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Yup nice colour

Ta, needs more power though...
Rear shocks are paggered - completely I'm working purely on dampening effect from the springs now I think.

A bit bouncy then. When a shock snapped on my Astra it would carry on bouncing after going over a bump for a bit.

Greig

not overly fond of the cav at the minute.

So sorry to hear that I can imagine how you are feeling! However, you know that once the bits are done you will have a fantastic little car there! Then the will come!!

I think we need a pom pom emoticon just for you, to cheer you on!!!

Feel like I'm spending the time on the wrong car is all lol.
Changed a door card last night at work (as I got there early) got some weird looks inthe car park, but meyah..
2 more to do.

Was it done at some silly early time of the morning, like the 5am car washing.

Greig

Lets see, changed a wishbone yesterday - bushes were disgusting. (pretty much none existant).

Were thay like this?



That came off the Astra. It was the orginal one.

Greig

I can push that bush in and out, so not far off really.
balljoint was shot too. pivot bush wasn't too bad though.
Tyres badly scrubbed, so thats next on the evergrowing list of things to replace.

Envoy CDX wrote: Tyres badly scrubbed, so thats next on the evergrowing list of things to replace.

Oh the joy of old cars.

Greig

Ain't it just.

debating what to do, not sure if I want to lower it by 35mm as originally planned, or drop it 40 with the springs I'd reclaim of Smokey (my silver cav).

If the ride was good in the old Cav I wouuld stick to reusing them. 'Better the devil you know than the one you dont'.

Greig

Greig Sri wrote:If the ride was good in the old Cav I wouuld stick to reusing them. 'Better the devil you know than the one you dont'.

Greig

Yeah, you have a fair point there.

With Greig here fella, and a 40mm isn't to different to 35mm anyway.

Aye, I'm looking at swapping the 40's over.

So I bought my self a spoiler

LOL, the knackerd CDX v6 I bought a few years ago to break had that spoiler. It's...................... erh....................... Intrersting.

Another cheap find then?

Greig

Greig Sri wrote:Another cheap find then?

Greig

Still debating the price.

List of work required before I'm happy with the cav mechanically

2litre discs and pads up front
Rear disc conversion on the rear
Replace fuel lines (still not done it yet, though I have just about everything I need now, I think).
Replace worn cam and purge and refill lifters, replace thrust pads
Drop the oil out, it's looking like caramel now - it's not pleasant.
Fresh oil, run for a week. drop, fresh oil, run for a week then drop and then replace filter and stick some Mobile 15w40 semi synth in (yes, it's that bad 20w50 from Morrisons seems ok for use as a flushing agent).

Locate spare injector and send it off for refurb and cleaning, see if I can get any lost power back.
Locate spare inlet air hose (can't find any in the breakers )
Clean up and Polish up the craply painted rocker cover - it looks hideous currently

Then it's getting dropped on 40's and some Corsa C SXI alloys (should be collecting on Friday )

A lot to do then, you had better get a move on. lol

Greig

Greig Sri wrote:A lot to do then, you had better get a move on. lol

Greig

Yeah, the list is fairly extensive. I will be starting it on Friday.
Stripping the rear beam on the scrapper (my dads old cav) and going to hit that with the flapper wheel on the grinder then paint and get it ready for fitting to the cav.

Well, tonight I've collected my new wheels, fitted them, took the cav for a test drive, and even though I'm now on 185\55\15's the car sounds (inside) and drives better than it ever has in my ownership

Dug out the cam box from my 18SE rebuild project and proceeded to clean that up (Swarfega oil and grease remover isn't half bad).
Dropped the cam out of it, cleaned the cam box inside, knocked out the old seals and cleaned up the leading edges.

It's not immaculate, but it's certainly cleaner than what it's replacing Wish I had access to a proper parts washer, would make this kind of thing so much easier to do

Well, hopefully the weather will hold / improove and I'll have a silenced engine tomorrow evening