1992 - Smoke Grey 1.8i LS Cavalier WIP

Post by **Envoy CDX** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 5:17 pm

dave's.cavy wrote:Cooool, dont forget the deadline is looming mate

I'm on it.

Post by **Envoy CDX** » Fri May 02, 2008 8:44 am

Well, another 12 month MOT on the cav.

New headlights and indicators fitted.
Not much else to report really.

Post by **Paul** » Fri May 02, 2008 9:33 pm

Envoy CDX wrote:Well, another 12 month MOT on the cav.

New headlights and indicators fitted.
Not much else to report really.

Details, details, details PLEASEEE!

Passed, with advisory notice or failed on first time?

Post by **Envoy CDX** » Sat May 03, 2008 2:29 am

Originally failed on a 2 inch hole and a bad earth on a side repeater.

passed 47 minutes later on the retest.

Post by **Paul** » Sat May 03, 2008 8:56 am

Well done Gary, another happy year of motoring!

dave's.veccy · Post by **dave's.veccy** » Sat May 03, 2008 8:50 pm

dreaded rust

where abouts was that mate??

Post by **Envoy CDX** » Sun May 04, 2008 12:07 am

dave's.cavy wrote:dreaded rust

where abouts was that mate??

front drivers side wheel arch

Post by **Envoy CDX** » Wed May 07, 2008 4:20 pm

Well today I have ordered the following:

Genuine Vauxhall Pads £14.00
Oil Breather rubber pipe £3.86
Genuine Vauxhall 8v 1800SE Rocker cover gasket £awaiting price.

Can't grumble really

Post by **martyn** » Wed May 07, 2008 8:03 pm

sounding good your biting your way through the list i love wips

Post by **Envoy CDX** » Wed May 07, 2008 9:08 pm

Cheers - ordering the arches tomorrow hopefully

Post by **Envoy CDX** » Thu May 08, 2008 2:17 pm

And... new outer arch panels have been ordered.

Post by **Envoy CDX** » Sat May 10, 2008 8:29 pm

Well, discovered the arches aren't as bad as first thought and..

Fitted new breather pipe as the other perished and pissed oil out - also cleaned pickup pipe.
Fitted new front pads (genuine vauxhall £14.83 - or around there)

Much happier

Post by **Envoy CDX** » Mon May 19, 2008 1:31 am

Well, I got bored at the service station this morning (00:20) after I had a coffee and set about fitting the Omega variable wiper stalk.
All very good fun - not as usefull as I thought it would be, but it has also given me a few extra buttons to play with

Post by **Paul** » Mon May 19, 2008 8:04 am

Jst realised I was meant to buy one stalk of you

Post by **Envoy CDX** » Mon May 19, 2008 11:46 am

Paul wrote:

Jst realised I was meant to buy one stalk of you

Might still have one, but we'll sort that out at PVS, might even be nice enough to fit it for you too.

Post by **Envoy CDX** » Mon May 19, 2008 10:29 pm

Well, new rocker cover gasket fitted, along with more oil breathers cleaned out. Pulling much better now.

Adamw5433 · Post by **Adamw5433** » Tue May 20, 2008 5:59 am

Envoy CDX wrote:Well, new rocker cover gasket fitted, along with more oil breathers cleaned out. Pulling much better now.

looking nice...

Odd question for ya.... How much was rocker gasket, and do you have a vauxhall part(s) number for the gasket?
(yes i'm lazy and i can't be a**ed to go to sherwoods and find out both

)

Post by **Envoy CDX** » Tue May 20, 2008 3:33 pm

Adamw5433 wrote:
Envoy CDX wrote:Well, new rocker cover gasket fitted, along with more oil breathers cleaned out. Pulling much better now.
looking nice...

Odd question for ya.... How much was rocker gasket, and do you have a vauxhall part(s) number for the gasket?
(yes i'm lazy and i can't be a**ed to go to sherwoods and find out both )

PM sent with information.

Post by **Envoy CDX** » Thu May 22, 2008 5:27 pm

Well, fitted my Nokia car kit supplied for a very nice price by Dave's Cavy.
Took some routing of cables, and I'm still not happy with it, so no doubt it will come to peices again until I get it right

dave's.veccy · Post by **dave's.veccy** » Thu May 22, 2008 9:42 pm

Oh bugger, i forgot to send the book to you

Im assuming you have sorted the wiring out but so guideance just in case

Red - Live
Blue - Ignition
Black - Earth
Yellow - ATT/Phone wire input on stereo

Ive managed to get another one of these so thats going in my car some point

Post by **Envoy CDX** » Thu May 22, 2008 9:48 pm

dave's.cavy wrote:Oh bugger, i forgot to send the book to you

Im assuming you have sorted the wiring out but so guideance just in case

Red - Live
Blue - Ignition
Black - Earth
Yellow - ATT/Phone wire input on stereo

Ive managed to get another one of these so thats going in my car some point

Oh it's in and working

even on my crappy old motarola V3

just alot of it was slung in as it was getting dark, so will be re-routing alot of it.

Post by **Envoy CDX** » Fri May 30, 2008 12:08 pm

Well,

I've wired in most of my GPS kit now, running up the a pillar, re-routed most of the car Nokia Car kit so it's reasonably hidden.
Need to really start looking at the exterior of the car, get the stone chipps sorted, the car washed and heavily polished - and a good layer of wax to seal it in.

Post by **Envoy CDX** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 2:01 am

Well, Vectra door handles fitted - need to work out how to release the door locks from the back plated to swap over.

HAIRIBO · Post by **HAIRIBO** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 10:59 am

You have to take the insides out of the cav tumble and replace them in the same order into the Vectra lock. My local garage did it for me on Thursday.

Post by **Envoy CDX** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 11:05 am

HAIRIBO wrote:You have to take the insides out of the cav tumble and replace them in the same order into the Vectra lock. My local garage did it for me on Thursday.

Aye, I was affraid of that as I'm not entirely sure how to get them out - Will speak to a mate about it later.

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