Yet another Newbie. :-)

[VauxhallGirl]

Hi there from the Deep South of Hampshire.....

Learned to drive and passed my test in a 1964 Vauxhall Victor.

Later on I had a 1973 Viva estate.

Then progressed on to Cavaliers.

Have owned several Mark 1 Cavaliers in my time - my fave being a jade green coupe. Tough as old boots he was... he had a habit of popping off a heater hose whenever he was driven for long over 70 mph, so I cooked his engine a few times, but he just kept going!

Have had a Frontera for a while, but was disappointed with the build quality... and i think that goes for a lot of modern cars, sadly, so have decided to go back to the days of good quality build and reliability, with a 1994 Cavalier Mrk 3 LS TD. Haven't got it home yet, so haven't had a chance to test it out, but I am very pleased with my purchase, as i am sure it will be a trusty steed for a few years.

[Cavyman_130]

welcome to site, hope you enjoy your stay.

[wilts]

Hey there welcome.

[marcia]

Welcome to the site,i'm sure you will enjoy it.
William

[Cavalier342]

Welcome to CavMk3 from Dorset Hope you enjoy your stay here, its a great club and new members are always welcome. As long as it's looked after and maintained accordingly, it'll serve you for lightyears to come
Andrei

[VauxhallGirl]

Thanks for the welcome, people. Looking forward to getting to know you.

Cavalier 342 (Andrei), on the subject of looking after my Cav, have been onto eBay looking for a Haynes manual... but not so easy when you have an Isuzu diesel under the bonnet. Should I be looking for the workshop manual of something else? (With the Frontera I had to look for a Vectra diesel engine manual).

[Envoy CDX]

Hello and welcome to the site

[Cavalier342]

I understand, the petrols and diesels have different manuals. Bit stupid but i expect they chose to separate the info. I'd keep trying ebay and other places for now, i'll spend a few minutes digging around, see if i can pick one out. I think the Astra Mk3s shared the same diesel block as the Cavs, maybe worth looking there.
Andrei.

[Cavalier342]

Here you go, i looked around and this is what i found directly from the Haynes website.

http://www.haynes.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stor ... y_rn=14542

I think from what i found is that the actual diesel engine itself has it's own manual. It covers the 1.5 1.6 and 1.7 engines apparently. So it covers the Cav You may find it cheaper in other places but this is the first one i came across. I hope it helps.
Andrei

[Squig]

Yes haynes did a manual covering the izuzu diesels... welcome btw

[VauxhallGirl]

Thanks for that, Andrei. Most kind of you to look that up for me. And i guess one for the petrol engines would cover everything else, like bodywork, running gear, etc?

[Cavalier342]

The Cavalier Haynes manual covers just about everything, including a wiring diagram, specifications, and most general service, repair and replacement guides, step-by-step. Bodywork wise, it doesn't cover in detail, i'm assuming you mean respraying and filling holes etc. But mechanical and electrical parts it sure does.
You are most welcome.
Andrei

[Robsey]

Thanks for the welcome, people. Looking forward to getting to know you.

Cavalier 342 (Andrei), on the subject of looking after my Cav, have been onto eBay looking for a Haynes manual... but not so easy when you have an Isuzu diesel under the bonnet. Should I be looking for the workshop manual of something else? (With the Frontera I had to look for a Vectra diesel engine manual).

I have the Cavalier Haynes Manual on pdf format (adobe reader).

PM me your email adress, and I'll send it to you - about 7.8 Mb file size.

Welcome to the site. Hope you find it as useful and friendly as I have / do.

[humbucker]

hey vauxhall girl, welcome to the club! hope you find the how2s of interest look forward to pics of your wheels

[Robsey]

Glad you received the pdf okay.

The upside to having it in electronic format, is that you can zoom in a bit closer.

Especially useful on the wiring diagrams

Enjoy !!

[VauxhallGirl]

Thank you so much Rob. Have had a little look through some of it already... the "Haynes Tips" are very useful!

[Robsey]

Excellent,

You're welcome as always,

Feel free to ask...we can answer about 95% of your queries

There's always a few that even we scratch our heads with - usually intermittent faults

Even part numbers and technical info

[cavy130sri]

hello and welcome. hope you enjoy ur stay, and cant wait to see some pics of ur new purchase.

[branny361]

big hello and welcome to the site , dont forget the pics and any questions , fire away

[gavbh]

welcome to the site, look forward to seeing some pics

[VauxhallGirl]

If i have done this right, this is my Cav. He is a little rough around the edges, but will smarten him up in time.

[Cavalier342]

That is a very tidy looking Cav I have noticed the minor dent in the front nearside door, but it still looks a tidy shell. Love the colour. Colour-code the mirrors and shine those tires up I envy your side repeaters too, i want to get some clear ones for my Cav
Looking forward to seeing some spruced up pics later
Good job.
Andrei.

[VauxhallGirl]

I hasten to add i didn't put that dent there... was already there when i bought him.

The rear arches are rust free though, which I am very pleased about.

[vnd]

Hello there
Looks really tidy.
Im really smitten with my 1.7 LS TD.
I just cant see anything not to love about them.

[VauxhallGirl]

Hello back, VND.

Yes, so many good things about them. Can't think why i ever stopped owning a Cavalier... oh yes I do... the old man wanted me to drive a 4x4.