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Took the Cav over to my sister in laws this morning, about 60 mile round trip thereabouts. It's the first time I've driven it anywhere other than locally for a couple of years, since it was laid up after the ns cv joint started to seize and I was too lazy to fix it, lol. I suddenly remember how easy...

If it sounds like the battery is flat it's always worth putting a set of jump leads on it and crossing your fingers, the 8v engines were always more forgiving of overheating than the 16v ones

refered this to my wifes cousin who does a Blues Brothers tribute act down in the Bristol area.
http://www.notthebluesbrothers.co.uk/HOME.html

As for luke warm heaters, thats usually down to a blocked heater matrix, or the thermostat being open all the time. ditto I'd look for any electrical connectors around the area of the leak and check them out. Too far gone for that I would suggest, given the OP's description of events it's cooked, n...

I'd worry about why it no longer starts before you worry about the leak, which may be secondary. Can't remember offhand but the manifold is probably a heated one with water running through it and it's got hot enough to loosen a core plug. Compression test it. If it got that hot the chances are the h...

If you are not used to monthly sallary, then it is quite tricky for a few months, but I just ensure that none of my bills are due until 2 days after pay day. It comes in time ;) been 16 years since switching from weekly and I still haven't got it right, regularly spend the last few days of the mont...

use a pick set, snap on used to do a set of four with different shaped ends and the hook shaped one was good for doing these

I reckon you should sell it to Andrei and go buy something else, lol

yeah, be careful not to break the clips, lol. The only tip I can give is that from memory, it is easier to attach them to the controls leaving the other ends loose, and attach the other end once it is all manoeuvred into place.

I only ever took the panel right out if it was being replaced because they are such a git to do, everything else was keyhole surgery

fibre optics designed before fibre optics were invented, lol, always were a bit ropey

Cavalier342 wrote:So, may i ask, what are you doing on this genuinely nice owners forum?

trying to be genuinely nice

or one of the legs on the bulb went in a bit scew wiff and didn't make contact properly

Cars are a means of transport, a lot of people forget that and treat them as a status symbol. I'd much rather spend my money on my house than my car

nice easy fix too, result!

Years ago, in the days before cars had any form of security, my Dad collected a car, serviced it and then got a call from the customer to ask why it hadn't moved. The keys actually fitted an identical car parked in the same street.

droofer wrote:did vauxhall do a cav turbo? or is it a conversion?

yes, and no

I just don't understand this "Last Trip on a Wednesday" routine... never happens at any other time. :scratch Obviously just a total coincidence, or my Mojo playing up. :wall heat expands things, probably the only time it gets hot enough to be an issue, if you are in doubt get yourself a c...

humbucker wrote:
i did ask the dealer, they came up with that part number but the description seems a bit off hence me asking you guys for clarification.

fair enough, one of those then, lol

Gaz wrote:alternator.

ditto, lights come on with a fault code for low voltage

A soft bristled (brass for example) wire brush in a drill cleans 'em up pretty quick, failing that keep flooding it with plenty of wd40 on it as you hit it with the emery as it stops it clogging and speeds up the process. I would always change a belt that was off for another reason, unless it was on...

Lost on this one, why not ask the dealer whilst they are already talking to you?

Robsey wrote: As a point of interest, the quickest fix for most faults is the re-boot method.
Remove the battery over-night,

Disconnect the earth and connect a lead light across the terminals, this drains down the capacitors in the system in seconds so not usually necessary to wait overnight

Robsey wrote:
Don't know how I managed that

all that bump starting on Wednesday afternoons I expect

except Vauxhall and Sony seem to have a difference of opinion on which is switched live and which is battery live, lol