Project Astra CDI XE on the go..........

[Heathercdi]

Right, just sold my astra GSI, so now have a pot to use to get the CDI completed..........

Rear arches to be repainted

Passenger side sill, front and rear bumper sprayed up ans sills sprayed

2 holes in front footwells and 1 hole in rear floor pan welded up and then wax-oiled - now done

Fit 5 door GTE side skirts

Seats and doorcards retrimmed - red and black - now done, waiting for the seats to bed in then the covers may have to come off for some minor alterations - front seats have gone off for alterations

GTE dashboard and CDI centre console fitted - now done!!

Boot install added

XE fitted - now in and running, thanks to Scottmonkey

Carpet replaced - carpet in

Will update as progress is made :)

Thanks for reading :)

[Gander]

GTE dashboard and centre console fitted - centre console to be modded - anyone ever doen this?
What do you mean by this? The surround for the gearstick, handbrake and storage bin?
If so I woiuldnt bother, as it will be too "short" to reach the heater controls as you'll have the 8v floor pan.
Sounds like a cool project, get plenty of pix and get 'em on here:)

[Heathercdi]

What do you mean by this? The surround for the gearstick, handbrake and storage bin?
If so I woiuldnt bother, as it will be too "short" to reach the heater controls as you'll have the 8v floor pan.
Sounds like a cool project, get plenty of pix and get 'em on here:)

Yep thats the surround that i mean.

apparently it will need modding to fit around the gearstick, probably a bracket to hold it at correct height

Should be looking at doing this weekend after next, we will be able to have a proper look when i remove it and then i will know if it will or won't :confused:

main reason for changing it is i want a black dash and centre console as mine is currently grey :(

thanks for the comment :) will let you know what happens

[Kris]

Just swap it with SXi stuff as this is black and wont need modding as it came from an 8v floor pan

[Heathercdi]

but no checklights with sxi, was there?

[Kris]

No but are you meaning the actual dash board or the plastics down to the gear stick ?

[Heathercdi]

No but are you meaning the actual dash board or the plastics down to the gear stick ?

both :) , the gte dash won't fit properly with my centre console (around gear stick) so i need to put gte one in to fit properly with each other - if you know what i mean?? :confused:

[astrasteve23]

the GTE dash is the same as any other dash apart from the check control isn't it? so fit a black GTE dash and a black 8v center consol/handbrake surround bit! i tried fitting a 16v centre consol and it def wont fit!

[Kris]

The gear surround shouldnt cause an issue as far as an 8v surround should go on to a 16v dfash and heater controls ,i dont think there was any difference ?.

[Ross_Mk2]

Well i installed a GTE black dash in my 1.6 8v ok, well i would'nt say ok but its in :D one of the hardest thing done on the astra to date

[Kris]

Dashboard swaps are a challenge ,or do i mean headache ?. I can never get the heater controls to work properly again .

[Heathercdi]

Right need to get hold of an 8v centre console then

will still probably do the dash first, i can hang on for the centre bit until i find one out of an 8v

Thanks Guys

[Kris]

No probs ,get some pics up of the progress and if you get stuck someone on here will know how to help .

[Heathercdi]

will do, cheers

[Ross_Mk2]

Dashboard swaps are a challenge ,or do i mean headache ?. I can never get the heater controls to work properly again .

Same here but i dunno if mine worked before, my centre heaters don't get hot with the outer ones, is this right?

[Gander]

Same here but i dunno if mine worked before, my centre heaters don't get hot with the outer ones, is this right?
The centre vents only blow cold anyway so theres nothing wrong there:)

[Kris]

my trouble seems to be the cables for the controls ,without a doubt theres always one that wont budge .

[Ross_Mk2]

The centre vents only blow cold anyway so theres nothing wrong there:)

Thank the lord!!!! :D i kept my old centre console all the way up to the head unit, an it all fits ok!!!

