Recent content by bigerch85

:Cry:Well thats it,i sold her yesterday,a sad day

mine was a right pain in the bum,it would kick in even if wheels werent spinning and kill the power,it basically controls a butterfly valve on throttle body and shuts it when wheels spin,i disconected the linkage from control soleniod so it cant ruin my fun anymore!!

i may also break the car,needs to go,get my m3 next week!!!

:doh:Well if nobody wants it i might keep it!!

Make and Model: £650Astra MK3 GSI Redtop Description The time has come to sell my pride and joy:sad:A genuine phase 1 redtop on a J plate, the car has done 140k,timing belt done 2 months ago and headgasket last year along with porous head repair,here is a list of everything i have done to car...

looking good man.is that yous on youtube racing in 2 white gsi in the street

Hey guys.looking for both rear arches,also wanting to know how much of the drivers side pannel is included in repair pannel,i need the fuel cap part too,dunno if that is a seperate part .do the new parts replace the bit under the bumper corners too shes pretty rotton:doh:

Changed all 3 last year and guess what,they hav all but one popped,decided im not fixing it again,i know where my heater switch is lol.the dash is a right pain imo

Hi guys.Finally got round to looking at the bloody thing, turns out the little plastic adjuster nut had stripped on the threaded end of the cable and ripped off.need to get new cable soon,cant wait,its a bitch Got a pair of vise grips holding my cable on just now lol,still no closer to...

Clutch pedal went to the floor and stayed there this morning, the cable has not broken,anyone got any ideas.seems like a problem at pedal end of cable,also has started running on 3 cylinders when its really wet:sad:

right before we get bitchy i didnt say it wasnt possible just highly unlikely. i had an r5 and seem to remember it was a single point inj as were the montego that my dad had,the 80s were the era when turbos became popular because of injection, remeber the audi quattro lancia delta 205 t16...

turbos were invented after fuel injection,im a mechanic it impossible to run a turbo with carbs because when a turbo comes into boost the injection timing advances and with carbs there is no where for boost pipes to fit, it is possible to fit a blow through carb but as far as i know they...

my first car was a nova 1.2 sting,after about a week of driving like a joy rider it popped so put the 1.6 gte in there,it still said sting on the back,those were the days!!

sorted took starter to bits last nite and found one of the magnets rattling about inside,this was causing the armiture to earth out on the starter casing thus draining my batt instantly and sending a huge current down the engine earth making my electrics go mental!! i managed to make 1...

the starter i had would spin but not engage with the ring gear, the scroll was knackered