Lowrider Dave's V6

[Lowrider Dave]

In a weird way I reckon it looks sweet are you purposely going for the rat look?

See my reply to Humbucker above.

[Lowrider Dave]

Flushed out water and replaced - only took four litres! Guess it didn't get flushed completely then! Added new expansion cap and ran to temp. That'll do for a while whilst the Forte brews, then I'll have to summon up the effort to flush properly
Rat cav rolls on...

[Lowrider Dave]

Heater blower fixed.

[DiplomaXE]

dave,
it was you I spotted in Eastliegh a week or so back wasnt it?

[planetc]

dave,
it was you I spotted in Eastliegh a week or so back wasnt it?

You think there's another cav near there with red wheels and a rusty bonnet?

[Lowrider Dave]

dave,
it was you I spotted in Eastliegh a week or so back wasnt it?

Yes it was mate, I flashed you to take the turning just because you were another cav - I wouldn't have stopped for anyone else
Nice looking motor you have - hope you can make it to our meet on the 9th.

[Lowrider Dave]

You think there's another cav near there with red wheels and a rusty bonnet?

[humbucker]

Flushed out water and replaced - only took four litres! Guess it didn't get flushed completely then! Added new expansion cap and ran to temp. That'll do for a while whilst the Forte brews, then I'll have to summon up the effort to flush properly
Rat cav rolls on...

yeah the v6 will retain half its coolant in the block if you dont flush it after removing lower block pipe(s). did you just drain it from the radiator? that would result in coolant retention.

[Gaz]

trick a mate did on an on an old rover -blew down one of the headertank pipes and blew the rest out, kinda gross but it worked.

[Lowrider Dave]

Let it out from the rad and stuffed a hose in the header tank to flush - next time I'll do it properly and do it via the heater hose

[humbucker]

ah therein lies the problem. to drain the v6 lump you must remove the hoses into the block as half the coolant will drop out from there. the rad alone isn't effective enough and you will retain 50 percent of your contaminated fluids.

[Lowrider Dave]

Must be 70% Forte by now! Need to flush and change oil this week before the meet, and fix the leaking sump plug.

[DiplomaXE]

i'll be there fella

[Envoy CDX]

I saw a dark blue cav reg A20 CAV going the other way and we waved! Never seen that cav before, so it either comes to the nearby estates to work or just passing through!

That's a chap on MIGWEB - can never remember his name though,

[DiplomaXE]

I saw a dark blue cav reg A20 CAV going the other way and we waved! Never seen that cav before, so it either comes to the nearby estates to work or just passing through!

That's a chap on MIGWEB - can never remember his name though,

A20 CAV = me = Pitstoppete on MIG.
was passing through after my speed awareness course in Eastliegh on the way home

see u at the meet

[Lowrider Dave]

Cavalier booked in to bodyshop for October 24th.
Will update progress.

[Lowrider Dave]

With help of brother, old tailgate removed and non-dented one attached.

[Cavalier342]

I did notice that dent there at the meet. Bit of rust surrounding it. Suppose it could be repaired if you have time/skill.

[Lowrider Dave]

Started stripping car today.
Back seats are a bitch, managed to bend one of the metal mounting brackets, hopefully I can get a secondhand part or hammer out the old one.
I'll take the camera down the garage with me next time for progress pics.
Slowly getting there.

[Lowrider Dave]

Got it stripped as far as I dared.

[Mikebmth]

Glad to see the Cav coming along buddy..

Hope you gonna take that spoiler off though, just personal preference..

Dont think hatchs look right with that spoiler..

[Lowrider Dave]

Bye!!



Mike, I'm keeping the spoiler just to be different.

Unsure weather to colour code the bumpers, side moldings and door handles....

[humbucker]

do it, will freshen it up a great deal. not sure about the spoiler, i guess it's a 'wait and see' thing. what have you got planned for wheels?

[Lowrider Dave]

4 white supertourers, got to collect them from my brother-in-law and get a local alloy specialist to give them the once over. Would like fresh springs and shocks added soon too. I really need to get that leaking sump plug sorted...

[humbucker]

nice, should be quite the transformation when it's done. looking forward to it