theorganist Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 It's a lovely colour. Very handsome looking cars and IMHO the face-lift improved them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4wheeledstool Posted December 16, 2016 Author Share Posted December 16, 2016 Had a good look underneath earlier, and it's good news! The spring cups on the rear chassis legs have been replaced, and a small patch has been put in the back of the inner sill on both sides. Nothing else requiring attention has been spotted, but the welding looks like it was done with a stick. It's all hammer proof, but I'll most likely tidy up the welds so that they won't be obvious. The rest of the underside appears to be in really good nick - just a few bits of light surface rust. The wobbed up rear valance Offside rear corner - arch repair section plonked over the top and wobbed up. Nearside rear corner - similar 'repairs" to the offside - but with even more wob. The rear half of both outer sills done in the same style as the arches - repair panel tacked over the original one, followed by lashings of wob. Banger Kenny, theshadow, danthecapriman and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4wheeledstool Posted December 16, 2016 Author Share Posted December 16, 2016 The interior is in fine fettle, sadly the camera flash makes the velour of the seats and door cards look a washed out grey - they're blue in real life! Seats are tidy Sunroof works well, and doesn't appear to leak Behold! The mighty donk - its very quiet, doesn't smoke, and apart from a bit of a stutter at about 2000rpm under load, it pulls well. The clutch can indeed be changed without removing the gearbox - I took a picture of it, and then subsequently deleted it by accident! Brodders, Coprolalia, Dick Longbridge and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Somebody didn't understand how filler works. It will be interesting to see what you uncover when you poke that. I don't remember the interior on these being that plush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 I reckon that mileage is right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richbraith Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Monaco Blue, best 80s Vauxhall colour.GLi interior was quite a step up from a GL in the plush stakes. This is nice, jealousy is bad etc *slaps self* Uncle Jimmy and Cavcraft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendry Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Favourite mk2 Cavalier would be a silver LXi hatch on an F reg, although I'd much rather have an early mk3 SRi saloon on a G plate with wheel trims and in grey, think of the one Grant Mitchell had in Eastenders years ago, or else a Cavalier GSi 2000. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 I see Mk2 Cavaliers, and just think The Bill. The top end interiors were plush, my grandparents took me to the Vx dealer for the Mk3 launch, where they had a run out Mk2 GLSi in black. Lovely car, everyone knows more letters on the back is better, but they ordered a Mk3 L instead. The Mk2 was amazing inside Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4wheeledstool Posted December 27, 2016 Author Share Posted December 27, 2016 Love how ridiculously different the two generation of Cav are. Certainly no likeness from this angle! ^^^ Spent a bit of time playing with my recently acquired chod this afternoon. The headlights are no longer remaining on whenever the battery is connected. The culprit was the dim dip resistor pack thingy - simply unplugging it solved the problem. If I can find one to replace it, I will do, but it's not a legal requirement anymore and so not really a problem.The time clock in the fascia didn't work or light up, but a replacement courtesy of eGay was clipped in today too.The clutch biting point was just off the floor when I got the car, but a cheeky adjustment of the clutch cable and it's a lot nicer to drive now.Being totally out of practice, I completely forgot to take any pictures of today's fettlery, so here's one of the shed just before locking up for the day.Still on the hunt for a rear valance and bottom corners. Sudsprint, The Moog, Essex V6 and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 Hve you tried these fellas? http://www.vauxhallgreenparts.co.uk/CavMK2parts.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabergé Greggs Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 How do you change a clutch without removing the box? I demand enlightenment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4wheeledstool Posted December 27, 2016 Author Share Posted December 27, 2016 How do you change a clutch without removing the box? I demand enlightenmentI have a pictorial demonstration knocking about somewhere - when I've found it I'll post them up. It's pretty cool* *My idea of cool is not necessarily the same as anyone elses. Fabergé Greggs, Banger Kenny and Cavcraft 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 Did mine in an hour - a brilliant piece of design. Fabergé Greggs, Banger Kenny and Braddon81 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4wheeledstool Posted January 11, 2017 Author Share Posted January 11, 2017 I went to start