[Heathercdi]

took the car down the strip at the vauxhall speedshow on Monday and got a 16.9 run, thought that was pretty cool

First time i went up against a cally t, the bloke was quite upset afterwards as i got to the line first - apparently he was only running on 3 cylinders - doesn't matter if you win by a mile or an inch, winning is winning :p

was a good laugh going up the strip but not really an action packed day :)

went up against a Astra merit 1.4 who wanted a race heres the vid

clicky (http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=speedshow-014)

[Heathercdi]

I now have the GTE dash in the car, my original centre console is staying in the car as it fits snuggly with the gte dash
Looks much better but need to get the check lights wired up to finish it off :)

new dash virtually in
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/speedshow005.jpg


centre console and dash coming out
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/astradash001.jpg

New and old dash
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/astradash005.jpg

All dash out
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/astradash006.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/astradash007.jpg

New dash on way in
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/astradash008.jpg

New dash in
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/astradash009.jpg

Thanks for looking

[Orange Peel]

When you find out how easy it is to wire up the check control let me know, I've got one ready to go into mine :)

[Heathercdi]

When you find out how easy it is to wire up the check control let me know, I've got one ready to go into mine :)

will do

[Heathercdi]

right, engine is being disconnected and removed as i post this...............woohoo

[Andy Cab]

Hey up, if you want a new carpet I found a company on the internet on the Wirral who do them and looks like they will ship it out, depends how much you wanna spend.

http://www.replacement-car-hoods.com/

They do, soft top hoods and carpet sets for the mark II.

[Heathercdi]

cool, will have a look at them

[Heathercdi]

Finally got the engine out today with help from my fella, Fluid and my Dad....

took the car out for its last run for 2 weeks, this morning :(

started detaching the engine ready for the car to be towed to my Dads garage to use the hoist................

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/CDIengineout.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/CDIengineout4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/CDIengineout5.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/CDIengineout6.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/CDIengineout7.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/CDIengineout8.jpg

Tux helping out

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/CDIengineout15.jpg

took air filter out for Joe to tell me he is surprised she pulled a 16.9 with that on it.............................oops :oops: :oops:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/CDIengineout3.jpg

found a hole that needs welding in the passenger wheel arch

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/CDIengineout12.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/CDIengineout11.jpg

went to attach the straight bar and couldn't reach towing eye on the astra, so bumper had to come off in order to tow her

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/4249865e.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/e70abd48.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/36d48147.jpg

Found a hole in passenger wing too :( :x

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/1446bdee.jpg

at the garage undid manifold, drained oil and took oil coolant pipes off, undid engine mounts and dropped engine out,

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/17490c9e.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/05e4dc64.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/808aeaf8.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/8c870cdd.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/40bb737a.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/d420955d.jpg

engine went in to boot and suspension dropped shit loads, front end looked like it was going off roading... :shock: 8)

Will upload more pics later

[richie00boy]

Great stuff.

[Heathercdi]

more pics as promised...............

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/astra013.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/astra014.jpg

engine being degreased

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/astra015.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/astra016.jpg

results of degreasant

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/astra018.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/astra017.jpg

[Heathercdi]

more pics of engine degreasant results

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/2a2605ac.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/4fd6aceb.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/f441c9d6.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/fc1ace48.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/13b47703.jpg

[Kris]

Looking very shiney ,what are you doing with the old loom ?

[Heathercdi]

Looking very shiney ,what are you doing with the old loom ?

i was planning on selling the old engine with the loom but no gear box, it had only done 97k, ran 108.7BHP on the rollers and ran an 16.9 down the quarter mile

[Kris]

i was planning on selling the old engine with the loom but no gear box, it had only done 97k, ran 108.7BHP on the rollers and ran an 16.9 down the quarter mile

If you dont get them sold toghether i will havge the loom as a garge misshap ended up with my loom being skiped :o

[richie00boy]

Looking good. Are you doing anything about the rust on the join between inner wing and chassis? Now would be a good time, just need to power wire brush it out then kill with Jenolite.

[astrasteve23]

get it stitch welded to give it a bit more stregnth!

[Heathercdi]

Looking good. Are you doing anything about the rust on the join between inner wing and chassis? Now would be a good time, just need to power wire brush it out then kill with Jenolite.

yea, i was planning on doing it this week as engine is not going in until next sunday

[Orange Peel]

get it stitch welded to give it a bit more stregnth!

