barefoot Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 Today I have mainly been collecting repaired vehicles from garages, starting with the works Renault Master wheelchair bus, this has had a new MAF sensor fitted and is transformed. This may be up for sale shortly if anyone on here is interested, it's actually rather nice now its been sorted out properly. Then the chap who's been servicing the Scirocco brought it back with a new cam belt, new brakes, ball joints and a very nicely sorted feel to it. I gave him a lift back to his little garage & then drove home to find that my camper van was just being dropped off as well. This has had a new gearbox and now drives almost as silently as one of these ever will. And then, using BACS, I all but emptied my bank account. catsinthewelder, Stanky, Craig the Princess and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 Well the Cav crank pulley torx bolts have rounded off and I cannot fathom how to route the aux belt back on to even get the thing mobile again. That will be my first and last ever attempt at changing a timing belt. FUCK. MY. LIFE. wuvvum, Burnside, Fumbler and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnside Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 On 4/25/2021 at 11:19 PM, Split_Pin said: I replaced the rocker cover gasket on the Cavalier yesterday, very easy job indeed. Cams still look in great condition given that its done a quarter of a million miles. There's also absolutely no sludge inside the cam box at all and the underside of the rocker cover was the cleanest I've seen, with a new- looking gauze filter. I think its also leaking a touch from the camshaft end seal as when I replaced the distributor cap and rotor there was a small amount of oil there. Not bad enough to bother me but an observation nevertheless. According to the service history the timing belt was last evidenced in 2008 so I'm hoping that my Gates kit arrives sooner rather than later. The engine behaves well so I think it would be a shame to risk it and play roulette. I'm undecided whether to do it myself or not. On one hand I'm sure its easy but on the other, labour costs to change it would probably not be more than an hour or 2. I'll just see how I feel the day the postman brings it! I've also found @Burnside s thread on it in the Cavalier owners forum and I'm reading through it. Seems to have had a clutch and replacement box around 2009, all still good there. @Split_Pin with the cambelt history. It's had 3 replacements in my ownership. The second one was in 2012 and the last one was done prematurely about 18mths/ 2 years later. This happend because the replacement water pump failed. So I think I managed to get a warranty claim, which is probably why there no receipt in the service history. Each time it had a full kit including tensioner & water pump. Plus antifreeze which I switched to the Red (long life). So that was changed every 4 yrs. It should have been due on age about 18mths + ago. The gauze filter was replaced about 18 mths before I sold it, via my local motor factors. Gearbox was swapped out with the engine from memory. Although later on it had to have a new end cover seal fitted, due to a leak and I changed the oil again with genuine GM oil. Also had a genuine replacement gear linkage fitted about 4/5 years ago as the original fell apart too. Hope my old thread on the owners club doesn't send you to sleep btw! Split_Pin and dome 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 Shakedown run before going home for the bank holiday weekend. Drove back to the marsh and there was next to zero traffic. Was absolutely beautiful tonight with the sunset. Also got some nods of approval from a a homeowner putting the bins out and a driver of a K10 Micra. That's a first for me. After a spirited drive back I did some underbonnet adjustments and it runs very sweetly now. I've got a good feeling about the drive home tomorrow. Ghosty, captain_70s, Cord Fourteener and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnside Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 2 hours ago, Split_Pin said: Well the Cav crank pulley torx bolts have rounded off and I cannot fathom how to route the aux belt back on to even get the thing mobile again. That will be my first and last ever attempt at changing a timing belt. FUCK. MY. LIFE. I only just sent the previous reply about the service history, without checking for a update 1st. Sorry to hear it's fighting you with the cambelt change. It's all sortable though. You might be able to find some pictures online or via the Cav forum for belt location's. If not, dare I say the HBOL? Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 Cheers for the updates on the history! The aux belt looks in perfect condition so the timing belt would probably be fine however I don't like playing roulette with a car that's worth keeping. Sadly HBOL was useless as it was showing a different engine. Someone on the Facebook page sent me the right picture over tea time and I finally realised what I'd done wrong, all back together now. Its a really weird route that passes through a slot in the engine mount. Its always with a sense of shame that I admit defeat on a job but if I continued I would have made it almost impossible for someone else to get the bolts out. Its booked in next Thursday at the same place that welded it to have the belt changes. Its a Gates kit so hopefully the water pump should last! Lacquer Peel, Skizzer and Burnside 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 Tickman, dome, alcyonecorporation and 8 others 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_70s Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 24 minutes ago, Lacquer Peel said: @sdkrcThe police will be with you any moment, lad. Lacquer Peel, loserone and juular 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerzy Woking Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 Wasn't Chris Goffeys son in Supergrass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 I may have found a solution to the Innocenti engine mount dilemma. If anyone can think of a reason why this won't work, speak now or forever hold thy peace. I've found these on eBay: They're hard rubber discs, 60mm in diameter (the same as the Innocenti engine mounts) and 20mm thick. So I'm thinking three of these, stuck together, drilled through in the right place with a bit slightly smaller than the sleeve from the