Bren Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Who's quoted that Billy? Very cheap indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 so I think the Vectra is about to excrete it's DMF. Best quote so far is scrap the fucker. EFA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bub2006 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 I had a go in an 06 plated elite 150 and yes they don't half shift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted April 12, 2017 Author Share Posted April 12, 2017 Who's quoted that Billy? Very cheap indeed. Mate of a mate. The kits are sub £300 these days, and he probably gets them cheaper again. He gets good reviews for the work he does, so I'm hoping he'll be honest enough to say if i's just the clutch and not the DMF. That said, (if I have it done) it's probably not worth ignoring the DMF if it looks even remotely worn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulscavalier Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 I think the Astra mk5 launched in 2004 was the first Astra with it. Not 100% sure and the vectra c 2002 onwards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernMonkey Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Just put a genuine LUK dmf, clutch and csc in a Galaxy tdi this week...£265 from my factors vs £190 for an unknown brand solid flywheel and kit from eBay. red5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantingYoof Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Single flywheel conversion? Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantingYoof Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Solid* is what I meant. I drove a 9-3 with this engine yonks ago and they are easily as good as the Ford 2.2TDCi lump. Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Q Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 With the DMF kit at <£300 you're not really saving anything unless you keep it for long enough to need another clutch. Dick Longbridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted April 16, 2017 Author Share Posted April 16, 2017 £300 inc the clutch I think and the slave. I might* just be a minge and see how long I can squeeze out of it first! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted April 17, 2017 Author Share Posted April 17, 2017 Well, there's no point in not buying a car, or something like that. Took my trusty Italian steed, rode two miles and after some arsing about, I now own this.. Obvs. like it repaid my efforts to get it started (stood a while, battery flat) by making it's IACV go all winky wanky woo. It's on differently abled tax, so a trip to the P.O is in order this week. It's a 2.0 pez automatic. Sigmund Fraud, eddyramrod, Lacquer Peel and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted April 18, 2017 Author Share Posted April 18, 2017 Picked this up a couple of hours ago. The IACV needs cleaning, so the hunting in N and P is bloody annoying. Put a neatly new battery on, then jet washed it in the dark to get rid of accumulated moss etc. Driver's seat is electric! Driver's window doesn't make it quite to the top. £500 spent after last MOT... Craig the Princess, dome, Sigmund Fraud and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Q Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 ...Put a nearly new battery on... Nearly new batteries, Cavcraft style. KruJoe, Supernaut, michael1703 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulscavalier Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Paintworks better than mine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadworkUK Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 I took a mildly dented one of these in some years back for a criminally minimal sum. 2.0 Auto as above, and not a swift car. Yet curiously likeable, if only because of how dated far-Eastern it felt compared to other similarly aged Hondas. It's a 'well done' from me. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Not a v6 - poverty spec 😄 Father twosmoke loves his one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Diggler Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 And if you had poor eyesight and saw it driving away from a distance, you may think it was an NSX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted April 19, 2017 Author Share Posted April 19, 2017 Cleaned up ok Spottedlaurel, RobT and CGSB 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Nice, I like that. Definitely something I’d happily own at some point (but not at present, I’m afraid). Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted April 19, 2017 Author Share Posted April 19, 2017 Bottled out of driving to work as although taxed an insured, neither were showing on the database this morning. In fact, the tax still isn't showing on the govt. web site now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcyonecorporation Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Bottled out of driving to work as although taxed an insured, neither were showing on the database this morning. In fact, the tax still isn't showing on the govt. web site now. Ingrates. This is a high quality vehicle and you've paid to use it on the Queen's. The Reverend Bluejeans, sporty-shite and Cavcraft 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Aye - I'd have copies of the confirmation emails to hand if it was me, and just go for it. Would have with my R8 if it wasn't for a)it taxing instantly and it shitting itself on the way home. Also, I like that a lot (I may have considerable bias towards automatic Hondas). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted April 20, 2017 Author Share Posted April 20, 2017 I had the receipt from the P.O (had to tax it there to change from disabled to PLG) but it was the insurance that's the potential fly in the ointment. Anyhow, it's all up there now so I whanged to work in it today like a boss, it's ace to drive but that hunting is horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Badger Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Picked this up a couple of hours ago. The IACV needs cleaning, so the hunting in N and P is bloody annoying. Put a neatly new battery on, then jet washed it in the dark to get rid of accumulated moss etc. Driver's seat is electric! Driver's window doesn't make it quite to the top. £500 spent after last MOT... Wang some silicone lube in the runners for the windows, my coupe used to struggle to close the windows unless occasional lube was applied. It will waft you about in relative comfort once the IACV is sorted, not a quick car unless it's got a V6 but it will keep up with traffic. Plus the Spoiler makes it 95.4% cooler than a coupe without one, which puts it on a par with owning a 1997 Kia Sportage in the style stakes. (only on Autoshite would this be a good thing......) Cavcraft and Dave_Q 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted April 23, 2017 Author Share Posted April 23, 2017 Today I went to help my lad paint his house and ended up buying a car, as you do. Bold claims sticker is bold. . DOG APPROVAL RATING: SAUSAGES. . Those wheels have to go, I'll swap them for the ones on my other Vectra, then sell that. *Edit: tape to 'hide' the bulb out warning light. cobblers, RobT, Bucketeer and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Foxhake Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 I had a Saab-badged one of those and it didn't half go. Easily remappable to 190bhp, apparently, whereupon 150mph is alleged to be possible with a long enough run-up. Bonus pikey number plate too.Still going strong as well Wuvvum. Has behaved very well so far only needing two upper control arms on the rear, two callipers and a couple of tyres for its test. It's always one big bill away from the scrapyard but the DMF is holding fine and barely ever makes a noise. Cavcraft and wuvvum 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Barbara Cartland looks concerned. The Reverend Bluejeans and Cavcraft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted April 23, 2017 Author Share Posted April 23, 2017 He's not been to the gym for a bit and we're going back here soon... . DeeJay, The Moog, tooSavvy and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 That's a weird sticker - anyone know why it would have such a thing? Vectra estates are handy things when they work - got to be getting on for the biggest available estate boot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Another diesel Billy? Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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