meltdown
South West
Isn't letting old age get the better of him, still making the same bad decisions with vehicles.
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Engine now sold
I do have some R1 bike carbs from a low mileage bike £185
I have a Black top Alloy cover in good condition that I bought separately £40
I also have a spare shaved cam cover should you want to have exposed cam gears. £60
I also have a low mileage (80k) Omega 5 speed gearbox, but that is still attached to the 2.0 16v Ecotec vehicle it came with.
It's still just about MOT'd and very much drivable £750
(will place a separate ad once I've taken some pictures). I will put a further 12 months on this car for that price...
Cheers
Nick 0triple7 9 five7zero2sixty
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Last Edit: Jun 12, 2015 2:53:32 GMT by meltdown
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Any pics of the engine? You may be too far away though ...  |
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Sod it, would drive if it's decent enough
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woodenspatulas
Part of things
Retro in ways you can't imagine
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May 15, 2015 13:46:50 GMT
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Bit random, but any pictures of the Vectra its sat in?
I once knew of a red Vectra with a redtop in it, I wonder if its the same one?
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1999 Vectra Estate + 1995 Saab Engine = Good Times
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What gearbox is on the XE, are you keeping it? Listening to that video took me back, those XE's have a very distinctive sound and it's rare it doesn't tapdance at start up. I'm 50/50 on this, because I'm after a gearbox as well!  |
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Last Edit: May 21, 2015 11:57:45 GMT by DavidB
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meltdown
South West
Isn't letting old age get the better of him, still making the same bad decisions with vehicles.
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May 21, 2015 13:43:33 GMT
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DavidBThe FWD gearbox is available, it engages all the gears but the gear stick itself will need sorting, as it's lost the little lifter for reverse, I've just taken the boot off to move it around the driveway. You're probably going to ask me if its the f20 the Redtop comes with next, to be honest I haven't a clue. I'll have to browse the interweb and find out.
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May 21, 2015 14:01:56 GMT
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If you include it in the £300, I'll come and get it this weekend, it'll save me faffing about with buying another box, I don't want to use my 6 speed.  I'm not too bothered if it's an F20, but there should be a tag on the top or F20 will be embossed on the selector casing.  |
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Last Edit: May 21, 2015 14:13:21 GMT by DavidB
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meltdown
South West
Isn't letting old age get the better of him, still making the same bad decisions with vehicles.
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May 21, 2015 22:32:08 GMT
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Just got in and having checked its an F18
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Ok mate, when could you get it out? |
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Do it like this- you just disconnect everything from the engine, support it underneath, and then remove all the subframe bolts (usually 6 or 8 at most) and lift the car off.  The subframe bolts are two on the front, two in the middle and two on the back (on the rear of the wishbone), and the gearbox mounts to the centre of the rear of the subframe. The engine pulled out through the wheel arch. It helps if the sump empties it's contents on the floor which aided with the sliding, as happened here. This took twenty minutes. |
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Last Edit: May 22, 2015 8:23:40 GMT by DavidB
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meltdown
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Isn't letting old age get the better of him, still making the same bad decisions with vehicles.
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Cool i can do that, currently the vectra is storing the engine as I have nowhere for it.
If you can make this weekend that'd be cool, I forgot its bank holiday Monday too if that helps.
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May 22, 2015 13:32:02 GMT
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I can come down tomorrow (Saturday), but don't kill youself getting it out! PM your mobile number and we'll sort it out from there. |
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May 22, 2015 22:05:22 GMT
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Hi DavidB Two things.. 1. I can't do Saturday at all sorry, thought I had mentioned this but looking back I didn't 2. No idea why but I can't PM you as the system doesn't recognise your username! Apologies nick Any day is fine on the weekend! |
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May 23, 2015 19:46:43 GMT
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if this doesn't go ill have it, I'm not far away (burnham-on-sea) can collect and can help with removal
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May 25, 2015 18:02:40 GMT
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Thanks Nick, was an interesting two days! Oh BTW:   Chain went! Had to change the sump gasket anyway! |
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Last Edit: May 25, 2015 18:05:51 GMT by DavidB
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meltdown
South West
Isn't letting old age get the better of him, still making the same bad decisions with vehicles.
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May 25, 2015 18:10:40 GMT
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No way!!!!! Yeah I think between me not being available Saturday and not being able to pm you either made it a bit special. |
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Last Edit: May 25, 2015 18:13:17 GMT by meltdown
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This is back up for sale - my gearbox doesn't fit and I'm going to need to change the alt/pas pump/crank pulley for my car unfortunately, and it'll be cheaper to get an early engine.
This is a very late distributor less c20xe with the most resilient block and 'coscast' head.
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meltdown
South West
Isn't letting old age get the better of him, still making the same bad decisions with vehicles.
Posts: 687
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Jun 12, 2015 10:10:20 GMT
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Vectra front wings.
All doors and glass.
Tailgate and glass.
F18 gearbox.
Alloys with legal tyres are available.
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