existing engine mount. Retrieve the sleeve (hey, that rhymes!) - shouldn't be too hard given how knackered the mount is - tap it into place, persuade the rubber discs into the mount clamp (mount thickness is 58mm but I think there's enough give in the rubber to squish a couple of mm, possibly with the help of a G clamp) then bolt through and Robert's your father's brother. Grand total of about 12 quid. Burnside, RobT, Angrydicky and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dean36014 Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 They look like ice hockey pucks! SiC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 6 hours ago, wuvvum said: about 12 quid. Cake! It's a made up drug. Fumbler, outlaw118, Jerzy Woking and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Until I read the description I thought they were hockey pucks too. I know they're popular for fitting into the cup of trolley jacks to protect sills when lifting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 8 hours ago, Jerzy Woking said: Wasn't Chris Goffeys son in Supergrass? Danny Goffey, yes he was. Jerzy Woking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 1 hour ago, SiC said: Until I read the description I thought they were hockey pucks too. I know they're popular for fitting into the cup of trolley jacks to protect sills when lifting. I've nearly bought a pair of those before they do look handy. I've seen them with grooves cut out so they sit all over the jacking point. I lift from axle components nowadays though, it's rare I have a car with all its sill jacking points not flattened! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort1977 Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 9 hours ago, wuvvum said: I may have found a solution to the Innocenti engine mount dilemma. If anyone can think of a reason why this won't work, speak now or forever hold thy peace. I've found these on eBay: Grand total of about 12 quid. Well at that price it's got to be worth a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juular Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 @Split_Pin have you got a set of these? They've dug me out of almost every hole regarding rounded bolts. Even when there's only a stud left, you can blob a bit of weld on top and hammer one of these on. I don't think they've ever left me stuck. BorniteIdentity, wuvvum, chaseracer and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3VOM Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 9 hours ago, dean36014 said: They look like ice hockey pucks! Probably because a lot of them are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 I wonder if they are also used as bilge plugs or something like that to temporarily seal off a piping system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyland Worldmaster Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 The most luxurious Railway Station Waiting Room? Mrs6C, Jim Bell, wuvvum and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 4 hours ago, juular said: @Split_Pin have you got a set of these? They've dug me out of almost every hole regarding rounded bolts. Even when there's only a stud left, you can blob a bit of weld on top and hammer one of these on. I don't think they've ever left me stuck. +1 on these. I'm yet to find a rounded off bolt that will stand up to them. They're good for locking wheel nuts as well if you lose the key. Burnside and Split_Pin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanky Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Are those Irwin bolt removers one use? or are they able to be detached from the extracted bolt and reused? I assume hammering them onto a seized bolt doesn't do them much good or are they made of double 'ard admantium or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agila Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 7 minutes ago, Stanky said: Are those Irwin bolt removers one use? or are they able to be detached from the extracted bolt and reused? I assume hammering them onto a seized bolt doesn't do them much good or are they made of double 'ard admantium or something? Reusable. Mine look like brand new. I just lay it on the ground and tap with a hammer to free the old bolt. If things are still jammed, put the socket in a vice and hammer it out with a punch. juular, Stanky, Jerzy Woking and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Yep, they're pretty hard metal. Much harder than any bolt I've encountered anyway. Burnside, Jerzy Woking and Ghosty 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispian_J_Hotson Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 I'm about to embark on a new construction project. Today I had a meeting about it and it sparked my curiosity because it's out in the country side. I accessed some files of pictures taken of the oversite... the cleared land. There's an old abandoned selection of buildings beyond the boundary and what did I see? A severely pogweaseled, red (pink), complete looking, 8v MK2 golf GTi hiding in the overgrowth. GODAMMIT! Why me? Why do I have this desire to give it a home? I just hope it's owned by some angry, slightly bonkers farmer who tells me to get to fuck and sees me off his land with a shotgun. Coprolalia, Cord Fourteener, Isopon and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 On 27/04/2021 at 16:44, artdjones said: Wheel centres for the Berlingo arrived from @ruffgeezer. Thanks, Tim. Mr L is a top shiter and all-round decent bloke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Made it back in just under 5 hours. I blame the A303 and M25. To reward its excellence, I gifted the BX two collapsed suns. Vantman, chaseracer, LightBulbFun and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 2 hours ago, wuvvum said: Yep, they're pretty hard metal. Much harder than any bolt I've encountered anyway. 'bolt' and 'hard' aren't words I pretty much ever use in the same sentence. Fumbler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 20 minutes ago, Ghosty said: 'bolt' and 'hard' aren't words I pretty much ever use in the same sentence. Depends who's chasing you, IME... 😉 brownnova, Ghosty, Twiggy and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Fox right outside A+E tonight. Nothing to do with cars, just pleased me to see it Asimo, LightBulbFun, Burnside and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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