WIP on the Astra

[jamie_f]

well today i set about taking the dash out the astra as i need a bit of rewiring behind the dash, main thing was to remove the alarm as it isnt very good and dosent work properly, also tidied up some of the wiring too as it wasnt great, here a pic of just after the dash came out,
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jamie.fisher/enginebuild/dashout.jpg
diddnt get one after i finished as it was cold and diddnt have the camera with me, but it looks alot tidier without the alam all over the place, also made up a loom for a set of gauges in the center so its hs evey supply it needs for every gauge, also re-wired the revcounter(aftermarket item)so it can all be installed without to much faffing about.

ill get more pics as i do stuff and keep bumping this thread

[traffman]

blimey son you dont hang about.

[sarah gte]

nice one jamie....shall see it in the flesh soon (and not in Send lol)

[caul pope]

Brave man Jamie! Then again it probably looks a lot scarier than it really is (still wouldn't fancy it myself). I'm liking the door cards, considered it myself, are you using carbon fibre sheet?

[Brett]

its not to bad a job to change a dash on a MK2. I did it in April and I;ll be doing it agan thursday when I fit my new home made dash.

Is the same beige one going back in jamie or you got your mits on a black one?

[jamie_f]

should hopefully be gotting a black dash this weekend, fingers crossed.

time for a mini update

did a bit more this afternoon, ive had a Master cylinder relcation kit in the garage for ages and never go round to fitting it to the cav so i fitted it to the Astra, all this means is the trumpet No.1 isnt to close to the brake pipes on the MC so its eaiser to fit bigger trumpets and get the filter on alot eiaser, andway after doing battle with the brake line unions the go into the ABS module, the all pretty much looked like this lmao
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jamie.fisher/enginebuild/DSCF0007.JPG
they just round off if you even touch them with a spanner, so a combination of a set of mole grips, a tin of WD40, a set of stilsons and a bit of swearing throw in for good measer they finally came off.

and here they are all fitted with nice new brake pipe and new unions.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jamie.fisher/enginebuild/braidedbrakehose.jpg

also fitted the ones the go in the wheel wells for the calliper, seeing as i got these for £5 at billing i thought i better make use of them, also fitted the wheels studs i got off Scooby.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jamie.fisher/enginebuild/braidedbrakehose2.jpg

thats it for now, more to come over the weekend.

[Rob_S]

oooooo fancy

[traffman]

liking the brake lines , very smart. Like the braided jobs very nice, ive one of those boostvalves....(ducks as rob spits his tea out!)an i like to fit the braided fuel lines some day.

see the valve was on the car when i got it everyone, so i left it alone.

[Gary]

aaiiieeee... flashback flashback..

*collapses and lies twitching on floor*

[REMUS]

I love those braided brake pipes, you really are a regular work horse, alot of effort, kudos too ya! :) I wouldnt even attempt to touch that huge bundle of wire there man!

[jamie_f]

lmao @ Gary

[REMUS]

what other plans do you have for it then jamie?

[jamie_f]

um, short term get it up an running, proper exhaust and cage, long term, supercharger, yummy:D

[REMUS]

this car is going to be a complete beast! Is it going to be like a show car or is it a rally/track day mobile?

[jamie_f]

got a bit more done ove the past few days and also Dan poped round for a bit of a mince to and we talckled the wiring under the bonnet.

here the bay wiith the sound deadning removed pleased to say i found zero rust :D also rerouthed the MC pipes to keep Weekenny happy ;)
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jamie.fisher/enginebuild/bay1.jpg

also been doind some undersealing, all front arches have been done, rear inner arches, rear chassis rails and sill lines, diddnt get much pics of this in progess as my habds were covered in it but took one of the rear chassis rail as it was the eaisest to get a pic of lmao
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jamie.fisher/enginebuild/rearunderseal.jpg

so all i need now is the exhaust which i should be getting tomorrow and the engine wil be swapped over at some point next week(read as when i can be assed)

[DarrenH]

that looks familiar !!

http://oddball.usererror.org.uk/host/Dcp_0355.jpg

p.s i might be teaching granny to suck eggs here, but you can clearly see a rear brake fluid leak in your photo

[jamie_f]

thats wd40, soaked the nipples in the so they wouldnt sanp of like they nomally do;)