Yay! Well the cav made it home today. It looked like it had only been washed/waxed in the sunshine that was out at the time of arrival but then i remembered it was polished/waxed a few months before it set of on its adventure and now that its brighter etc i can actually get a good look around it and so on..
But anyway. Its great having no water pump screech and bearing noises which really let it down it was OK when started at cold and was bearable but as it warmed up towards the 90 mark it just had to be turned off as it was a really annoying accumulation of noise.
So let it idle towards the middle mark temp wise and all seems grand! Got a few bits done before sunset. I seen the ignition module for the first time. I never knew of it until i came across a few threads on here talking about them causing emission problems and not firing certain cylinders.. so basically this was the last part ignition/fueling wise that was not done. You can see pictures in Aprils folder on google drive @ this link:-
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1BkqP0 ... YqoAjhcfiF
It now has a new ignition coil, spark plugs, HT leads, fuel pump relay, fuel pump and ignition module installed.
The car does run very well and i took it a spin to find it very responsive and fresh feeling which im delighted with. It now has red 5 year antifreeze in it. However i feel this might need changed again for next year as everybody knows its very hard to get the V6 engine red out of coolant! I have another gallon here anyways as back up and its not dear at all.
I also got a new genuine oil cap seal installed. Mine was a bit "flat" looking so for sake of 4 quid ordered one up for it. If only everything was a 2 min job eh?
So on arrival my mate said only 2 problems with everything that needed to be done. 1st thing the alternator drive belt turned out to be the wrong fitment. Now the V6s are tricky here as there seems to be 3 belts available for some bloody reason or another. There is 2 for A/C models and 1 for without A/C. Now my V6 HAS A/C from factory and my VIN etc pointed towards the belt being the 2020mm in length.
So that surely means process of elimination that it is in fact the 2270mm belt then? as there only is 1 more that i know of and its for NON A/C models. No biggie will just get the new belt and get it fitted anytime. No big rush for it.
The other problem was the sunroof wind deflector which i ordered from Climair. Now this had to be a made to order item but when its sat on the roof the fitment is just awful.. Theres gaps left and right. Im not sure bending it or starting to screw it into place will even help get it into shape. Plus run the risk of 2 holes then for something that doesnt fit. So not impressed with this and it will have to be returned.
Thats all for today anyway. Have a mint black leather armrest from a Vectra B to go in tomorrow so hopefully it goes in schweet! I had one in my old isuzu td cav so it can be done. Just a matter of getting it screwed in hopefully.
Thanks for reading...