http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx116/gazza1701-a/2013-10-13160207.jpg http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx116/gazza1701-a/2013-10-13160225.jpg http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx116/gazza1701-a/2013-10-13160426.jpg http://i74...
- Sun Feb 02, 2014 8:18 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Having a kid!
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1061
Re: Having a kid!
Congrats....Good excuse for a GSi Zaffira!
- Mon Jan 20, 2014 7:33 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Happy Birthday to planetc
- Replies: 17
- Views: 738
Re: Happy Birthday to planetc
Happy birthday boy
- Thu Jan 16, 2014 7:47 pm
- Forum: Faults and Fixes: Brakes and Suspension
- Topic: Rubber shock tops
- Replies: 1
- Views: 275
Rubber shock tops
I have water seeping through the rubber shock stopper/tops on the rear of my cav, seems like water is getting splashed up off the wheels and works its way between the rubbers, the shocks are after market ones not GM and about 18months old, rubbers aren't split or cracked, i did try tightening them u...
- Sun Jan 05, 2014 7:59 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Worst presents/gifts
- Replies: 14
- Views: 673
Re: Worst presents/gifts
When we were kids, me and my 2 brothers bought my mum a Breville sandwich maker...we then demanded hot toasted sandwiches every day for a few weeks, we never once even offered to wash it up. Think she got fed up with it and threw it away ! I still miss that Breville (yum), but do feel a bit bad abou...
- Fri Jan 03, 2014 6:30 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Fibre Optic broadband
- Replies: 18
- Views: 619
Re: Fibre Optic broadband
11.7 Mb/s with sky....
- Fri Jan 03, 2014 6:22 pm
- Forum: Faults and Fixes: Bodywork and Interior
- Topic: dippy parcel shelf clips
- Replies: 5
- Views: 411
- Fri Jan 03, 2014 5:43 pm
- Forum: Faults and Fixes: Bodywork and Interior
- Topic: dippy parcel shelf clips
- Replies: 5
- Views: 411
Re: dippy parcel shelf clips
fitting some this weekend, so will post a couple of pics for you. You will have to cut out a bit of your side plastics, near the speakers to allow room for the metal brackets.
- Sat Dec 21, 2013 8:18 pm
- Forum: Faults and Fixes: Mechanical
- Topic: head gasket may need doing again
- Replies: 14
- Views: 941
Re: head gasket may need doing again
All sorted now? Did you redo the head when the gasket was being done? All done now and all seems well. I did get the head checked by the people who skimmed it and it was fine. I think I may have pressed the failed stem seal on to hard the first time round which split the rubber. Done about 800 mile...
- Wed Nov 13, 2013 4:52 pm
- Forum: Faults and Fixes: Mechanical
- Topic: any tips for fitting valve seals
- Replies: 2
- Views: 186
Re: any tips for fitting valve seals
all done! many thanks Planetc
- Tue Nov 12, 2013 5:37 pm
- Forum: Faults and Fixes: Mechanical
- Topic: any tips for fitting valve seals
- Replies: 2
- Views: 186
any tips for fitting valve seals
I'm going to fit a new set of valve stem seals to my C1.8NZ, do you just press them on by hand? How do you know when there on far enough?
- Sun Nov 10, 2013 8:37 pm
- Forum: Projects, Restorations and Runabouts
- Topic: Mike and James' 1990 CD Auto
- Replies: 88
- Views: 12362
Re: Mike and James' 1990 CD Auto
Lovely looking motor there mate.
- Sun Nov 10, 2013 6:09 pm
- Forum: Faults and Fixes: Mechanical
- Topic: head gasket may need doing again
- Replies: 14
- Views: 941
Re: head gasket may need doing again
Can't see that causing a leak definitely lots of smoke i think the oil was building up in the exhaust chamber then seeping out, the exhaust gasket was very oily, I park on a slope facing down hill too which may have helped with the build up of oil. It did puff out smoke when left ticking over for a...
- Sun Nov 10, 2013 5:19 pm
- Forum: Faults and Fixes: Mechanical
- Topic: head gasket may need doing again
- Replies: 14
- Views: 941
- Wed Nov 06, 2013 8:27 pm
- Forum: Faults and Fixes: Mechanical
- Topic: head gasket may need doing again
- Replies: 14
- Views: 941
Re: head gasket may need doing again
Looks like the oil IS seeping out from the head gasket oh well it'll give me something to do one weekend!
- Tue Nov 05, 2013 8:07 pm
- Forum: Faults and Fixes: Mechanical
- Topic: head gasket may need doing again
- Replies: 14
- Views: 941
Re: head gasket may need doing again
Did you use any sealant when replacing the old one? Might just be that being sqeezed out, Mikebmth had his head gasket done on his C20NE, near enough the same blocks, and he had the same residue appear to "seep out" but that was just the sealant being pushed out and not oil. No sealant wa...
- Tue Nov 05, 2013 6:17 pm
- Forum: Faults and Fixes: Mechanical
- Topic: head gasket may need doing again
- Replies: 14
- Views: 941
Re: head gasket may need doing again
if the leak was coming from the cam/dizzy oil seal wouldn't i see oil directly below the dizzy? but it looks dry there.planetc wrote:Oil around the flange below no 4 comes from either the cam/dizzy oil seal, the cam box or from the head gasket. There should be no sealant there, only between the cam box and head.
- Tue Nov 05, 2013 6:13 pm
- Forum: Faults and Fixes: Mechanical
- Topic: head gasket may need doing again
- Replies: 14
- Views: 941
Re: head gasket may need doing again
Did you use any sealant when replacing the old one? Might just be that being sqeezed out, Mikebmth had his head gasket done on his C20NE, near enough the same blocks, and he had the same residue appear to "seep out" but that was just the sealant being pushed out and not oil. No sealant wa...
- Tue Nov 05, 2013 4:45 pm
- Forum: Faults and Fixes: Mechanical
- Topic: head gasket may need doing again
- Replies: 14
- Views: 941
head gasket may need doing again
I recently changed the head gasket on my C1.8NZ, I after driving it for nearly 100miles now I've noticed a hot oil smell, I had a check under the bonnet and have found what seems to be oil where the head meets the block, now I'm second guessing that i've not correctly tighten the head down, Is it a ...