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I went to view this yesterday just up the road from me, it was being sold by the "trade in" yard of a local dealer. kent registered in our local capital town, history says it was bought new from my closest vx dealer in 1989 buy a guy who lives up the road, sold to a guy 3 mins across town in 1991 who owned till present, randomly i have never seen the car in my life !??  vauxhall wallet with the original bill of sale and guarantee card, old MOTs from the computerised era. The security pamphlet is hilaious, which basically says its "its got door locks mate"  arches good, bit of scab but very savable  sills, excellent !  front wing return, excellent !  strut tops, perfect !  headlight bowls, spotless !  rear inner arch tubs, bit of scab starting but preventative measures will halt further   engine type 1699cc, heavy oil! it runs really sweet, no knocks or leaks, when its up to temp not too bad on the diesel rattle. it had a new cam belt 4000 miles ago, but that was in 2005   interior, smells like a new car !    wtf is this thing, no tape deck and only MW !!  |
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Last Edit: Mar 16, 2020 13:25:31 GMT by darrenh
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skozra
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That's a great find and to think it was local to you all this time ! Loving that little radio, don't think i've ever seen anything quite like it - it looks like it has long wave as well, so it's not all bad |
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93 Volvo 240 Torslanda Estate, 01 Subaru Impreza WRX Saloon & 86 Ford Capri 2.8i (with Weber 38 carb fitted)
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also, how do i light my cigars  |
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Great find that fella, haven't seen one of those for a long time
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Fraud owners club member
2003 W211 Mercedes E class
1989 Sierra sapphire
1998 ex bt fiesta van
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Oh yes I like that! The Merit was the poverty spec Astra I had a 1.3 hatch very basic but quite nippy. The estate has a huge boot.
Any plans for it?
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3 door estate. Loved my one of these. It got stolen though, those door locks are excellent, shame about the door pilar bending so easy....
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Apr 23, 2016 11:27:26 GMT
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My mates dad had one of these in green. It was an ex MOD version with the same radio. And everything was green.
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Apr 23, 2016 14:14:20 GMT
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thanks for the comments i'm gonna get it through an MOT, drive it for a bit while i do the immobilising jobs on the land rover, then it will replace white astra as base for track day car think along the lines of 1994 btcc, Rickard Rydell or alternatively, group A suspension, 20XE on throttle bodies, but keep it low key like this, which is stunning  |
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Apr 23, 2016 17:43:50 GMT
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Looks great. Its amazing seeing these being kept alive. Kudos to you sir
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Apr 23, 2016 17:56:06 GMT
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Nice find
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skozra
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Apr 23, 2016 18:41:33 GMT
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also, how do i light my cigars That's a "No Smoking" Astra  |
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93 Volvo 240 Torslanda Estate, 01 Subaru Impreza WRX Saloon & 86 Ford Capri 2.8i (with Weber 38 carb fitted)
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gazjon
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Apr 23, 2016 21:33:32 GMT
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Always loved the mk2's
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Mk2 Cavalier saloon
Mk4 Astra Van z20let
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qwerty
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Apr 23, 2016 21:40:22 GMT
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That is an absolute honey!
I like the idea of low key.
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Wow, that is very nice!, I honestly can't remember the last time I saw a 3Dr Astra estate, must have been absolutely years ago anyway. It's so clean too.
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Apr 24, 2016 10:08:30 GMT
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The track car idea is brilliant, mine disappeared before I could put a decent engine in it.
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Apr 26, 2016 16:32:57 GMT
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spent saturday morning stripping the front brakes, they were binding badly when i drove the car home on friday. 2nd gear on hills and not having to press the pedal at junctions at all It turned out to be the pistons, rather than typical delco sliding adjusters, so i polished them up with 1500 grit paper and silicon spray, then all was well. I also spotted offside track rod balljoint boot was shredded so swapped that. This morning it went for its first MOT since 2012 and it passed  It had an advisory about deteriorated cv boot, but i knew about that before hand we're motoring ! |
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Last Edit: Apr 26, 2016 16:34:24 GMT by darrenh
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Apr 26, 2016 16:38:28 GMT
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Looks smart, looking forward to more.
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1988 Ford Fiesta Popular Plus Daily
1978 Triumph Spitfire Project
2002 Nissan Almera Tino Budget Build!
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trouble oop mill.
since i bought the astra it has run in the blue section on the temp gauge and had little output from the heaters. couple months back i ordered a genuine GM thermostat, it arrived, i put that on the shelf and carried on living my life. the two blue braided header tank hoses were also wicking coolant so i thought some day i would do all those bits together.
the last 2 weeks i've started noticing a drop off in performance and also started getting "diesel knock". its not your usual transit van engine noise but a sound a bit like petrol "pinking" and you can feel the engine kangarooing slightly. judging the cars history i imagined the fuel filter was 10+ years old, plus me bunging waste oil in the previous tank of fuel, i decided to change the filter.
did the stat and coolant hoses today, drained and changed the fuel filter (its just like an engine oil filter but with a drain in the bottom) what came out the filter smelt a bit funny, like polycell brush cleaner or white spirit. not sure whats going on there and i am 100 miles into a tank full of BP ultimate diesel.
anyway, the diesel haynes manual says "no need to bleed the system after your new filter mate, just start her up and hold a fast idle" so i started her up, it ran and then went bbeeeeeuuuuuuuurrrr and stopped. good one haynes.
haynes manual says "don't worry if it cuts out mate, just crank her over on the starter and it will bleed right through mate" i cranked it over on the starter for bursts of 5 seconds, it did not bleed straight through mate, it killed the battery after 10 minutes of trying.
i did the land rover trick of cracking the fuel unions off and then cranking the engine (i.e bleeds the system up to the injectors) fuel crept out the unions, i tightened them, the car started. hooray! only not hooray, the knocking was still there. then i noticed some of the diesel had dribbled round the base of the injectors and was bubbling....
cylinders 2 and 3 are like this, so i guess i need to find and buy some injector seals ? presumably the "diesel knocking" is because i am not getting full compression on some cylinders. it did cross my mind it might just be the diesel boiling, rather than air leak, but the bubbling stops the instant the engine is off. i also dribbled cold engine oil in its place and it did the same
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Last Edit: Jul 6, 2016 18:43:28 GMT by darrenh
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Love that ultimate povvo spec radio. Would be cool to rig up an aux input into the back of it and just use the amplifier section so you can play tunes off an iPad but keep the minimalist facia :-)
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It had an advisory about deteriorated cv boot, but i knew about that before hand