I was going to do that to my CDi but decided not too. Nearly 3 years of abuse and its still OK. Wouldnt hurt but not sure if its necessary TBH.

[richie00boy]

Cool. So many people would leave it and it seems daft to when you are extending the life of a car with another engine.

Wire brush on angle grinder followed by loads of Jenolite rust treatment, coated with a couple of coats of No 1 Rust Beater then Re-Paint Coach Enamel or proper body colour paint is what I do.

[Daza]

Nice one, looking good!
I wish i'd spent more time prepping my engine bay before sticking the Let back in..
Stich welding as said before would be a nice touch.

[Heathercdi]

I have treated rust in engine bay, primered it and sprayed it red....will post pics later

[Heathercdi]

engine bay rust treated and primered up.........

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/astrapaintbay001.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/astrapaintbay002.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/astrapaintbay003.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/astrapaintbay004.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/astrapaintbay005.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/astrapaintbay006.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/astrapaintbay007.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/astrapaintbay008.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/astrapaintbay009.jpg

engine bay sprayed up...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/astrapaintbay011.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/fluid75/astrapaintbay012.jpg

[richie00boy]

Great stuff. Looks nice.

[Heathercdi]

Here's the pics....

tools and engine hoist at the ready

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/hebscdi/astraenginein002.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/hebscdi/astraenginein004.jpg

engine bay ready

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/hebscdi/astraenginein001.jpg

gear box at the ready

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/hebscdi/astraenginein003.jpg

out comes the XE

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/hebscdi/astraenginein005.jpg

new clutch on

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/hebscdi/astraenginein007.jpg

double V pulley on

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/hebscdi/astraenginein009.jpg

alternator waiting for its bracket

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/hebscdi/astraenginein008.jpg

engine mount and power steering pump bracket mounted

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/hebscdi/astraenginein010.jpg

XE ready to be degreased

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/hebscdi/astraenginein013.jpg

engine degreased

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/hebscdi/astraenginein014.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/hebscdi/astraenginein015.jpg

car lifted for engine to go under

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/hebscdi/astraenginein016.jpg

engine going under

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/hebscdi/astraenginein018.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/hebscdi/astraenginein019.jpg

engine ready under car

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/hebscdi/astraenginein020.jpg

car lowered onto ramps ready to lift engine up

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/hebscdi/astraenginein021.jpg

engine lifted into position

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/hebscdi/astraenginein022.jpg

first mounting in place

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/hebscdi/astraenginein023.jpg

exhaust manifold and radiator gap

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/hebscdi/astraenginein024.jpg

engine in place....woohoo

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/hebscdi/astraenginein025.jpg

[Neil]

Fantastic posts, great pictures. Thanks for the insight.

[richie00boy]

Loved the diary, interesting way of doing it. Did you slide the engine under on a skateboard or something?

[astrasteve23]

is it running yet!?

[Heathercdi]

Loved the diary, interesting way of doing it. Did you slide the engine under on a skateboard or something?


no skateboard, never thought of that ;)
just lifted the engine under

[Heathercdi]

not running yet, it has to be working by Sunday though so fingers crossed

[richie00boy]

Didn't the sump get all scraped? You must be a strong lot :)

[Orange Peel]

Nearly there Heather :)

Have you started to get the exhaust liened up etc?

Top job :)

[Heathercdi]

Didn't the sump get all scraped? You must be a strong lot :)

don't worry I was on hand to tell them if they broke anything they were in trouble ;) :p :)

[Heathercdi]

Nearly there Heather :)

Have you started to get the exhaust liened up etc?

Top job :)



Joe wants me to ask about the difference between 3dr and 5dr exhaust as he says in the middle on my car it hangs down quite low

need to know how it is held up!! :)

[Belmont turbo]

heres a few pics of my 16v center console fitted to my belmont (8v floor pan)
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/justinwilloughby/DSC00430.jpg
had to mod this bit
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/justinwilloughby/DSC00431.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/justinwilloughby/DSC00432.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/justinwilloughby/DSC00433.jpg
looks much better with the 16v console

[Heathercdi]

woohoo....engine is in and running

needs a couple of minor bits and pieces and then conversion is complete....can't wait til retro show

thanks to Steve and Fluid for perservering with the car and putting up with me asking "Is it done yet?" for the last 2 weeks :p ;) :)

big thanks to Scottmonkey for wiring her up and getting her started :) :)

[Tom]

Havent looked at this for a while, you`ve certainly been very busy !

