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About LinkBacksI have offered a pair of champion front seats to a member on astra-mk2.com for £35.00, says he'll collect in a couple weeks time.Originally Posted by JaguarJohn
If ive still got them in a months time you can have the head rests off them.
I have offered a pair of champion front seats to a member on astra-mk2.com for £35.00, says he'll collect in a couple weeks time.
If ive still got them in a months time you can have the head rests off them.
Thanks that would be great, would like the seats as well if still available then as mine are getting tired and could do with a couple to refurb
Regards
John
We'd happily give you £50 for them, when can we collect?!
They're there, in their room.
Little update. I've sent the tax to be refunded as the GTE is likely to be off the road for a few weeks for repairs, and so possibly for a long while since the big shows have passed.
The first small problem is the rad, which I suppose isn't bad for 20 years and 150k miles:
Annoying as the rest of it is in really good nick. I suspect it's not even worth getting a new tank for it. Luckily I have a very good spare. Whilst it's out I might try and renew the PAS lines as the two straights to the pump look very crusty indeed.
Next problem needs a little more dismantling, so off with the scuttle:
My tool was just right to get to the servo bolts:
Can you guess what I'm getting to yet? Steering rack off next. Was pleased I could get to the bolts/ nuts easy and they all came undone no problems. It fell off and forewards enough that I don't need to try and disconnect any of the pipes which is handy. With the water bottle off I could easily unclip and move the insulation back to reveal this:
Which I'm actually pleased with. There's no real rust there at all apart from the slight crusting at the bottom. It's clear the spot welds holding the plate for the rack mount have come apart from the bulkhead. I'm just going to clean the seam sealer stuff off and try and to stitch the plate back on, then fabricate some extra plates to stiffen it a bit. But it's lasted a lot of abuse for this long, I reckon just some good strong welds will be enough on it's own so I'm not too concerned about going over the top.
They're there, in their room.
We'll fix it easily. I'll get some thick steel.
I'm louder than gods own revolver and twice as shiney.
Not so bad that, really.
Damn you Rusty, you sold me a lemon! Refund!!!!!!
They're there, in their room.
GTE looks excellent still , must be very worn seats for £35 . They do look good in red .
I canny invest in ya and for that reason , I'm oot .
Swap it for the Sport? lmao
Er........
They're there, in their room.
Minor shame about the bulkhead, but its done well to get this far & not be in a complete mess.
I assume you know what you are looking at Dan, but pull the carpets up behind the pedals & have a look also.
We made a captive nut assembly when we repaired mine & behind the edals was quite a crack in the bulkhead panel metal.
Look forward to seeing it being done anyway.
CG
it's a C20XE not a fookin Redtop FFS
Benn had a go at fixing the steering bracket for me. Seam welded it back on, and welded a bit of angle in for good measure.
It's all repainted now. Tested it by threading a really long M8 bolt in the top rack hole and hanging off it with a large spanner. Put it all back together and was moving it out of the garage when I realised I could actually feel the throttle pedal moving!
So I stripped all the front carpet and insulation etc to have a closer look. Was an awful feeling, as it was clear none of this had been removed before, but needs must.
What I found was now the rack was secured to the bulkhead, it was now making the whole thing flex. This was due to rusty cracks right along behind the pedals where the floor meets the bulkhead. Passenger side was the same. I knew the wishbone mount was in need of attention on the driver's side, but from above, under the carpet, both sides were in poor condition. So, off to the body shop again! MOT had run out by this point, but it was still insured, so I duly dropped it off.
They're there, in their room.
Welding.
Welding!
WELDING.
WELDING!!!!11
So today's theme is welding. It's had a plate over each wishbone mount on the underside floor. A plate above each wishbone mount under the floor, and a plate over that on the floor, where your feet go. It's also had a plate at the top of the floor where it meets the bulkhead on both sides.
I also had to deal with three of these on the driver's side:
I had the holes welded up. when I got the car back, I managed to remove the lump of dead floor by using the vice:
Managed to chomp away then finally unscrew the coarse threaded rod bit.
Then I drilled the plastic mount to accept a M6 nut and bolt.
Drilled a M6 clearance hole in the floor, and applied copious amounts of black hammerite, then bolted the clips back up.
Works a treat.
Then lashed on loads of underseal and wax.
Then today I took it for MOT, where it flew through with no advisories! Well chuffed. Possibly the wettest it's ever been in years though, absolutely pelted down all day, so I was dead nervous driving to the MOT place with no MOT or tax in heavy rain in a 19 year old Astra that's not been on the road proper in about 2 months. But nothing went wrong and I felt the brakes improve the more I used them, and the engine seemed fine. Went straight to the nearest PO after and put a full year's tax on. It's only done 1400 miles in the last year as it only made one show at Castle Combe and the Duxford run before I noticed the bulkhead issue.
Next up is to sort the totally knackered headlining that's all but fallen down since my last attempt to fix it.
They're there, in their room.
you git, I wanna get mine back on the road now.
Top work by the way.
Fairplay.
'power makes you faster down the straights, lightness makes you faster everywhere' mr c chapman.
Great stuff!
All that welding is the sort of thing that played on my mind and helped me decide to move it on, I'd never have chucked the £ at it to make it sound.
Well that last lot cost £250. A worthy investment to see it go on for at least another year. Hopefully welding wise that'll do for a few yet.
They're there, in their room.
Glad she's all sorted now and full of metal. I hope that's stainless...
I'm louder than gods own revolver and twice as shiney.
I admire your bravery taking on the job but well done its turned out well. I have some nice stoved bits in the V6 weapon for your engine bay next time we meet up.
any updates? will the car be ready for this years shows?
Funnily enough, I was just about to update!
Being in the trade that deals with electric string, and coming from an apprenticeship that enforces you to do the best job you can, me battery terminals have been bothering me.
Minging!
So we get our Hellerman sleeve kit, complete with honeymoon pliers and sleeve lube.
Apply lube and fit sleeve over terminals:
Much better.
Only a silly thing I know, and the rest of the car still looks ropey, but hey.
Then if you remember, the oil cooler looked like this:
So I made it good like this:
Yesterday at the spares day I was lucky enough to find two of the shorter oil cooler lines, brand new. I wasn't too bothered about finding a pair as I know the oil cooler ends will not come undone, so I was just going to cut and join the hoses. Yes it did hurt cutting through brand new hoses, but I did try again to loosen the oil cooler lines. No chance and I was afraid of damaging the cooler, so I stuck to my plan. I already bought some 12mm ID hose joiners last year. My plan worked a treat and now it looks like this:
I think it may go on track in April!
They're there, in their room.
Liking the sleeve kit
After seeing the original ones, I think I'd have painted the new ones for peace of mind lmao
Good work dude. Looking good......................
"When this baby hits 88 miles per hour. You're gonna see some serious s***"!!!!!!
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