Smokin's 5door astra mk3 ;)

[Adam_Luce]

Mate sorry I didn't come up on the weekend.

Hope that cover don't leak is raining hard

you boring old fart lmao its ok still plenty of mincing yet to go haha and plenty of parts yet to buy

[Adam_Luce]

Right well on sunday a mate came over to give me some help getting the engine out here are some photos




cut the fuel pipe haha

and out she is

And empty bay yeay

Here is my helper


And Dave (MK3OC) came up for a mince lmao

[Adam_Luce]

well todays fun where to start hmm tbh i started yesterday and finished today.. Drilling one bloody engine mount bolt out that snapped and omfg it was hard well my cheap drill bits didnt like it had to buy some good new ones, Well its done now and my new style bolt is fitted and will do the job no photo's yet..

I also fitted yet another strut top mount to the drivers side and this time did the nut up nice and good photo's too follow along with piccys of parts that came in the post .. Clutch also paid for and should be here soon

[Fow16v]

good stuff mate, be ready when your clutch comes then? which flywheel did you use after? get the pics up? hows the flid lifter serving you lol

[Adam_Luce]

unsure which fly wheel will have to see when the clutch comes lmao but i got both so doing well big worried about wiring as i am crap haha... The flid lift is doing well mate used a steal cable to lift with as i dont trust my knots lmao Thank you

[Fow16v]

dont worry about the wiring mate its easy

[Adam_Luce]

cheers mate the other main thing to do is order a new wheel bearing for the passengers side even tho it was new its fooked now thing it was damaged when we put it in at my old job lol oh photo's soon just uploading now

[Adam_Luce]

here are the photos

first one the strut top



new one fitted

now i needed a fanny belt and i spent tomuch already so i am re using my old one
for now



here are some more small parts but all usefull anyway


thats it for now dont want to show you my bodge on the bolt lol it aint bodged honest

[Dell Balallan]

Great project thread mate! wot a transformation!

[Adam_Luce]

woohooo got home from work clutch kit came yeay lol photo's to follow

[Adam_Luce]

one clutch

all together all i need is the weather to fit it

[Adam_Luce]

Just to shut Rob and Andy up its in


just one thing to fix is this ickle problem

engine starting loom plug thing


Car loom plug thing


Now i could cut the one off the old engine and wire it upto the engine one but unsure as there are more wire's on the engine side.. thread in the section that is should be soon for help

[RobJenko]

thank fook for that fella, i was tempted to give that engine a good home with me so many times!

[Adam_Luce]

thank fook for that fella, i was tempted to give that engine a good home with me so many times!

you wouldnt of got it out the garage whole . multi plug sorted thanx to fow

[Adam_Luce]

well engine is in and running sweet it goes brum brum brum lol, Did tap like mad for abit but let it warm up and soon went silent runs abit fast unsure why tho.
Also need to take alook see if the wire's are done right ans the eml light doesnt show up lol but runs fine

[Fow16v]

adam have a look and see what colour wires are on the round astra multiplug under the bonnet?

[DaveB]

runs fast? Idles high do you mean? Check for airleaks; it's the most common thing.

[Adam_Luce]

runs fast? Idles high do you mean? Check for airleaks; it's the most common thing.

thats what i ment couldn't think of the right word for it. When you say air leaks where to ?? the pipe on the mfa sensor ?? icv done up etc ? sorry abit dumb at times

[@ndy]

runs fast? Idles high do you mean? Check for airleaks; it's the most common thing.

WD40 or similar round inlet and see if you get any bubbles

[Adam_Luce]

could be the SFI box then maybe its not sitting right

[Adam_Luce]

it moves rear brakes are sized up umm need to get some new split pin's for the drive shafts put the ecu back and tidey the wires up inthe car then done oh and drivers arch liner

[Adam_Luce]

well its parked outside the house now just need to sort the fast idle out and put the ecu and wiring away . FoyRacer said he would take alook and also has some spare parts if i need any which is Excellent , Hopfully meet up next weekend with luck and get this sorted

[Adam_Luce]

Big Thank you goes out to FOW, Went over his tonite for him to take alook at my car wiring is all fine now yeay also fitted a bulb to my engine mangment lite lol and flashed the code's. If i remeber right it was the crank sensor which i have spare here at home. Fow gave me anohter ICV to try and collected the cooling fan . So hopefully by sunday i will have it all sorted

[Adam_Luce]

somthing else Fow do you fancy sorting the gears out

[Adam_Luce]

sorted fitted a nice clean ICV and it runs lovely THANK YOU to FOW. Just need to put all the plastics back in the drivers part of the car and fit the new brake pads