Keep up the good work :)

[Daza]

Nice one! Bet you're well chuffed!

[Tony K]

Whats up with you window switch, dude?

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/justinwilloughby/DSC00431.jpg

[Belmont turbo]

Whats up with you window switch, dude?

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b325/justinwilloughby/DSC00431.jpg


had to cut two in half for the rear leccy windows

[Tony K]

had to cut two in half for the rear leccy windows

The Cavalier mk2 had the 4 way lecy window switch, Have you tried for one of those?

[Belmont turbo]

no its geting quite hard to get hold mk 2 cav stuff they also come in some belmont sris but ill find 1 one day

[sb_scottmonkey]

woohoo....engine is in and running

needs a couple of minor bits and pieces and then conversion is complete....can't wait til retro show

thanks to Steve and Fluid for perservering with the car and putting up with me asking "Is it done yet?" for the last 2 weeks :p ;) :)

big thanks to Scottmonkey for wiring her up and getting her started :) :)

Always a pleasure!

Nice to see everyones faces as it fired up! :D Cheers for the burger ;)

[Heathercdi]

Always a pleasure!

Nice to see everyones faces as it fired up! :D Cheers for the burger ;)


the bloke over the other side heard it start up and then the big cheer :)

[Heathercdi]

well car is on the road, got down the street from home and got pulled......but wooooooohooooooo glad she is running

[astrasteve23]

is it all running ok? what did you get pulled for?

[Heathercdi]

is it all running ok? what did you get pulled for?

its idling slightly high but we reacon icv, which we are changing tonight....and exhaust is raspy as it is not let's say an exact fit with 1.8 system and 16v manifold

I got pulled cause they reacon I had no insurance and they gave me a producer.......

[Heathercdi]

Just an update.....

icv valve has been changed and idle is fine
exhaust has been modded using front half of GTE exhaust onto the 2nd half of 1.8 exhaust, still slightly raspy but not as bad....
rear seats and door cards have been taken out to be retrimmed and will be back in the car on Sunday

Car is being booked in to be sprayed in a few weeks - rear bumper, passenger sill, weld hole on passenger footwell and tidy rear arches

[Heathercdi]

back seats are finished, will post pics later!!

[Heathercdi]

Heres the pics
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/hebscdi/DSC00027.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/hebscdi/DSC00025.jpg

door cards will be back in on Saturday and then front seats are going to be done asap

[Daza]

Looking good. How much did it cost to get it all retrimmed?
If you don't mind me asking!

[Heathercdi]

Looking good. How much did it cost to get it all retrimmed?
If you don't mind me asking!


friend of mine is doing them, so cheap to me :)

she is looking into retrimming car interiors more full on, so I wouldn't like to say how much she would do other jobs for, but I am sure she would be more than reasonable

I can say that much

[Daza]

friend of mine is doing them, so cheap to me :)

she is looking into retrimming car interiors more full on, so I wouldn't like to say how much she would do other jobs for, but I am sure she would be more than reasonable

I can say that much

Cool!

[richie00boy]

Looks good Heather.

[Heathercdi]

thanks

[Heathercdi]

right all doorcards are on now, just waiting for front seats to be retrimmed, heres the pics....
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/hebscdi/surfwork004.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/hebscdi/surfwork003.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/hebscdi/surfwork002.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/hebscdi/surfwork001.jpg

just on my way to the scrappys to get all the interior black trim that I need

[_Steven_]

They look good!.. back seats would look very good with headrests..

[Brett]

agree mod the backseats to take headrests and that will finish it off nicely.

Who is retrimming the seats for you?

[Heathercdi]

I don't like headrests in the back, I did have some for it but blocks my view out of rear screen as i'm a short arse

friend of mine is doing the retrim, she is looking into retrimming cars fulltime but is doing them alongside her job at the moment so would do them a bit at a time as she has done mine, my seats are vinyl, she can do leather but a lot more expensive. if anybody wants more details and prices send me a PM - very reasonably priced interiors that are good quality :)
she can also repair if you have an interior with a worn bolster or stitching etc

[Heathercdi]

Car going in to have the bodywork done on Monday and I have the joyous use of a montego diesal estate....woohoo

[astrasteve23]

what bodywork is being done?

