Vauxhall Corsa 2.0 XE Club

[DaveB]

On Thursday night I went down to Leicester to pick up some new wheels:


Had the day off work on Friday so cracked on with the corsa. First job was to run over to autovaux to pick up some bits:

CTS
Clutch
Clutch Cable
Electric Transducer for Gearbox (speedo)
Flywheel Bolts
Badge
Door Pins

My first target was to fix the coolant temperature sensor, and replace the current from for a genuine one.

After pulling off the wires on the CTS I found this:


That'll be probably why it's overfuelling then That was fixed and replaced with a new connector and the wires were soldered on.

I then replaced the sensor for a genuine one. hmmmmm boschness


I turned the key and the car fired up, and purred...for a few seconds. Then the revs started to hunt, so I went under the bonnet and moved some pipes around. When moving the airflow meter it kept 'coughing'. So I turned off the engine and dismantled all the air inlet pipes.

I find this:


Bugger. Down to the local scrapyard to see what I can find, unfortunately there were no early ecotecs in, only an omega - so I took the inlet hose off that. When I was down at the scrapyard the hoses looked the same, however upon getting home it turns out the omega one is noticeably bigger than the other:


It was fouling the bulkhead when fitted, so out came the grinder


With only minor chopping it fitted well; you can just see the hole in the bulkhead behind the pipe:


All back together:


During doing this a bit of rust on the battery tray caught my eye, so I decided to get rid of it


Battery tray gone


Cleaned


Primed


Refitted


During the above I decided to try and fit my new speedo transducer and get that all working.
This is the transducer that's required:


The plug on the left was acquired from the scrapyard earlier in the day. This is the plug that was on my car:


This needed to be removed and then it was a case of matching the wire colours:



This is the transducer in place:


All covered up with conduit:


The engine was 'reassembled' and all ecu faults/engine hunting/air leaks were gone


While doing the entireity of the above, I finished off the spraying in the back of the car:
Final few coats of paint:



Completed boot after Lacquering:



Went out for a blast and the car drivers lovely Well happy.

Also, my new flywheel arrived:


Oh, and before the day was complete; I did the necessary

[Drizz]

Does the speedo work ok now then?

[bonelorry]

hope you didnt pay too much for this corsa, its not been very reliable so far my astra is still spot on

[Jack]

Awesome! I love things like this. Buy a dodgy car that needs a few weekends spending on it, and the satisfaction of getting it running lovely is immense.

Brings back memories of my astra running like dog ****, and spending hours messing with sensors and wiring and it running like an absolute dream when it was finished, with a really lovely little pop out of the exhaust every so often.

[DaveB]

Does the speedo work ok now then?

No; but thats because I forget to connect up the wire behind the dashboard

[dearing5]

nout wrong with them seats, just the colour makes them look cheap.

[Drizz]

No; but thats because I forget to connect up the wire behind the dashboard

Should go better once thats working...

[Dave Dempsey]

Nice work there Dave, what ya gonna break next though

[djivesp]

good work there chap

loving the 1.2 badge lmao

[Mark_F]

Inspiring work here Dave.

Boot looks great.

[Benn]

very nice dude,
should have used red crimps tho...lol

back end looks good all painted now,

[DaveB]

why red crimps, cos they're smaller? I folder the wires over to give them abit more bulk before fitting them

Flywheel is being fitted one night this week, along with a new clutch
Speedo works and is surprisingly very accurate (clocks red 90mph while GPS reads 89mph )
Speaking with a local supplier about making me a fibreglass bonnet on the cheap, which should save a few kgs
Wheels are going to get painted this weekend aswell

[CraigGreen]

Good work Dave.

Car is coming on nice..

[DaveB]

Thanks mate.

Oh, my Momo Racer steering wheel has just arrived too

[vxlgsi]

guy on here selling fiberglass bonnets for £100

[djivesp]

wehey cheers for the plug ben lmao

yes, if you need one, follow the link in my sig !
To make one i imagine he'll charge you alot more than mine (one offs are very expensive to make)

[astra16V2004]

wehey cheers for the plug ben lmao

yes, if you need one, follow the link in my sig !
To make one i imagine he'll charge you alot more than mine (one offs are very expensive to make)

what link mate??? oh and dave good work!!!! i havent got the patience for things like this,thats why i stripped the astra,got a loan and bought the corsa.lmao

[djivesp]

i think sig is only showed once per page or summat nowadays to its up ^^ its here anyways

+i luuurve that colour, is that arden blue ?!

[Jack]

+i luuurve that colour, is that arden blue ?!

Yes mate.

I did an xbox controller in it, it's a fantastic colour.

[Benn]

Sounds good dude,
shes getting to be a beasty...
good work.

[vxlgsi]

does it go much better with all those problems fixed??

[Benn]

Speaking with a local supplier about making me a fibreglass bonnet on the cheap, which should save a few kgs

Corsa B lightweight fibreglass bonnet 3.5kg's - £80

he might help...

[DaveB]

I've seen your link mate; thing is this chap lives very locally and makes fibreglass 'tat' generally for cars. He already does corsa bonnets that are 'badboyd' so I'm hoping I might get some discount, maybe. We shall see

vslgsi; have done about 5miles in it since all the problems were fitted. I haven't just found the love to drive it yet I hope it comes soon

[vxlgsi]

I've seen your link mate; thing is this chap lives very locally and makes fibreglass 'tat' generally for cars. He already does corsa bonnets that are 'badboyd' so I'm hoping I might get some discount, maybe. We shall see

vslgsi; have done about 5miles in it since all the problems were fitted. I haven't just found the love to drive it yet I hope it comes soon

you dont enjoy driving it?

[DaveB]

I'm not feeling the bucket seats to be honest. They're sooo low. I might put a normal one back in