her up at the weekend, and failed! It just cranked over and over without firing. I pulled off the king lead, and the coil end was full of water and green corrosion slop - three of the four plug leads were in the same state at their distributor terminals. This wasn't helping for sure! The rotor arm and dizzy cap looked fine, so the leads were cleaned up and re fitted, and we now had sparks, but it still wouldn't fire up. The plugs were very wet with fuel, pointing to flooded combustion chambers from all the sparkless cranking, so the injectors were unplugged, and it was cranked again. It fired up and ran for a few seconds, then conked out when the excess fuel was gone - after plugging the injectors back in, and cranking again, normal service was resumed. I reckon I'll be buying some new leads at some point! I was given another interior light to try, but it appears to have suffered the same kind of heat damage to the circuit board that the original has. In other news, my under bonnet light now works! Dick Longbridge, danthecapriman, Skizzer and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Those plug leads sound like the cause of the 2,000rpm stutter too then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4wheeledstool Posted January 11, 2017 Author Share Posted January 11, 2017 Those plug leads sound like the cause of the 2,000rpm stutter too then. I hope so! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 I still really struggle to get my head around the fact that mk2 Cavs are a 36 year old design. They still look damn good, and yours is no exception. 4wheeledstool, Shep Shepherd and scdan4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 What's the mileage on this beast? It looks pretty clean, apart from the bits that aren't, if that makes any sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4wheeledstool Posted January 12, 2017 Author Share Posted January 12, 2017 What's the mileage on this beast? It looks pretty clean, apart from the bits that aren't, if that makes any sense.It's showing 36k - I reckon if it was 136k it would be in a far worse state, particularly the interior. I don't have the MOT history to hand, but I think it's only done 14-5k since 2006. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Back to when the MOT history was checkable online it looks genuine. I believe the mileage is correct as 4ws has implied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bag'O'Spanners Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Lots of wantage from here. Love a Mk2 or 3, Clutches, CV joints and most things so easy to work on. Cavs have so much more class than bonky Vectras. 4wheeledstool, Banger Kenny, John F and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4wheeledstool Posted January 26, 2017 Author Share Posted January 26, 2017 Been hunting down bits for this, all repair panels needed apart from the lower rear quarters have been sourced. Dizzy cap and leads are on their way here, the next items on the list are the correct wheel trims. Apparently, these are the ones -There is one slightly battered one on eBay at the moment, but obviously a full set would be required to geek proof it. Nyphur, RobT and Cavcraft 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 Nice one! If it's ok with you chief I'll send a link to this thread to the previous owner's son, I thi k he'll be chuffed that you've got plans for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4wheeledstool Posted January 26, 2017 Author Share Posted January 26, 2017 Nice one! If it's ok with you chief I'll send a link to this thread to the previous owner's son, I thi k he'll be chuffed that you've got plans for it. Not a problem. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexi Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 Someone has been applying filler to it with a round mouth shovel. If you are determined to use a shovel for filler...........use the square mouth ! Nice project. Uncle Jimmy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greengartside Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 He cabbed it as well didn't he? Then sold it Curly. What a twat. He's probably banged Raquel in the back as well while Curly was at Bettabuys. Assuming fanny rat himself Des Barnes wasn't at it. It was Don 'legless' Brennan who had the blue Mk2 Cavalier which he crashed and thus had to have a leg amputated. Uncle Jimmy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Jimmy Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 This is total Vauxhall porn, need a Mk2 Cav estate in my life. The wobmaster who spunked all that P38 on the bodywork must be David's brother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 i grew up with mk2 cavalier company cars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Back to when the MOT history was checkable online still works for me on laptop, but not on mobile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essex V6 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 I papped it's European cousin in Holland last year CreepingJesus, Banger Kenny, Lacquer Peel and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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