[Heathercdi]

Rear arches to be repainted

Passenger side sill, front and rear bumper sprayed up, drivers side sill replaced and sprayed, 2 holes in front footwells and 1 hole in rear floor pan welded up and then wax-oiled

[astrasteve23]

how much have you been quoted?

[Heathercdi]

how much have you been quoted?


£220 from a friend of my dads

[astrasteve23]

bloody hell that is cheap!

[Brett]

you want to get on and convert the rest of that interior trim and plastics to black! would finish the interior off nicely that would!

[Heathercdi]

you want to get on and convert the rest of that interior trim and plastics to black! would finish the interior off nicely that would!

I know i'm working on getting them, trip to local scrappies tomorrow for another look.

Shes gettin there, won't be long til shes done now!! :)

Bodyshop bloke has phoned me today and let me down, it'll be 2 weeks now as he is going on holiday...gutted it was going to be all nice for pod on 25th :( :( :(

[astramike]

looking good like the seats and luv the new engaine i remmber looking round it at pv , can i just ask u did u have to cut a whole in the bulkhead for the gear linkegde to come threw , cus ive got a 1.4 merit and its only got 4 gears and i rele want to drop an xe into it but the only thing that keeps on puttin me of is this bit cus on mine the gearlinkedge comes threw underneith and on the gte's etc the ones wiv 5 gears it comes threw the bulkhead so im just wondering if u had this problem and had to cut threw the bulk head ifso could you tell me how you done it ????

[astrasteve23]

looking good like the seats and luv the new engaine i remmber looking round it at pv , can i just ask u did u have to cut a whole in the bulkhead for the gear linkegde to come threw , cus ive got a 1.4 merit and its only got 4 gears and i rele want to drop an xe into it but the only thing that keeps on puttin me of is this bit cus on mine the gearlinkedge comes threw underneith and on the gte's etc the ones wiv 5 gears it comes threw the bulkhead so im just wondering if u had this problem and had to cut threw the bulk head ifso could you tell me how you done it ????


only GTE 16v's have the different linkage that comes through the bulkhead. all other models 4 or 5 speed have the other linkage. i think you can modify the standard linkage or cut hole and fit 16v one. never done it tho so wouldn't be able to give any advice.

[Heathercdi]

looking good like the seats and luv the new engaine i remmber looking round it at pv , can i just ask u did u have to cut a whole in the bulkhead for the gear linkegde to come threw , cus ive got a 1.4 merit and its only got 4 gears and i rele want to drop an xe into it but the only thing that keeps on puttin me of is this bit cus on mine the gearlinkedge comes threw underneith and on the gte's etc the ones wiv 5 gears it comes threw the bulkhead so im just wondering if u had this problem and had to cut threw the bulk head ifso could you tell me how you done it ????

you only need to cut a hole in the bulk head for gear linkage if you use the F20 box on the XE. I have an F16 box on my XE so didn't have to cut any holes

[astramike]

aahhhhh ok cheers think i'll just stick an f16 on then to save alot of trouble lol ,and if im rite if i fitted the f16 it will be quicker on accleration but it wont claim much at top end as the f20 wud ???



cheers,mike :)

[Heathercdi]

aahhhhh ok cheers think i'll just stick an f16 on then to save alot of trouble lol ,and if im rite if i fitted the f16 it will be quicker on accleration but it wont claim much at top end as the f20 wud ???



cheers,mike :)

F16 = quicker acceleration

to be honest i've had 130mph out of mine and she was still pulling so i'm not sure on the losing top end speed. I'll let you know what she'll do when i'm brave enough..... :o :)

[BazW]

F16 = quicker acceleration

to be honest i've had 130mph out of mine and she was still pulling so i'm not sure on the losing top end speed. I'll let you know what she'll do when i'm brave enough..... :o :)

we'll see what the difference is tomorrow ;) don't forget the bbq :D

[Heathercdi]

we'll see what the difference is tomorrow ;) don't forget the bbq :D


got that ready and tesco are delivering food in half an hour, have a gazebo to bring too, so we can store seats and other removed items under it, see you tomorrow

[Tony K]

got that ready and tesco are delivering food in half an hour, have a gazebo to bring too, so we can store seats and other removed items under it, see you tomorrow

mmmm boot barbie!

