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LadyK wrote:It's a Vectra B, R plate, 1997.


My diagnosis: Thrust bearing on it's way out.

Needs a new clutch.

good call, except that it is unlikely to affect the gear change in the way you described

hi to all :wave got tha cavy out for a run today been a while sitting in a (heated) warehouse :no all seems ok started 1st time , had a run down motorways ect to get the juices flowing proper, noticed my indicator to turn right ticking to fast??? :scratch checked all bulbs ect all working fine also...

gearbox i think has gone its a cavalier 1.6 8v concept there is play in both inner cv joints and when i drive the car theres a horrible grinding noise on the road any ideas what gear box wer put in them F13 I think in the smaller Cav, possibly F16 on an nz2, clean off the top of the box, it should ...

if you are using hooks/eyes on the top of the engine do you really need the webbing to wrap underneath it?

Its the linkage, worst case some new bushes, probably get away with resetting it. Agree with Gaz on this, thinking about it, if the pin comes loose in the linkage you tend to lose part of the side to side throw. This leads to ok change in the middle gates ie 3+4, because the selector will naturally...

carlos_canter wrote:Dont forget, a cavalier IS a vectra, more so on the continent, and badged under opel.

Yes maybe, but you know what we are talking about. To us it is a Cavalier, otherwise we'd be posting this on the 'Vectra 'A' Owners Club Forum wouldn't we.

solid paint is a lot more forgiving you can for the want of better description hammer the paint on and sand it flat and get away with murder. With a metalic plus lacquer its a whole new ballgame. Agreed, I painted the entire car because I knew I wouldn't have the skill to blend it. It had to be tha...

Time and patience, I painted my Capri, never done anything before that wasn't from a can. The average person wouldn't know it. I used four litres and did the door shuts, boot floor and inner wings aswell

Envoy CDX wrote: Start investing in some tools

Very good advice, trying to make do leads to breakages that end up costing more.

Cavalier342 wrote: If anyone has any more ideas

yep, throw it away and buy something 10 times better for a tenth of the price! don't you just the speed at which technology advances.

andy_sriCav wrote:by the looks of it its toeing out at the bottom, and in and the top, on both wheels, any ideas ppl?

lots, all listed above

‎...some years ago I blessed my wife with the knowledge that I could cook better than she. I often wonder if I should have kept it quiet. FFS don't tell her I can iron aswell!

I saw one with a broken crankshaft once, broken between the front two cylinders and the back four, amazingly it was still running and the customer actually drove it in complaining of poor running!

Cavalier342 wrote:Replaced the reverse light switch on Friday. Easy 2 min job. The only thing was, i was lacking a 19mm ring spanner and a long reach socket bit,

intrigued, what did you do the new one up with then?

If it's moved back toward the door then prob lower arm bent, and it is likely to pull like fu**. If the leg is bent so as to make the top of the wheel move inwards then they usually have a kink in the bottom of the tube that holds the shock, just above where it meets the steering knuckle (the part t...

fingers crossed for you

camber or toe? camber vertical, toe horizontal. Weakest point is usually the lower arm, but I've seen bent struts too. Lower arms usually bend in the direction of impact, often folding like paper. Strut damage is most often a kink in the tube just above the knuckle that causing the top of the wheel ...

The ones with green led's are code hopping remotes, it's possible they are out of synch but I don't recall any synchronisation procedure. Maybe remove the batteries from them overnight and disconnect the supply to the receiver too overnight and then reconnect forcing a reboot. Never tried with one o...

I would imagine the only way you are likely to find out is to try them. An 8.5 width is a wide wheel for a Cavalier.

I am intrigued by these HID lights, seen them a couple of times now and given that the standard headlights are crap I wondered what cost is involved in fitting them. The googling I have done suggests they would cost more than the car owes me??

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/6162/9039xm.jpg is a picture of the remote add on box, I did have a hunt around and found the one I have with it's instructions but it is the version for add on to factory alarm, although similar it is different I fear. If you can find that box and check it's conn...

Trying to recall the systems, but pretty sure the remote is just for the alarm if it has the manual/off switch on the dash, not necessarily linked to door locking. If it all works otherwise it may be that it was one of the ones where the remote is an add in unit, have a hunt around for an additional...

does the rest of the alarm work when set to passive arming Andrei?

iangsi wrote:No sorry don't know him, been a few years since I raced !

Been a few years since he did too, lol, I don't think people are quite so ready to trash them these days.

Used to grasstrack race them, killed a few shells :thumb Good mate of mine used to grasstrack them too. The last time I bumped into someone that did grasstrack they were towing a Nova and after ten minutes chatting it turned out it was my mates trailer it was on, lol. If I ever have any mini questi...