[Heathercdi]

my car has 4 holes on the floor that need to be welded :cry: :cry: :cry:


1 just below the bulkhead (in the passenger footwell), 1 along the inner sill (drivers footwell) and 2 in the drivers side rear footwell

am gutted about it, especially as Joe took a chisel and hammer to it, to see how bad it was :-X

and to top it off after knowing all of the above, VOSA pull me over today, luckily they just check the lights, handbrake and tyres. They kindly inform me that one rear tyre is below the legal limit and that if the police had pulled me I would have a fine and 3 points on the license.

Needless to say I have 2 new toyos on the back, the other one was close to the limit so I replaced both for £92

The plan:
Steve to weld up all the holes
Hammerite all the floor
Waxoyl all of under floor (after sill replaced)
Fit new carpet asap

[Gteman]

Thats bad news there Heather. The hole in the passenger footwell opened up a can of worms for me as there is a box section below this which contains the captive nuts for the rear wishbone mount. It took a sand blaster and 4 or 5 plates to put it right.
I think Steve will need a steady supply of tea and pieces to keep him going. :D

[Heathercdi]

Thats bad news there Heather. The hole in the passenger footwell opened up a can of worms for me as there is a box section below this which contains the captive nuts for the rear wishbone mount. It took a sand blaster and 4 or 5 plates to put it right.
I think Steve will need a steady supply of tea and pieces to keep him going. :D


lol, i can make tea and potato cakes all day if he gets my car fixed

It is right over the box section, didn't seem too bad after the initial bashing with the old hammer but we'll see

[Heathercdi]

haven't done much to the car lately, felt a bit gutted after finding the holes in the floor. Hopefully the car will be welded at the weekend and then I can put the carpet in

then I can crack on with putting sideskirts on, putting new wing on and then get the bits done that need spraying

[GazJevs84]

just read this thread for the first time and i have to say very good work both on the engine and retrim just a quick question might be a bit far fetched but is your friend still doing the retrims or has she not pursued that anymore as i am looking at getting mine done soon cheers gaz

[rhydgte]

Afaik (courtesy of WMOnline) Taz is still doing the retrims but she wants deposit or for you to buy the material first as she's been caught out of pocket iirc

Heather can confirm this :cool:

[Heathercdi]

just read this thread for the first time and i have to say very good work both on the engine and retrim just a quick question might be a bit far fetched but is your friend still doing the retrims or has she not pursued that anymore as i am looking at getting mine done soon cheers gaz


Yes she is still doing the retrims

What do you want doing?
leather/vinyl, seats/doorcards etc

[Heathercdi]

Some of you may know that one of the pulleys for my cambelt disintergrated whilst my boyfriend was driving my car a week before last Tuesday. I managed to buy a cav GSI to break - use the head of it to repair my engine. BTW all 16 valves were stuck out. This has taken until today to repair due to having wrong cam belt kit, then wrong cam belt but correct pulleys etc etc. So glad it is back running now but feels wierd to drive.....


just thought i'd update the thread :)

[GazJevs84]

nice one glad to hear that it is running again how much you pay for the cav if you dont mind me asking

[Heathercdi]

nice one glad to hear that it is running again how much you pay for the cav if you dont mind me asking


sorry haven't posted on here for a while due to me having an absolute nightmare with my car

only paid 100 for the cav (which is still on the drive waiting for more people to want parts of it - give us a shout if you want anything, its a 2WD Cav GSi)

Once I had the car back and running again for a week, bloody thing broke down again, just wouldn't start, checked and the cam belt had come loose. Luckily it hasn't broken any valves this time.....the tensioner won't seem to hold the belt at all. Have got my dad to come and have a look at it on Saturday.

On top of that, I've stripped the car out ready to be welded for its MOT and the hole in the passenger foot well looks really bad. Its the section where the wishbone bolts onto the chassis...

anybody else ever had their astra go in the same spot and had it welded or did you have to scrap??

I'm thinking of re-shelling as a possibility......am pretty gutted though as i've washed her and she's gleaming and looks lovely...bloody cars

[_Steven_]

Most Astras have a bit rust in the foot wells, it's in par with back arches, but most people dont look cause its under the carpet.

Have a look at the repair GTEMAN has done..
http://www.astra-mk2.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1709&page=5&pp=10

[Gteman]

Mine was pretty bad, found it after saying that is the passenger side finished. :mad:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b209/gteman/PIC00121.jpg

If your dad is handy with a mig he should manage ok

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b209/gteman/PIC00127.jpg

[GazJevs84]

bloody hell gteman lol

cars are sometimes a pain in the arse

£100 for a cav gsi that's cheap

[Heathercdi]

only pain with my dad is that he doesn't like welding, he can do it but not a favourite job (is it by anybody)

The car is on the road so my fellas not too keen on welding it in the street, hopefully we can get it running and into the garage then at least he won't be welding in the road.....bloody thing....we must all be mad to keep on doing all this welding and fixing of mk2 astras








i'll take that back once i've driven the car again:) :) :p

[GazJevs84]

all worth it in the end lol

[Heathercdi]

Heres the pics of the lack of floor in my astra

Drivers rear footwell
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/hebscdi/astraholes002.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/hebscdi/astraholes003.jpg

Under back seat...I have no idea why it has rotted here
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/hebscdi/astraholes001.jpg

Passenger footwell where the wishbone joins it
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/hebscdi/astraholes004.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/hebscdi/astraholes006.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/hebscdi/astraholes005.jpg

Drivers footwell

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/hebscdi/astraholes008.jpg

[Gteman]

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

Heather youv'e got my car.

Better buying floor section there available cheap rather than trying to patch it up.

[Heathercdi]

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

Heather youv'e got my car.

Better buying floor section there available cheap rather than trying to patch it up.

where do you get the floor sections from?

I rang Vauxhall to ask about them and I was told that I had an MOT failure....no shit....and that they didn't do them

[Kris]

where do you get the floor sections from?

I rang Vauxhall to ask about them and I was told that I had an MOT failure....no shit....and that they didn't do them


www.sel-imperial.co.uk (http://www.sel-imperial.co.uk) they do the full floor sections :)

[Heathercdi]

www.sel-imperial.co.uk (http://www.sel-imperial.co.uk) they do the full floor sections :)


thank you:)

[Gteman]

www.sel-imperial.co.uk (http://www.sel-imperial.co.uk) they do the full floor sections :)

Seems like the parts catalog is down or is it just me

[Heathercdi]

Seems like the parts catalog is down or is it just me

I was thinking the same, have sent them a query form though

think i've figured out, choose all manufacturers, vauxhall, astra and the list of models is on the left, click mk2 and it does come up with a list

can't see the floor sections though

[Gteman]

http://www.perfectpanels.co.uk/

Try here better part catalog ;)

[Kris]

Ive not been on there for a bit but last time i looked they done the full sections but not the rear floor sections .Might be worth finding out your nearest dealer and pop along to see what they have in their stockist book ?

Graham would you have one of these books being a trader ?

[Kris]

just had a look and its all changed so i cant even find the catalog never mind look at it lol.

[Tom]

:eek: :( Thats some nasty rot there and in some wierd places, I mean under the back seat never seen one like that before :confused:

Hope you get it all sorted out soon Heather :)

[Heathercdi]

:eek: :( Thats some nasty rot there and in some wierd places, I mean under the back seat never seen one like that before :confused:

Hope you get it all sorted out soon Heather :)

me too, but at least when its all done I know that its solid and been done properly, i'll just have to drive the 1.3 astra a little longer but its still a mk2:)

[Gteman]

Graham would you have one of these books being a trader ?

I've got the Sel imperial book from 2/3 years ago. They had a Depot 10 Min's from me at Farm Cross which shut and not doing bodywork i don't have any other books lying around.

Used to get a 50% discount from Imperial big savings

Anyway Heather to save you looking

62-04-300 FRONT FOOT WELL R/H
62-04-301 FRONT FOOT WELL L/H
62-04-302 REAR FOOT WELL R/H
62-04-303 REAR FOOT WELL L/H
62-04-312 COMPLETE FOOT WELL R/H
62-04-313 COMPLETE FOOT WELL L/H

All above are available from Hadrian's


http://www.perfectpanels.co.uk/index_stockists.htm

Stick your location in here for your nearest stockist. Hadrian don't supply to the public.

[Heathercdi]

I've got the Sel imperial book from 2/3 years ago. They had a Depot 10 Min's from me at Farm Cross which shut and not doing bodywork i don't have any other books lying around.

Used to get a 50% discount from Imperial big savings

Anyway Heather to save you looking

62-04-300 FRONT FOOT WELL R/H
62-04-301 FRONT FOOT WELL L/H
62-04-302 REAR FOOT WELL R/H
62-04-303 REAR FOOT WELL L/H
62-04-312 COMPLETE FOOT WELL R/H
62-04-313 COMPLETE FOOT WELL L/H

All above are available from Hadrian's


http://www.perfectpanels.co.uk/index_stockists.htm

Stick your location in here for your nearest stockist. Hadrian don't supply to the public.

cool, they actually supply to the motor factor place that my fella works at, won't get them for trade but for trade + 10%, still better than paying full price
Cheers for that Gteman:)

[Heathercdi]

Got a price from Hadrians panels

complete footwell LH or RH £32.97 + vat each

[Gteman]

Got a price from Hadrians panels

complete footwell LH or RH £32.97 + vat each

What's happening are you going ahead ?

[Heathercdi]

What's happening are you going ahead ?


yeah going to replace floor with complete floor panels both sides so that we know its solid.

Just a bugger that I need a 20XEV head (from a calibra 16v) cause the cambelt won't fit with

XEV bottom end with XE head

more bloody problems

[Gteman]

Good on you girl keep us up to date ;)

[Heathercdi]

Hadrians don't do the complete footwells anymore they are discontinues.....bloody hell

[Gteman]

4 sections would do the job fine and there available ;)

[Heathercdi]

She's back, as some of you probably already know from Retro and Billing, I decided against the daewoo idea in the end and kept the astra:bananajump:

Has had all welding done, both sills replaced, all waxoyled and the bloke sorted the cam belt problem too by managing to get the right one to fit...woohoo so I don't have to worry about that going again.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/hebscdi/maxpower064.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/hebscdi/maxpower065.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/hebscdi/maxpower066.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/hebscdi/maxpower067.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/hebscdi/maxpower068.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/hebscdi/maxpower069.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b288/hebscdi/maxpower070.jpg

She's also had some new wheels that I bought at Billing, from a Corsa C SRi 16in, will post some pics up later, I think they really suit the car:thumbsup:

[Jags C20LET]

hi heather, i was rooting thru my pics and found this...is that you?

http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/3233/astra5doorlargetm5.jpg

[Heathercdi]

hi heather, i was rooting thru my pics and found this...is that you?

yep thats me and my car

[Jags C20LET]

ahhhhh, i took that pic at the pod when i was getting ready to do my resto, i came up and asked you if i could take a couple of snaps of your car.

[Heathercdi]

ahhhhh, i took that pic at the pod when i was getting ready to do my resto, i came up and asked you if i could take a couple of snaps of your car.


cool, was it taken at PV 05'??

[Jags C20LET]

25/09/2005 14.07 hrs:thumbsup:

[Heathercdi]

They think its all over..............................it is now :(

RiP little astra, will miss the good times that we had including all the shocked drivers when we kicked their ****s hehe and the many times the coppers pulled us over because you looked so good!!!

Here's to maybe having another mk2 in the future

She wasn't happy to go, showing her stubborness by spitting her balljoints out and having to be dragged onto the lowloader.....managing to look like she had been dropped from a great height to splat the wheels lol

[BazW]

hi heather, i was rooting thru my pics and found this...is that you?

http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/3233/astra5doorlargetm5.jpg

there's me stood next to mine as well!

sad to hear it's gone :(